Where did the year go? It’s time again to ring in the new and say so-long to 2022 and get ready for the seventy third year at the Forty Acre Club.
Valentine makes for romantic day and where better to celebrate it than the Forty Acre Club?
Corned Beef with cabbage, potatoes, green beans and dessert.
Here comes Peter Cottontail hopping down Forty Acres bunny trails. Hippity hoppity, Easter is on its way. Please join us for the Midwest’s best naked easter egg hunt!
The secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
All members of the Forty Acre Club each perform four hours of work on the club grounds twice a year, on the designated workdays or 30 days before or after.
Please join us on April 22 & 23 this year as we get our club ready for the 73rd season.
Saturday, May 20 – It’s Mexican FIESTA TIME at Club de Cuarenta Acres!!!! We never need an excuse for Mexican food, so gather your amigos, cook up your favorite Mexican recipe to share and get ready for a feast.
Bring food, bring an appetite and dress inappropriately.Â
Friday May 19, May Birthday Party for all of the May Birthdays. Lower Circle from 6:00 p.m. on. Not a club sponsored party, but all are welcome.
Friday – 26 May
6:00 Happy Hour / Bonfire – Bring an appetizer to share
Saturday – 27 May
11:30 – 1:00 Snack Bar
2:00 – Duck Races – pool side
6:00 – BBQ Pork Steak Dinner
8:00ish – Dance
Sunday – 28 May
11:30 – 1:00 Snack Bar
12:30 – Poker Run registration opens
2:00 – Poker Run starts under the pavilion
On Monday, May 29, 2023, Americans across the country will celebrate the brave servicemen and servicewomen who died defending our country. Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start of summer. Please join us to celebrate the Freedom we enjoy because of our brave heroes.
There’s always a gathering at the fire pit on Friday nights… OR… maybe you’d have fun playing pickle ball, bags, or shoes under the lights of our new sport complex.
Saturday snack Bar is from 11:30 till 1:PM.
During the day kick back at the pool or work up an appetite at the sports complex. Don’t forget putt putt golf!
Potluck dinner in the Club House at 6:PM FAC-time.
For all you who consider BINGO a sport, bring your quarters, if there’s enough interest, we may call a few rounds under the pavilion after dinner.
BOD Meeting on Sunday 10:AM
30 June – Friday
Evening: Snacks and drinks (potluck style) at the fire pit, relax in the hot tub or pool or games under the lights anyone?
1 July – Saturday
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Snack bar
6:00 p.m. – All American Chicken Dinner
Evening: Our Live Dance Band -‘SPICE IT UP’
2 July – Sunday
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Snack bar
3:00 p.m.: Rocket launch 3:PM
Dusk: Fireworks
Pack up your patriotic hat and red, white, & blue towel, It’s the weekend of July 4th.
Spice It Up is a fun, party, dance band that plays current pop, dance music, as well as fun music from the past. We are focused on playing mostly high energy music that will surely get you on the dance floor and shake it up.
…and best of all, Spice It Up will be playing at the Forty Acre Club!
July 14th Friday evening warm-up, around the campfire.
July 15th
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Snack Bar
1:30 p.m. Stallions and Cowgirls Race at 1:30 PM
4:30 p.m. Demolition Derby
6:00 p.m. Dinner
Evening Country Music…poolside… under the stars.
July 16th
10:00 a.m. BOD Meeting in the Club House.
Come on Cow Boys and Cow Girls, it’s a ho-down. Bring your hats, neck scarves and chaps… if you dare. Leave your guns at home…Please!
Come wearing your Black Tie and Pearls to this elegant event. Please bring a snack and a bottle of your favorite bubbly to share. See you at the Pavilion.Â
August 19 – Saturday
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Snack Bar
6:00 p.m. Potluck Dinner – Club House
Evening Dance with a 50’s theme Bobby socks, saddle shoes and Rock & Roll
August 20th – Sunday
10:00 a.m. BOD Meeting in the Club House
Please join us as we celebrate our newest members.
August 26 Movie Night
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Snack Bar
Spend the evening under the stars with Tom Cruise in Top Gun Maverick
Friday Evening -Relax and enjoy the fire pit
Saturday
Morning – Basket Raffle Starts
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -Snack Bar
2:00 p.m. -Scavenger Hunt (click for more info)Â
6:00 p.m. -Dinner
8:30 p.m. -Dance
Sunday
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -Snack Bar
2:00 p.m. -Demolition derby – Smoke Shack
3:00 p.m. -Basket Winners Announced
4:00 p.m. -Boat Races – Pool
Evening -Game Night outdoors
Most pools close on Labor Day – Not at the Forty Acre Club. If the weather is good, we’ll get one more weekend out of the summer. Why not take advantage of it? Oh, and our pool is heated, just in case.
Saturday
6:00 p.m. -Lower Circle Party
Sunday
9:00 a.m. BOD Meeting in the Club House followed by the Semi-Annual Membership Meeting
The Lower Circle, is a geographic location within our forty acres, located down the road from the TAJ. Each fall we all gather there for a bond fire, some music and an awesome pot luck dinner.
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