To improve the quality of life and well being of the community of senior men living in Southern Arizona by providing education and information of a broad and varied nature.
The 260 Club of Green Valley was founded on August 6, 1965 when 25 charter members began meeting in Casitas A & B at 260 Camino Alameda for the fellowship of sharing coffee, doughnuts, and to swap talk. Today, more than three hundred men hold membership in the 260 Club, continuing a tradition of thought-provoking programs that improve the lives of its members. The Club was incorporated as a non-profit organization in April of 2004. To read the Articles of Incorporation, click here. Or, if you would like to read the Club's Bylaws, click here.
Meetings are scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month at the Green Valley West Social Center Auditorium from October through May.
The schedule for the 2011 - 2012 year is a work in progress.
This is the schedule as of January 20th, 2012.
If you can help Hans Boensel with a speaker for the 2012 - 2013 season,
send him an email at programchair@260club.org.
As soon as we confirm the speakers, we will begin to publish the programs, right here.
Keep checking. See you the first Wednesday in of each month!
| Meeting Date | Speaker and Subject |
|---|---|
| Oct. 5, 2011 | Overall Public Safety in Green Valley |
| Nov. 2, 2011 | Sailing around the world on the "Colombine" |
| Dec. 7, 2011 | The Vanishing Newspaper And What It Means To You |
| Jan. 4, 2012 | Southern Africa |
| Feb. 1, 2012 | Chief of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery |
| Mar. 7, 2012 | Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Dept. of Surgery at the University of Arizona |
| Apr. 4, 2012 | Topic T.B.A. |
| May 2, 2012 |
Download the 2011 - 2012 Spring Program Flyer in PDF format
Check out the programs from previous years!
The next board meeting will be held on February 14th, 2012, 8:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Community Church in Green Valley. Board members -- please put this on your schedule. If you are interested in serving on the 260 Club board, please let any board member know (we all wear white badges with our names on them) at the next meeting. You are also welcomed to attend a board meeting to see how we operate. All board members are volunteers, and that is what makes our Club work! Be a volunteer. Help continue the 260 Club success!
The membership dues for 2011-2012 continues to be $15. The 260 dues year runs from October to the following May. If you prepaid your dues in the Spring of 2011, you will pick up your membership badge at the front table as you enter West Center. If not, please stop by the front table membership tables at the entrance to pay your dues for the year. New members are welcome, and may sign up for this year at the New Member table.
Please bring your old membership card holder with you.
While your dues are not tax deductible, all other cash contributions to the 260 Club are fully deductible with our 501(C)(3) status. We expect to continue our tradition of support to educational institutions and senior research causes, and your donations will be added to this support.
The 260 Club is your club. Help promote it. Guests are always welcomed -- once! When your guest returns the second time, we expect him to become a member since he must have liked our program!
Buy your tickets $1 each or 6 for $5 before the meeting
The club gets half, the winner gets half of the pot.
The drawing will be at the end of the meeting.
Lt. Deanna Coultas, Pima County Sheriff's Department, will be discussing overall public safety in Green Valley, to include statistics and a look at the past year and toward future activities in the coming year. She will also be addressing financial scams, and ways to protect oneself. Of course, she will leave time for questions/answers similar to last year.
Werner H. Kraus retired at age 48 to devote his time to fulfill a lifelong dream of sailing around the world and to satisfy his passion for travel.
Check the link above for more details.
Our very own Corky Simpson has a wealth of experience from which he will draw to keep you on the edge of your seat for the hour.
He is back this year for "Southern Africa" Which would include parts of Namibia, Botswana, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
We already know that Yar will once again run out of time. If you haven't heard him, hold your coffee to one cup because you won't want to miss one word of what he has to say.
.Dr. Warren Breidenbach, is chief of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery and performed the first successful hand transplant in the U.S. He is a world renowned hand surgeon and composite tissue transplant surgeon. "Composite tissue" refers to extremities and faces – the ability to transplant from a cadaver donor limbs, hands, fingers or faces – and reconnecting skin, bone, ligaments, veins, muscles, etc.
Major General Donald Shepperd, USAF (Retired), Former Commander of the Air National Guard and frequent consultant to CNN News on military issues. He is back by popular demand.