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Greetings and Salutations From The Hospitality Hut,

Rainy Season has arrived on schedule.  Lots of thunder storms that manage to upset our beautiful ocean making visibility very poor. Having said that however, members continue to enjoy a very active Local Dive schedule. 

At the June ZOOM general meeting we had 3 guests.  Harley, Alex and Robert from Ocearch, who are associates of our speaker Tim Barker, signed in to join the conversation on catching, tagging and gathering blood samples from these large fish.

Thanks to our VP of Programs Rick D. we continue to have great presentations  Please be sure to give Rick a thank you for his talent in obtaining interesting speakers for our club meetings.  I know it is not an easy task.

The club is heading to Bonaire very soon so I am attaching a picture taken in 2018 when I was trip leader.  That's me standing inside my dive locker down on the dock.  Have a great trip!

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.

Clare Anthon

Hospitality Coordinator

Greetings From The Hospitality Hut,

It was such a pleasure to see 32 members and guests attend the May general meeting.

Our VP of Programs, Rick, treated us to a delightful speaker and we all learned a great deal about the octopus.

I am happy to report 2 first-time guests attended the May general meeting.

First Tom Di Vincent, guest of Barbara G. was introduced. Tom stated he has been diving since 1974 but has been out of the water for the last 10 years. He likes to hunt for lobster, sightsee and drift dive on walls.  Thank you Tom for your interest in our club.

Gino Redfield joined us during the presentation and I was unable to introduce him to the group.  Gino, friend of Lureen F. was certified in 1990 and has had 1 dive.  I think we can change that!  Hope to see Gino at future meetings.

I encourage you to visit our home page usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving

Greetings From The Hospitality Hut,

A huge thank you to Julie M for filling in for me at the April general meeting.

It's graduation time and my calendar is filled with exciting events involving my twin granddaughters.

Julie introduced one first-time guest.  Matthew Williams was brought to us by member Ellen Reinhart. Matthew was certified in 2004 and has logged an amazing 3000 dives.  Certified in Syracuse NY,  Matt is a Dive Master and enjoys drift diving, sightseeing and diving wrecks.  Be sure to say hello and introduce yourself to guests.

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.
Clare Anthon
Hospitality Coordinator

Greetings From The Hospitality Hut,

We had a great turnout at the March general meeting. Unfortunately I have no guests to report.

Please remember to tell your friends about our wonderful club. Remember, guests are always welcome to attend club meetings.

Our new meeting place has a varied, early bird, menu for a  bite to eat and socialize with friends. Cocktails are also available. Come and join us!

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.

Clare Anthon

Hospitality Coordinator

Greetings From The Hospitality Hut,

It was wonderful to see so many members attend the February general meeting.

I am happy to report we had 3 guests in attendance, 2 in the room and 1 on ZOOM.

Guest Jan Garvey is not a stranger to the USA Dive Club.  As a guest,  Jan has been on several overseas trips.  Jan decided to take the plunge and is now a certified diver. In addition,  she has applied for membership. Welcome Aboard!

Joan Burres attended her first meeting.  She is friends with Roy H. and Mary Kay W.  Joan has been diving since 1987 with 20 logged dives.  With some encouragement, we can get her back in the water.

The ZOOM meeting brought us "Sean" from Pennsylvania. Sean likes to dive anywhere and everywhere he can.  

It is always a pleasure to introduce guests to the members.  Remember, guests are potential members.  Please continue to spread the word to your friends and tell them some fun facts about our club.

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.

Clare Anthon

Hospitality Coordinator

Greetings From The Hospitality Hut,

We had a very nice turnout at our new location in Delray Beach.  Please consider joining us for the February meeting.  

I am happy to report 2 first-time guests attended the January meeting.  One in the room and one on ZOOM.

Danielle Marchante found us while driving on the Loggerhead.  Local Diving was aboard and told Danielle about our club.  She was certified in
Boca Raton in 2003 and has logged 7500 dives, wow!  Danielle has submitted her membership application and paid her dues.  Welcome aboard!

Michael Wiener joined us on ZOOM.  He found us during an internet search for dive clubs.  Michael was certified in Pennsylvania in 2005 and has logged 50 dives.  

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.

Clare Anthon

Hospitality Coordinator

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023 

Greetings From The Hospitality Hut,

"The Hut" hopes you had a very happy holiday season and are ready to see what the New Year has waiting for us.

I am happy to report two perspective guests to ring in the New Year. Let's try and get the word out about our dive club.

If all goes well, and I know it will,  we can all look forward to a new beautiful venue for our monthly meetings.  Its' challenging to find a meeting room to satisfy everyone, so please do your best to support all the effort and work that goes into a very labor intensive task.

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

                                      

The Hospitality Hut Wishes You Happy Holidays And Happy New Year!

Another year has come and gone, a year full of great dive trips and local dives.

We have been able to resume our in person meetings and thanks to a great VP of Programs, we have had wonderful presenters each month.

I wish you all the best in the coming year.  Hopefully our attendance will continue to improve and guests will return as well.

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.
Clare Anthon
Hospitality Coordinator

                           

Gobble, Gobble From The Hospitality Hut,

Here we go again!!  Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow club members and friends. 

Where has another year gone?  Well I know, we have gone to Fiji, Grand Cayman and Saba.  A good number of us were lucky enough to journey to Canada and Alaska.  It has been a great travel year.

The October meeting was a great success thanks to Rick D, our Programs VP, for having Gary "The Shark Man" Rose as the presenter. Approximately 20 USA'ers attended the meeting in person.  Lets' keep it up.

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.

Clare Anthon

Hospitality Coordinator

Greeting From The Hospitality Hut,

Now that October is here, the holidays are right around the corner.  We will soon be filling our calendars with special events.  

The Club has announced the Christmas-Holiday Party taking place on December 1st.  You may register to attend on the club website, listed below, or by calling Ronnie. 

As the club prepares to depart for Saba, the last overseas trip of 2022, we can look forward to what exciting trips await us in 2023.  

While on an overseas trip, it's a perfect time to meet people in airports and on planes.  I like to engage travelers in conversation.  It's never a surprise when someone tells me they are a diver.  I politely hand them a USA business card and tell them a few facts about our club.  We have several members who were attracted to the club while on an overseas trip. They see the fun we have and that we are friendly, seasoned divers.  

I encourage you to visit our home page www.usadiveclub.org.  Please click on the calendar and keep up to date on all the diving and non-diving scheduled activities. You may also take a look at the photo gallery and take a peek at past events.

I wish you all Happy Diving.