CLUB DUES - Club dues will remain the same at $6 per month or $66 a year until Dec. 31st. As of Jan. 1, 2008 dues will be $10 per month or $100 per year and will include a "Sober is Better" T-shirt.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE INVOLVED AND VOLUNTEER TIME AND/OR MONEY?
Ask a steering committee member or come to a steering committee meeting (the 2nd Tuesday monthly) or ask the club manager, Marianne, where the help is needed and we will let you know!

DONATING MONEY, any amount will help. Please make out all checks to Anchors Aweigh Club Inc.. You can give the check to the person working the counter at the club, or mail to:

Anchors Aweigh Club Inc.
404 Virginia Street
Key West, FL 33040

OR call a steering committe member and we will make arrangements to pick it up!

IN CASE OF HURRICANE:

Dear All:

No one has to remind you that hurricane season is here! I personally hope that everyone who is reading this has taken steps to ensure their safety this hurricane season. Members of the Steering Committee have been meeting with leaders of the community to ensure that we are on board with their plans. Because the primary mission of the steering committee, in my view, is to ensure the safety of the staff and groups meeting at Anchor’s Aweigh.

To that end, the board has come to the decision that for the sake of safety, the clubhouse will be closed when a hurricane strikes. The exact details as to when we actually close and then reopen the doors are still being worked out. However, this bears repeating, the clubhouse will be closed when a hurricane strikes. Regardless of the category.

Why are we doing this? Our clubhouse has been held together by duct tape and chewing gum for a long time. The Steering Committee has been soliciting bids to have work done on the spalling. Contractors who have bid on this work, indicated that the problem needs to be addressed soon and that the structure is safe now, but the wind loads of a hurricane could put our building in danger. The cost for this work is much higher than any of us imagined and we are in the process of putting together a major fundraising effort to have this work done next year.

I pray that we will not have to close the clubhouse this season, but I know it is something that has to be done.

Take care,

Ted Healy
Chairman-Steering Committee