LONG Island Chapter Special Interest Groups
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
SIGs are member-driven, which means any valid TTN LI chapter member who wishes to start a group may do so. SIGs are topic or activity focused, and bring members together who share that special interest. SIGs are as varied as the organization’s members who think them up. Some examples include book clubs, travel (foreign and domestic), Canasta, Mah Jong and other games, dining out, theatre, movies, walking/hiking, gourmet cooking, crafts, golf, day trips, etc. Take a look below at the SIGs that currently exist. Contact a group of your choice that fits in with your schedule to find out if an opening exists or if they have a wait list. If you find that is not an option, contact Debbie Fox, Membership Services Committee Chair at vixen1@optonline.net with your idea and the Committee will assist you in forming a new group.
DAYTIME BOOK CLUBS
(*=Open)
BOOK GALS - 2nd Monday - 12:30-2:30pm - Diane Webster sneakers.mom@verizon.net
COVER TO COVER - 2nd Tuesday – Ruth Weinberg – attorneysmom@yahoo.com
LIT – 1st Tuesday – Gloria Wilens --mgwilens@hotmail.com
A NOVEL BUNCH-3rd Tuesday-Diane Garibaldi-diane744@verizon.net
BOOKWORMS – 1st Wednesday – Marcia Kornberg - marciak1021@aol.com
RAVENEOUS READERS – 1st Wednesday – Lois Ryan shopinlo@hotmail.com
BOOKMARKS – 2nd Wednesday – Joan Land – joanGL51@gmail.com
LITERARY LADIES – 2nd Wednesday – Polly Hammer – polly2@optonline.net
THE BOOKIES – 2nd Wednesday – Wendy Bouchard – shalamommy@aol.com
BOOKENDS – 1st Thursday – Susan Ganz – sritag@optionline.net
PAGE TURNERS – 3rd Thursday – Shirley Rosenberg – srosen718@aol.com
THURSDAY BOOK LOVERS - 1st Thursday - Ellen Kraut -jak3555@aol.com
A NOVEL APPROACH - 2nd Friday - Linda Alper - lalper3@gmail.com
BOOK BUDDIES - 4th Monday - Barbara Greenberg matlaw16@aol.com
*THE NEXT CHAPTER - 2nd Thursday - Contact Lynda Catz lcatz@optonline.net
EVENING BOOK CLUBS (*=Open)
None at this time
SINGLES ONLY (*=Open)
EVENING
SAVY SINGLES - 3rd Friday PM - Cheryl Rosen cheryl_rosen@yahoo.com OR Fran Antonelli fca318@aol.com
*FRIDAY FRIENDS (Singles Only) - 3rd Friday PM - Contact Barbara Sosne bsosne@hotmail.com OR Robin Kittai teachlongisland@aol.com
*FRIDAY SINGLES ON THE GO - 2nd Friday-Contact Joan Chiarello joanchiarello@gmail.com
DAY TRIPS (*=Open)
MONDAY ON THE MOVE - 2nd Monday - Janet Gerst cutandpaster@aol.com or Mollie Schwaber goodgolliemollie@aol.com
TUESDAY ADVENTURERS – 1st Tuesday –Bonnie Sibener- bpdancin@optonline.net or Geri Gazzo – gerigazzo@gmail.com
U GO GIRLS (UGGS) – 1st Tuesday – Judi Rosenblatt - mrosen1020@aol.com or Lois Lewi-loislewi@yahoo.com
GET TOGETHER TUESDAYS - 1st Tuesday - Nancy Orens nailpolishes99@gail.com or Nancy Castaneda njcasta@optonline.net
THE CULTURE CLUB (Museums, etc.) – 3rd Tuesday – Maxine Deere – maxdeere@aol.com or Joan Land - joangl51@gmail.com
TERRIFIC TUESDAYS – 4th Tuesday – Cheryl Bloom – hdtmom1@aol.com or Mary Ann Scafuri maryannscafuri320@gmail.com
JOYFUL JOURNEYS – 1st Wednesday – Catherine McCormick – cathyrnr@optonline.net or Lauren Smith - laurensmith43@yahoo.com
WEDNESDAY WISHES – 1st Wednesday – Dianne Macaluso dianne.macaluso@gmail.com or Sarina Geschwind sarinagesch@gmail.com
DELIGHTFUL DAY TRIPPERS (DDs) – 3rd Wednesday – Arlyn Wasserberg – arlynw@optonline.net or Elle Kapito - ekapito@optonline.net
WEDNESDAY WANDERERS – 3rd Wednesday – Bonnie Crane labon1@aol.com, Barbara Stein bs23@aol.com
MUSEUMS A-GO-GO (MAGG) - 3rd Wednesday - Anne Ostling - aostling2@gmail.com or Anita Greenhaus-anitagreenhauspt@aol.com
GO-GETTERS – 4th Wednesday – Debbie Fox – vixen1@optonline.net or Joan Gold -fourgolds@aol.com
ETC., ETC. (Variety of Activity) – 4th Wednesday – Ellen Miller ellenerm@aol.com or Barbara Belkin barbbells@aol.com
ARE WE THERE YET? - 4th Wednesday - Madelyn Fink - mgpc1@aol.com and Joyce Aronin - jta0726@aol.com
SOLE SISTERS- 4th Wednesday-Merrill Weiner-mweinercsw@gmail.com or Helene Karo - hskaro@optonline.net
STEPPING OUT – 1st Thursday – Janis Amer – teachjaa@aol.com or Jane Tiger-jabt5@verizon.net
THURSDAY TRIPPERS – 2nd Thursday – Jerilynn Weil-speechxprt@aol.com or Susan Zelnick-zelnicksusan@yahoo.com or Judy Rosenthal - Judir33@aol.com
OUT & ABOUT - 1st Thursday - Linda Leonardbook lleonardbook@gmail.com or Benay Shear bshear15@gmail.com
AWAY WE GO – 4th Thursday – Claudia Cohen – ccohenheadz@gmail.com
TREKKERS – 4th Thursday – Susan Ganz – sritag@optonline.net or Iris Governale - ilgovern@aol.com
THURSDAYS TOGETHER - 3rd Thursday - Karen Schneider chavay@gmail.com OR Judy Dissick jdissick@yahoo.comTHURSDAY TROUPERS - 2nd Thursday - Judi Summers summerwalk@aol.com OR Joan Land joangl51@gmail.com
*SECOND WIND (Varieity of Activity)* – 1st Friday – Valerie Neufeld - vneufeld1@hotmail.com or Pat Neidel patneidel@gmail.com
FROLICKING FRIDAYS – 2nd Friday – Marcia Sander – marcia88@aol.com or Ann Weiss - annbetsy@optonline.net
MUSEE (Museums) - 2nd Friday - Debbie Brown debrabro315@gmail.com or Laura Schofer laura.schofer@gmail.com
WILD WEEKEND WOMEN – 2nd Sunday – Iris Saltzer isaltzer@hotmail.com OR Roz Price ladygat@live.com
*WEEKEND WANDERERS – 3rd Sunday – Lindsey Draves - lpdraves@aol.com
Grace Conti – gzconti@gmail.com
* SUNDAY SOJOURNERS - 4th Sunday - Contact Pat Bertell Pmbertell@aol.com
GALS ON THE GO (GONG) -2nd Wednesday-Barbara Simonds bsimonds2004@gmail.com or Hope Simon-hopesholiday@aol.com
*LUNCH BELLES – 3rd Monday – Joanne Levy – jmlevy@optonline.net or Nancy Eschemuller neschemuller@yahoo.com
*LET’S EAT (Variety) - 3rd Tuesday - Contact Ellen Breitman ellenbreitman@aol.com
LUNCHEON LADIES - 4th Thursday - Fran Cassidy francassidy@optonline.net
LUNCH EXPLORERS – 1st Friday – Carolyn Fields – cfieldz@hotmail.com or Dianne Saccone - gsacc1@aol.com
*LET’S DO LUNCH - 3rd Thursday- Contact Marsha Darwin msdarvin31@gmail.com OR Fran Sheps fsheps@optonline.net
EVENING DINING OUT & GOURMET COOKING (*=Open)
THE EPICURES – 2nd Monday – Carol I. Levatino – cidermash@me.com or Clorinda Cacace - candjc@optonline.net
CANASTA (*=Open)
*CANASTA ACES – 2nd & 4th Monday –EXPERIENCED ONLY! -Suzanne Sham – suestan@verizon.net and Joann Urban - joanndu3@yahoo.com
* MONDAY MELDERS - 2nd & 4th Monday (Beginners welcome) - Contact Margie Haug basley3.mh@gmail.com
CANASTA CUTIES - 4th Wednesday (Noon)- Joanne Delprete-jdelprete@optonline.net
MELDERS – 2nd & 4th Thursday – Joan Herman – joan.herman3@gmail.com
MAH JONGG (*=Open)
SUFFOLK COUNTY MAH JONG – 1st & 3rd Tuesday – Joan Herman – joan.herman3@gmail.com
*THE RACKETTES – 3rd Tuesday – Janet Katzin - mallomom@optonline.net
SCRABBLE (*=Open)
*THE SCRABBLERS – 1st Tuesday – Janet Katzin - mallomom@optonline.net
GOLF(*=Open)
GOLF GALS Tuesdays AM - Susan Laufer savypro@optinline.net
NASSAU/SUFFOLK GOLF – Fridays – Dianne Kaplan dkaplan119@yahoo.com, Maxine Nagel Mnflower3@gmail.com, Arlene Linzer slinzer@aol.com
DOMINOE LADIES - 3rd Thursday (PM) - Renee' Amico-Taback ra2taback@aol.com
*CREATIVE CRAFTERS (CCs) – 2nd Tuesday – Judith Franzen - judifran@optonline.net , Linda Alper lalper3@gmail.com
IMAGINE - 2nd Thursday - Ellen Golub- calicoholly@hotmail.com
HIKING/WALKING (*= OPEN)
WANDERING WOMEN (Walking) – 4th Monday and 1st Thursday – Sue Krinsky – sueZQ25348@aol.com
HAPPY TRAILS WEEKENDS (Hiking) – Varies – Lindsey Draves – lpdraves@aol.com
FOREIGN LANGUAGE/CULTURE (*=Open Group)
MOVIES (*=Open)
*MOVIE MAVENS- 4th Thursday - Patti Reinharz pattiacsw@aol.com
*MOVIE MATINEES – 3rd Thursday – Claudia Cohen – ccohenheadz@gmail.com
SUFFOLK MOVIE LOVERS- 3rd Friday – Gloria Reeth-Stingley - gloriattn@gmail.com
THEATRE (*=Open)
BROADWAY BABES - 1st Wednesday - Madelyn Fink mgpc1@aol.com or Carol Yablonsky ccab4@verizon.net
DRAMA DIVAS – 1st Wednesday – Diane Gillespie – diane17gill@gmail.com or Claudia Cohen - ccohenheadz@gmail.com
CURTAINS UP – 2nd Wednesday – Susan Wabnik – mslegion@optonline.net
BROADWAY PLAYGIRLS– 3rd Wednesday – Marcia Sander – marcia88@aol.com or Beth Bocian - bbocian@gmail.com
CRAZY CRITICS – 4th Wednesday – Carol Knecht – lfkcbs@gmail.com or Rhonda Eisenstadt - rpe711@aol.com
*SHOW STOPPERS - 1st Wednesday- Contact Mindy Bornemann mkbspeech@aol.com
PLAYBILLS R US - 4th Wednesday - Contact Melissa Berkowitz melissabk@nyc.rr.com or Jeri Gilbert jgilbertphd@gmail.com
TRAVEL (*=Open)
*GLOBAL GALS – 3rd Monday – Barbara Mehlman – barbara.mehlman@gmail.com
