Happy Summer! Hope you are keeping cool and having and excellent sun season, as Action is ending our 2022-23 season went out with big bang, as we celebrated our members with our 80's themed, End of the Year Party, Saturday July 15th — It was a blast — We are getting ready for Action's 2023-24 season of snowy fun. We're putting the finishing touches on our tried and true ski trips, and there are some new destinations. Look for those to go on sale at Action's September 6th General meeting at Arterra. Mark your calendars now, so you don't forget. You don't want to miss out on your favorite mountain or resort! Get a Sneak Peek at the Trips schedule later in this issue.
Now focusing on our August 2nd General "BBQ" meeting at Olive Grove Park. This is a very popular meeting. We'll have the Grill Maestro, John Thomas and his friendly side kick, Tom Walters, flippin' burgers and chicken — Come On! — Slap on all the fixins'. Great grub & drinks, and a great place to meet members you haven't met yet. Only $10 for for a Wednesday night. So don't miss it! Sign up here.
This is also the time we start our Back to School Drive for Promises2Kids fundraiser for San Diego Foster Children. As usual, you can bring unwrapped backpacks and school supplies to the BBQ, or you can donate here now, or until September 6th 2023. As a side note, Action's members have given graciously. Their time and money to organizations like Promises2Kids, Spay and Neuter, I Love a Clean San Diego and San Diego Rescue Mission, and for this, Action was awarded Far West Ski Association's Certificate of Recognition for Charitable Work! We are excited about that, so thank you.
We'll see you at Olive Grove, Wednesday, August 2nd and 6 pm!
|  | August BBQ + Happy Hour + General Meeting
Hang out with Action, We'll be Grillin' and Chillin'
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 @ Olive Grove Park
5:30- 7:30
Olive Grove Park
6075 Printwood Way, San Diego, CA 92117
Register here now
Join us for our annual summer picnic and an informal meeting! John T and crew will be cooking up a variety of BBQ items for all tastes. Beverages also provided. Such a deal for $10!!!
Please help us donate backpacks and any school supplies to K-12 for Promises2Kids. We will collect your donated items and deliver them to the charity.
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JUN 28 -SEP 6
Donate online or shop for Back to School supplies to help prepare the San Diego Foster Children who don’t have families to help them! Action has teamed with Promises2Kids for this special donation opportunity.
AUG 2
Join us for our annual summer picnic and an informal meeting! Find out more about Action Ski & Snowboard Club Events
AUG 3-6
Book your own lodging & transportation and attend Action Happy Hour including Blues & Beer Fest on Saturday August 5th in Mammoth Lakes.
AUG 25-27
El Prado Group Campground – Big Sage campsite is one of Action's favorite camping destinations near San Diego. $70 per person includes camping fee, meals, beverages (Friday dinner, Saturday morning full breakfast, Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday continental breakfast.)
SEP 6
General Meeting & Happy Hour - Arterra, Del Mar. Please sign up for this event, if you plan to attend and sign-up for any 2024 ski trips.
SEP 10
Kayaking La Jolla Shores. More information to follow. Keep checking Action's Homepage for Upcoming Activities!
SEP 17
Lawn Bowling Liberty Station. More information to follow. Keep checking Action's Homepage for Upcoming Activities!
OCT 7
Welcome to our 2023 Guadalupe Wine Tour! We will have three stops plus dinner, as well as ample food and drink on the bus. Hope to see you there! Due to the complexity of organizing this event, there will be no refunds without a replacement. If you register and then determine you can't go, let me know via email at leah.clark@ieee.org. If I can fill your spot from our wait list, you will be refunded less a $50 cancellation fee. If I can't fill your spot, you are welcome to sell your spot to a friend.
OCT 22
Mir-a-mar Beer-a-thon. More information to follow. Keep checking Action's Homepage for Upcoming Activities!
SEP or OCT
Farmers Market & Brunch Little Italy. More information to follow. Keep checking Action's Homepage for Upcoming Activities!
| 2024 ACTION SKI AND BOARD TRIP SCHEDULE
| | JAN 7-11
This boutique trip includes ski-in/ski-out lodging at Alta Blackjack Ski Condo Lodge with 5 weekday ski days at two iconic Utah resorts
JAN 18-23
Roundtrip air San Diego to Salt Lake City, 5 nights Lodging and transportation included
FEB 10-13
Sat Feb 10, 2024 to Tue Feb 13, 2024 Join us for our annual Super Bowl Mammoth trip
FEB 18-24
Flying into Calgary, transportation will take you past Banff to Panorama Mountain, where we will ski 5 weekdays
APR 4-8
2024 Frisco Colorado ski trip
Ski Copper Moutain and A-Basin! We'll stay in a huge house center of town, close to bus line, restaurants and shopping | | |  | |
Allan Kleiner – Action Member 2018-2022
Allan grew up in Manhattan Beach, CA, and enjoyed Surfing, camping, hiking, fishing, boating, skiing, volleyball, bowling. He graduated from Aviation HS in Redondo Beach, CA, El Camino College with AA in biology, Cal State Long Beach with BS in Business management, and Arizona State University (ASU) Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law with Masters Legal Studies. He was a long time General Contractor. He had extensive mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution experience working with the California State and county Bar Associations.
Allan was a member of Action Ski club, the Mammoth Ski Tribe, Amalfi Bowling Team, beach volleyball and hiking groups, and the Thursday Happy Hour Club.
We will miss his Action presence, where he was a regular at the monthly General Meetings, special events, and many Action Mammoth Ski Trips. He was never shy about giving advice about Mammoth, especially since he lived in Mammoth for over 15 years in the past. RIP Allan.
Allan is standing on the left of the image.
- | | | PADRES GAME June 25, 2023
Unlike any other Action event, this event started with a Happy Hour 2 blocks from Petco Park about 1 hour before the Padres vs Nationals game was to commence.
11 Actioneers met at the Half Door Brewing Company, where we had secured a large table, which was our meeting point. Jerry Jobs joined the preregistered gang of 10 ticket holders. The weather was mild and we arrived at our seats just minutes before the game started.
We had wonderful group seats that were in the sun for the first half of the game, which changed to shade by the 5th inning.
Note sure if anyone paid attention to the score, but the following participants enjoyed a wonderful Sunday afternoon in downtown San Diego:
|  | | Left bottom to right top: Paul, Diane, Jerry, Roger, Jessica, John T., Janet in the sun. |  | Janet and John T. with our wonderful view from the seats. | | |
 | | Juliette, Jerry, Diane, Paul, Carole, Janet, Jessica, Roger in the shade (after 5th inning). | | |
ACTION GOES BOWLING June 29, 2023
Half dozen Actioneers took to the lanes for a night of bowling at Mira Mesa Lanes. “Bubba” Sanford was the clear champ of the group, scoring multiple strikes, with Anne P following in second. Laurie S had a distinctive style often sliding onto her backside after ball release. Cindy happily lost her title of worst bowler in the group to Deb R. Most of the group went on to Ballast Point brewery for libations after the serious bowling exertions. Though Action appears to only have a small contingent of bowlers, they are diehards and have asked for another event to be scheduled soon!
| ACTION END OF YEAR PARTY July 29, 2023
This years End of the Year party a blast from the past. Bright pink, tourquosie blue, and big hair -- Actioneers had a great time dressing up as Madonna, Don Johnson, and was that Jon Bon Jovi?! We had a sunny day and gorgeous sunset, at our venue out at Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation in Carlsbad.
We enjoyed a color spread of appetizers and drinks to welcome us, and filled up on the Mexican buffet for dinner. Delicious desserts, homemade of course -- which to choose? Yum! Seemed like everyone was on the dance floor (working off the dessert?) jammin' to DJ Rob.
It was a fun night and a great year, as we look to the future year and ski season. For more photos of the party, see 2023 YEP, here.
|  | Action Ski & Snowboard Tumblers
We have purchased a limited number and color of wine (12 oz) and beverage (20 oz) tumblers that we think you will use over and over again.
Available for purchase at the next General Meeting and at Action Events.
Colors available and sizes are shown in the picture above.
Keeps beverages cold for 8-12 hrs and hot for 3-5 hrs.
Comes with tight fitting lid.
Tumblers are $9 each, $10 with Action Sticker (limited).
Choose your color and size
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