Roost #44 Poop
Frank’s note: All items subject to change/cancellation
From the Prez –
Dates to Remember:
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9/25/24 – Dine to
Donate Penguin Swim Fundraiser
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10/10/24 –
October Meeting
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10/10/24 – Guest Bartending
Fundraiser
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10/18 – 10/24 –
Road Trip to Tampa
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11/2/24 – Crab
Feast
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11/14/24 –
November Meeting
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12/8/24 –
Christmas Party
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12/12/24 –
December Meeting
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1/1/25 – Penguin Swim
Membership:
We have 133 paid
members.
Thanks to all
members who continue to make this one of the best and largest Ravens Roosts in
the world!
Susan
Convention:
Parade:
Apparel:
Store is now open thru September.
Orders to ship in October.
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:
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Trip
to Tampa - Sponsor/John Corsi /email - soonerj5@msn.com Trip-
Friday, Oct 18th thru Tues Oct 22.
Flight from BWI to Sarasota Dep will at 8:25, Arr 11am. Bus to Marriott Clearwater 12600 Roosevelt
Blvd. Game day tickets lower level. Welcome reception, bus to Brass Monkey 5-8
. Game day, bus to stadium with tailgate
food and drink. Sat and Sun free
days. Tues bus to airport leaves 2pm to
Sarasota, flight at 5:30, arrive Balto 8pm.
Price from $1495 with air per person, $1150 without air per person. John will need a $250 deposit per
person. Please contact John if
interested.
· Crab
Feast – 11/2/24 at The Shrimp Boat.
Details soon.
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Pancho & Lefty's will be
doing their "off-season"
fundraisers for local clubs starting in November. Once they have dates available, I will ask
the membership what date works best for the group.
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Trying to figure out date for pub crawl to Kent
Island most likely in October. Will have
date in next Poop.
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Christmas
Party will be at The
Aloft on Sunday, Dec 8th. Still waiting on price from Aloft but it
should be around $45/50 pp.
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Any suggestions for future activities are very
welcome. Text Donna at
410-627-7697. Thanks!
Our permanent meeting host is the
American Legion Post 166 located at Coastal Hwy and 23rd streets.
Please enter through the handicapped
door on the 23rd street north side.
All membership meetings begin at 7:30pm on the second Thursday of each
month. However, all Roost members are
invited to arrive early for food and drink specials at reasonable prices - a
great place to have dinner before or during the meeting. The Post only accepts cash for purchases.
The only likely changes to the
meeting schedule are for an outside summer meeting at our annual family picnic
and for a conflict at the post during the September bike week.
During football season we are invited
to the Post for a game viewing party with the big projection screen along with
tailgating food and drinks for sale.
Thanks,
Ron
AGH
Penguin Swim:
The RR44 Penguin Swim Team will be
sponsoring a guest bartending fundraiser at Ocean 13 on Thursday 10/10 from 6
to 9pm. That was the only date that
worked for everyone involved at the restaurant and AGH. I know that is the date of the October Roost
meeting, but maybe members can stop by after the meeting? I would like to have a couple Roost
celebrities get behind the bar for a half hour or so that evening. It could be either before or after the Roost
meeting if that helps.
Please let me know if you can make
it.
Tickets for the annual End of Year
Raffle will be available soon. Prizes
include; An amethyst pendant from Park Place Jewelers, $700 worth of Gift Cards
to various local restaurants, an In-Home Catered Seafood Dinner for 6 from The
Shrimp Boat, and A basket of Cheer.
Tickets are $10/each, 3 for $25, and 5 for $40.
Please consider joining the RR44
Penguin Swim Team. The goal is to have
each Team member raise donations from friends & family, as well as helping
the Team raise additional funds through the special events listed above. We will have a Hospitality Suite at the
Princess Royale Hotel where the swim takes place. All Roost members are welcome to attend the
event to cheer on and support the Team.
Team members DO NOT have to get fully in the ocean!! You only have to get your feet wet. And there is a heated indoor pool to jump
into to warm up afterwards. There will
be a signup sheet at
the meeting if you want to join.
Gary
Scholarship
Golf Tournament:
Constitution
and Bylaws:
Updated Bylaws are available at our
website ocravensroost44.com.
Game
Bus:
Ravens Roost 44 Home Game Trip is cancelled due to lack of group
sales by the Baltimore Ravens. However…
Ocean
Pines Rec and Parks is trying to get a trip together. This is from Kevin Powell @ Rec and Parks:
We’d like to get a 57-passenger bus for this.
Ends up being about $475/person
Includes all food/beer/wine/seltzer/soda for 2 hours
before game, bus transportation and a ticket to the game. Also, Poe, the
Cheerleaders and the Marching band would visit the tent while we all eat and
enjoy some beverages. Seats would be in first 3 rows of 500 level.
Let me know if your Ravens Roost folks would be
interested, please
Thanks,
Kevin
Kevin Powell
Event Coordinator
Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks
410 641-7052
Football
Sweepstakes:
Ravens Roost #44 Football
Sweepstakes 2024 – Week 1
Congratulations to our winners!!!
Week 2 Winner Stephen Kowalcwski –
Bonus Winner $20 – Score 96
Week 1 Winner Cindy Szlasa – Bonus
Winner $20 – Score 108
Football Sweepstakes – Tickets on
Sale until October 26, not eligible for prior weeks.
Last year, we sold 105 tickets for a
profit of $1,225.24! This year, we set a goal of selling 200 tickets! To date we have sold 111 tickets – $1,312.85.
For your $20 contribution you receive
a chance to win every week during the regular season. Our profits help fund Roost events.
And we make it easy by offering an
electronic way to get your game cards – Check out our website at: https://www.charitymania.com/give/AE04D. Share it with family and friends to
boost our fundraiser totals!
How the sweepstakes works:
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Each game card contains 3 random football teams in each week of
the pro football season
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Add up the points scored by your 3 teams each week
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Highest and Lowest Score win – Stay tuned for more information
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We will have a winner each week of at least $20
How to follow along and get results:
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Track your results each week on the CharityMania website at www.CharityMania.com
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Download the FootballMania iPhone app to see results on your phone
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You will be contacted by Ravens Roost #44 if you win
With the Full 18 Game Season chances
to win:
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Tickets on sale NOW at the Roost meetings and Convention, as well
as the website
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Sweepstakes run for 18 weeks – From September 5 thru January 5,
2024.
Michele Sardelis will be selling
Sweepstake tickets at the Monthly Meetings.
We will have a table setup near the sign-up table prior to the meetings to purchase your Sweepstakes tickets. We will accept exact change and checks made
out to Ravens Roost #44. Or get your
game cards via the website at: https://www.charitymania.com/give/AE04D.
If you want to get a “bundle” of
Sweepstakes tickets to sell, contact Michele.
If you have any questions, please
each out to Michele by email, text or phone:
Michele.brill@aol.com
443-928-8286
Come on and join
the Football Sweepstakes Fun!
Ticket
Exchange:
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We
are selling four (4) tickets to most of the Ravens home games - The tickets are
located in section 516, Row 19, Seats 5-8.
Please contact Jim Brown 410-790-4388 or jwbrown302@gmail.com.
Good of the Roost:
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Ravens Roost #44 has won many trophies over the last 25
years, a majority of which Gary Miller had graciously stored in his storage
locker. Gary would like to find a new
home for them. Anyone with any ideas
where they can be stored (or displayed, preferably), please contact Gary @
443.618.9972. garywm1952@gmail.com.
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.
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Into Maryland Terrapins basketball? Get your Terps fix here.
Local
Poop
· 46th Annual Sunfest Kite Festival 2024, September 19th
thru September 22nd, 9:00am - 5:00pm, 3rd St - 7th St, Ocean City,
MD 21842.
See the skyline of Ocean City explode with color at this weekend’s
Sunfest Kite Festival, on the famous downtown Boardwalk. Celebrating its 46th year, this world class
event is recognized as one of the top 100 most popular venues on the planet.
All are welcome to witness and participate in general kite flying, kite
flying games, Bol races, candy drops, sport kite demos, or just plain kite
spectating. AND IT’S FREE!
You can expect to see a ton of new giant kites from Mermaids,
Hippocampus, Angels, Octopuses, Alligators, Trilobites, Mel the giant Whale,
Whisper the Winged Horse, Dragons, Woodstock, Snoopy and on and on. This will certainly pack Ocean City’s famous
Boardwalk with spectators.
In addition, there will be quad line demos throughout the festival. Quad kites are four-line kites flown in
formation, much like the Thunderbirds. Several
times during the festival we will have as many as 16 quad flyers standing side
by side, flying to music, all in perfect formation.
Be sure to bring the kids down for the Candy Drops where we drop candy
from a large kite. We will do several of
these on both Saturday and Sunday.
Over the course of 4 days, you
can expect to see the following taking place all day long:
o
Giant
Kite Air Show
o
Sport
Kite and Quad Kite Demos
o
Kite
Trains
o
Free
Sport Kite Lessons
o
Candy
Drops
o
Giant
Bubble Show
o Running of the Bols
All the events listed above are wind and weather permitting. So, if you
don’t see any kites flying, it’s because there is not enough wind or it’s
raining. Please keep in mind that all
the kites you see on the beach are owned by the kiting enthusiasts that attend
the event. Feel free to take pictures,
but be respectful of their kites and display banners. We want everyone to enjoy the event so please
join in the flying fun. You can bring a
kite or purchase one at The Kite Loft and fly in the Small Kite Field.
· OCtoberfest Shore Craft Beer Festival, Presented By: Ocean City Development Corp
When: 9/21/2024
Bayside Park at Third Street - 108 Dorchester Street, OCEAN
CITY, MD 21842
Price: General Admission $40 / VIP
$65
Time: 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM
15+ local craft breweries, UNLIMITED tastings of 40+ different styles of
beer, mead and seltzers, live music, more vendors than ever before, food
trucks, and commemorative pints for the first 1500 attendees. 4 hours for VIPs and 3 hours for GAs. Kid and
pets welcome.
This year, OCtoberfest has a new date and location! We will be one of the first festivals to be
held at the new Bayside Park at 3rd Street! The park has a large grassy area perfect for
our festival, with expansive views of the bay. There is a huge playground for kids to enjoy
during the festival, making it more kid friendly than ever.
We hope you will join us!
Funny Poop
As the lawyer slowly came out of
the anesthesia after surgery, he said, "Why are all the blinds drawn,
doctor?"
"There's a big fire across the street", the doctor replied.
"We didn't want you to think the operation was a failure."
Etcetera
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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.
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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.
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Life is
short. Focus on the good.
Frank
And put that ball across the line
So, fly with talons spread wide
Go in and strike with Ravens pride
