Come Row for TEAM YALE, HAVE FUN, AND VOLUNTEER!

ROCKING MANHATTAN - Regatta & Barbecue Party. Our team leader John Joseph Hopkins '05, former captain of the Yale Crew Team, will lead a crew of Yale Alumni boats for a day long rowing adventure around the island of Manhattan. Come and help Team Yale row to victory! Rowers will compete to benefit a great organization, Rocking the Boat, in collaboration with the Downtown Community Boathouse.

The day will culminate in a fabulous and fun filled afternoon Barbecue Party at Pier 40 (Houston Street and the Hudson River) with great food and drinks, terrific educational activities for kids and adults to learn about boat building, river life, and all things aquatic, and short boat rides on hand built wooden rowboats. To attend the tailgating party, we are asking for contributions in the form of a pledge donation to sponsor either a Yale boat or rower, all proceeds to benefit Rocking the Boat.

We are looking for volunteers to help run this event, as well as rowers for the regatta, and participants/donors to come and join the fun. The day has several segments as follows:
Morning Shift 8 AM to 10 AM: (Hallet's Cove, East River, Long Island City, Queens) Looking for eight volunteers to help serve breakfast to the rowers
Lunch Shift 11 AM to 1 PM:(At Swindlers Cove, Harlem River) Ten volunteers are needed to help serve lunch to the rowers.
Afternoon Barbeque Party, 3 to 6 PM: At Pier 40, Houston Street & Hudson River, downtown Manhattan: Twenty volunteers are needed to help organize and run the party, which will be a spectacular event for the whole family.

We are also looking for ROWERS to compete for Team Yale in hand-built wooden rowboats around Manhattan. The row is 26 miles and will be split into two shifts: a morning 5 hour shift and a 3 hour afternoon shift. Previous rowing experience is NOT required, but you would need to be reasonably fit. You will need to attend a rowing orientation prior to the event which will be on a weekday evening.

This will be a fun event for the whole family - you can volunteer, row, or just come to cheer on the Yale rowers. Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or log onto www.rockingtheboat.org for details. Specific details about registration and donations can be found at: http://rockingmanhattan.kintera.org/.

The Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is engaged in planning educational enrichment programs for New York City area alumni. If you are interested in crafting first-rate, engaging, and intellectually stimulating programs with fellow Yale alumni, you are warmly invited to the join the Committee. If you would like to join, please contact the Committee at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . All are welcome.

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee strives to provide a forum where alumni can enjoy, share in, and learn from leading practicioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts, and support alumni in the arts, through regular presentations and events that will offer opportunities for networking and performance.

All are welcome. Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

The Association of Yale Alumni, The Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County, The Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich and The Yale Westchester Alumni Association would like to invite you to an upcoming reception with President Richard C. Levin '74 Ph.D., 22nd President of Yale University.

The reception, including cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, begins at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by President Levin's remarks at 7:00 p.m.

Reserve your place by contacting Jacquelyn McGrath at the Association of Yale Alumni at 203-432-8015 or visit http://alumni.yale.edu/aya/rcloctober/ for on-line registration. When submitting your reservation, please note your name, Yale degree/affiliation, phone, email address, name(s) of guest(s) and total amount of payment.

We look forward to seeing you on October 20!
The Association of Yale Alumni
The Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County
The Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich
The Yale Westchester Alumni Association

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York wishes to invite you to our upcoming meeting. We are always looking for projects that inspire alumni to serve their community. Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for further information.

Agenda
I. Discussion of Previous Events -- International Coastal Clean Up in Prospect Park  and Rock the Boat Regatta
II. Review of Upcoming Events -- Halloween in Prospect Park (October) and St. Xavier's Soup Kitchen (November)
III. Selection of December and January Projects.
IV. Update on Newark Juvenile Justice Project.

The Educational Programs and Arts & Entertainment Committees of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), in collaboration with the 6BC Botanical Garden, present an afternoon out of doors concert by violinist Qi Cao of the Yale School of Music on Sunday. Qi Cao will present a series of pieces on aspects of love from friendship to patriotism to amorous encounters to spiritual love scored by the greatest composers of musical history.

Register today at http://yaamny-6bc-qicao.eventbrite.com/. All are welcome including friends and family. There is limited seating available in the garden. Attendees will be encouraged to enjoy the garden and partake in the music from any area of the garden. Pre-registration is required. Due to the intimate scale of this gorgeous space, tickets are very limited. This concert will continue rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, Qi will perform at the black box theater not far from 6BC at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, at 113-A 2nd Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets.

Qi Cao is a second year master's student at the Yale School of Music, studying with Hyo Kang. She was the winner of the senior violin category and the overall grand prize winner in CT- American Strings Teaching Association Music Competition and the first prize winner of the artist category in the National Piano and Violin Competition in Singapore. In the Gisborne music Competition in New Zealand, she was awarded a special prize, "International String Player Award". In July 2007, at the Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute in Washington D.C, she won the Concerto Competition and performed Paganini's Violin Concerto No.1 with the SMI Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. For a more complete bio, please see the YAAMNY website.

If you have any questions, please e-mail the Educational Programs Committee at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

PRICE REDUCED!
Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York,  Yale University School of Management - New York Alumni Group, Cornell University Johnson School - Alumni Club of New York,  &  MBA Corps are Honored to Present:

Mr. James E. Fuchs, President, Silver Shield Foundation (founded by George Steinbrenner)
Yale Class of 1950, 1948 & 1952 Olympic Medalist, World Record Holder, Serial Chief Executive Officer
&
Mr. Charles Moore, Executive Director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (founded by Actor Paul Newman)
Cornell Class of 1951, 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist, Serial Chief Executive Officer

For a Fireside Chat Regarding Philanthropy, Business and Athletics: Common Threads, Uncommon Achievements, Upcoming Challenges

James E. Fuchs and Charles Moore were exceptional athletes who went on to lead numerous corporations through outstanding business careers.  Today we find them at the helm of two philanthropies making important contributions to improve our world.  We hope you can join us for what is sure to be an enjoyable evening. REGISTER NOW! Yale alumni may register at the member price of $15 at:  http://www.mbacorps.org/events/events.asp

Mr. Fuchs and Mr. Moore will discuss:
- Philanthropy, Business and Athletics: The Common Qualities and Strategies Leading to Success
- Growing and Operating a Philanthropy
- Working with a Major Philanthropy's Famous Founder  (George Steinbrenner, Principal Owner of the New York Yankees franchise, and Actor Paul Newman)
- Fruitfully Applying the Lessons Learned in One Pursuit to Another
- Insightful and enjoyable anecdotes about succeeding on the most competitive corporate and athletic playing fields
- Succession Planning, and Preventing Philanthropic Mission Drift

Program:
6:30 to 7:00 Cocktail Reception and Networking
7:00 to 8:00 Remarks and Q&A
8:00 to 8:30 Cocktail Reception and Networking

Fleur de Lis. Constant Bliss. Vermont Shepherd. Pleasant Ridge Reserve. Allow us a moment to put our right hands over our hearts. These are some of the world's best cheeses, and they're proudly, lovingly made in the U.S.A.

Liz Thorpe, VP of Murray's Cheese and author of the recently released The Cheese Chronicles (and Yale '00), conducts a guided tour and tasting of these and other luscious, mouthful American originals. By and large, the cheesemakers have learned their crafts from the masters of Europe, and brought it here, where a different and unique terroir has given us another reason to love America.

Enjoy this delicious cheese tasting with other Yalies on October 28th.  Sparkling wine, bread, dried fruit and nuts will be served as well. Register quickly at http://yaamnycheese.eventbrite.com - Cheese Class size is limited, so register before tickets sell out!

Edwin Cameron, the 2009-10 recipient of the Brudner Prize, is a Justice of the Constitutional Court, South Africa’s highest court, as well as a human rights lawyer, an author, and a Rhodes Scholar. For a full biography and event details, please see the link below.

The Brudner prize at Yale, named for James Robert Brudner '83 and established in 2000, is awarded annually to an accomplished scholar or activist whose work has made significant contributions to the understanding of LGBT issues or furthered the tolerance of LGBT people.

Yale Football Invades NYC - Yale @ Columbia!

The bulldogs continue their run for another Ivy Championship with a visit to Columbia... just a quick subway ride uptown. YAAMNY will be rocking the visitor section! Just $10 gets you a ticket + mini-tailgate if you register early, and just $15 afterward! Columbia's Wien Stadium was featured in Sports Illustrated as one of the most beautiful places in the country to watch a football game. We are organizing a section in the visitor stands, as well as a mini-tailgate before the game at noon. Just $10 for the ticket + mini-tailgate (with some refreshments) if you register this week... still just $15 after that! What a deal! We'll send out the meetup/tailgate location closer to gametime.

Click here for event registration and more details: http://yale-columbia-football.eventbrite.com/

If interested in helping to organize this or other Yale/NYC sports events, please contact Mike Jacobs at . See website for driving & subway directions.

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is proud to join the Prospect Park Volunteer Corps in their 28th Annual Halloween Haunted Walk & Carnival. We are looking for Carnival Game Leaders to assist Prospect Park staff as they run the Carnival Games and hand out candy to all the children an the end of each game as well as other related activities such as face painting for the children.

The shifts are as follows:
Volunteer Shift A: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Volunteer Shift B: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Actual Event Time: 12:00 Noon - 3:00 PM

If you wish to register, or for further information, please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . Additional information can be found at Prospect Park Halloween Haunted Walk & Carnival.