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ME TIME FIRST CHAPT I RS HE ER PR T Prologue F June 2018 Vol. 31 № 6 O 7 BOSTON UNDED 198 The Monthly Newsletter of the Boston Prime Timers MONTHLY TRAVEL GATHERING Tri-State Prime Timer Anniversary Party NEXT MEETING by Steve Larrett & Tony Soares Saturday, June 16th, 2018 On Saturday, August 11th, from 11 Club Café AM-4 PM, we will be holding our 209 Columbus Avenue first summer gathering of the Mas- Boston, MA 02116-5109 sachusetts, Rhode Island and Con- While Club Café is open prior to the necticut chapters to celebrate the meeting, we ask that you go in the back anniversary of the founding of the function room. Prime Timer organization. Join us for an afternoon of fellowship T Stops: Orange Line to Back Bay with your brother Prime Timers at Station (exit onto Claredon St.) or take Twelve Acres Farm (445 Douglas Pike) in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Spend the the 9 Bus to Berkeley St. @ Columbus time enjoying a game of bocce, horseshoes, volleyball or just wandering the scenic Ave. grounds with either old friends or while making some new ones. Public Parking: lot at 210 Colum- A good old-fashioned New England clambake will be provided featuring red clam bus Ave. ($15 for 10 hours). Other chowder, steamed clams and mussels, public parking can be found at boston. choice of lobster, steak or chicken bestparking.com breast for your entrée, accompanied Support Group with Ruby Katz and by red bliss potatoes, corn on the cob, Swift Lane meets from 1:30 to 2:30 PM rolls and butter, with watermelon for in the Napoleon Room (front left of en- dessert. A cash bar will be available. try and through the glass door). For Boston chapter members or Hospitality will begin at 2:30 PM un- their guests who need assistance til 3:00 PM. with transportation, depending on Meeting will be from 3:00-5:00 PM. responses via the Tear Sheet, group transportation from the Boston area will be arranged. Should you wish to make a weekend of it in Rhode Island, there is a Hol- June’s Program: Awards, Sisters iday Inn Express nearby at 1010 Douglas Pike, Smithfield. They can be reached at of Perpetual Indulgence performance (888) 465-4329 or at ihg.com. (pg. 3) The cost of the party and your meal is $50.00 pp, or $30.00 pp (vegetar- ian). Group transportation will be provided by the club. Your reserva- tion must be received by the office via the Tear Sheet no later than Friday, July 13th. Are you missing an event because Tenative planning on the group you can’t afford it? Contact Jim transportation will be a bus, first departing fromClub Café at 8:30 AM and from South McCloskey by phone or email to Bay Mall (for those that wish to park there) at 9 AM. If you plan to take the bus, please discuss options with him. Office call Harry Fullerton at (857) 544-3630 or e-mail him at [email protected] to inform him Phone # (617) 447-2344 which location you would prefer for pickup ASAP so we can plan accordingly. Also, be sure to specify from which location you would prefer to depart on your Tear Sheet. E-mail Address: [email protected] /groups/bostonprimetimers Current Members: 164 Boston Prime Timers, Inc. (617) 447-2344 / (781) 587-1429 bostonpt.org 566 Columbus Ave., Boston MA 02118-1181 Boston Prime Timers 2 of 8 June 2018 33rd AIDS Walk & Run Boston Riding & Walking with us at Pride by Coleman Kelly & Helder Lemos We have reserved the mini- The 33rd AIDS Walk & Run will be on Sunday, June 3rd. bus for the Pride Parade on This year, the Walk will start and end at the Boston Com- June 9th. As of when this was mon. Registration opens at 7:30 AM and rain or shine, the written, we have only 3 seats Walk starts at 10:00 AM. While this event will probably remaining, first come, first occur while some folks are enjoying a weekend in Ogunquit, serve. Should you wish to join you can still help support this important fund-raising event! us in the mini-bus, please con- tact Harry by e-mail at ever- From the AIDS Walk page: We’ve come a long way in addressing HIV/ [email protected] or by calling AIDS over the years. However, the fight is far from over. Today, the health of our community is at risk, with the care of those most vulnera- (781) 587-1429. Also, please ble among us being threatened as a result of looming state budget cuts contact Harry should you wish to walk alongside the mini- to HIV services, as well as mounting threats to fed. healthcare funding. bus in the Parade. We would love to have you with us! On June 3, thousands will come together to take action in the 33rd Unfortunately, we will not have a specific meetup location annual AIDS Walk & Run Boston, New England’s largest HIV/AIDS th fundraising awareness event. This year in particular, we take to the from Pride until the 6 , so we will be sending a club-wide streets to continue raising money for the life-saving work of AIDS Ac- e-mail with this information as soon as we have it. Pride tion Cmte. of Mass., as well as to support AAC and all members of the has announed that the parade staging area is on Boylston statewide Getting to Zero Coalition in their pledge to end HIV by 2020. St. between Dartmouth St. (the corner with the Old South Church to the north) and Hereford St. (the corner with the For several years, the Boston Prime Timers have enthu- fire house to the west). Staging will be between 7:30-11 AM siastically supported the AIDS Walk effort to honor those with the parade starting at noon. we’ve lost, to give hope to people living with HIV/AIDS and achieve the goal of zero new infections. Last year the club If you have planned to walk with the club at Pride or have raised close to $1,000–a very generous donation. We hope contacted Harry about riding in the mini-bus, and do not to match and even exceed this in 2018! So far the Board has have access to e-mail, please either call Harry at (781) 587- voted to donate $100 and the club has raised a total of $475. 1429 or David Berger at (617) 875-8543. Come join us for a cup of coffee and/or do the Walk together at Au Bon Pain, the corner of Berkeley & Boylston Sts., a Dinner at the Mt. Vernon short walk from the Arlington Green Line station, between 9-10 AM. Coley & Helder will meet you there to have a lei- n Wednesday, June 13th at 6 PM, we will be returning to surely breakfast and start the Walk. If you have the energy, O dine at the Mount Vernon Restaurant & Pub. From now on, do the whole Walk (plan on a couple hours) or do part of it. rather than You can easily hop on the T at several points along the Walk. sending in a There are many ways YOU can also participate and donate Tear Sheet, –any amount is welcomed! just come and order off g YOU CAN WALK THE WALK the menu. g YOU can give donations to Coley Kelly or Helder The restau- Lemos on the day of the AIDS WALK. rant is at 14 g DONATE via the Boston Prime Timers Tear-Sheet: Broadway, Please send check by June 3rd with your Tear-Sheet. Somerville, MA 02145 and you can view their website at ti- g YOU can also support the “Boston Prime Timers” nyurl.com/mountvma. It’s located just a short walk from AIDS Walk team by going to tinyurl.com/bpt33walk Sullivan Station (Orange line, buses) or the following buses (and either join the team and/or donate directly). stop in front of the restaurant: 89, 89/93, 90, 92 and 101. For more information, you can call them at (617) 666-3830. The BPT AIDS Walk Team was set up by Captain Helder Lemos, who will also send out an e-mail to solicit donations. Waltham-Area Car Pool Thanks to all who so generously have contributed to the AIDS Walk in the past. We hope you can contribute again We have a member in the Waltham area who is having this year and we look forward to contributions from many difficulty coming to the meetings due to transportation. If more Prime Timers. you would be able to give him a ride, please contact the of- fice at [email protected] or (617) 447-2344 so we For more info, go to aidswalkboston.org or contact Helder can connect you. at (401) 440-5200/[email protected] or Coley at (617) 680-1901/[email protected]. Thanks in advance for considering this! bostonpt.org Boston Prime Timers 3 of 8 June 2018 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE DINNERS by Harry Fullerton by Steve Vorenberg NOTE: While, in the past, we could not accept walk-ins Come celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Boston Prime due to the need to inform the restaurant how many guests Timers at Club Café on June 16th from 2-5 PM (June’s to expect, moving forward, walk-ins WILL BE accepted. meeting), with a special presentation to our five remaining founding members and a memorable musical drag show by You are welcome to join the other members and order off our own Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.