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Tuesday Update -- August 6, 2024

• Rain May Affect This Evening's Compo Picnic
• Last Chance To Board Re-Launched Sunset Cruise
• Try Your Hand at Bocce Tomorrow Morning
• Non-Fiction Book Club Meets Tomorrow Afternoon
• Afghan Refugee Family Needs Your Support
• Y's Men Invited to Rotaries "Opus for Peace" August 11
• New Y's Men Calendar of Events
• Camera Club Contest Rules
• Sign-up For West Point Football Outing
• Upcoming Trips Announced by T&E
• Watch This List for Future Social Events

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

Weather May Affect Tonight's Picnic; Watch Forecast

Morning weather forecasts call for a 90 percent chance of rain at 5:00 pm today just about when the Y's Men Tuesday evening picnic is scheduled at Compo Beach South. As Y's Man Jon Fox, the picnic arranger, advises, "If weather is bad (too hot, too cold, too rainy), stay home. Otherwise, just come and enjoy." So, watch the weather.

A Y's Men summer tradition, the Tuesday evening picnics 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 additional information is needed, contact Jon at 203-227-2679.

Last Chance for Tickets to Board Re-Launched Sunset Cruise

Tickets are selling quickly for the Sunset Cocktail Cruise which has been re-scheduled for Thursday, August 15 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The original cruise, set for July, was postponed because of weather.

If you signed up and paid for the cancelled Cruise, you are good to go for this one. If you haven't signed up, tickets are now available from those who were scheduled for the first but couldn't make the second.

The cost of the cruise is $75.00 per person and includes beer, wine, water and "lite bite" appetizers (not dinner). Guests may bring their own food and beverages but no glassware. The ship leaves from Stamford Harbor (details will be provided to those who sign up).

The cruise will be aboard the SoundWaters, an 80-foot tall three-masted ship styled after a 19th century Chesapeake Bay schooner. It's steel-hulled, U.S. Coast Guard-certified, and carries up to 40 passengers (the limit on the number of Y's Men and guests who may attend). The decks are wide and comfortable, and there's plenty of bench seating. For more info on the ship, click:

https://soundwaters.org/sails-rentals/charter-the-schooner

Deadline for reservations and sign ups is no later than Saturday, August 10.

Any questions please contact Dewey Loselle, the event organizer, at

deweyloselle@gmail.com or 203-454-4171

Click Pay Now below, or if paying by check: Mail your check made payable to "Y's Men Westport Weston," to: Y’s Men of Westport/Weston, P.O. Box 167, Westport, CT 06881-0167.

Try Your Hand at Y's Men Bocce Tomorrow Morning

Try your hand at Bocce when the Y's Men Bocce Group meets tomorrow (August 7) at Veterans Park, 909 Reef Road, in Fairfield, where there are six well-maintained Bocce Courts available. The Group meets every Wednesday (weather permitting).

Teams are formed and games start at 10:30 am and usually run until noon.

No registration is required. Just show up and join a team of fellow Y's Men.  

Reminder emails are sent out on Tuesday evening. If you wish to be added to the list, send your email address to Len Ances at ances@sbcglobal.net

Non-Fiction Book Club Meets Tomorrow Afternoon

The Y's Men Non-Fiction Book Club, formerly chaired by Y's Man Marty Yellin, will meet tomorrow (Wednesday, August 7) in Room 109 at 2:00 pm in the Saugatuck Congregational Church. All Y's Men are invited to attend. The topic for discussion will be the future organization of the Club without the leadership of its chairman.

For additional information, contact Jeff Schwartz at 201-787-0654.

Y’s Men Community Service Opportunity:

Immersive Help Needed for Afghan Refugee Family

Long-time Y’s Man and Past President Pete Wolgast has been working for several years with a group of Fairfield County volunteers who help relocate Afghan families who supported the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and have had to flee their home country to save their lives. 

This rescue group is looking for a volunteer to coordinate the other volunteers who provide support services to a recently arrived Afghani family. This coordinator is not the person who delivers specific services such as rides, grocery shopping, school enrollment, etc., but instead, develops a relationship with the family and reaches out to other known volunteers as specific services are required.

If you think you would be interested in an ongoing commitment to help a family who risked their lives to help our troops in Afghanistan, please contact Pete Wolgast at akwpete@aol.com or 203-259-4215 for further information.

Y’s Men Camera Club Preparing for

21st Annual Photographic Exhibition

November 15, 2024 through January 2025.

Co-sponsored with the Westport Center for Senior Activities.

The rules for entry in the upcoming Exposition

are now available on the Y’s Men website.

Click here to review the rules

and submit a winner!

Plans Shaping Up for West Point Football September 21

A section of 25 tickets have been purchased by the Y's Men for the Army vs. Rice University football game scheduled for Saturday, September 21.

An outing to West Point has long been an autumn event for the Y's Men and this year's program promises to be outstanding. In addition to the game, participants will watch the West Point Cadets Parade and enjoy a tailgating party under a tent that will be "home base" for Y's Men and their guests. Spouses, significant others, families and children are encouraged to attend.

Plans call for car pooling from Merritt Exit 42 at 6:45 am or driving directly. The cost for the tickets and tent is $60.00 per person including tailgate food and byob drinks.

Roy McKay (roymckay@hotmail.com) and Baxter Urist (burist@optonline.net) are the event leaders.