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Wednesday Update -- January 29, 2025

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• Best-Selling Author of "The Dynasty" Speaks February 3
• Y's Man Ken Bernhard to Talk About Second Amendment
• Y's Men Friends Support Group Meets Tomorrow
• Travel Group Meets This Monday
• Annual Chinese New Year Celebration February 18
• New Members Lunch Set for Thursday, February 27
• Classes Begin Next Month to Volunteer for WVEMS
• Use Y's Men Newsletter to Inform About Club Activities
• Rotary Super Bowl Raffle Raises Money for Charities
• Opportunity to Sign Up for 2025 Y's Men Golf

Monday, February 3, at 7:00 pm

The Y's Men Present Award-Winning Author

Jeff Benedict at The Westport Library to Talk About

The Dynasty of the New England Patriots 

And 

How the New York Giants Impacted It! 

After entering the big game undefeated, the Patriots lost in the last minute when David Tyree made "the catch"!

How did the Patriots handle their big Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants in 2008? 

How did the Patriots recover after losing their second straight Super Bowl to the Giants in 2012?

Jeff Benedict was on the inside and his book covers these incredible Patriot losses as well as their many wins over the years.

Giants fans unite! Join us Monday evening, February 3 at 7:00 pm and have some fun talking about his great book, The Dynasty, and about the rich Giants - Patriots history.

Invite your friends and enjoy some delicious baked treats from Cobs Bread of Westport.

The Dynasty will be available for sale, and Jeff will stay to sign your book.

Seats are Free and are now limited, so register soon by clicking here.

Check out the video about Jeff’s book by clicking here.

Y's Man Ken Bernhard To Address Second Amendment

Ken Bernhard

Y's Man Ken Bernhard will speak about the Second Amendment to the U. S. Constitution at the morning meeting tomorrow (Thursday, January 30). The Amendment protects the right to bear arms and keep a militia. It was ratified on December 15, 1791. 

The title of Ken's talk is: “The Second Amendment: How 240 years of settled law became today’s controversy."



Y's Men Thursday morning meetings are in Hoskins Hall downstairs in the Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East in Westport. As always, donut and bagel social hour 9:00 to 10:00 am, short business meeting at 10:00, and speaker starts at 10:30 finishing no later than 11:30. Come early and meet your fellow members. Guests are always welcome.

Y's Men Friends Support Group Meets Tomorrow

The Y's Men Friends Support Group will meet at the Saugatuck Congregational Church in Room 211 at 2:00 pm tomorrow (Thursday, January 30). The Group offers fellowship to Y's Men who have lost their wives and life partners.

For additional information, contact Jay Dirnberger at jaydirnberger@gmail.com.

 Travel Group Meets This Monday, February 3 at 9:00 am

The Y’s Men Travel Group will meet from 9:00 to 10:30 am on Monday, February 3 in Room 203 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church. 

All Travel Group meetings begin with members talking about their recent travel experiences. 

The Group will try for a two-fer this week, that is, two topics:

• What plans might you have for traveling in the US or Canada this coming year?
• How have your travels changed for you and your spouse/partner? Does one of you have different travel interests and how do you reconcile that?

For information about the Y’s Men Travel Group, or to be added to the group’s email distribution list, please contact Art Mann, mannart03@gmail.com.

New Members: Save Thursday, February 27 for Luncheon

A luncheon for new members of Y's Men will be held on Thursday, February 27 at Gabriel's Italian Steakhouse of Westport, 27 Powers Court, beginning at noon.

The event provides an opportunity to meet fellow new members, connect with the Y's Men leadership team, learn about Y's Men activities, trips, and events, and find ways to become involved. Following the luncheon, attendees are invited to a comprehensive backstage tour of the Westport Country Playhouse next door to the restaurant.

Contact Membership Chairman Allan Siegert at News@siegert.us with any questions.

EMS Volunteers Needed; Classes Begin in February and March

EMT Class Starts Soon

The Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service needs more community members who are willing to step up and join them in saving lives on the ambulance. Please click below to add your name to our interest list so that you're notified when the next class is opening for registration.

Also click here for complete information on classes conducted by the WVEMS to obtain an Emergency Medical Technician certificate or an Emergency Medical Responder certificate in the State of Connecticut.

EMT classes begin Tuesday, February 11, and EMR classes begin on Monday, March 3.

Y's Men Activity Chairmen: Publicize Your Club Here

There are more than 30 different activities available to Y's Men. If you want other Y's Men to learn about your activity, consider providing information about your next meeting to the Y's Men Newsletter. Tell the membership where and when you will be meeting, what you are going to discuss, and whom to contact for additional information. Provide photos from previous meetings, too.

Write-ups should be submitted by noon on Fridays.

Please send your material to Dick Kalt at dickkalt@gmail.com and edbloch71@gmail.com and contact either of them with any questions.

Westport Sunrise Rotary Raising Money With Super Bowl Raffle

Westport Sunrise Rotary has kicked off its Annual Super Bowl Raffle to raise money for the dozens of charities it supports locally and internationally as well as in youth and community service. Tickets in the raffle are $50.00 each and participants can win $1,000.00 or more.

Click the button below to buy tickets and read details about how the raffle works.

2025 Golf Sign Up Opportunity

The Y's Men 2024 golf season was a great success! We had three tee times (11:30/11:40/11:50) each Monday with a few exceptions for tournaments. 

For 2025 we may be able to get additional tee times if we have the demand. A notice will go out on Thursday asking to sign up for Monday Golf. We will then circulate a tee sheet with assigned times by each Sunday. Please, only put your name on the list if you truly intend to play at least a few times!

              Click Here to Sign Up for Monday Golf

This sign up notification will be repeated a few times before the season starts to be sure all our new members get the message.

We will request (try again) to get resident rates for all Y's Men Players.