Category: Events (Page 1 of 3)
Events are unique, or annual, occurrences that provide singular opportunities for entertainment, service, or education.
Play ball!
Hartford Yard Goats baseball, Sunday, May 4th, at
1:10 pm vs. Chesapeake Baysox, Baltimore Orioles affiliate
Our local team is the double-a affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
Tickets are $19.00 per person.
We have reserved a block of 20 tickets in section 107 near home plate
along the first base line. Please advise Ray or Bill as soon as possible of your ticket order, and in
any event, no later than Tuesday, April 1st! Let us know if you are attending with a
guest(s). We will distribute tickets to you (by hard copy or electronically) in advance
of gameday.
Plan on buying lunch or a snack at one of the park’s vendors as well as
slaking your thirst with an enjoyable beverage from a refreshment stand.
Parking at $5.00 per vehicle is available at nearby LAZ parking lots. Go to
the Hartford Yard Goats website to reserve a parking space at a LAZ lot of
your choice, or pay the attendant directly upon entering the lot of your
choice.
Website is www.milb.com/hartford/ballpark/parking-transit.
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON OF THE OLD GUARD, AT THE BACK NINE TAVERN, 245 HARTFORD ROAD, NEW BRITAIN, CT 06053, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 2024, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Members and guests are cordially invited! Holiday music to be performed by the Guitar Duo, Judy Handler and Mark Levesque, known for their holiday music renditions played on the acoustic guitar and mandolin. The setting, music and excellent meal, and most importantly our members and guests create the perfect ambience for a festive occasion.
Trinity v. Wesleyan football game at Trinity in Hartford Saturday, November 9th.
12pm. Please let Ray know of your interest and if you will be inviting a guest(s).
More details to follow.
You are invited to:
The Hoffman August Lunch
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
At the Back Nine Tavern
245 Hartford Road New Britain
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PROGRAM at: 12 Noon
Kicking off our 59th Season
Bob Hoffman and John Keleher
Informal Attire
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12:30 PM Luncheon
$24 Payable that day in cash
Choices: * Club Sandwich: Chicken, Roast Beef or Turkey
* Meatloaf Sandwich * Reuben Sandwich
* Build your own burger
All meals will be accompanied by a house salad, nonalcoholic drink/ coffee
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Sign up by August 15, 2024
Send Email to Ed Turbert or Paul Dean on or before August 15th
indicating your choice of meal
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Last Year this event served 43 Old Guard Members!
Holiday Concert
This year’s Grand Marshal and keynote speaker at the ceremony is Mike Cabrey, a retired US Army Colonel with 30 years of Active Duty service. Commissioned in May 1986 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, he served in various Artillery positions, leading and commanding from the platoon through brigade level. From 2003-2004, he commanded and led over 750 soldiers in direct combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.
While serving in the Army, he earned the Bronze Star, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He holds two Masters Degrees in Advanced Military Studies and International Relations.
Mike leads another army for the Old Guard – the Salvation Army. His daughter is a nurse practitioner in Hartford?
Our next four volunteer days at Foodshare are June 8th, July 5th, August 2nd, and September 6th. Come out and join us, and remember hunger doesn’t take the summer off and neither does the Old Guard!
Jeff Lee
Annual Old Guard Luncheopn 2024
Our concluding event of the Old Guard annual season for 2023-2024 witnessed a capacity gathering of some 120 members and guests gathered at this venerable and refurbished first rate country club featuring delicious entrees consisting of salmon, chicken marsala and eggplant parmesan, followed by cheesecake and tiramisu. Our guest speaker, introduced by Paul Dean, was none other than our very own Dr. William A. MacDonnell, DDS, speaking on the topic of Horace Wells, Connecticut’s Greatest Humanitarian, and a seminal figure in pioneering the use of anesthesia in medicine. An informative and heartfelt presentation by Dr. MacDonnell, enjoyed and appreciated by all present.
Great fun for a good cause.
The tournaments supports the West Hartford YMCA Scholarship Fund.
OG Tournament Registration Form 2024
The Old Guard Inc. of West Hartford proudly presented the Kilwins Swing for the Kids Golf Tournament on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Stanley Golf Course and The Back Nine Tavern in New Britain. Forty-four golfers and fourteen lunch attendees enjoyed a beautiful day for a great cause. After nine holes of golf, all gathered at the restaurant for a delicious buffet dinner. Both Stanley Golf and Back Nine Tavern do an outstanding job for the tournament.
Thanks to the generosity of donors, raffle items valued at over $1,800 were given to winners. A silent auction raised $1,800 for the tournament. Additionally, money was raised by the sale of golf mulligans ($270) and raffle ticket sales ($635).
In total, the Kilwins Swing for the Kids Golf Tournament raised $9,613! All these funds go to the YMCA Camp Scholarship Fund which enables kids from families with financial need to attend Y camps.
A huge thanks goes to the sponsors who made this tournament a success. The support of these organizations is greatly appreciated. Please support our sponsors with your business.
Tournament Title Sponsor
Kilwins West Hartford – Blue Back Square, West Hartford
Gold Sponsors
Duncaster Retirement Community – Bloomfield
JP Carroll Roofing – Bloomfield
John & Carol Hartman Foundation / Cummings & Lockwood LLC – West Hartford
Seabury Life – Bloomfield
Silver Sponsors
Callahan’s Bowl-O-Rama – Newington
Steven Hall / Dental Associates – Farmington
Nassau Financial Group – Hartford
Robert O’Meara / Keller Williams Legacy Partners – West Hartford
University of Saint Joseph – West Hartford
YHB Investment Advisors, Inc. – West Hartford
Bronze Sponsors
Nathan Berry / Hartford Dental Associates, PPLC – West Hartford
Corner Pug Restaurant – West Hartford
Hartford Health Care – Hartford
Image Ink – Newington
Kaoud Rugs – West Hartford
Prime Healthcare – Greater Hartford
Scott Walker / Retina Consultants PC – Greater Hartford
Senior Job Bank – West Hartford
St. Francis Hospital / Trinity Health – Greater Hartford
Trout Brook Landscaping – West Hartford
In the past three years, since the end of the pandemic and the resumption of the golf tournament, the golf tournament has raised over $25,000 for the YMCA Camp Scholarship Fund!
YMCA Presentation: Old Guard Golf Committee Chairman Chuck Hasbrouck presents a check for $10,655, the proceeds of the “2023 Kilwin’s Swing for the Kids Golf Tournament” to Donelle Daigle, Executive Director of the West Hartford YMCA. Looking on are members of the YMCA staff and members of the Old Guard Golf Committee.
The proceeds are donated to the West Hartford YMCA to provide scholarships to youth to attend YMCA summer camp.