{"id":70,"date":"2020-02-02T19:28:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T19:30:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/SIRBanner2021.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>SIR is a non-profit, public benefit corporation formed for men.\u00a0 Our Mission is to improve the lives of our members through fun activities and events while making \u201cFriends for Life.\u201d\u00a0 Please feel free to visit our website at:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sirinc2.org\/branch152\">www.sirinc2.org\/branch152\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Membership is open to men regardless of age, race, color, or religion.\u00a0 We are an\u00a0all-volunteer organization, so our members need to help when called upon.\u00a0 SIR supports no outside causes or interests.\u00a0 We prohibit discussions of\u00a0politics, religion, or soliciting or selling anything to any member.\u00a0\u00a0Come join us and be part of the fun and, better yet, \u201cMake Friends for Life.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>For further information regarding Arnold Branch #152, SIR membership, please contact Membership Director, Jim Walton, P.O. Box 1025, Arnold, CA 95223-6125,\u00a0 Phone: (415) 699-9396 or email: <u>sirbranch152@gmail.com<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The Arnold SIR Branch 152 was formed when the Murphys SIR Branch 140 became too large to hold lunch meetings in the venues available to them.\u00a0 Many of the then members of the Murphys Branch lived in Arnold so it was only natural to establish a new Arnold Branch.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0In November of 1988 the State SIR gave provisional authorization to meet in Arnold and to begin the process of Charter and incorporation. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>It was\u00a0 not until July 21, 1989 that the Arnold Branch was fully chartered and incorporated.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>At that time, the Branch enjoyed a membership of more than 150 retired gentlemen, with a large contingent of RV travelers.\u00a0 A decline in membership began in 2000 with the disbanding of the RV travel group slowly making its way to a stable membership in the high 70\u2019s.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>A resurgence of interest and enthusiasm has sparked a recent rise in membership.\u00a0 Membership is in excess of 100. Our lunch attendance reaches nearly 70%.\u00a0 All indications tell us that we will continue to grow in the coming years.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In addition, the Branch has established new activity groups including bocce, racquetball, and an annual 9 hole golf tournament.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Arnold SIR meets the third Tuesday of each month with three special gatherings a year, our May Ladies Day Lunch, our July off site BBQ, and our December Dinner Dance.\u00a0 In addition to great fellowship, a social hour, and a good meal, there are interesting and entertaining speakers at each lunch meeting.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Regular meetings are held on a monthly basis, usually the third Tuesday of the month. As the location changes on occasion it is recommended you visit the calendar page to confirm the location.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Click this <a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc.org\/branch-websites\/\"><strong><em>LINK<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to see other Northern California SIR Branches\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; SIR is a non-profit, public benefit corporation formed for men.\u00a0 Our Mission is to improve the lives of our members through fun activities and events while making \u201cFriends for Life.\u201d\u00a0 Please feel free to visit our website at: <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/about\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;color: red;font-weight: bold\"> more below \u2193 <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3099,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}