Home Owners League
The Home Owners League is the oldest organization in Marin Valley, celebrating 53 years of volunteer service as the voice of the residents to Park Management. HOL meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm in the Fireside Room. All residents are encouraged to attend as everyone has a voice at every meeting. HOL is very active in making Marin Valley a safe, healthy, and happy environment while providing and sponsoring educational and recreational activities that promote the general welfare of all residents. Keep your eye on the HOL bulletin board next to the lobby front counter to watch for monthly events, minutes of the monthly meeting, and current news. The home page on this website will also alert you to the latest HOL news. In addition to the numerous activities, classes, events, and services, HOL provides and maintains the iMac, PC, shredder in the library, the lawn furniture and accessories around the pool, and coordinates with Management about the selection and offerings in the gym.
Buddy System
Handyman/ Contractor Guide
Just-1-Hour
Park Directory
Park Market
Dump Runs
Resident Input Form
Rollin’ Root
Activities and Classes
The Arts
Art in the Park
Biography Night
Book Group
Craft and Chat
Classes
Taiji
Chair Yoga
Circle of Friends
Strength Training
Exercise
Gym
Water Aerobics
Depression & Anxiety Group
Strength Training
Recreation
Dancing
Game Night
The Arts
Art in the Park
An organization of artists in the Park spearheaded by Suzie Lahr that promotes community artists with ongoing exhibits in the Marin Valley Gallery in the clubhouse for resident artists to show and sell their work.
Biography Night
Biography Night is a social event designed for residents to get to know each other better by listening to and telling stories from our lives. Biography is the art of reflecting upon, organizing, and interpreting the events of a lifetime. The process of choosing which story to tell can lead to new insights into one’s own life. Listening to another’s story often engenders awe, wonder, and gratitude for the miraculous developments of a full life.
Book Club
On the 4th Wednesday of the month at 4:30 pm book club members meet either at a participant’s home or in the Fireside Room to discuss the book selected by the club the previous month.
Craft and Chat
Love to knit, sew, or quilt? Join other craftspeople in the library on Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11:30 am to work on your own project in good company. If you’re not interested in creating art or crafts, bring your mending. Or just bring yourself to connect with others the old-fashioned way (think: quilting bee). Craft Show and Sale — Periodically during the year the craftspeople display their creations for sale in the clubhouse.
Classes and Gatherings
Aerobics — Water
Ballroom Craft Market
On Saturdays from 12 – 4 pm most months residents offer homemade cookies, cakes, pies and treats, jams, chutneys and sauces, craft items, clothing, cards, and gifts for children, among other surprise items such as vintage clothing, antiques, jewelry and objects d’art for sale. Setup is from 12–1 pm.
Circle of Friends
Join Aneesha Dillon and Timo Navsky when the Circle of Friends meets usually every two months in the Fireside Room at 4 pm to discuss, share, and learn how to prepare for and care for ourselves and those nearing the last stages of life.
Healing Meditation
On Sunday mornings from 10–10:00, the names of residents who are experiencing challenges are shared by Anila Manning with a group of meditators who hold them in their hearts and minds during a half-hour of healing meditation on Zoom.
Last Monday Lectures
On the last Monday of each month, Marshall Krause and Marty Gelman sponsor a speaker of special interest to our senior community at 4:30 in the Fireside Room. Residents are welcome to recommend topics and speakers.
Park Market
Five days a week, food from Extra Food is either delivered or picked up by resident volunteers, sorted, distributed to the house-bound, and assembled for residents to select from tables in the breezeway. A notice of the available food to select from is sent to residents for usually nine to ten deliveries a week.
Rollin’ Root
On Thursday mornings from 11 am to Noon, the Farmers Market visits with a refrigerated truck of local farmers’ organic, inorganic, and sustainable food to purchase.
Strength Training
On Sunday morning from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, bring your weights (or two water bottles), a yoga mat, and stretch bands for an hour of Group Strength — gentle strength training for seniors with Nan Watanabe. Suggested donation.
Taiji
Resident David MacLam is on the clubhouse back deck Sunday, and Tuesday through Friday to practice and teach Taiji from 7:30 to 9 am. You are welcome to come to the deck anytime and join in.
Exercise
Gym
Recreation
Dancing
Usually three times a week the Meadow Dance Group meets for about an hour-and-a-half to dance in the meadow, on the deck, or in the ballroom to the sounds of our local DJs. The time is determined by the season, the day, and the DJ, and everyone on the dance list is notified when and where it will take place. Ask Steve Plocher or David Tetta to be put on the mailing list.
Game Night
Join Ed Collins the second Thursday of the month from 6 to 10 pm in the Fireside Room for Board Game Night. He brings a variety of word games, strategy games, party games and some cards. Bring your favorite game.
John Feld, President
Ed Collins, 1st Vice President
Timo Navsky, 2nd Vice President
Ann Lakota, Secretary
Tara Plocher, Treasurer
Michale Dancer, At Large
Sandy Zeichner, At Large
Art in the Park, Suzie Lahr
Contractor Rating Guide, John Feld
Just-1-Hour Lisa Jackler
Park Directory, Erma Wheatley
Wildlife Committee