Friday Zoom Happy Hours
The SOS Education Committee is relaunching the Friday Zoom Happy Hour starting on December 3, 2021 @6:30 PM. For those unfamiliar with the format, from 6:30-7:00 there is an open chat for members to catch up with each other. Starting at 7:00 PM there will be a 30-60 minute presentation on topics related to sailing.
Scheduled Topics:
Dec 3, 2021: Winterizing your boat.
Dec. 10, 2021: 1 Year after buying a boat, Lessons Learned
Jan 14, 2022: Aeolian Islands Sicily Bareboat trip scheduled for Sept. 10 - Sept. 17, 2022.
Jan. 28, 2022: Overview of Spring Training
FOOD BANK DONATION DRIVE
As we gather with family and friends this holiday season to give thanks and celebrate, please consider a donation to help those who are less fortunate. Food Banks collect and distribute non-perishable foodstuffs to those in need through food pantries, school backpack programs, baby pantries, senior pantries, shelters, soup kitchens.
• Maryland Food Bank: Click
• Food Bank of Delaware, Inc.: Click
• Capital Area Community Food (VA): Click
• Central Pennsylvania Community: Click
• Food Bank of New Jersey: Click
Sunday Brunch December 5th
SOS is pleased to welcome Dr. Jamie L.H. Goodall as the speaker for the December brunch. Dr. Goodall is a staff historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C., who also teach at Southern New Hampshire University in their online program. She will talk about her book, Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars.
Sunday Brunch January 9th
The speakers for the brunch will be Michael and Marguerite Welch. They will share their 14-year circumnavigation of the world in their 38" Shannon Cutter Ithaca. To learn more about their circumnavigation read, Waterborne: A Slow Trip Around a Small Planet.
