Clubs & Groups
Clubs & Groups
These are unusual times, but a few of our Dartmouth clubs and groups provided some updates to share with you despite the current challenges.
The Dartmouth Club of the Piedmont copresidents Betsy Booth Scalco ’87 and Dawn Green MacLaren ’89 reported that the club has more than 700 recognized alumni and family members dispersed across a wide geographical area in North Carolina. This past year the club resurrected dues and donations collection, increased social media presence, and put effort into thoughtful event planning. With those efforts, the club was fortunate to capture the active participation of alumni spanning 60 years of graduating classes, from ’60s to ’20s! The club had a sold-out trip to the Duke Lemur Center in Durham with 35 people. Eighty-five people came to the club’s holiday party (more than twice the previous year’s turnout) and enjoyed hearing from the Rockapellas! Many newer, younger alums and first-timers joined as well. Later alumni enjoyed watching the Dartmouth vs. Princeton game at a local sports bar, with too many people to count, and then 40 alums and family members joined together for a UNC women’s basketball game to cheer on coach
Courtney Banghart ’00. The club looks forward to getting back on track with book awards and with plans for new admit, send-off, and end-of-year parties to wrap up 2020. They already have a host of ideas for 2021, balancing family-oriented and alumni-focused venues.
Cecily (Kaya) Boulware ’09, the Dartmouth Club of Hawaii secretary, shared that the club had a couple of events recently. Notably, on December 14, 2019, the club’s new president, Eddie Kim ’03, and his family, hosted a Charter Day event at the Kaneohe Yacht Club. Afterward he treated those who were interested in a trip to the Kaneohe Sand Bar. There were about 34 alums, current students, and their families in attendance.
Please feel free to send me updates about the great events—virtual or in-person—that your club, association, or affiliated group has organized.
Stina Brock ’01
—Stina Brock ’01, PO. Box 9274, Jackso?i, WY 83002; stina.brock@gmail.com
