Come for the Programs . . .
* Since the Covid shutdown ended, we have been running in-person meetings with "hybrid" access by Zoom. To join by Zoom send a request to [email protected]
Meetings start at 9:30 AM with coffee and socializing. At 10:00 we sit down, sing a song or two, and hear a few jokes & announcements. The day's invited speaker starts at around 10:30. Visitors are asked to arrive by 10:00 AM to sign in.
Programs consist of stimulating talks by people such as past governors, mayors, politicians, physicians, Nobel Prize winners, judges, professors, historians, scientists, authors, economists, journalists, financial advisors, medical specialists, conservationists, etc. The follow-up Q&A is lively. Put on your business casual attire or jacket & tie (or something more casual from May to September) and attend a meeting with us. All visitors are welcome. Admission is free.
Stay for the Friends*
After the meetings, many members join together to have lunch at various local restaurants.
In addition to the weekly meetings, there are activity groups for golf, bridge, hiking, trips, computer help, tennis and more.
* Or, as one member put it recently, "Come for the Jokes, Stay for the Talks", since we start each meeting by singing a few songs and enjoying a few jokes :-)
Policy on Weather Cancellations
During very bad weather or when the NPPC is unavailable to us, our meetings simply move online with Zoom. We will post a notice at this website and send an email to members.
For more information:
On Retiring – A Stimulating Road Ahead
Where will you find a sense of purpose and satisfaction? How will you find mental stimulus and a sense of community? Click on this PDF file to consider an answer to these questions.
Donations to Old Guard are welcome and greatly appreciated (although they are not tax deductible).
Dues are $55 a year with a $10 early-payment discount, and can be paid using this dues link.
August Program Chair – Doug Hobby
- Aug 4 – Chatham Senior Center – Our speaker Julie Reich,
LSW, is the Executive Director of the Chatham Senior Center. She will
discuss the Senior Center’s mission and the significant and positive
impact it has on promoting healthy aging in our community. She will
highlight the wide range of programs and activities provided by the
Center that support fitness, lifelong learning, and social connections.
[in-person and on Zoom -- for access: [email protected]]
- Aug 11 - St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center – Sarah Sangree is director of community engagement and will cover how for over 85 years St. Hubert’s has been dedicated to helping animals in need, in addition to adopting out close to 3,000 animals a year. They aid New Jersey communities with programs that help animals stay with their families. They have pet food banks,vaccine clinics, and emergency pet boarding. Their way station program has moved over 20,000 pets from areas of need to places of opportunity. [in-person and on Zoom]
- Aug 18 - Importance of Local Print Media in Strengthening Fabric of Its Communities – Joe Territo is CEO & publisher of Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM). Topics of his presentation will include local news to strengthen the fabric of local communities, how area residents can help CNJLM fulfill its mission, how technological changes in the ways that we communicate have impacted local news, and why CNJLM recently consolidated the newspaper editions of its local town news websites into county-wide print editions covering multiple towns. Joe Territo will also discuss how individuals and organizations seeking news coverage can submit information to the CNJLM news team by emailing news announcements and coverage requests to [email protected]. In January 2025, he was named executive editor of all CNJLM publications. In December, he was promoted to CEO and publisher. [in-person and on Zoom]
- Aug 25 - NIL - Its Impact on College Sports – Dann Kabala is vice president of Rutgers Name Image Likeness (NIL). NIL is a set of rules and legal principles that allows high school and college athletes to make money off their personal brand, including sponsorships, social media posts, merchandise, and paid appearances, without losing their eligibility to compete. Mr. Kabala will speak on the history of NIL and its current and future impact on college sports. He will describe today’s university environment, and the ability of athletes to transfer via the portal to other schools. This could be of great interest to all who follow the New World in college athletics and athletes being paid significant money by their institutions. Dann Kabala joined Rutgers in January of 2026 and oversees all aspects of the third-party NIL operations for all sports. He spent the previous eight seasons with the Penn State Nittany Lions, overseeing all aspects of the NIL program and 5th Quarter/Player Development department. [in-person and on Zoom]
September Birthday Emcee: Phil Apruzzese
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