SCC man seeks common hub for new social club

Plenty of singles but no way to connect

By STEPHEN FLANAGAN JACKSON

A Sun City Center resident sees a social need for widowed or divorced or any non-married individuals in South Shore. Joe Vladyka, a business entrepreneur in the area, feels the few singles organizations that exist are all too small and disconnected. Vladyka, therefore, is making the pitch for singles to unite and to form one large singles club as a hub with all the other singles organizations in the area as spokes.

One reliable source who has lived in Sun City Center for a number of years recalls an energetic, thriving singles club sponsored by one of the area’s largest churches. Only problem: That singles club disintegrated when most of the members married — each other!

Fast forward to now. And Vladyka has sounded the clarion for action and organization. He is urging all interested parties, singles, “to spread the word” and to help get this proposal of his from the drawing board to a pleasant reality.

According to Vladyka, helpers are required “to put together in one club 400-plus singles. If you want to help, email singlesclubofscc18@gmail.com and you will be contacted,” said Vladyka, adding, “We all know and have heard ‘united we stand, divided we fall.’ Sun City Singles have been divided, not united. Get 400 singles united, and the new club will always be a source for clubs to recruit new members… a place to meet many new friends each week.” 

Vladyka observes that singles are spread out between clubs, churches and community. He said the singles dance has only 30 or 40 people attending and half are couples, leaving very few truly single people. New people come and see low attendance and leave so the club never grows. People try dating clubs to meet people and find people do not match their profiles and then have a hard time meeting the right person, he said.

Citing numbers like an analytical metrics expert, Vladyka said 15 to 20 single people move to Sun City Center each month. “Twenty to 30 or more people are listed in obituaries each month leaving behind someone that needs some close friends,” points out Vladyka. He said 420 to 600 singles move here or lose their mate each year. This does not include all church’s singles, clubs’ singles and community singles. “These existing clubs,” said Vladyka, “always have some people leaving for one reason or another. It takes a set plan to reach new people to keep a new club growing.” Vladyka urges, “We will do it with your support. Sun City Center needs this new, centralized club to unite all singles. The local radio station and newspapers will publicize the club.”

Many people have joined other clubs to meet people including singles. The goal is to get singles from all clubs, churches and community to come to a weekly meeting to do some fun things, meet new people with similar interests, and get them to join their clubs.

Vladyka said he has spoken to numerous single people in Sun City Center who find it very hard to meet someone that they would be interested in dating or developing a relationship. Many are paying for dating sites where photos are not current and profiles are not true … a lot of disappointment and wasted time, said Vladyka.

The goal is to start the new Singles Club, according to Vladyka, when we get at least 200 people to commit to coming once a week for the first four to six weeks to see if attendance is good, and if the new system is working.

If you want to be a member, and be on the new singles email list, send your email address to singlesofscc18@gmail.com, or text Joe Vladyka at 813-830-2418.