Meet in the CVS parking lot by the UCBC bagel shop.

Be there between 8 and 9 am to pick up supplies. Garbage bags, pickup sticks and gloves are supplied .

Early birds, come before 8 am, and you can get a free bagel, coffee, tea and/or juice.

Darien Men’s Association is assigned to clean up the Darien train station parking lot, Mechanic Street and the berm on the New Haven side of the tracks.

It usually takes only about 2 hours to complete our part.

Please come to participate as part of DMA’s community service.

Good cause, good fellowship, and free bagels!

Morning

• Tour – USCG Academy
• Lunch – Navy and USCGA Officers Club

Afternoon

USS Nautilus

• Visit – USS Nautilus and Museum

Details

10 guests may tour aboard an active duty sub at 3:00 PM
Cost: $ 55.00  per person
Note: photo ID required
Dress for sub tour: flats and pants
Board bus at DCA  8:15 AM          Return to DCA 7:00 PM
Contact  John Zerbst      203.357.0034

Yale University Art Gallery

The Museum has collections of over 200,000 objects – Art, Sculptures, Photos, and Furniture.

Special Exhibit: A Great Crowd Had Gathered: JFK in the 1960s.

Lunch: Union League Cafe

The former home of John Sherman – a signer of Declaration of Independence, this beautiful building later served as a private club until 1940.
We will enjoy a three course luncheon with a cash bar.

Two Roads Brewery Tour

A 112 year old building transformed into brewery in Stratford, Ct.

Hour long tour of brewery and samples of beers in the company pub.

Cost: $ 60.00 per person

Departing from the DCA Parking Lot — Boarding bus starts at 9:00 am

Contact Jeff Freeman at 203-655-4786 or jeff.freeman60@yahoo.com

The Social Committee has prepared an active and interesting program of events for 2014 as follows:

September 11th, Visit to the Samuel Morse House and lunch at the CIA. Later a tour of the Storm King Sculpture Park.

October 2nd, Lunch at the Gelson House and attend a play at the Goodspeed Playhouse in East Haddam.

December 11, Tour the New York Botanical Garden Christmas Train Show with lunch at LaPanetiere restaurant in Rye.

Founded over 60 years ago, the Blue Notes are a group of women who use their voices for a good cause. Singing 4-part harmony, covering music from Big Band to Broadway, the group performs at senior centers and assisted living venues throughout Southern Fairfield County, as well as at the DCA. Their director – Dr. Craig Scott Symons – is also the director of the First Congregational Church of Greenwich choir. The DCA is proud to have the Blue Notes as a key part of our philanthropic mission.

The Blue Notes Group take pride in providing high quality entertainment and enjoyment to audiences and the DMA takes pride in asking them back year after year to sing for us.

Concert starts at 11 am.

Morning – Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Val-Kill Cottage

Val-Kill, the retreat about two miles from the “big house” at Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Hyde Park, was the only place that Eleanor Roosevelt ever could call her own.

Lunch at Bocuse Restaurant

The exciting new student-staffed Bocuse Restaurant at the Culinary Institute of America provides a dining experience that is inspired by traditional French regional cuisine, re-envisioned through the lens of modern techniques. The menu includes creative new interpretations of classics selected from the bistros of the French countryside as well as the sophisticated restaurants of Paris.

Afternoon — Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt

“All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River”  FDR This quote captures FDR’s connection to Springwood, the estate that he loved & the place he considered home. The first US Presidential Library was started by FDR here. Visit the Home of FDR and Presidential Library & Museum to learn about the only President elected to four terms.

The price is $70 per person.

Bus departs from  the parking lot of the Christian Science Church located at 2331 Post Road. (Salt Box Lane is the cross street.) at 7:30am SHARP, boarding starts at 7:15am.

DO NOT GO TO 1904 POST ROAD WHICH IS THE READING ROOM OF THE CHURCH.

To make your reservations, please contact Mel Klugman, 914-417-1568, or melklugman@yahoo.com

The DMA Annual Summer Picnic will be celebrated on August 15, 2013 from 5 pm to 8:30 pm at the Weed Beach picnic area. DMA will provide beer, wine, and soft drinks, as well as eating utensils, plates and cups. Although this event is free, it is a potluck dinner, so please bring one of the following foods:

Please be sure to bring suitable serving pieces for your food dish. For your comfort, bring folding chairs, tables, and insect repellent!

IMPORTANT! Absolutely no glass containers or bottles should be brought. Darien resident attendees should have a valid beach sticker of their vehicles. Non-resident attendees should check-in at the Gate House and advise the guard that they are attending the annual DMA Picnic. Reservations are not required, but are appreciated! Contact Scott Huchason, 203-322-5025 or shutchason@sbcglobal.net to reserve.