The Wolfe Club of Newburyport

Today, January 2nd, is Maj. Gen James Wolfe’s birthday. Our Members will raise a glass in his honor and to another great year for the Club.

Here is an excellent short read on General Wolfe and his life by Richard Eggington and asks the question:

“Suppose that before you were born, you were given a preview of what your life would be like; then given a choice – Mission Impossible style – of whether you wished to accept it.

Then suppose that this is what you were told:
“You will achieve immortality. Your name will echo down the generations as great a British hero. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you will die young, violently, far from home, after a life tainted by disappointment, rejection and heartache.”

What would you decide?”

James Wolfe - Historic UK General James Wolfe, arguably Britain’s most celebrated military hero of the 18th century, is best known for his victory over the French at Quebec in 1759...

Another great monthly meeting for December and back at the Museum of Old Newbury with a private tour by the Executive Director Bethany Groff Dorau.

We raised $1,050 from our members to support a “very special” Holiday mailing going out to members of the Museum for the annual fundraiser, and we encourage everyone to become members yourself and support the important preservation work being done here.

We even got an up close viewing of a bayonet retrieved from the area of General Wolfe’s passing at the battle of Quebec!

We are well under way planning the Second Annual Wolfe Club Ball being held Saturday February 10th, and tickets will soon be available….keep checking here as they will sell out fast.

Happy Holidays and we at the Wolfe Club wish you all a safe and happy season.

As always Daily News of Newburyport sharing our story with the community. Thank you.

Wolfe Club caroling event draws large crowd NEWBURYPORT — The Wolfe Club’s Cocoa & Caroling event earlier this month brought the community together, cozily sheltered under a heated tent at Waterfront Park, to kick off the holiday

The Cocoa & Caroling event Friday night brought well over 100 people from the community together, cozily sheltered under a heated tent at Waterfront Park, to kick off the Holiday season and to celebrate the spirit of giving back.

The rain didn’t deter the crowd and the hot cocoa and cookies provided by Opportunity Works kept everyone warm. Tinkerhaus Community Makerspace ran an ornament decorating station for the kids and Gina McKeown conducted the Greater Newburyport Children's Chorus for a set of holiday classics and sing alongs with the Wolfe Club members and friends closing the night with Jingle Bell Rock.
The highlight of the night was a visit by Santa Claus, delivering a check for the $8,000 raised from the Turkey Classic Golf Tournament which was divided evenly across eight local charities supporting food security: Our Neighbors Table, Friends of Newburyport Youth Services, Newbury Food Pantry, The Veterans Legacy Initiative, The Salvation Army, Newburyport Massachusetts, St. Vincent DePaul, Among Friends, and The Pettengill House, Inc. Representatives of each organization were present to accept the donations directly from the members of the Wolfe Club.

Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy the Holiday spirit and most importantly to recognize and support those organizations working to provide food security for those in need.

Great coverage as always by Daily News of Newburyport!

Turkey Classic Golf Tournament raises $9K for charity NEWBURYPORT — One-hundred forty-four golfers raised over $9,000 to support holiday food security in Greater Newburyport during the recent Turkey Classic Golf Tournament.

Thank you to our VP Greg Lewis and Phoebe Lonborg-Lewis for generously opening their beautiful home for our November meeting.

We enjoyed a great spread with libations including beer brewed by Michael Switzer and celebrated the success of the recent Oktoberfest and Turkey classic.

Great conversations and time to get to know each other better is always top priority. Till next we meet again.

The Turkey Classic Charity Golf Tournament had a stupendous 4th year and was a great time for all involved with the Wolfe Club at the helm for the first time.

The sold out tournament saw 144 golfers hit Apple Hill Golf Club to enjoy a great course, but mostly to have a ton of fun with contests, interactive elements and an atmosphere of camaraderie.

Congrats to the winners: Jason Burnham, Geoff Burnham, Brady Dow, and Rich Abruzzese.

They were presented the coveted orange jackets for their unbelievable 19 under team finish.

Also well done to our Highest Scorers: Anthony Santana, Carlos Ruiz, Scott Good, Mike Weaning. They got Turkey hats and free group lessons at Black Swan!

Huge congratulations for event founder, champion, and director -New Member, Matthew Blanchette for the many hats he wore and for making it all happen. Brittany Gurrisi was right there to keep everything on course from planning to day of and member Matthew Sweet was a huge help getting the Club and sponsors organized around the event.

Markus Pesce - L&S Digital Media, and new Club member, single handedly ran the TkTv live stream highlighting all of our important sponsors, worthy charities, highlights of the Wolfe Club, Tournament action and attempted to rein in our live commentators, Comedian Mike Koutrobis, our President Michael Switzer, and field team comedy duo of Justin Hoff & Shawn Ruiz (Mystaru).

Too many people to name helped throughout so thank you all for making this such a success!

Metzy's Taqueria - Food Truck was on site serving up burritos, Cider Hill Farm ~ Amesbury provided donuts and the swag and “special” beverages were plentiful!

We are excited to announce that we raised over $9,000 which will be evenly divided among our outstanding charitable organizations providing Food security for our community.

Our Neighbors Table
Friends of Newburyport Youth Services
Newbury Food Pantry
The Veterans Legacy Initiative
The Salvation Army, Newburyport Massachusetts
St. Vincent DePaul
Among Friends at St Paul’s
The Pettengill House, Inc.

Better yet, the checks will be hand delivered at our Cocoa and Caroling event at Waterfront Park on December 1st. We’ll be gathering under a HEATED tent from 6-8 singing Christmas Carols with the Greater Newburyport Children's Chorus. Opportunity Works will be handing out hot cocoa and cookies, and Tinkerhaus Community Makerspace will have a workshop for children to make Christmas Ornaments. Santa has dropped in every year circa 7pm to hand deliver a check for all of the money raised by the Turkey Classic to the 8 non profits and take a few Christmas wish lists from the boys and girls of Newburyport as well!

We are grateful for our generous sponsors
Event Level
Matthew Blanchette, Licensed Realtor
Movement Mortgage
Gold Level
Institution for Savings
Kirby Landscaping
Kelly's Taylor Rental
HJ Sims
Main Street Financial Advisory
The Valenti Family
Silver Level
The Tannery Marketplace
Touchstone Closing & Escrow, LLC
Twisted Tree Cafe
Newburyport Framers
Pentucket Bank
Threefold Recovery
LCW Certified public Accounting

The Turkey Classic Charity Golf Tournament will be broadcast LIVE this Saturday.

On TkTv -Link: https://facebook.com/events/s/tktv/289903393858946/

Thank you to Club members, Matthew Blanchette, Licensed Realtor and Markus Fish with L&S Digital Media for undertaking and directing this impressive operation.

We filmed informational segments on the Wolfe Club and the history behind our namesake in two sessions featuring Michael Switzer, Gregory Lewis and Chris Sawtelle. Last night at Museum of Old Newbury, thank you Bethany Groff Dorau and tonight at The Grog -Newburyport Ma.

Join the Live stream this Saturday to catch the segments and the great live action and commentary we have planned.

Did you know the Turkey Classic donates to 8 Non Profits in the Greater Newburyport Area?! If you'd like to help us put a turkey on the table for those in need this holiday season, donate today at turkeyclassic.org

Help us make a difference by sponsoring or donating today at http://www.turkeyclassic.org

October meeting. Upstairs at the Grog.

Finalized plans for Saturday’s Oktoberfest, moved forward on the Turkey Classic Golf Tournament, and a historical presentation on 1st Period homes in Ipswich by our Club historian Chris Sawtelle.

Great meeting and plenty of time for Camaraderie in a historic space!

Thank you to members (Left to Right) Matt Sweet, Brian Bates, Victor Cruz, Nick Herrera and Michael Zuercher for volunteering today at our sponsored Dinner at Our Neighbors Table.

We look forward to more opportunities to volunteer as an organization moving forward and are already excited for the Wolfe Club Ball in February where we will raise our annual donation for ONT.

We are so fortunate to have such a well
run organization providing food security for our Community.

Great coverage in the Daily News of Newburyport

Weather keeps looking better and better! See you at the Fest!

Port Oktoberfest returning soon NEWBURYPORT — The Newburyport Oktoberfest returns Saturday, Oct. 14, for its 12th year bringing together the Greater Newburyport community to enjoy authentic German music, beer, food, dancing, and more, all

We are excited to be volunteering at Our Neighbors Table for dinner tomorrow night!

We aim to deliver financial resources and in person volunteers to help our Community, and partnering with outstanding organizations like ONT help maximize that effort.

Tomorrow is Wednesday and the ONT kitchen in Amesbury will be serving Bill's famous meatloaf with mashed potatoes and peas. This community meal is sponsored by The Wolfe Club of Newburyport! We hope to see you there!

https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/wolfe-club-marks-1-year-anniversary/article_879cb6c6-58bb-11ee-96d8-233e79016094.html

Wolfe Club marks 1-year anniversary NEWBURYPORT — The Wolfe Club marked its first year as an organization Thursday at Steeple Hall above Mission Oak by welcoming in 20 new members to join their 32 founders.

Great opportunity this morning to deliver the $800.00 raised from the Newbury Town Day Grilling Fundraiser to support the important work being done at the Newbury Food Pantry to provide food security for our community.

Jane Merrow, Director, gave us a full tour of the operation and it is incredible how efficiently they are delivering food to so many, while eliminating waste and promoting sustainability with an All Volunteer group.

New Member Rich Lyman has been donating his time for years and will act as a Liason to coordinate our own volunteers to help going forward.

We look forward to contributing more financially through the Turkey Classic Charity Golf Tournament and through hands on volunteering from our members.
Camaraderie, CHARITY, & Equality.

Are you coming to Oktoberfest on October 14th? Do you want to help us fundraise for NYS AND feel important with your friends!?

Having a guaranteed table up front in all the action is the best way to enjoy the festivities and here is your chance. Only 4 VIP tables available. ACT FAST! and we look forward to seeing you there!

Link to reserve your table here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/f1a1991c-cc17-431e-b8bc-8eac96dc5f0d

An “Astonishing journey exceeding all our expectations” is the only way to describe our FIRST year together as The Wolfe Club.

From our first meeting in September, to the Newburyport Oktoberfest for NYS, the Turkey Drive, the Museum of Olde Newbury Night, the Wolfe Club Ball for ONT, the recognition of the “Asset Builders Award” from NYS and the “Peace Award” from the Human Rights Council, the “Great Pontack Party”, the engagement and participation in NBPT PRIDE, the Bed Race and Parade at Yankee Homecoming, the Newbury Town Day Grilling Fundraiser for the Newbury Food Pantry, and the 20 great new Members we brought into the fold last week.

Here’s to everyone who made our first year so incredible, and to a bright and successful future for the Club! Huzzah!

Member Scott Kelley just had the opportunity to visit Quebec City and the Plains of Abraham.

Standing at the site where Maj General James Wolfe lost his life on September 13th, 1759.

Someday soon we will visit together as a Club, but great to have our first Member pay respects. Thank you for making the trek Scott!