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The Week Ahead -- Sunday, June 2, 2024

• How to Carpool to Consumer Reports Tour This Wednesday
• Thursday Morning Coffee Continues at Sherwood Island
• Y's Men See an AED Demonstration
• GIDG Meets Tomorrow Morning
• Military Discussion Group to Talk About Korean War
• Classical Music Society to Discuss Mahler This Tuesday
• Tuesday Evening Picnics Underway at Compo Beach
• Four Upcoming Trips Announced by T&E
• Future Social Events Listed
• Y's Men Kayak Group Launches First Outing Friday
• Wait List Started for June 19 Clambake
• A Few Seats Still Available for "South Pacific" at Goodspeed

Videos of all 2024 meeting presentations are now available on the Y's Men website (ysmenwestportweston.org). Then click on the “Meeting Photos & Videos” tab.

Consumer Reports Tour This Wednesday;

Here Are Instructions for Carpooling

The Consumer Reports Tour will be this Wednesday (June 5) from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm.  

Everyone who has registered and made their donation will meet at the Exit 42 Park and Ride of the Merritt Parkway no later than 11:00 am.  Frank Wood, Jim Wong, and Ron Ryzoff will be on hand to expedite carpooling.  

Please be flexible if you want to drive, and take other members in your car. We have more than 100 people attending this event.  Everyone should be on site by the start time of 1:00 pm. If you arrive earlier, we have arranged a hospitality area for you until the Event begins.  

We have had a few emergency cancellations, so we have spots open for members, spouses, and guests.

The Consumer Reports address is:

101 Truman Avenue

Yonkers, NY 10703

If you have any questions, please call Ron Holtz, Tour Leader. at 203-993-4970.

Thursday Morning Social Hour Continues at Sherwood Island

The social hour beginning at 9:00 am is a highlight of the Y's Men meetings on Thursday mornings prior to the business meeting and guest speaker. This is when Y's Men convene for coffee, donuts, bagels and conversation from September through May at the Saugatuck Congregational Church.

Now that the business and guest speaker portions of the meeting are on summer hiatus, the social hour continues from 9:00 am to 10:00 am every Thursday at the Sherwood Island Pavilion.

Coffee, donuts and bagels will be available beginning at 9:00 am every Thursday through August 29. Following the social hour, a walking group forms to tour Sherwood Island

Y's Men tennis players gathered for an AED demonstration following play last Friday.

Y's Men Tennis Players View AED Demonstration

They are all around town. There is even one in Hoskins Hall at the Church where we meet. But how many know how they function or how to use them?

"They" are AEDs -- Automated External Defibrillators that can shock your heart back to normal if needed.

To familiarize at least one group of very active Y's Men with AEDs, Past President Dewey Loselle, chair of summer tennis, with the help of Y's Man and Community Relations Chair Jim Marpe, arranged for a demonstration following play at Longshore this past Friday.



Representatives from the Westport Fire Department and the Emergency Medical Service showed the group two different types of defibrillators and how to operate them. A number of questions were answered.

"I feel much more confident now in how to use an AED, "Dewey commented after the session. Some speculated that a demonstration for a wider group of Y's Men this summer or fall would be valuable.

Global Issues Discussion Group Meets Tomorrow

The Global Issues Discussion Group (GIDG) will meet tomorrow (Monday, June 3) at 9:00 am in Room 203 at the Church. Mexico will be the topic for discussion including its upcoming presidential election, drug trafficking, immigration, and imports.. 

For additional information, contact Moderator Peter Chelico at pecysmen@gmail.com.

Korean War Topic of Military Discussion Group

The Military Discussion Group, led by Y's Man Jon Fox, will meet tomorrow (Monday, June 3) at 10:00 am upstairs at the Saugatuck Congregational Church. The topic of discussion will be the Korean War. 

For additional information, contact Jon at jonfox06880@gmail.com.

Y's Men Classical Music Society to Discuss Mahler June 4

The late19th and early 20th century composer and conductor Gustav Mahler will be featured by the Y's Men Classical Music Society at its meeting this Tuesday (June 4). An encore program will be presented which will be a video of Michael Tilson Thomas exploring the life of Mahler. Entitled Origins, Thomas travels to the provincial Austro-Hungarian city of Mahler's childhood, traces his musical roots, and follows his rise as a young conductor.

The meeting will be from 2:45 to 4:15 pm at the Westport Center for Senior Activities.

Reservations are required. Contact Ed Bloch at edbloch71@gmail.com or 203-227-4920.

Tuesday Evening Picnics Underway at Compo Beach

The traditional Y's Men Tuesday evening picnics at Compo Beach began last week and will continue through the summer.

Arranged by Y's Man Jon Fox, the gatherings take place on South Beach "642 feet to the right of the cannons." There is no need for a beach sticker. Simply tell them at the entrance that you are attending the Y's Men picnic. It begins about 4:30 to 5:00 pm. Bring your own chairs, finger food and your choice of beverage perhaps to share (no glass containers are allowed).

If weather is bad (too hot, too cold, rainy), Jon says, "Stay home. Otherwise, just come and enjoy." If additional information is needed, contact Jon by clicking here.

Y's Men Kayak Group Launches First Outing This Friday

This Friday (June 7) at 10:00 am the Y’s Men Kayak Group will launch its first outing into Mill Pond for a one and a half to two hour "paddle" around this very special tidal area. It's described as an easy paddle focused on exploring the edges all along this body of water. 

If you have a Kayak and would like to join the Group, or participate in the future, please contact Y's Man Walter Greene at wlgreene1@gmail.com.

A Wait List has been started. If you would like to be added, email Dewey Loselle at deweyloselle@gmail.com.

Clambake!

Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 6:00 pm

Ned Dimes Marina Clubhouse

BYOB

Lobster, Clams, Mussels, Corn on the Cob, Baked Potato, Watermelon

A Y’s Men Social Committee Event

(Limited to 55 Participants)

Only a Few Seats Remain

For An Almost Sold Out "South Pacific"

Only a few seats are available for the Y's Men trip to see a matinee performance of "South Pacific" at The Goodspeed Opera House on Tuesday, July 9. Thirty prime seats have been reserved for the Y's Men in the sixth and seventh rows of the center orchestra for the 2:00 pm matinee.

Included in the trip will be a great three-course lunch at the Gelston House, within walking distance of the theater.

The price is $155.00 per person for the show, lunch, transportation aboard a Dattco Luxury Coach, taxes and gratuities.

Registration and payment are due by this Friday (June 7). Any questions, contact Dewey Loselle, the event organizer, at deweyloselle@gmail.com.

Register and make your payment by clicking the button below: