Ravens Roost #44 Beach Life

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Weekly Poop 4/15/26

Roost #44 Poop

Frank’s note: All items subject to change/cancellation

From the Prez:

Greetings from the Prez:

If you have received your Roost #44 raffle tickets, please reach out to your family and friends to help with sales. All proceeds will directly benefit the Roost.

If anyone has last minute plans to attend the Council convention please contact me ASAP as I will be going to the meeting this Friday

If anyone needs to contact me for any matters concerning the Roost my email contact is rjm73054@gmail.com.

As always please read all reports for any updates or new information..

GO RAVENS and HOW ‘BOUT DEM O’S..

Dates to Remember:

5/5/26 – May Meeting/Cinco de Mayo
5/28 - 5/31/26 – Ravens Roost Convention
6/2/26 - June Meeting
8/17/26 (Monday) - August Meeting
9/1/26 - September Meeting
10/6/26 - October Meeting
11/3/26 - November Meeting

Membership:

I will continue collecting dues up to the May meeting for the 2026 year. If you haven’t paid by then, you will be removed from the membership roster.

Dues are still $40. Please make checks payable to Ravens Roost #44. Thanks to all that have paid so far. We currently have 84 paid members.

You can pay me at the May meeting, or you can mail your dues directly to me:

Susan Berterman

12290 Dixie Drive

Bishopville, MD 21813

Susan

Convention:

Thanks to all that have registered and paid for the convention. It should be a great time – let’s hope for good weather! The shirt order has been placed as well.

I’m making up a basket to Donate as Bingo prize. Doing beach theme. If anyone has anything to Donate to that, it'd be appreciated. In past put in things like salt water taffy, beach towels, sun screen, Fishers pop corn.

Parade:

Conventioneers – This year’s parade theme is “Purple Waves & Island Days”. Wear your RR44 or favorite Hawaiian shirt. We’ll have the Panama hats, some purple and white leis, and some personalized mini purple Frisbees to throw! If you are not attending the convention, you can still come down to Baltimore Avenue on Saturday, May 30 and cheer us on. Parade starts 10am.

Apparel:

The Roost Online Store is closed and will reopen May 1, 2026. Any February orders will ship in the month of April.

For new members the link to the store is: ravensroost44.itemorder.com

Note you can only access the site when the store is open.

Entertainment:

Things being considered for future are a Bull Roast and a fall dance. These would be Roost fundraisers and open to family and friends.
We had a request from Panthers about group tickets for game. We won't be able to make any plans til schedule is out, but keep that in mind. Brazil looks like its happening.
Entertainment mtgs will be at 6:30 before every monthly Roost mtg. Please consider joining so we can plan more fun things to do in the coming year.

Any ideas, text Donna 410-627-7697.

House:

Our permanent meeting host is the American Legion Post 166 located at Coastal Hwy and 23^rd Street. At the request of the Legion, meetings will now be on the first Tuesday of each month.

Roost members please enter through the handicap door on the 23^rd street north side.

Be sure to sign in at the table at the door.

The general membership meeting starts promptly at 7:30. There may be some committee

meetings going on before that. However, members are invited and encouraged to arrive as

early as 6:00 to enjoy drinks and food specials The Post kitchen stays open until 7:30 on

our meeting nights to accommodate us. This is a great time to enjoy the facility and engage

with other members. The Post accepts cash only.

Meetings for the rest of 2026

May – Tuesday 5/5 @ 7:30pm
June – Tuesday 6/2 @ 7:30pm
July - No meeting at Post
Aug - Monday 8/17 @ 7:30pm
Sep - Tuesday 9/1 @ 7:30pm
Oct – Tuesday 10/6 @ 7:30pm
Nov – Tuesday 11/3 @ 7:30pm
Dec - No meeting at Post

Ron

AGH Penguin Swim:

Scholarship Golf Tournament:

The 2026 Scholarship applications were submitted to the High Schools the middle of February. The deadline for Seniors to submit the applications is April 30, 2026. The Scholarship committee will meet the 1st week of May to determine the winners. The scholarship awards will be given at the Senior Awards Assembly later in May.

Constitution and Bylaws:

Bylaws are available at our website ocravensroost44.com. They will be updated soon to reflect the monthly meeting change.

Game Bus:

Elections:

Football Sweepstakes:

Ticket Exchange:

Good of the Roost:

RR44 is having a Fundraising Raffle and we need your help. The prize is a Large Collapsible Beach Wagon that will be filled with; a water & sand proof beach blanket, an extra large insulated cooler, and various bottles of wine, liquor, beer and more. The estimated value of the prize is $350. Winning ticket will be drawn at the Ravens Roost Convention on Sat. May 30th. You do not have to be present to win!!

The Roost is asking all of its members to bring donations of beer, wine, & liquor to our next meeting to add to the prize. We are also asking members to buy and/or sell 5 tickets.

Ravens Poop

Good daily dose of Ravens news notes and nuggets here. I can hardly stand ESPN, but you can go here to stay up to date with all of the AFC North news.
Follow all the Orioles news @ MLB here, and on MASN here, from columnist Roch Kubatko.
Into Maryland Terrapins basketball? Get your Terps fix here.

Local Poop

More Events HERE. Or HERE.

Funny Poop

A businessman boarded a plane to find, sitting next to him, an elegant woman wearing the largest, most stunning diamond ring he had ever seen. He asked her about it.

"This is the Klopman diamond," she said. "It is beautiful, but there is a terrible curse that goes with it."

"What's the curse?" the man asked.

"Mr. Klopman."

Etcetera

Got Poop? Let me know! I’m going to try to get this out every Wednesday so if you get it to me by Tuesday, I’ll try to include it. Your input is appreciated.

Be sure to visit our website - www.OCRavensRoost44.com or go to our blog @ http://ravensroost44.blogspot.com/ for the latest news, notes and nuggets.

Life is short. Focus on the good.

Frank

Baltimore Ravens, let’s go

And put that ball across the line

So, fly with talons spread wide

Go in and strike with Ravens pride

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Ravens dark wings take flight

Dive in and show them your might

For Baltimore and Maryland

You will fly on to victory

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Weekly Poop 4/1/26

Roost #44 Poop

Frank’s note: All items subject to change/cancellation

From the Prez:

Greetings….I was out last week and didn’t get the chance to thank everyone who participated in our OC St. Patty’s Day parade in Ocean City…Kudos to Sue Berterman for help putting it all together and to Frank Berterman for the use of his truck..My wife Carol and others ( I apologize if I forgot your name ) who brought the Irish goodies to toss to the crowd..We had a great after parade party at The Tavern on 54…again a big shout out to Roost 44 …

Please if you haven’t already submitted your Roost dues, please do so by contacting Sue Berterman..

Anyone interested in helping organize/cleaning our storage unit this Saturday April 4th @ 9:00 would be great.

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday April 7th @ 7:30 in the American Legion..come early for food and drinks..

Dates to Remember:

4/4/26 – Storage Unit Clean up/Clean out
4/7/26 - April Roost Meeting
5/5/26 – May Meeting/Cinco de Mayo
5/28 - 5/31/26 – Ravens Roost Convention
6/2/26 - June Meeting
8/17/26 (Monday) - August Meeting
9/1/26 - September Meeting
10/6/26 - October Meeting
11/3/26 - November Meeting

Membership:

I will continue collecting dues for the 2026 year. Dues are still $40. Please make checks payable to Ravens Roost #44. Thanks to all that have paid so far. We currently have 80 paid members.

You can pay me at the April meeting, or you can mail your dues directly to me:

Susan Berterman

12290 Dixie Drive

Bishopville, MD 21813

Susan

Convention:

The theme for this year’s convention is “Purple Waves & Island Days”. The Council has added light food and live music to Thursday’s activities, something new from years past.

Please have money for Convention and application form to April's meeting as we have to turn these in to Council at their April mtg. Thanks

From Susan: Think about if you want a t-shirt or sweatshirt with the convention logo. We have to submit the online form by April 14, So I will be asking for decisions at the April meeting. Here is the link to see what they look like: https://ravensconvention2026.itemorder.com/shop/sale/ DO NOT ORDER ONLINE YOURSELF! If you want something, make the check out to Ravens Roost #44. All shirts need to be ordered in one application.

Parade:

Conventioneers – This year’s parade theme is “Purple Waves & Island Days”. As you may recall, we did a beach theme last year, when the theme was “First Responders”, where we took home another 1^st place trophy with the help of the Ocean City Beach Patrol (shout out to Jim Brown!). This year I guess it’s a beach theme again. Or maybe Purple? Any ideas? Lets talk at the April meeting. Susan.

Apparel:

The Roost Online Store is closed and will reopen May 1, 2026. Any February orders will ship in the month of April.

For new members the link to the store is: ravensroost44.itemorder.com

Note you can only access the site when the store is open.

Entertainment:

Things being considered for future are a Bull Roast and a fall dance. These would be Roost fundraisers and open to family and friends. Also need to discuss when schedule is out, if we are going to try to do an away game this year. Looking into possible trip to training camp.
Entertainment mtgs will be at 6:30 before every monthly Roost mtg.- Please consider joining so we can plan more fun things to do in the coming year.

Any ideas, text Donna 410-627-7697.

House:

Our permanent meeting host is the American Legion Post 166 located at Coastal Hwy and 23^rd Street. At the request of the Legion, meetings will now be on the first Tuesday of each month.

Roost members please enter through the handicap door on the 23^rd street north side.

Be sure to sign in at the table at the door.

The general membership meeting starts promptly at 7:30. There may be some committee

meetings going on before that. However, members are invited and encouraged to arrive as

early as 6:00 to enjoy drinks and food specials The Post kitchen stays open until 7:30 on

our meeting nights to accommodate us. This is a great time to enjoy the facility and engage

with other members. The Post accepts cash only.

Meetings for the rest of 2026

April – Tuesday 4/7 @ 7:30pm
May – Tuesday 5/5 @ 7:30pm
June – Tuesday 6/2 @ 7:30pm
July - No meeting at Post
Aug - Monday 8/17 @ 7:30pm
Sep - Tuesday 9/1 @ 7:30pm
Oct – Tuesday 10/6 @ 7:30pm
Nov – Tuesday 11/3 @ 7:30pm
Dec - No meeting at Post

Ron

AGH Penguin Swim:

Scholarship Golf Tournament:

Constitution and Bylaws:

Bylaws are available at our website ocravensroost44.com. They will be updated soon to reflect the monthly meeting change.

Game Bus:

Elections:

Football Sweepstakes:

Ticket Exchange:

Good of the Roost:

Ravens Poop

Good daily dose of Ravens news notes and nuggets here. I can hardly stand ESPN, but you can go here to stay up to date with all of the AFC North news.

Follow all the Orioles news @ MLB here, and on MASN here, from columnist Roch Kubatko.

Into Maryland Terrapins basketball? Get your Terps fix here.

Local Poop

More Events HERE. Or HERE.

Funny Poop

A man was telling his neighbor, "I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect."

"Really," answered the neighbor. "What kind is it?"

"Twelve thirty."

Etcetera

Got Poop? Let me know! I’m going to try to get this out every Wednesday so if you get it to me by Tuesday, I’ll try to include it. Your input is appreciated.