Pastime Athletic Club News ~ January 2016

January 20, 2016

We hope this finds you well.

It's nice and warm at the Club so come on in from the cold.

Welcome New Members!

Please remember to introduce yourself to new faces around the Club.

Mike Kitts

Debbie Cole

Matt Doran

Shawn Peake

TJ Young

Roger Orcutt

Mitch Laduke

Scott Evans

Lynn Swetland

John Duca

Jamie Williams

Karl Lutz

Mitch Laduke

The Big Chill Polar Plunge is this Saturday and we have a growing team that is excited and proud to represent the Club! Members Ted Ackerman, Tyler Eustace, Scott Eustace, Mike Corbett and Mike Hanley are all signed up to plunge.

The Pastime AC team is raising money for the Building Men Program in the Syracuse City School District.

Please consider joining our team or DONATING A FEW $'s HERE. You can also donate at the bar.

ANNUAL CLUB MEMBERSHIP MEETING 

TUESDAY JANUARY 26, 6:00pm

Boiled Hoffman Hots and Coneys with Kraut, on the House!

We will discuss exciting things for the year ahead...

- Vote for new Board of Directors which will include some new Board Nominees.

- Updates about more improvements around the Club.

- Updates about our improved financial position and our growing membership.

- Updates about our 125th Anniversary including plans to celebrate at the Hotel Syracuse!

- Chance to sign up to join a Committee.

- 50/50 Raffle

19 Point Club Party : For all those who participate in the NFL 19 point club.

                                    Sunday January 24th 2:00pm

Pastime Library ~ We are bringing back the Club Library. So far the library has a World Almanac, Webster's Dictionary, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Aesop's Fables and the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotes. Please bring in your favorite books. Feel free to add one to the library, take one to read or just relax and read one at the Club.

Pastime AC Membership Charity Raffle

 ~ Beginning March 1st every PAC member in good standing will have their name entered into a drawing. The winner will choose a charity and the Club will send a $100 donation to that charity on their behalf.  We will be making a list of preferred charities so if you have one that you would like on the list please let us know. As the revenue at the Club grows, so will the amount of the donation. 

OUR Restaurant is Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. Please support the restaurant and consider having your next event at the Club. Contact us anytime to reserve space for meetings, get togethers or bowling. We will always try to accommodate, even on short notice.

Remember that we have a $5 guest fee for guests who use our athletic facilities. Frequent guests either athletic or social should be encouraged to join as members.  Please encourage your friends to join.

If you still have an outstanding balance for 2016, would like to pay monthly or have any other membership questions, please contact Becky Heindorf asap at 863-0125.

Please feel free to send any questions or concerns to this email address or contact Club President, Ted Ackerman at 491-4474 or ackermanted@gmail.com.

Needs/Wants

- We are nearing completion of our new fitness and training room adjacent to the gymnasium upstairs. This room will be available to all members. We are in need of dumbbells, kettle bells, an elliptical trainer and other fitness equipment. If you have anything at home you would consider donating, please send us a picture here.

- TV's ~ We plan to upgrade the TV's in the Lounge and Bowing Alleys with larger screens soon.  If you happen to have a flat screen TV 48" or larger that you are getting rid of and would consider donating or selling, please let us know.

- Sports Memorabilia ~ Preferably Pastime AC, SU, Chief's, Parochial League, Local High School memorabilia to be used to decorate Club rooms.

As always, THANK YOU for your support.

See you at the Club.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

It has been an amazing year at the Club! Thanks to all of You!!

We've had so many great new members and there are more below!

Our first year, half price promotion, ends at the end of the year.  Your friends can...Join Here.

It's time to focus on the members we have and work to improve the Club together!

Please welcome these new members and introduce yourself when you see new faces around the Club!

New Members

Tim Green

Julia Shipley

Ed Shattuck

Zachary Servidore

Luke Utz

Ryan Flaherty

Charles Shipley

Jamar Ballard

James Sauta

We welcomed Santa Claus and helped distribute Christmas gifts to over 275 children from our neighborhood on Friday.  The children and their families were all very appreciative of our support. Pictures can be found HERE.

We also delivered over $500 in donations to the Francis House on Friday.  This money was raised by our members at a fundraiser held by the G.S.I.O.C. Club.  Thank you for everyone's generosity.

Club Holiday Hours

Christmas Eve 7am - 6pm...Happy Hour Specials!

CLOSED Christmas Day ~ Enjoy your day with friends and family.

Jackpot! A lot to be Thankful for at the Club!

We hope this finds you all well as you prepare for the fun and festivities of Thanksgiving.

This year the Pastimes is GIVING THANKS to all of you for your support.  

We are well on our way to reaching our goals for this year and for our 125th Anniversary.

On Black Friday we will host our first 125th Anniversary Raffle Drawing!

Get your ticket in!

$50 Tickets are still available at the bar.

There will be a FREE Buffet and Draft Beer for all ticket holders at the Club on Friday starting at 4:00pm. We will begin drawing winners at 6:00pm.

Guests with no ticket are welcome to join the festivities for $10.

The Club will be Closed on Thursday and will be open for regular hours on Friday!

SU Plays in the Bahamas at 2:30 on Wednesday so come on down to watch the game!

Please welcome our newest Members!

Ed Burris

Joe Sindoni

Mark Crisafulli

Tim Mahar

Virgil Pogue

Sean Leuthauser

Mark Deangelis

Mansio Bom

Mike Deloski

Arthur Johnson

Arthur Johnson Jr

Kevin Hunt

Bob Avery

Tyler Newcomb

Angel Acevedo

Please introduce yourselves to new people that you see around the Club!

Our 1 year promotion of half price dues will end at the end of this year.

Please like out Facebook page!  

Enjoy your Thanksgiving with your friends and family.

We hope to see you Friday!

Club Updates October 25th 2015

We hope this finds you all well!

Things at the Club continue to get better and our membership continues to grow.

Please Welcome our newest Members!

Remember to introduce yourself to new faces around the Club.

Calum Stewart

Brian Benz

Chuck Noeson

Bill Lydon

Jamie Donigan

Howard Grabowski

Ryan Delaney

Patrick Shiel

Matt Corbett

Alexander Solazzo

Greg Lothridge

Danny Vargas

Niasia Mitchell

Chuck Holtsbery

Christian Danaher

James Mosher

Jeff Lonzak

Emily Detor

Jamar Clarke

Santino Malual

Please also welcome our new bartender...Ann Marie Martucci...Please stop in to introduce yourself.

Thank You for renewing your Memberships!  Thank You for visiting our Sports Bar!  Thank You for telling your friends about the Club! Thank You for considering the Club for your next Party.  Thank you for buying your $50 raffle ticket!  Thank you for being a part of our continuing growth!

Thank you to Bill Hanna for donating the 2 new TVs in the gym and to the Barno family for donating a new TV for the bar which will be installed this week.

Restaurant OPEN 7 DAYS

Based on feedback from our members we've decided to add more consistency to our restaurant and are now open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. Andy Corcoran will be overseeing the restaurant operation.  We know you have to eat...why not eat at the Club!  

Order at the Bar.

Basketball

Our Monday night basketball league draft will be Monday night, 10/26.  This is a Members only league where players are drafted onto teams.  The league lasts until April and the cost for the league is $125. Please sign up at the Club or send us a message here and we will get you on the draft list.

If interested in starting another Basketball League please contact us here.

Bowling

We will be starting our Friday night OPEN Bowling on November 6th from 7-9.

If interested in starting a bowling league please contact us here.

Updates

We are proud of our recent fundraiser and Open House of the GSIOC Club which raised over $500 for the Francis House.  We also recently had volunteers work on homes in the neighborhood at the Home Headquarters Block Blitz and others help build the new playground in Washington Square Park.

We continue to make improvements throughout the building.  Thanks again to John Brown for his countless hours of time put towards improving the Club.

Membership Cards

All Members should have received their new Orange Membership Cards by now.  If you have any questions about your membership, problems with your new card or have paid your dues and did not receive a card, please contact Becky at 315-863-0125 or cbheindor@aol.com.

If you have not paid your dues and are unsure if you will renew your membership please contact Becky or Ted Ackerman at 491-4474 to discuss your questions and/or concerns.

PAC T shirts are for sale in the bar for $10!

More $50 raffle tickets are available at the bar. Drawing will be on Black Friday!

Youth Basketball Gear is available for ALL Members to purchase...Order Form Attached.

Please continue to encourage your friends and family to join and support the Club.

Thank you for your continued support!!

If you have information that you would like to get out, please send it to us at this address.

To find old Pastime Updates and News go to...

http://pastimeathleticclub.blogspot.com

Pastime Athletic Club

1314 N Salina St

Syracuse, NY  13208

315.471.7929

www.facebook.com/pastimeac

www.pastimeathleticclub.org

pastimeathleticclub@gmail.com

@PastimeAC1892

Summer at the Club!

We hope this finds you all well and enjoying your summer.

Things continue to improve at the Club thanks to all of you and your support. 

We have a lot of exciting news!

~ Our BRAND NEW Fitness equipment has been installed and is working great.  Getting the equipment in was the easy part. Using it is the hard part. Let's take that step!

~ Our golf tournament, on Friday August 14th has filled up and we continue to get new hole sponsors everyday. If you are available to volunteer at the event or at the Club after, please let us know.  If you would consider sponsoring a hole, please sign up online or at the club asap.

~We've decided that a portion of the proceeds from our Golf Tournament will go to:

Ray Rinaldi and his Athletic and Education Centers.  Ray is very appreciative of this gesture and understands that Pastimers appreciate his hard work supporting our communities young people.

~ We are in the process of updating our Club entry system for security and accountability purposes.  The first step was to install a camera at the door so that our employees can see and talk to those trying to enter without a membership card prior to entry. Guests are always welcome at the Club but must be accompanied by a member as always.

~ The next step will be to install a new door lock system which will give us the opportunity to distribute membership cards and key fabs that can be automatically activated every year, instead of sending new cards.  We hope to accomplish this by October when we normally send new membership cards.  If any member has a new or lightly used desktop computer that they would donate for use with this system it would be appreciated and you could contact us here anytime.

~ Thank you to John Brown and Ed Bailey for all their hard work painting around the Club, repairing/restoring our bowling lanes and for helping out in many other ways.

~ We've hired a new Bartender! Lauren Burgess is excited to be at the Club during the day from 11-5 M-F.  Please stop in and introduce yourself to Lauren. You will still see Rick Russo around the Club but he will no longer be tending bar.

~ We are continuing to evaluate our pub and banquet menu and hours.  We will be sending out a survey to all of you before finalizing new plans for the fall.

~ Plans for our shower/steam room renovation are continuing.  We are approaching this in a responsible manner and cannot afford to rush this project.  We will have more information soon.

NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new and returning members!! It's great to have you. Please make yourselves at home and let us know how we can improve your membership.

Mel Baum

Don Gridley

Rick Sanborn

Patty Klein

Diane Christopher

Nick Perioli

Brian Beaudoin

Tim Cooney

Tom Connors

If Members have any questions related to their membership, dues, etc...please contact Becky Heindorf at 315-863-0125 or at pastimeathleticclub@gmail.com.

Upcoming Events!

Golf Tournament: Friday August 14th Foxfire GC 10:00.

Volunteers can sign up at the bar or by emailing us here.

Rhythm and Shoes Evening of Dance: Saturday August 15th 7-10

The Rhythm and Shoes Band will playing classic dance songs in the Century Room.

$8 for Pastime Member and $10 for Non-Members...Please Support this event!!

September 27th: 2cW Wrestling Event. Tickets and information at : 

http://store.2cw.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5_132

Please send in your $50 raffle ticket for our 125th Anniversary Campaign.  If you decide not to buy your ticket, please drop it off at the bar so we can get it sold.

Additional tickets are available at the bar.

Other donations for our 125th Campaign can be made on our website at:

http://www.pastimeathleticclub.org/donate-here.html

The A/C is on at the Club so stop down for a workout and catch up with your friends.

Thank you for your support!!

Club Updates!!

We hope this finds you all well!

Things continue to move in a positive direction at the Club.

As we prepare to mail out 2016 Membership letters, it is our goal to give you MORE for your dues this year than you may have had in the past...more commitment from your Board of Directors, more focus on improving our facility and equipment, more communication, more engagement, more involvement, moreopportunities to stay fit and to socialize with friends and family.

We appreciate your membership and want you to see the value in it.

When your membership dues letter arrives in July, please consider paying as soon as possible. You'll notice some new options this year. You will have the ability to submit credit card info and have your dues charged on a recurring basis monthly, quarterly or yearly. 

Club Improvements

- New fitness equipment is on it's way from G&G Fitness.  You will start to see some new equipment and repaired equipment within the next couple of weeks.

- We've been cleaning out the old kitchen upstairs and are preparing to outfit this room with exercise equipment.  This room will be open to all PAC Members to use and is also connected to the gymnasium which can be used for all kinds of fitness activities.

- We are finalizing a budget, design and timeline for our shower room/steam room renovation and will have more information soon.

New Members!

Please welcome our newest Members and introduce yourself when you see new faces around the Club.

Phil Kennedy

Joe O'Hara

Eric Feher

Jonathan Bishop

Gary Keehfus

Rocco Morganti

Rafiq Ashkar

Sean Kirby

Joe May

Charles Kane

Golf Tournament

Friday August 14th 10:00 Shotgun Start

Foxfire GC

$75 player / $300 team

$100 Hole Sponsor ~ These sponsor signs will then hang at the Club for the entire year!

Sign up your team and get your hole sponsor on our website: http://www.pastimeathleticclub.org/golf-tournament.html

125th Anniversary

Thank you to all who have contributed.  This campaign will help us continue to improve the Club facility and equipment.

Please consider contributing here: http://www.pastimeathleticclub.org/donate-here.html

Bhutan House Pop Up Night

Saturday June 20 5-8pm : Advance sale tickets HERE.

Poster Attached.

This Saturday, in partnership with Northside Up and Centerstate CEO, the Club will feature Bhutanese food and dancers presented by our Bhutanese neighbors. 

Please consider supporting this exciting event.

Have a great Father's Day Weekend!

Thank you for your support!

Great News!

We hope this finds everyone well and enjoying your weekend.

We recently formed a relationship with G & G Fitness and we are excited to announce that we have some brand new equipment on it's way. G & G will also begin servicing all of our equipment and helping us plan for future equipment upgrades.

We will work closely with our Fitness Room Committee to decide which pieces of equipment need to be upgraded first.

We've also upgraded our Web site to accept payments and donations.  More information about our new recurring payment option will be included in your dues packet that will be mailed late next month.

Please consider making a donation on our new website today!! 

$10, $20, $100 + + !! Whatever you feel comfortable donating.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE DONATE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are over 10% of the way to our 125th Anniversary Goal of $125,000. 

We will use these donations wisely to improve the Club!

Thank you to everyone who has donated.  We appreciate your support!

More New and Returning Members!!!

Please Welcome:

Bob Quirk

James Walker

Vincent Bellucci

Chad Keehfus

Todd Keehfus

Invite your friends to join today. With the kind of growth we are currently experiencing, it is likely that our First Year Membership Promotion will end before long.

Thank you for your support!

Have a great week!