Attendees: John Acurri, Susan Byelick, Scot Brown, Mike Coplan, Jim Collard, Gabe and Marion Cordova, Robert and Linda Gottlieb, Julian Langer, Pat Murtagh, Lisa Nau, Bill Sherriff, Gordon and Marcia Sloat, Zac Welburn, Mort Witkin, prospective members Faye Dileo-Goldstein, David Goldstein and prospective member Kim Sinnerty and daughter Kera Sinnerty. A Total of 21 participants, a great turnout.

The weather was typical Vermont October with highs of mid 70’s and cool overnights of 30’s with a light frost in the morning, sunny skies and colorful mountains. None of the bad stormy weather being experienced back in Fairfield County.

The painting crew got started right away Saturday morning with Gordon painting the third floor ladies bathroom, Jim Collard and Lisa Nau painted the main stairwell/hallway leading from second floor great room. Lisa also painted the game room and front entry way. Scott Brown touched up the bedroom doors. (more…)

Click on the file below to see some pictures with captions of the bathroom remodel.

RHSC Men’s Bath Photos & Captions (DOC)

Anne Zaera reports:
Thank you ALL, so much, for a fabulous job !!

We’ve gotten lots of congratulations on a GREAT party – Everyone commented what a great time they had, how delicious the food was (especially the grill !) and how smoothly everything ran. The final tally was 61 adults and 5 kids (I didn’t keep count on the number of cars, but it had to be more than 30!) (more…)

By Sharon Lehr

The RHSC pre-race party was in full swing on Saturday evening (March 21st) with decorations by & bartending skills of Tom Nolan & Beth Cross as well as the hors d’oeurvres hostesses, Pat Murtaugh & Barbara Constantine setting the mood. The pinata entertainment could not have been better organized than by Rod Cross (with thanks to Stephanie Evers for obtaining and filling with delicious candy!) (more…)

By Bill Sherriff

Consider spending Easter weekend at the RHSC lodge at some point – we (Bill Sherriff and Susan Byelick) did this year and had a terrific time. We decided to drive up early Friday morning, leaving Norwalk at 5am, arriving at the lodge before 9am, dropped off some perishables and had a coffee, joining the Meyer family as they prepared breakfast (they had come up Thursday night). We were at the top of Snowdon lift before 10am ready for our first run. (more…)

138 Adult Members

69 children

96 Memberships

 
50 Family Members

46 Single Members

13 members out of core

 
Average snow days

1999-2003—200

2004-2008—170

*Lodge Use*

(overnight stays)

are UP over 20%

2004-08 vs. 1999-03

by John Swingler

The RHSC is a Stamford based, family and friendship orientated Ski Club which owns and maintains a lodge in Killington, VT and aims to provide affordable accommodation to its members when participating in activities in the greater Killington,VT Ski area.

The Club has as its core four pillars;

The physical lodge and its sustainability.

Family values and friendship.

The love for the sport of skiing and the outdoors.

Affordability.

Low cost as compared to commercial alternatives. (more…)

By Lisa Nau

For the last two years, I have had the privilege of helping at the local “Wilson’s Food Pantry.”

a non-profit organization in Stamford. SLLW assists the homeless, HIV afflicted and those recovering from mental illness.  They service between 100 to 300 people a week. I have watched the supplies dwindle as we exited summer and headed into winter. It was put out to me that maybe we might want to do something as a club. Can goods are good but too labor intensive to collect and deliver. ‘Cash is king,’ to quote our treasurer and could be used to purchase chickens for pennies on the dollar. Protein is something they offer but only occasionally, due to lack of funds. Joyce Gumbus, a one woman show, runs the place and always welcomes volunteers. I would be glad to make personal introductions or feel free to contact her directly. Tell her, Lisa from St. Luke’s sent you!

Any comments/ideas or checks, please bring them to the next meeting.

Checks Payable to: “164 Wilson’s Food Pantry”

Contact: Joyce Gumbus.

Mailing Address: 164 Wilson’s Food Pantry, 22 Coolidge Ave. Stamford, CT. 06901

Thank you on behalf of all the families she serves.

By Tom Grimm

I open the car door and the heat hits me like I’m too close to my oven when I check the lasagna. The sun is high in the sky. In one direction it’s flat and brown for as far as I can see. In the other, the view is a chaotic intertwining of high rise buildings and construction cranes in a frenetic race to build. This is as far from the Rockies as you can imagine. It’s the desert. And what desert has skiing you ask? This could only be Dubai. (more…)

by Bob Boothroyd

This article is not about my new SkiHitch web site.  However, in the course of developing SkiHitch.com, we identified and analyzed three cost components that all skiers consider when planning overnight trips of any duration. These components are:

• Transportation
• Food/lodging
• Lift Tickets

Incidental expenses and shopping are a factor, but people can control these.  Most people feel they can’t control the three components I list above.  Well, we at River Hills know you can control food and lodging expense by joining a great club like ours.  My new web site is an attempt to help us control the transportation component by facilitating car pooling for those trips where driving is involved.  And lift tickets?  There are three ways to control these, but most people really miss the third one:

• Bulk tickets through CT Ski Council (CSC) member clubs like River Hills
• Trips which package the above three cost components and effectively include low cost lift tickets
• CSC Awareness Days

(more…)