Clubs & Groups

Clubs & Groups

Dartmouth clubs and groups were busy this spring with activities around the globe. Highlights included activities celebrating newly admitted students, community service events focused on contributing to our local communities through the Dartmouth Day of Service and lots of early-summer get-togethers and social events.

Many clubs generously organized events to welcome and support newly admitted students and their families. Members of the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey and the Dartmouth Club of New York gathered for a picnic in New Jersey to welcome new students. Jim Felter ’74 organized the potluck picnic, along with club members including David Dietze ’78, Perry Neilson (parent of a ’17) and Jon Rabinowitz ’74. The picnic featured a question-and-answer session specifically for the parents of the incoming freshmen and plenty of opportunity for socializing with old and new acquaintances.

Many Dartmouth alumni from clubs and groups across all geographies took time to give back to their communities this year by participating in the Dartmouth Alumni Day of Service on May 6. This was the third year the event had been held. It grew out of an Alumni Council initiative that aimed to extend Dartmouth’s longstanding tradition of community service throughout the country. Alumni in 16 states participated in more than 36 projects. Bill Ragan ’82 helped to organize the Dartmouth Club of Greater Boston’s multiple events for the day of service. Boston area activities included volunteering at the Greater Boston Food Bank, Room to Grow and a veterans’ shelter in partnership with Dartmouth Uniformed Service Alumni (DUSA). DUSA organized three additional veterans-related service events for the day of service this year. They included spending time with veterans at the West L.A. Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in partnership with Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment & Media (DAEMA); contributing to trail work on a hiking trail in the Upper Valley frequently used by VA patients at the White River Junction, Vermont, VA Medical Center; and holding a joint event with the Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C., to welcome honor flights at the WWII Memorial in D.C.

As for the more socially focused events, the Dartmouth Club of Greater San Francisco and Young Alumni of Dartmouth Activities held a very wellattended event to celebrate Green Key this year. The theme was “Green Key on the Beach,” and it was held on May 20 at Woods Treasure Island Club, a brewery located on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. If the photos were any indication of the event’s success, Susan Burkhardt ’82 and the team will have to make it

an annual event. Another popular social event among Dartmouth clubs and groups is to gettogether for baseball games. The Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles, organized by Marco Chu ’11 and

team, gathered alumni together for a Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds game in June.

In a special event this May to close out Asian Pacific American History Month at Dartmouth, Jane Lu ’13, Boston regional chair of the Dartmouth Asian Pacific American Alumni Association (DAPAAA), distributed stoles to 2017s. The stoles were funded in part by individual DAPAAA members, and the event honored the achievements of graduating students and recognized their contributions to the Pan Asian community.

Please send me news of your club, association or affiliated group activities!

—Stina Brock ’01, PO Box 9274, Jackson, WY 83002; stina.brock@gmail.com