Dear RARES Member,

Summer is here and as it heats up, we have a number of new opportunities to save (see below).  And here are some previously promoted items to keep in mind for summer savings:

Father's day is this weekend.  Martin's Fantasy Island is allowing Dad to enter free on Sunday, June 15, with a paid child's admission.  Download coupon.

Save up to 33% when you purchase advance tickets for the Finger Lake Wine Festival, July 18 - 20 and the Camping World Grand Prix @ The Glen:  IndyCar Series Race Weekend
at Watkins Glen International, July 4 - 6th.  Tickets must be purchased in advance for these discounts by June 20 and June 30 respectively.   For more information or to obtain your tickets, call Mike Evranian, Group Sales Manager, Watkins Glen International    607-535-2486, x351.   

Darien Lake continues to offer season passes for just $40 and season parking passes for just $19.  Order forms for mail ordering or opportunities to order online with your credit card (tickets are mailed via US mail) are available here (members only). 

Through July 12, save 10% on all major brand name tires when you show your RARES ID card at Dunn Tire.   Major brand name tires include Goodyear, General, Dunlop, BF Goodrich, Michelin, Pirelli, Continental, Uniroyal, Yokohama, Bridgestone, and more! 
 

In This Issue

Homearama - June 14th thru the 29th

New York Golf Trail

Midas Auto Service & Tires

Ravenwood Golf Club

Shoplet

Carperks

Spend a day at African Lion Safari

Garden Vibes

Online Shopping

Referral Rewards

Homearama 

 Starting this Saturday, June 14 and running through Sunday, June 29, Homearama 2008 has seven great homes to tour with the latest in design - both inside and out.

Tickets are regularly $9 at the door, $8 at Wegmans but you can save $2 and get admission for just $7 by showing your RARES ID card at the gate (limit 4 admissions per ID at this price).

Homearama 2008 is at Magnolia Manor in Perinton, next to the Perinton Golf & Country Club off Route 31F - directions. 

New York Golf Trail

Featuring top New York State golf courses - travel packages, advance tee times, and discounted hotel rates - more.

Choose from nine top New York golf courses, located among Saratoga, Lake Placid and the Adirondacks. Featured course architects include Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones and A.W. Tillinghast

RARES members receive a $50 gas card for all groups of 4 or greater.

Midas Auto Service & Tires

Midas services everything on cars except when you dent them up!  That includes air conditioning, brakes, exhaust, engines, engine diagnostics, transmissions, oil changes, alignments, tires, batteries, and more.  

Show your RARES ID at any one of ten locations in Batavia, Brockport, Geneva, or Rochester to save:

• $17.99 oil changes
• $5 off a premium oil change
• $10 off a state inspection
• $15 off all parts
• Free check engine light scans
• Free alignment check

Just show your RARES ID card.  See this list of participating locations. 
 

Ravenwood Golf Club

Voted one of the top 5 "Best new courses in America" by Golf Digest, Ravenwood in Victor, offers a challenging 18 hole championship golf course.
 
Show your RARES ID card at the pro shop to save:

• $10 off the 18 hole with cart fee throughout the regular summer season (discount does not apply to twilight rates).  That's a savings of 15 to 17%.
• $5 off the 18 hole with cart fee for seniors.
• $5 off the 18 hole with cart fee for Spring/Fall rates (that's a savings of 16 to 20% depending upon the time of day).
• Individual or group lessons - contact GM Mike Roeder directly for further information,

For tee times:  (585) 924-6711 

Ravenwood Golf Club, 929 Lynaugh Rd., Victor, NY  14564
 

Shoplet

Shoplet offers over 200,000 products for the office - all trusted brand names that you know - no private lable substitutes - HP; Brother; Boise; Hammermill; Avery; 3M; Dell; Lenovo; Sony; Smead - just to name a few.

If that was not enough, Shoplet offers a world class search engine, exceptional customer service, and free shipping on all orders over $45 from our network of over 130 warehouses across the US - more.
  

Carperks

 As RARES member, you and your family members are automatically eligible to enjoy the benefits of Carperks for purchasing or leasing new and pre-owned vehicles! 
 
Carperks haggle-free pricing provides RARES members a savings between $100- $500 below the Best Internet Price offered at our network dealerships. In addition, RARES members who purchase a vehicle at one of Carperks Platinum dealerships will also receive a $250 Gift Card to Best Buy, Home Depot, or Sears! 

Click here for more info.


 

African Lion Safari

 Come out and enjoy a Wild Day 'On Safari' and save up to $6 per admission when you show your RARES ID card at the gate.
 
A full day of family fun awaits!
 
Spend the day 'On Safari' and enjoy a tour through our large Game Reserves. Take your own vehicle or our air-conditioned, guided Safari Tour Bus (additional cost) and get closer than you ever imagined to 1000 exotic birds and animals that roam free.  See a pride of majestic lions, rare cheetah, a heard of graceful giraffe, a troop of playful baboons and many more animals from around the world.

Parking is included so make sure you stay for the day and experience everything African Lion Safari has to offer. Check out our exciting bird and animal shows that run throughout the afternoon. Watch our herd of Asian Elephants take a refreshing dip in our Safari Lake. After that, make sure your "herd" cools off and splashes around in Misumu Bay Wet Play (seasonal, height restrictions apply).  

Board the 'African Queen' boat and cruise around the islands of Safari Lake. Meet some furry friends in Pets' Corner and learn some fun facts in the Discovery Centre. All of this and more is included with your admission. Feel free to bring a lunch or dine at our Mombasa Market Restaurant.

For more 'Wild' information visit our website at www.lionsafari.com. 
 

Garden Vibes at the George Eastman House

Relax with a picnic supper or dance the night away at the 15th annual Garden Vibes concert series, featuring music by internationally known acts on Thursdays at 6:30 beginning in July.  Save $2 on admission with your RARES ID card (see below):
 
July 10   Tcheka
An alluring hybrid of sun-kissed jazz and traditional African music from singer-guitarist Tcheka, a native of Cape Verde, and his trio. 
 
July 24   Shuffle Demons
Wild suits, berets, and goatees! Experience wild free-jazz improvisations and hip tunes with Toronto-based The Shuffle Demons, which play a version of acid jazz they call "Cyber-Jazz" or "Trip-Hop."
 
Aug. 7   Campbell Brothers
Gospel music featuring electric steel guitar and vocals. Chuck, Phil, and Darick Campbell are an anointed group of accomplished guitarists who say their instruments are tuned to the key of the holy spirit. The Campbell Brothers, based in Rochester yet internationally known, were raised in the "sacred steel" style, a rare music tradition rooted in the African-American Holiness-Pentecostal church.
 
Aug. 21   Boilermaker Jazz Band
The Boilermaker Jazz Band of Pittsburgh performs authentic hot jazz and swing. 

 
Bring blankets and/or chairs and your own picnic fixings, or purchase concessions on-site from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and Abbott's Frozen Custard. Please note, there will be no cash bar on-site. However, you may bring in your own beverages and a variety of non-alcoholic beverages will be sold.
 
Admission for each concert: $15 adults*; $5 youth (ages 13-18); and free to 12 and under, and includes George Eastman House admission and a variety of chlidren's activities, including games and a bouncy house.  *$2 off admission when you show your RARES ID card (good for up to 4 admissions per ID). 

 

Online Shopping 

Here are a of discounts for you to take advantage of when you're making online purchases.

Pre-Order the upcoming 2009 Entertainment Book and get a FREE 2008 EDITION! Plus, Dad's & Grad's spotlight on June offers.  View our Coupon Books category. 

Save 15% on online orders at the Robin's Nest GiftStore.  Toys and gifts for all ages. In our Kids category. Syracuse based and available online anywhere in our Kids category.

Referral Rewards

Did you know that as a RARES member you may earn a Referral Reward of up to $425 for referring a member to RARES?

All it requires on your part is a warm referral - suggesting to a company that they join to offer RARES discounts to their employees OR mentioning to a retailer or recreation activity that they should consider joining RARES to help improve their sales - more.

Over 48 RARES members have received thousands of dollars back in Referral Rewards since we began this program in 2004.

In just the past months, the following RARES members earned recognition of their tax deductible contribution or cash for their referrals:

• Bill Gilchrist
• Lynn Kowalczuk
• Amy Odell

Who we are . . . 

RARES stands for the Regional Area Recreation and Employee Services Association.

A not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization, RARES has been providing added value to employee benefits programs at hundreds of New York State companies since its founding in 1983.

If your company is a member of RARES, you are a member and entitled to everything RARES offers - over 390 discounts from local, regional and national companies - everything from amusement parks to zoos.  Check us out at www.rares.org.

Sincerely,

The RARES Board

Upcoming Seminars 

(Click on a link for more info.  Most of our seminars are offered at no charge to our members.) 

Team Building at Rock Ventures - July 15 (more info. available soon)

Understanding Fiduciary Responsibility and the Pension Protection Act - dates TBA (later in July/Aug.) 

MUSIC

Rochester Philharmonic

Buy one ticket, get a second complimentary ticket at no charge for the RPO's summer series at CMAC in Canandaigua.  Coupon required.

Glimmerglass Opera 

Four new productions featuring favorite Shakespearean characters on an Elizabethan-style set. 

15% discount for RARES members.  Tickets must be purchased in advance - more. 

THEATRE

Geva Theatre Center

Mrs. Bennet has five daughters and her chief aim in life is to see them well-married:  "A single man with a good fortune must be looking for a wife." Mr. Bennet's favorite daughter, Lizzie, has her own ideas about romance and marriage - and a fiery wit to match. Is it possible for a smart young woman in 1810 England, with little money and ho-hum prospects, to find true love? Only the dark and handsome Mr. Darcy knows and he's too prideful to show it. 

A 15% discount for all seats to all performances of this adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel.

Just show your RARES 2008 ID card.  Call 232-GEVA for reservations or to purchase your tickets by phone - more. your tickets by phone - more.  

Coming July 7 - August 2

Tickets on sale now

This musical comedy follows four women at a lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra AND hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, not enough sex, too much sex and more.  With guts and gusto, they sing their way through the challenges of "The Change" in a celebration of shared experience.

Geva is offering RARES members special savings on this performance.  

• Orchestra seating - regularly $49 on weeknights, just $45.00
• Balcony seating, regularly $44, just $40.00.  Call 232-GEVA.

Just show your RARES 2008 ID card.  Call 232-GEVA for reservations or to purchase your tickets by phone - more.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre

The Watercoolers.  Also, I Love You, You're Perfect,Now Change!

Save $3 on any ticket (to this show or any DCT show) wth your RARES ID - more.

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