2007 Summer
Send-Off Celebrations

Sponsored by the UA Alumni Association and the UA Parents and Family Association

Dear Incoming UA Student,

Celebrate the beginning of your relationship with The University of Arizona by attending the Summer Send-Off in your area. A Summer Send-Off is a gathering put on by local UA Alumni Association Chapters, in collaboration with the UA Parents and Family Association, to welcome you to The University of Arizona.  These events provide the opportunity for you to get to know other incoming UA students, to ask questions about the UA experience to current students, staff and alumni, and to become part of the Wildcat Family. You and your family is invited to attend the Summer Send-Off at the location closest to their home.

 Dear UA Alumnus,

Come help celebrate the beginning of a student's relationship with the UA. You are invited to attend the Summer Send-off at the location closest to your home.

For information on this year's summer send-offs, review the following information below. Please r.s.v.p. directly to the host/contact person listed below for your area. There is no charge for this event, but we do need to know how many will be attending, as food will be provided.

Check back often because more cities/ chapters are being added daily

(7/9/07 - last update)

City/ Chapter Date Time Location R.S.V.P. to Host/ Contact
St. Louis 7/11/07 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Home of Judy Grosz
1104 Cabinview Ct.
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Lonnye
314-369-1139
lmmclarke@yahoo.com
Kansas City
 
7/14/07
 
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
 
Home of Dave and Jenny Mosh
4602 N.E. 63rd St.
Kansas City MO 64119
Jenny Mosh
President
816-460-5806 jmosh@lathropgage.com
Minneapolis 7/15/07 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Home of Ken and Tammy Brooks
17894 Bearpath Trail
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
Tammy Brooks
952-937-8205
tammyteach@gmail.com
 
New York City/
Tri-State Area
 
7/20/07
 
5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
 
Macy's Herald Square
151 West 34th Street
New York NY 10001
Debbie Meyer
Treasurer
212-865-6645 metrocats@nyc.rr.com
Seattle
 
7/22/07
 
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 
The Park on the Lid
72nd Ave SE and SE 22nd Street Park Overpass
Mercer Island WA 98040
Dena Becker
Vice President
619-302-0649 denabecker@azalumni.com
Long Island, NY/ Tri-State Area 7/26/07 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. The Suffolk Y JCC
74 Hauppauge Rd.
Commack, NY 11725
Debbie
631-499-1281
Bhome27@aol.com
San Diego 7/28/07 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m Mission Bay
Directions
Sara Smith
Scholarship Chair 
858-336-0424 sasyann@san.rr.com
Los Angeles
 
7/28/07
 
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
 
Home of the Thisdell's
1532 Sunshine Drive
Glendale CA 91208
Sue Thisdell
818-517-1151
socalcats@hotmail.com
San Francisco
 
7/28/07
 
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
 
Home of the Hungerfords
805 Piper Ave.
Sunnyvale CA
Map
Hank Helley
Treasurer
415-931-7610 hank.helley@sbcglobal.net
Dallas 7/28/07 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Bennigan's Sports
5260 Belt Line Road
Addison, TX 75240

(Southeast corner of Tollway and Belt Line)
Brian Bohn
214-361-5954
azalum@gmail.com
or
Ashleigh Bechtel
214-909-8855
ashleighbechtel@yahoo.com 
Chicago 7/29/07 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Home of Angela Rodriguez
Sherman Plaza
807 Davis
Evanston, IL

(Enter through residential entrance on nw corner of Sherman/Davis)

Parking: Sherman Plaza Park Garage. Parking is free on Sundays.

There is only space for 75 guests and therefore R.S.V.P.s will be taken on a first come first serve basis.
Michelle Prior
President
773-697-7034
mmprior22@gmail.com
Portland 7/29/07 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Home of the Pedersen's
19338 SW 55th Ct.
Tualatin, OR 97062
Vanita Pedersen
Leader
503-454-0819
VTPedersen@comcast.net
Boston/New England
 
7/29/07
 
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
 
Home of Lano and Carol Balulescu
10 Wood Street
Concord MA 01742
Kathleen Cosgrove
President
  617-480-9590  kathleen.cosgrove@gmail.com
Albuquerque 8/3/07 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Elena Gallegos Park
Kiwanis Reservation Area
3615 Los Picaros SE
Albuquerque, NM 87105
Directions
Bobbie Hinchman
President
505-922-8737
bhinchman@azalumni.com
Columbus 8/3/07 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Home of Nick and Cynthia
Ruccia
1036 Grandon Ave.
Bexley, OH 43209
Cynthia
614-239-8928
CRuccia@aol.com
Denver 8/4/07 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Washington Park - Denver
S. Franklin St. and
E. Arizona St.
(S.E. Corner of Park)
Denver, CO 80201
Dave Wagner
President
303-593-1488
d-wagner@comcast.net
Washington, D.C. 8/4/07 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Home of Jane Danowitz and Pat Mitchell
Annapolis, MD 21401
Directions will be sent to people who r.s.v.p.
Scott Rifkin
President
202-344-6188
scotthrifkin@msn.com
El Paso
 
8/4/07
 
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
 
Vista Del Sol
Conference Center
11189 Rojas
El Paso TX 79935
Zuber Mulla
President
915-861-1238 zuber.mulla@ttuhsc.edu
Sierra Vista 8/4/07 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Veteran's Memorial Park
Ramada #1
Fry Blvd.
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
John Walsh
President
520-220-8215
walshj@cochise.edu
Yuma
 
8/7/2007 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Home of Rob Ingold
1650 El Paseo Real
Yuma, AZ 85364
MAP
Chris Thompson
Treasurer
928-343-1694
Chris@pattersonarch.com 

For more information about summer send-offs and the UA Alumni Association, please contact
Nick Pierson at npierson@al.arizona.edu or 800-232-8278.

For information about the UA Parents and Family Association, please contact Keith Humphrey at khumphrey@arizona.edu or 520-621-7057.

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