UB Newman Men’s Club
“There are no strangers here: only friends you haven’t met”
Fun at the Fall Harvest Road Rally
The Newman Center Men’s Club enjoyed their annual Fall Harvest Road Rally on October 13, 2022. They began at the Fieldstone Country Inn in Lockport and then made stops at some fun destinations, including: Village of Medina antique and gift shops, Rush’s Farm Market, Miller’s Amish Market and Harris Farm Market. They then traveled back to The Fieldstone Country Inn for dinner and discussions of the day’s events.
Men’s Club recyclable bottle & can fundraising
The Newman Center Men’s Club has partnered with Bottle & Can Retrieval Centers to help us out with our fundraising.
You can drop off your recyclable bottles & cans at any of the Retrieval Centers listed below. Please mark your donation for the Newman Center Men’s Club so our account can be credited.
In addition, we have placed a drop-off barrel in the rear parking lot at the Newman Center. It is located adjacent to the paper recycling bins by the shed in the back of the lot.
| Clean Loop Recycling, LLC 88 Botsford Place Buffalo, NY 14216 | Integrity Bottle & Can Retrieval Center 2788–2790 Sheridan Dr. Tonawanda, NY 14150 | Main Street Bottle & Can Retrieval Center 9870 Main Street Clarence, NY 14031 |
| North French Bottle & Can Retrieval Center 600 North French Road Amherst, NY 14228 | Bottle Junction Tonawanda Bottle & Can Retrieval Center 1942 Colvin Blvd Tonawanda, NY 14150 | Cash For Cans Bottle & Can Retrieval Center 123 Broad Street Tonawanda, NY 14150 |
We are a gathering of Christian Men, dedicated to the service of the UB Newman Center Community. It is a casual ministry of men using their time, talents, and skills to support the needs of the Newman Center and have a little fun along the way.
We wish to promote fellowship and camaraderie through common interests and by sponsoring social and volunteer activities for the Newman Center Community and Men’s Club membership.
Membership
Membership is open to all members and friends of the UB Newman Center Community!
If you are interested in joining send an email with your name, phone number, and email address to Bill Pistner at pistner@roadrunner.com
Meeting Schedule
We meet on the second Tuesday each month at 9:00 AM at the Newman Center.
Activities
Here are just a few of the activities in which we are involved at the UB Newman Center:
- Chicken BBQ (we work closely together with the Newman BBQ Committee for this wonderful annual parish event)
- Fall Road Rally
- UB Basketball games *
- UB Football games *
- Buffalo Bison’s baseball games *
- Christmas Fund Drive
- Veteran’s Day Dinner
- Memorial Day Mass and service for our departed members
- Honor Guard at funerals and special events
* Some activities were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to resume when it is safe to so so.
Is there a membership fee?
There are no membership fees, but we ask each person in attendance to contribute $5.00. The contribution goes towards coffee and refreshments at the meeting. Anything left over goes into the general fund.
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How We Started
The Men’s Club started in 2008 when a bunch of men from the Newman Center were having coffee at Panera’s and somebody said we should start a club. Everybody said “good idea” and we elected Bob Denman as our first President (he was not in attendance) and we called it the Men’s Club. We had no rules, but we started doing things together and it grew from there.
Today we have 87 members. We work together on activities at the Newman Center and enjoy a strong sense of community — and also have a good time along the way!
Past Men’s Club Presidents
| 2022 | Bruce Smith |
| 2021 | Dick Klenk |
| 2020 | Curt Gaume |
| 2019 | Bob Gostling |
| 2018 | Kevan Duggan |
| 2017 | Dominic Buccelli |
| 2016 | Ray Geaney |
| 2015 | Jim Sondel |
| 2014 | John Connolly |
| 2013 | Sal Esposito |
| 2012 | Bill Pistner |
| 2011 | Tom Catanzaro |
| 2010 | Augie Cosentino |
| 2009 | Larry Rose |
| 2008 | Bob Denman |
