SPACE CITY SKI & ADVENTURE CLUB

ABOUT SPACE CITY SKI & ADVENTURE CLUB

We are a non-profit, member run, Travel, Ski and Adventure Club operating in Houston, Texas. Celebrating our 60^th anniversary in 2024, we offer 8 - 12 winter and summer trips per year, all over the world. From the powder snow in Colorado to the distance shores of the Galapagos Islands, we offer something for everyone.

Our variety of social, sports, cultural, and charitable events complete our annual calendar of activities. We host general club meetings from September through May, and monthly Happy Hours on the 4th Thursday of each month.

Have a look around and we hope you decide to Join Us.

JOIN IN ON THE FUN!

Proud of our 60-year history, Space City Ski & Adventure Club is an organization of active adults, both skiers, former skiers, and lovers of travel. Our mission is to provide fun, healthy, and quality experiences for everything from exotic international trips to locally based events.

As a fully volunteer club, we provide the activities and excursions that you are interested in. We encourage members to share ideas and interests and we will try to make it happen.

MEMBERSHIP
Our dues are an incredibly affordable $45 per season for singles, and $80 per season for couples. We believe it is the best deal in Houston for the fun, camaraderie, and experiences at Space City Ski & Adventure Club.
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TRIP INFORMATION

The cornerstone of Space City Ski & Adventure Club is each season’s trips. We have expanded our selection of destinations to include member favorites as well as exotic locations. Also we are offering shorter duration trips to interesting places for those who love to explore. Visit the Trips section for details on what we are offering this year. If what you are interested in is sold out, ask to be added to the wait list.

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

Part of the fun is sharing the variety of activities that are sponsored by Space City Ski & Adventure Club. From monthly happy hours and member dinners, to bowling and bingo parties, to pickleball tournaments, there is something for everyone. Explore the Activity section of the website for the details and remember to sign up. Non-members are welcome to join us at our happy hours

SITZMARKE

A bi-monthly digital magazine highlighting the member activities including trips, monthly meetings, happy hours, and more! Reach our community of active and engaged adults by sponsoring in the magazine. Contact Rowena Roche – VP of Marketing today.

Monthly General Meeting

MAY GENERAL MEETING
SUNDAY MAY 4
6 TO 8 PM
CHRISTIE'S SEAFOOD

6029 Westheimer (across street from Sun & Ski)
Come for dinner, drinks and visiting at 6.
Meeting will start at 7.
(Minimum $25 credit card use)

Please sign up before Friday night to give headcount.
Register May General Mtg

Membership News

Our membership rates are discounted until May 31, 2025! If your membership is
expiring in 2025, renew it NOW!

SCSC dues structure effective April 1 - May 31, 2025 (includes early bird discount):
Single 1-year - $40.00; 3-year prepay $100.00
Family 1-year - $75.00; 3-year prepay $175.00

Effective June 1, 2025 - Dues for all levels of membership increase:
Single 1-year - $45.00; 3-year prepay $115.00
Family 1-year - $80; 3-year prepay $190.00

Join now and save! Login at spacecity.org and hover your cursor over your name
in the upper right hand corner. If it is time for you to renew, click on the RENEW
link. If the RENEW link does not appear no action is needed at this time.

Follow the payment instructions to join immediately with MasterCard, Visa or
Discover Card as our preferred cards.
Or save 2.99% by paying with a check and follow the application steps to generate
an invoice and mail a check to: SCSC, PO Box 22567, Houston, TX 77227

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Please update your Emergency Contact Information.

We all need to update our emergency contact information located in a different location than previous so that we will be able to print reports for our trips or events that includes the emergency contact information.

Please click the down arrow icon by your name in the upper right corner.
Select Profile
Select Basic Membership Information
Fill in the section called Emergency Contact Information
or click button MEMBER PROFILE

2024-2025 Trip Information

Best of Japan Cruise
May 1 - 14, 2025
SCSC Club Trip |SOLD OUT
2025 Japan Cruise

Acadia National Park & Bar Harbor, Maine |Club Trip
June 21 - 28, 2025
Land Only $1,921
Acadia / Bar Harbor

Pride of Poland| TSC Fall Expedition 2025
Sept 12 - 21, 2025
Full $4,127 | Land $3,286 (Prices go up Feb 28, 2025)
Pride of Poland

Croatia Bike & Yacht| Club Trip
October 10 - 18, 2025
Land Only $2,496
SOLD OUT - Contact TC for wait list
Croatia Bike & Yacht 2025

ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. All trip prices are based on payment by credit card. Any payments made by check will get a 2.99% discount. When you choose "Check" at the payment option pull down on the website, it will calculate your discount. Print out the invoice and mail the check and invoice to your TC.
All pricing is per person based on double occupancy. If you register another person for ANY trip, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THEIR TRIP!

Trip News

PURCHASE IKON OR EPIC PASS
SportsAmerica offers SCSC the IKON or Epic Pass to purchase for 2025/26 season
Ski Passes - Epic or Ikon

TSC BID MEETING RESULTS
At the TSC Bid Meeting on Aug 2-4, 2024, the following destinations were selected for the 2025-26 Ski season. Congratulations to the winning Vendors!

TSC Summer/Fall Expedition Sept 16-25, 2025, Poland
TSC Traditional- Steamboat, since SCSC is going in 2025 we will not participate on this trip but instead a Club Trip to Sun Valley Jan 16-24, 2026
TSC Winter Expedition - Val Thorens, France, Space City will not particpate on this trip. We will support other clubs who are going.
TSC Winter Shootout - Baniff, Canada, Feb 7 - 14, 2026
TSC Final Showdown - Breckenridge, Feb 28 - Mar 7, 2026

Activity News & Club Updates

PICTURE Links

Space City Ski & Adventure Club
60th Anniversary Party
Saturday, October 12, 2024
SCSC 60th Anniversary Slideshow

Check out these photos from some of our past events!
2022 Events
SCSC Dinners
SCSC Happy Hours
2021 Holiday Gala

Video of our group from wine tasting fun: Hill Country Wine Tours May 2024

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL
2024-2025 VOLUNTEERS

GARY BARRETT	GARY HALEY	ANNE ROGERS
BILL BOMBERGER	EVAN HOWELL	JANICE SALINAS
LOUISE BRADFORD	GINGER HOWELL	MAX SALINAS
LYNN BURCH	MELINDA HUGHES	PAT SALINAS
CRAIG CAMPBELL	MARTY KAMINSKY	SUE SALVAGE
RITA CARDENAS	MARSHA KILGORE	GEORGE SARGENT
LESLIE CASHIO	MARIA KOTERAS	SHARON SIMANDL
DEB CINI	LINDA KUPER	BETH SLAUGHTER
ROBERT CLEMENTS	STAN KUPER	LOUELLA STELLER
KATE CLINTON	KAREN LEESON	DAVID STOTZ
BIL CUSACK	LINDA LICARIONE	DIANE STOTZ
TOM DANOWSKI	JOAN LORA	RITA MARIE THEROLF
ANN DORN	BRUCE LOWTHER	ANNE THOMAS
CONCHA DUARTE	MARSHA LUTZ	TOM THOMAS
ELLEN EASTHAM	JIM MATUJEC	MARTI TURNER
JIM EDWARDS	CINDY MOORE	SORRELL WARREN
CORDIE EWING	LEYLA OZKARDESH	MELANIE WOOD
DEBORAH GORDON	PAT PIECH	JEANNE MARIE YING
VICKI FAULKNER	BEVERLY ROBERTS	STEVE YING
DIANE GRESKO	ROWENA ROCHE

*Please, If someone volunteered for the 24/25 year and they are not listed, please contact VP of Activities, Lynn Burch - activities@spacecity.org
Link to sign up for Volunteer Party Volunteer Party - 5/31/2025

SCSC 60th Diamond Anniversary Gala

It was a wonderful celebration of our 60^th Anniversary of Space City.

Click on the button to enjoy the slide show shown at the event. It contains photos from over the years.

SCSC 60th Anniversary Slideshow
Thank you to Jim Edwards for his work on this project.

Saturday, October 12, 2024
Junior League of Houston

SITZMARKE newsletter
🌟🌟NEW APRIL ISSUE 🌟🌟

April Sitzmarke 2025

Member of the Texas Ski Council (TSC), a non-profit social club. The all volunteer organization consisting of clubs throughout the state of Texas and Tulsa, OK.

www.texas-ski.org

Sponsor our bi-monthly digital Sitzmarke to reach this target audience.

Contact Rowena Roche - VP Marketing about being a Newsletter sponsor.

You don't need H.G. Wells to go into the past! Browse through our Sitzmarke Archive!

Relive you past ski trips and activities! Check out how your friends looked 30 years ago!

Have you ever been on a Sitzmarke cover? Who's been on the MOST covers?

Remember those Day-Glo ski outfits? Wooden skis 7 feet long? Leather ski boots? You'll see them all HERE.

2024-2025 Executive Committee

Ann Rogers: President
Lynn Burch: VP - Programs
Rita Cardenas: VP - Trips
Rowena Roche: VP - Membership/Marketing

Diane Stotz: Secretary
Deborah Gorden: Treasurer
Leyla Ozkardesh: VP - Communications (webmaster)
Beth Slaughter: Sitzmarke Editor (appointed officer)

2025-2026 Executive Committee

CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU TO OUR RETURNING AND NEW OFFICERS 2025- 2026

Ann Rogers - President - Returning
Melanie Wood - VP Activities
Pat Piech - VP Trips
Gary Barrett - VP Membership/Marketing
Deb Gordon - Treasurer - Returning
Leyla Ozkardesh - VP Communications/Webmaster - Returning
Janice Salinas - Secretary
Beth Slaughter - Sitzmarke Editor - Returning

Japan Cruise

Acadia | Bar Harbor

Croatia Bike & Yacht

Poland

SCSC 60th Diamond Anniversary Gala