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	February Newsletter & Upcoming Events Wayland Dads, All we need now is a few more feet of snow and a half a dozen more snow days.  Hope the past school vacation week was good for everyone.  Despite this weather .... 2015 is off to a GREAT START!  Nuff Said!  Sincerely, Wayland Dad's Group  wayland.dads@gmail.com Join our member page. In This Issue Drop in Play Saturday Feb 28th WCPA Poker Nite Dad's & Kids Ski Outing - Update Breakfast Club Winter Schedule Update Wayland Cub Scouts - Update WCPA - Updates WAYS Soccer - New Wayland Softball - New Season WDG - FitCamp - New Football - New MuckFest MS - New
Kids Drop in Play -              "Get the kids out of the house and set them free" Saturday Feb 28th @ Loker Gym from 9-11:30am  Location:  Loker School Gym When:  Saturday Feb 28th From 9:00-11:30am Are you in?    wayland.dads@gmail.com  Our next Wayland Dad's Drop-in is scheduled for Saturday, February 28th. @ Loker Gym from 9-11:30am     For the younger kids and those non-skiers, we are going to have our regular Wayland Dads Drop-in at Loker. We've moved it back one week from the original schedule Saturday that fell at the end of school vacation  Save-the-Date - Wayland Dads Family Ski & Boarding at Wachusett Mountain - Saturday, February 28th.  John Langan the next Wayland Dads ski trip to Wachusett Mountain for all parents and kids. See below for all the details and logistics.     WCPA Poker Nite -                Texas Holdem  >>Poker Night Sign Up - RSVP       Please note due to liability restrictions, this is a WCPA members only event. Not a WCPA member? Consider joining!  Annual membership is only $50.  The WCPA is a fantastic group with all sorts of educational and social activities.  Most importantly, they make Wayland Dads possible.  If you are not a member please drop us a line and we'll let you know how to sign-up - wayland.dads@gmail.com. Dad's Winter Adventure                Family Ski Outing - Update Wachusett Mountain Feb 28th  Who is sick of the snow???  Let's do something productive with it and go skiing!!!  At this rate John will be extending our ski trip calendar well into June.  Why not, with all the snow dates the kids will be in school until late July!!! The next trip for the whole family is Feb 28th @ Wachusett and we know that this date coincides with the next Dad's Drop and Play.  But, we figured there will be some of us courageous enough to get up at 5:30 am to make the drive to ski in sub-zero temps (like the last trip pictured above) .... and there will be some of us who would prefer less onerous adventure and prefer to sleep until 8 or 8:30 and not deal.  So, you have options.    Travel - If folks want to caravan, plan on meeting at the Wayland Town Center (near Panera) and then we can all head to the mountain together.  Please plan on arriving by 6:45 for a 7:00am.    Meeting Spot on Mountain - Let's plan on having a mid-morning snack at the Bullock Lodge at 10:30am.  Group Picture - Meet at the top of the Minuteman Express Quad at 2:00 for a group picture!     ------   Wayland Dads Ski and Ride Day - Saturday, January 31st - Update   The Summit - WDG - Sunapee - Saturday, January 31st John Langan and the Wayland Dads organized the first Wayland Dads Ski and Ride Day trip on 1/31.   A group of 10 "50-below tuckerman - white out - white knucklers" braved single digit temperatures and conquered Mt Sunapee for a day of skiing and boarding. Pictured here at the summit, briefly without hats, seconds before getting frostbite loosing one ear, half a lip and an eyelid.  What a blast!!! The two bald guys on the right did better than the guys with hair because they each put a handful of petroleum jelly on their heads just before the picture was taken.  The guy in the front center ... not so good.  His eyes are still frozen shut.  Doctors say his eyes should definitely be UN-frozen by the next snow storm.    "We got out on the mountain like ..... early and considering the sub-zero temperatures and all ... had like ... some of the gnarliest 'tongue-pole' sticking conditions I have ever seen ... unreal!"                         ~ WDG - Anonymous ~         Big thanks got to John for coordinating!!! Are you in?   wayland.dads@gmail.com    The Cochituate Breakfast Club - February                Kids Breakfast with Dad Monthly on the first and third Wednesdays   Father and Son's Wed March 4th @ 7:15am Father and Daughters Wed March 18th @ 7:15am Location:  Mels 310 Commonwealth Rd, Wayland This is a great Wayland tradition open to all Wayland's elementary schoolchildren and their fathers. It is a great opportunity to spend some quality time with your sons or daughters and meet other dads in town. The Father-Son breakfasts are on the first Wednesday of each month, and the Father-Daughter breakfasts are on the third Wednesday of each month. Both groups meet at 7:15 a.m. at Mel's and are held only during the school year. The modest annual dues are $30 per family to support raffle prizes given out each breakfast, plus $13 for each father-son or father-daughter pairing (with $5 for each additional son or daughter) to cover the breakfast buffet when you attend. Contact Jeff Baron (jeffrey.s.baron@gmail.com) with questions for Father-Daughter or Tom Cribben (tcribben@yahoo.com) with questions for Father-Son.   Hope to see you there!! More Information http://wayland.wickedlocal.com/article/20140910/News/140919340 http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20110916/News/309169357 Winter Schedule -                Day Ski & Sledding Trips and Poker Bi-weekly between Drop in Play dates     With another fresh dump of snow we are all getting plenty of quality time with the snow shovel. There's so much snow you cant even sled on it. Regardless, there is stuff to do .... see below! Updated Winter Calendar February -  2-28th   Drop in Play @ Loker School 9-11:30 -  2-28th   Ski Date @ Wachusett with the whole family!!! March -  3-7 WCPA Pancake Breakfast at Wayland High School -  3-14  Drop in Play @ Loker School 9-11:30   -  3-21  Cradles to Crayons 1/2 Day Working Group (Tentative) Teach your kids about community service and helping those in need. -  3-22    Celtics Game!    If you are interested cli ck link as we will likely get a bus to take us in and need to start lining up tickets  >> Prelim Headcount Celtics  Depending on the number of Dads interested, we can secure 1-2 Suites which will include a ticket and food, along with a ride, to and from the game. More info. to follow regarding this event. -  3-28  Ski Date (Tentative) - 3-29 Spring Easter Egg Hunt @ Loker April TBD May  - 5-17   2nd Annual WCPA Golf Tournament - Sunday May 17th starting at 12:00pm at Sandy Burr Country Club.  In our Inaugural event last year, we had 24 golfers, 6 hole sponsors, a closest to the pin sponsor (Lynch Tree & Landscaping), a lunch sponsor (Santander Bank) and a few door prizes provided by local businesses. This year, we would like to at least double or triple the number of golfers, sponsors, prizes and good times! Please mark your calendars now and hold the date!  May 17th, 2015.  If you have a foursome that you would like to enter into the tournament or know of any local businesses that would like to be a sponsor, please email Shane Capron at golf@waylandwcpa.com for more details. If you have some cool weekend destinations, ski spots or sledding hills we have some "go pro" cameras to capture the action so email us with what you got  wayland.dads@gmail.com  All 'go-pro' footage captured at Wayland Dad's events will be shown at the Summer Camping Trip on the Big Screen. Wayland Cub Scouts -                Update Pack 1 and 88 Pinewood Derby An amazing event with fun and competition.    Update - 2-27 "Brew with the Pack" Social - Hopsters in Newton -  2-28  Cub Scouts - Packs 1 & 88 Blue and Gold Crossover Ceremony/Dinner -  3-9 & 3/10  Cub Scouts - Pack 1 Pinewood Derby Weigh-In -  3-12  Cub Scouts - Pack 88 - Pack Meeting -  3-21  Cub Scouts - Pack 1 Pinewood Derby -  3-28  Cub Scouts - Packs 1 & 88 Scout Olympics  Brew with the Pack          WCPA - Calendar                Update The WCPA has had some great events this month with more to come in March.  For more information be sure to hit Big Tent:  http://www.bigtent.com/group/buzz A big 'shout out' to the WCPA for their support of Wayland Dad's!! http://www.waylandwcpa.org/   Not a member yet?  Ask wayland.dads@gmail.com WAYS Soccer                New     Hard for us to imagine, but Spring is just around the corner.  (It's really not but it sounds good.)    If you live in Wayland and you are interested in youth soccer, then you need to know about WAYS soccer. WAYS will be forming the intramural teams (Kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2) for the upcoming season in early March and it is important for us to know how many players we will have so the teams do not have too many players.     To register go to our web site at http://www.waylandsoccer.org/ and follow the instructions for either electronic registration Wayland Men's Softball League                New Season Ahead     "All Wayland Guys.....Spring Wayland Men's Softball will begin Late April/Early May depending on weather & field conditions.  If you have not played in our league and are interested in getting on a team or entering your own team to the league....please send me your name, email, cell #,  address, & shirt size to  waylandmensoftball@gmail.com.  I will add you to our email list for further information as we get closer to the start of the season."     Warmest regards, David Pearlman The Commissiona  "Big Shout out to the Softball League for their support of Wayland Dads!"  Wayland Dad's FitCamp                New Stuff Coming .... At Saturdays Drop and Play, as a group of Dad's were circling "The Commissioner" as he handed out Softball trophies, we noticed that Cj Norgaard was checking out some of the extra chins and bulging belt-lines on some of the Dads.   Although the ensuing conversation didn't slow the doughnut consumption much, we finally consented with him on the point that some of us (not all of us) could use ... a little help staying in shape this winter.   So the idea of "WDG FitCamp" was hatched over a luke warm D&D coffee and jelly donut. What is "FitCamp?"    Cj would essentially lead us 'jelly bellies' through a general conditioning class that would incorporate our own body weight, strength training by using different apparatus that will tone the entire body, basic agility and functional drills that challenge the cardio in short burst intervals, some core conditioning followed by range of motion and flexibility cool down. We are putting together a schedule and looking for feedback for a 1 x class per week session.  Let us know if you have a preference per the Quick Survey below.  options below and we will lock in the details for a "one month" test run. Scheduling Options: 1. Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM        Quick Survey:  What works for you? 2. Sundays @ 6:30 PM Other logistics information will be provided to include schedule, location and sign up information at the next Drop and Play and Newsletter.  Given all the injuries sustained by the aging Dad population now enlisted in the expanding Softball regime, running bases is a little more than 'brain' telling 'legs' to run. So I'm assuming like ... after the 4th class or so we can all stand around, shirtless and break boards or something .... Football                New Stuff Coming .... MuckFest MS - Boston                New Stuff Coming .... Some Wayland Dad's are part of this and looking for some Muckers ...    https://www.facebook.com/pages/MuckFest-MS-Boston-2015-Cappys-Crew/523923144416236  Wayland Youth Basketball                New Wayland Youth Basketball (WYB) is an organization that provides programs for girls and boys in Kindergarten through grade 8. WYB's programs include the K-2 program & participation in the following 3 leagues: http://waylandbasketball.org/Default.asp?org=waylandbasketball.org 1. MetroWest Basketball: A more competitive travel league in which we compete with a number of other towns in the greater MetroWest area.  We currently field boys' teams in grades 4 through 8 and girls' teams in grades 5 through 8. This year we are opening up the 5th grade team tryouts to 4th grade girls to play on the 5th grade team if they are selected. Teams typically practice twice a week with games on Sundays. 2. The Tri-Town Youth Basketball League: A recreational league formed with the towns of Wayland, Weston, Lincoln and Hanscom AFB for girls in grades 3 through 6 and boys in grades 3 through 8. Teams practice once a week with games on Saturdays. 3. Wellesley-Framingham CYO Basketball: For girls in grades 7 & 8. CYO is a recreational league associated with parishes in Wellesley (St John and St Paul) and Framingham (St Tarcisius and Marian). Teams practice once  week with games on Saturdays. In addition, WYB also has a Saturday Morning K-2 Program  for kids in Kindergarten through 2nd grade to get them started in basketball. The focus of this program is to have fun while teaching kids some of the fundamentals of basketball.Participation in the MetroWest League is open to all children who live in Wayland and to METCO students attending Wayland Schools. In the Tri-Town League and the K-2 Program, children who do not live in Wayland but attend Wayland schools (even if not part of the METCO program) are also eligible to participate.
About Us The Wayland Dads Group is a community-building program for dads and their children and a great way for families to meet other families in the community. Its cornerstone activity is the Saturday morning Drop-In where dads and kids meet on alternate Saturdays of each month during the school year. Goals: *    Fun with our kids through planned activities - Saturday drop ins and trips *    Give dads an easy, fun option for their kids on a Saturday morning *    Building a sense of community among kids and fathers *    Giving moms a break!  (And scoring points) *    Make it through winter without going stir crazy What:  Bi-weekly Drop in Plays Where:   Loker school gym When:  Alternating Saturday mornings throughout the school year Thanks for your support! Scott and Tyler Wayland Dad's Group

January Newsletter & Upcoming Events It's been great to see and hear from everyone over the past month at the various events. Thanks for all the support from the Moms, Dads and kids.  As "ol man winter" kicks into high gear in the coming weeks we have lots to look forward to: ski trips, poker, sledding, cub scouts outings, breakfast club and WCPA events. Don't let the cold keep you indoors this Saturday come to Loker and hit the gym with us. Please for this newsletter along to someone who might want to sync up with Wayland Dads. Sincerely, Wayland Dad's Group  wayland.dads@gmail.com  Join our member page. In This Issue Drop in Play this Saturday Guys Night - Update Community Center Discussion Dad's & Kids Ski Outing Breakfast Club Winter Schedule (Updated) WCPA - Updates Kids Drop in Play -              "Get the kids out of the house and set them free" This Saturday Jan 24th @ Loker Gym from 9-11:30am  Location:  Loker School Gym When:  Saturday Jan 24th From 9:00-11:30am Are you in?    wayland.dads@gmail.com The last Drop in Play on January 10th was a little lighter than usual, but by the end we had a full house of Dad's and kids. We are going try and have some more organized activities this time.  In addition to the gym, once again we will have bagels (a toaster), coffee, water and munchkins for the kids. Please swing by if you can make it this Saturday to get the chill out!!     WCPA Guys Night -                WCPA - Guys Night at the Local Thanks for coming .... hosted by Shane Capron 26 Dads joined us for Guy's Night at The Local on January 13th.  Appetizers were provided, the Bruins won, and everyone had a great time catching up and meeting new Dads in Wayland. John was able to talk up the ski trip and everyone mentioned that they are looking forward to the next poker night.  Special shout-out to The Local for hooking us up with a great time! Even though it's only January - Save the Date for 2nd Annual WCPA Golf Tournament on May 17th @ Sandy Burrrrrr - see winter schedule below for more details!!  (Shane Capron - MC) Where should we have the next Guys Night?   wayland.dads@gmail.com Politico -                Community Center Update Save the Date for the Annual Town Meeting!  April 6th  Making progress but still an uphill battle! The Board of Selectmen voted to include the article regarding the Council on Aging/Community Center in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.  The article will go to the Finance Committee for analysis, and both Fin Com and BOS will decide whether or not they will recommend approval of the article to town voters.  While their decisions will likely be printed in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, they may delay sharing their public opinion until the actual meeting in April. As a quick recap, the article for the COA/Community Center asks town voters to approve $150K to conduct critical initial testing for the project (such as environmental and civil engineering tests) and to produce basic schematic drawings and design.  Reducing the scope of the article to $150K may help it pass at Town Meeting since many projects fail to pass the vote the first time they are presented at Town Meeting, especially when the article is too broad.  Thank you for your support and the emails you have written to the BOS!  We will keep you updated as we approach the Town Meeting in April. Save the Date for the Annual Town Meeting! The annual Town Meeting will start on Monday, April 6 at 7:30 pm at Wayland High School.  While these meetings often go on for several days, we are planning to rally supporters of the Community Center to turn out on the night it will be taken up at the meeting.  We will have more details once the agenda for the meeting has been set, and we hope to see you there! Join us on FB:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/633705603417999/   ~ Wayland - MultiPupose Community Center Group ~ Dad's Ski and Ride Day                Dad's & Kids Ski Outing - Update Mount Sunapee Jan 31st  Sorry for any confusion about this being a "Dads only" vs. "Dads/Kids" event.  Kids are more than welcome on this trip, we were just trying to be sensitive to the early start.  If you can get your kids out of bed, dressed, and ready to go, we're not turning anyone away!  The next trip will be for the whole family tentatively slated for Feb 28th.  We've had a tremendous response to the Ski & Ride Day!  Looks like we will have over 20 Dads heading up to Mount Sunapee with kids on January 31st!  We will meet at the Wayland Town Center (we have permission to park cars in the back lot) at 5:45am Saturday morning.    Wayland Dad's Ski & Ride Day When :   Saturday, January 31, 2015 Where:   Mount Sunapee Tickets:    We have obtained a special rate of $55 per lift ticket (Normal price is $79). If you want to take advantage of this deal, please send a check by January 27th to:     John Langan 22 Pleasant Street Wayland, MA 01778 Rentals/Lessons:     If anyone needs to rent equipment or needs a lesson, please let me know. We can have your rental equipment waiting for you when you arrive. Group Picture:   Meet at "Upper Wing Ding" at 11:15 for a group picture. The next organized trip will be a Family Ski and Ride day. Tentative location - Mount Wachusett on Feb 28th. If you need equipment, please don't forget to let John know (jblangan2@gmail.com).  Mount Sunapee can arrange for all of your equipment to be sized and ready for you as soon as you arrive.  Big thanks got to John for coordinating!!! Are you in?   wayland.dads@gmail.com    The Cochituate Breakfast Club - February                Kids Breakfast with Dad Monthly on the first and third Wednesdays   Father and Son's Wed Feb 4th @ 7:15am Father and Daughters Wed Feb 18th @ 7:15am Location:  Mels 310 Commonwealth Rd, Wayland This is a great Wayland tradition open to all Wayland's elementary schoolchildren and their fathers. It is a great opportunity to spend some quality time with your sons or daughters and meet other dads in town. The Father-Son breakfasts are on the first Wednesday of each month, and the Father-Daughter breakfasts are on the third Wednesday of each month. Both groups meet at 7:15 a.m. at Mel's and are held only during the school year. The modest annual dues are $30 per family to support raffle prizes given out each breakfast, plus $13 for each father-son or father-daughter pairing (with $5 for each additional son or daughter) to cover the breakfast buffet when you attend. Contact Jeff Baron (jeffrey.s.baron@gmail.com) with questions for Father-Daughter or Tom Cribben (tcribben@yahoo.com) with questions for Father-Son.   Hope to see you there!! More Information http://wayland.wickedlocal.com/article/20140910/News/140919340 http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20110916/News/309169357 Winter Schedule -                Day Ski & Sledding Trips and Poker Bi-weekly between Drop in Play dates     Folks the schedule continues to evolve with your suggestions and postings welcome.  With the cold setting in keep an eye out for impromptu emails to join Dad's and kids for spontaneous activities like: skating, sledding, ice fishing, movies, frozen ropes etc.      Skip Lavelle and John Langan are putting together the ski schedule for the rest of Feb - Mar so stay tuned! Updated Winter Calendar January -  1-24 Drop in Play @ Loker School 9-11:30 -  1-31 Dads Ski & Ride Day Mount Sunapee February -   2-7   Drop in Play @ Loker School 9-11:30  (Valentines Crafts for Kids in Cafeteria) -  2-14  Ski Date - (Tentative) - School Vacation -  2-21   Drop in Play @ Loker School 9-11:30 -  2-26   Poker Night (Tentative) -  2-28   Ski Date - (Tentative) March -  3-7   Drop in Play @ Loker School 9-11:30   -  3-14  Cradles to Crayons 1/2 Day Working Group (Tentative) Teach your kids about community service and helping those in need. -  3-21  Drop in Play @ Loker School 9-11:30  -  3-22  Celtrics Trip - Celtics Game!  (Tentative)  Depending on the number of Dads interested, we can secure 1-2 Suites which will include a ticket and food, along with a ride, to and from the game. More info. to follow regarding this event. -  3-28  Ski Date (Tentative) April TBD May  - 5-17   2nd Annual WCPA Golf Tournament - Sunday May 17th starting at 12:00pm at Sandy Burr Country Club.  In our Inaugural event last year, we had 24 golfers, 6 hole sponsors, a closest to the pin sponsor (Lynch Tree & Landscaping), a lunch sponsor (Santander Bank) and a few door prizes provided by local businesses. This year, we would like to at least double or triple the number of golfers, sponsors, prizes and good times! Please mark your calendars now and hold the date!  May 17th, 2015.  If you have a foursome that you would like to enter into the tournament or know of any local businesses that would like to be a sponsor, please email Shane Capron atgolf@waylandwcpa.com for more details. If you have some cool weekend destinations, ski spots or sledding hills we have some "go pro" cameras to capture the action so email us with what you got wayland.dads@gmail.com  All 'go-pro' footage captured at Wayland Dad's events will be shown at the Summer Camping Trip on the Big Screen. Wayland Cub Scouts -                Update Winter Calendar Did you know that Wayland is home to the oldest dedicated Scout House in America.  Cub Scout Pack 1 and 88 have a rich tradition that Wayland Dads is proud to support.  The Cub Scouts offer diverse opportunities for character development through fun and educational activities, such as camping trips, monthly Den and Pack meetings, sporting event excursions, and overnights in exotic destinations such as the Museum of Science, the Ecotarium, and Battleship Cove.  This past week they spent the night on the USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier in NYC. -  1-25  Cub Scouts - Pack 88 Pinewood Derby Design and Speed Clinic -  1-31  Cub Scouts - Pack 1 Winter Carnival at Dudley (weather-permitting) -  2-5 & 2-6  Cub Scouts - Pack 1 Pinewood Derby Workshop -  2-7  Cub Scouts - Pack 1 Cubs Night Out Movie Night -  2-8  Cub Scouts - Pack 88 Pinewood Derby -  2-28  Cub Scouts - Packs 1 & 88 Blue and Gold Crossover Ceremony/Dinner -  3-9 & 3/10  Cub Scouts - Pack 1 Pinewood Derby Weigh-In -  3-12  Cub Scouts - Pack 88 - Pack Meeting -  3-21  Cub Scouts - Pack 1 Pinewood Derby -  3-28  Cub Scouts - Packs 1 & 88 Scout Olympics The SR-71 - Fastest Aircraft to ever fly - Mach 3 (below)       WCPA - Calendar                Update The WCPA has had some great events this month with more to come in February and March.  For more information be sure to hit Big Tent:  http://www.bigtent.com/group/buzz A big 'shout out' to the WCPA for their support of Wayland Dad's!! http://www.waylandwcpa.org/  Not a member yet?  Ask wayland.dads@gmail.com About Us The Wayland Dads Group is a community-building program for dads and their children and a great way for families to meet other families in the community. Its cornerstone activity is the Saturday morning Drop-In where dads and kids meet on alternate Saturdays of each month during the school year. Goals: *    Fun with our kids through planned activities - Saturday drop ins and trips *    Give dads an easy, fun option for their kids on a Saturday morning *    Building a sense of community among kids and fathers *    Giving moms a break!  (And scoring points) *    Make it through winter without going stir crazy What:  Bi-weekly Drop in Plays Where:   Loker school gym  When:  Alternating Saturday mornings throughout the school year Thanks for your support! Scott and Tyler Wayland Dad's Group Wayland, Massachusetts 01778