Sign Up Now and Join Us! Dark Ages Care Packaging on February 8th at 1:00pm. Our club is having its annual Dark Ages Care Packages assembly and potluck on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the home of Mark Baker and Ellen Lokker, 498 River Bend Road, Great Falls, Virginia 22066. The potluck luncheon will start at 1pm and we will pack the boxes beginning at around 2pm.
Help Your Mid Beat the “Dark Ages” For those of you new to the club, the purpose of the event is to bring a little cheer to our Midshipman during the dreary month of February and to have a good time while doing so. We fill individual boxes with treats for each club Midshipman. The care packages will be delivered to the Mids at Bancroft Hall by volunteers the following day.
Click on this Sign Up Genius to sign up to join us and bring food for the potluck, contribute items for the boxes, and volunteer to drive boxes to Bancroft Hall on Sunday, February 9.
To learn more about the Dark Ages, view this Facebook video posted by ’17 USNA Grad Grant Vermeer, the Academy Insider
January 30, 2020 is Ship Selection Day!
Approximately 260 Naval Academy midshipmen in the Class of 2020 who will serve as Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) upon graduation and commissioning will choose their first ship and homeport during the academy’s annual Ship Selection Night.
Watch live here from 6:30pm to 9:30pm on January 30th: https://watchstadium.com/live/the-united-states-naval-academy-2020-ship-selection/
You can also hear more on Ship Selection on The Academy Insider’s Apple Podcast with Grant Vermeer and Jarred Reid-Dixon ’17.
Come out and support Navy sports this winter! Several of our Club Mids are on the USNA Basketball and Track & Field teams. Below are links to the winter sports schedules for those teams, including some events and other sports of interest in our area.
Men’s Basketball Schedule: Check out games at USNA, George Mason, UVA, Liberty, American and Loyola Marymount this season.
Women’s Basketball Schedule: Local games will be held at USNA, Loyola and American.
Track and Field (Men’s and Women’s Schedule): Most meets, including Army-Navy, will be held at USNA this season. You can also catch the Mids competing at George Mason, UVA and Liberty.
Men’s Lacrosse: The Men’s Lacrosse team plays at the University of Maryland on February 22nd and has many games on the Yard this season.
Youngster Mom’s Weekend February 21-23. Stacy Riggs and Heather Linscott, administrators of the USNA Class of 2022 BLB Parents Facebook page, are in the final stages of organizing a Youngster Mom’s Weekend in Annapolis the weekend of February 21st. To learn more and sign up for the weekend, visit the group’s Facebook page and register for the event on Facebook.
Attention First Class Midshipman Parents! In partnership with the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the parent clubs of Maryland and Northern Virginia, this year’s Commissioning 101 event will be held on February 15, 2020 from 9:30am to 2:30pm at The Byzantium in Annapolis at 2747 Riva Road.
Commissioning 101 is an information session that is designed for parents of First Class Midshipman, but anyone who wants to learn more about what happens during commissioning week is welcome to attend. You’ll get an overview of the week-long program including details about house rentals, catering, photography, logistics on graduation day, etc. as well as information from local vendors and suggestions compiled from parents and sponsors over the years.
This event is free but all attendees are required to RSVP to get an accurate guest count. Visit the Commissioning 101 Facebook Event online to submit your RSVP.
