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2011 Calendar Update
The class of 2013 is putting together a 2011 calendar of pictures taken by your sons and daughters during sea year. Please support the class of 2011. They only cost $15 and will fund the ring dance and the graduation ceremony. These calendars make perfect holiday gifts for the New Year, and help support your local midshipmen. If you would like to order a calendar, please send an emailto:timothy.buxton.2013@usmma.edu
Let him know how many via email, and they will be delivered to your state's association over winter break in time for the holidays.
31st Annual Southern California All Academies Ball Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Please RSVP by December 15, 2010; Loeffler Residence, 770 South Starview Court, Anaheim Hills, CA 92808
Reception and Silent Auction: 6:00 PM
Guest Speaker: John Semcken, a USNA grad and former top gun pilot who advised on the movie Top Gun
Grand March and Dinner: 7:00 PM
Dress: Military Dress/Civilian Formal
Location: Anaheim Marriott, Special Room Rates Available call (714)750-8000.
Open to: Academy midshipmen, parents, extended family, alumni, and friends.
Cost: About $70/per person; Midshipman, $30.
Registration Info: Invites have been mailed to all midshipman and their families.
2010 L.A. / Long Beach Blue & Gray Golf Classic
Monday, November 15, 2010
SeaCliff Country Club
11:00 a.m. Shotgun (Local Time)
Price: $250 per person*
You are invited to play golf at the L.A. / Long Beach Blue & Gray Golf Classic for the season finale of the 2010 Heidmar Blue & Gray Golf Classics on November 15.
All proceeds benefit the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and its Department of Athletics. The proceeds are restricted to the USMMA Athletics Department from the USMMA Alumni Foundation. With the rising costs of intercollegiate athletics, the money is spread throughout the entire department to enhance the programs and support the men and women midshipmen athletes. Virtually every sport has benefited in some capacity from the proceeds of the Heidmar Blue & Gray Golf Classics.
TO REGISTER FOR GOLF:
Please visit www.blueandgraygolf.com and click on L.A. / LONG BEACH under the schedule menu. From there, you can either print out the printable registration form, or complete the process online at www.usmmaaf.com/la_longbeachgolf with a credit card.
*Price includes tax deductible donation, USMMA Gift, green fees, cart fees, lunch, dinner and refreshments.
If you have any questions, please contact me using the information below.Thanks and Go Mariners!
Gregg Matalas
Director of Marketing / Blue & Gray
USMMA Alumni Foundation
300 Steamboat Drive, Kings Point, NY 11024
516-773-5544 (Direct) / 516-482-5308 (Fax)
gregg.matalas@alumni.usmma.edu
Plebe Update – July 14, 2010
ATTENTION Plebe Candidate Parents:
The first opportunity for plebes to call home will be
Sunday, July 18th. Be available for the calls then.
Download - Plebe Company Assignments
FYI - We are having technical challenges in posting the
Indoc photos right now but, hopefully, will
be resolved shortly.
Click here for link to indoc slide show.
2010 Southern California USMMA Graduation Awards
Andrea Marie Morrison, Riverside, CA received the “National American Legion Award” for contributing to the success of the USMMA Color Guard. She received a check for $400.
2010 Merchant Marine Academy graduate , Joseph Taylor Martinet has received the “2010 Matthew I. De Luca, Sr. Award.” He was selected based on his demonstrated scholastic excellence in “Ship Chartering and Operations” combined with his outstanding qualities of hard work, integrity and humility. Martinet, a resident of Mission Viejo, is a Marine Transportation major. He received a $1000 check, USMMA clock and his name will appear on a perpetual plaque outside Ackerman Auditorium.
January 26, 2010
Help Needed to Pack Care Packages for our MIDS!
Please join us for our annual mid packing party on Saturday, Feb. 20th at 11:00 am. Grandparents and siblings are encouraged to attend!
We are going to pack care packages for our sons and daughters and have lunch.
Many have asked what to bring? If you would like to make a home – made snack that would be great. Cookies, rice crispy bars, brownies are appreciated. We are packing 36 boxes for our mids. Please let me know if you are going to bring a homemade snack for the mids.
Details:
Date: Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m.
Address: 7621 Ayr Court, Riverside, CA 92508
Phone: 951-780-7879
Hosted by: David & Kathie Dalgleish(Parents of Andrea Morrison 2010)
Download the flyer (click here)
We hope to see you at the packing party. You can also bring us a CD with pictures of your Mids, and I can build a slide show with your photos.
January 10. 2010
Host Needed
Southern California Parent Meeting & Mid Packing Party-
If you are interested in hosting this annual event, please contact Pat Martinet at plmartinet@gmail.com
The date would be Sat, Feb. 20 or Sun. Feb. 21.
Event info: Please join us for our annual Parents’ Meeting to say hello, catch up on the latest sea/academy stories, and to pack the goody boxes we are sending to our children for finals at the Kings Point.
Care packages: 11:00 a.m.
Lunch: 12:00 p.m.
USMMA National Parent Association November
Rear Admiral Allen Worley, Superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, retires effective January 4, 2010.
Click here for more info
Welcome Aboard So. Cal Class of 2013
Congratulations on making it through indoc.
Mark A. Bloom - Oceanside
Dustin T. Downing - Anaheim
Matthew S. Finlayson-Garden Grove
Scott J. Fleming- Carlsbad
Paul R. Gober - Thousand Oaks
Alex Hernandez - Pasadena
Nickolas T. Kopacka - San Mateo
Patrick J. McLaughlin - Santa Ana
Benjamin L. White – Ventura
Alex D. Wood - Coronado
Eric C. Young, ll - San Diego
Parents Weekend: Sept. 11-13, 2009 --Reserve Your Hotel Room
Southern California Ball:
SAVE THE DATE!
The 30th Annual Southern California All Academies Ball is scheduled for Saturday, December 26, 2009 at the Anaheim Marriott.
The ball is open to Academy midshipmen, parents, extended family, alumni, and friends, the cost is about $70/ per person. Cost for mids is $30.
Hotel: Anaheim, Marriott. (make your reservations)
Activities: dancing, silent auction, dinner, cake cutting, etc…
Please share this information with your midshipman.
Calling for Parent Volunteers to Help Plan the Dec. 26th Ball
WE need someone to attend the planning meetings, help find auction items and we desperately need help finding a guest speaker for the evening! We need a parent representative from the USMMA So. Cal Parent’s Association to serve on the ball committee, is anyone willing to serve on the committee? The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4th in Fullerton at 3:00 PM. We are looking for a guest speaker, if you know someone famous - please help us make this the best ball ever. If you are interested please CLICK HERE.
2009 Parents Weekend Dates Released
Welcome Aboard Class of 2013 Dinner
Saturday, June 27
Come and welcome the incoming Plebes from the Southern California area who are joining the class of 2013, meet their parents, recent grads, and other Alumni and parents from the area. Get your questions about life at the Academy answered and have a casual night of fun with other members of the Kings Point family.
Local Midshipmen, Plebe Candidates, their parents are our guests (no charge).
February 22, 2009
Thanks to all of the Southern California USMMA families who helped out at the packing party. We had a great time and shared lots of amazing stories of our Mids. 42 packages crammed with homemade cookies and other goodies were packed and mailed, due to arrive the week of finals. Way to support our Mids!!!! Special thanks to Terry and Rande Johnsen for buying a ton of goodies, hosting the packing party and hosting a wonderful lunch!!!
Erik Johnsen,Named Landmark Conference Swimmer Of The Week
February 17, 2009
Southern California Parent Meeting & Mid Packing Party
Click here to view flyer
Sunday, February 22
Phone: 949.376.4607 or 949.322.1458
2009 Parents Weekend Dates Released
Sept. 18-20, 2009 --Reserve Your Hotel Room
Southern California All Military Academies Ball
The Southern California Naval Academy Parent Association hosted the ball on Friday, December 26th at the Anaheim Marriot. Hugh Hewitt was the guest speaker, and many USMMA parents and midshipmen attended. A special thank you to Rande & Terry Johnsen for donating items for the silent auction and for assembling the goody bags for our cadets in attendance.