Outdoor activities groups near Gardner, MA
Fitchburg Pilots Association/EAA Chapter 1454 Meetup Site
Fitchburg, MA
Welcome to The Fitchburg Pilots Association, EAA Chapter 1454 located at Fitchburg MA Municipal Airport (KFIT).
PLEASE NOTE: This Meetup site is available for viewing by anyone interested in our activities. We encourage you to visit here anytime, see what we do and attend our chapter meetings. We use this site to schedule chapter activities and membership is limited to current members of Fitchburg Pilots Association/EAA Chapter 1454 (FPA) and their guests. For fly-outs, PICs need to know and approve any passengers prior to departure. We have approximately 100 members in our organization. Your understanding and cooperation is appreciated. More information about us can be found at http://www.fitchburgpilots.org/.
Remember to check here often! Especially late Tuesday nights when last minute Fly Outs are often scheduled!
Chapter Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at our new FPA Aviation Center hangar. Dinner at 6:00 followed by the meeting at 7:00. Any ideas or questions, please contact any of the leadership team.
Greater Worcester Humanists
Worcester, MA
With members from all over Central Massachusetts, Greater Worcester Humanists is an active chapter of the American Humanist Association. We provide a welcoming environment and a range of activities for area humanists, freethinkers, atheists, skeptics and agnostics.
Check us out online: http://www.worcesterhumanists.org
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We are a hub of activity for humanism in Greater Worcester, raising public awareness and acceptance of humanism and thereby strengthening the progressive, reason-based worldview in our area and providing resistance to the ultraconservative views of the religious right. Humanism is a movement of diverse individuals, and therefore GWH welcomes humanists from all backgrounds. We value humanity's diversity of race, gender, age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
We have regular meetings, guest speakers, movie screenings, discussions of timely topics, and social activities, etc. We also celebrate humanist holidays such as Darwin Day, Freethought Day, Human Light, and the National Day of Reason. Most of our meetings are free and open to the public. We meet on the second Tuesday of most months, usually at the UU Church (no affiliation) in Worcester, MA and have other social events that will be listed at this site and on our website worcesterhumanists.org.
If you would like to become a paying member our dues are $40 per year. This pays for speaker fees, speaker travel, food at our annual picnic, supplies for meetings and more. Please consider joining! Click HERE to join online or join at our next monthly meeting.
The Worcester Paddling Meetup Group
Worcester, MA
Meet other local paddlers. Beginners welcome, focus is on easier trips - there are many beautiful ponds, lakes and slow rivers in central Mass to explore!
This is a participatory group. No one person plans and leads the events. You are indeed encouraged to organize and host events for the group that members can enjoy. Contact the organizer if you want to join the group's Leadership Team and have the tools you need to plan your own events.
This group's Organizer fees are financed with small donations from its members ($5 is suggested). There are three ways to donate:
A) Mail to Ron Haines. (Send him a message first to get the correct address)
B) Paypal via this link, https://paypal.me/ronaldhaines .
C) Pay at an event.
Make sure the name you use on Meetup accompanies your payment so we can confirm your contribution.
***PLEASE NOTE*** The organizers in this group are NOT trained leaders or instructors. The organizers only set the time and place, each person participating in any group trip is responsible for their own safety. Each participant is responsible for evaluating all relevant conditions for the trip and determining if their skills and equipment are appropriate for those conditions.
We do ask that everyone wear a PFD at all times on the water, regardless of the time of year. Also in accordance with local and national boating regulations, whistles are required on all trips and lights (a headlamp or flashlight is sufficient) are required on late afternoon/evening paddles. We have on occasion been checked by environmental police at the launch for these items, better to be prepared. A pump made specifically for kayaking or an alternate bailing device is recommended.
It is highly recommended that each person participating in an event bring a spare set of clothes in a waterproof bag, as well as water, snack, sunscreen and insect repellent. A hat or visor and sunglasses are advisable for early evening paddles when the sun is low in the sky.
Liability Release – AS A CONDITION OF ATTENDING THIS MEETUP, you agree to hold harmless and indemnify the organizer and their heirs, and all members and participants of this MeetUp group from any and all claims for injury, illness, death, and/or property damage including those caused by negligence, ignorance, inexperience and other reasons. You also agree to assume all mental, physical, financial and/or other risk associated with this MeetUp. All MeetUp activities pose inherent risks and dangers. Participation in these activities is voluntary and dependent upon your own personal judgment.