Contact Us ~ Support Us

To support the childrens' programs provided at the BLPOA’s Community Center, and also for rental of the community center, event reservations, program sign-up’s, directions, BLPOA membership, volunteering, and other information, please contact us! Anonymous donations can be made payable to the BLPOA and mailed directly to Tom Gibbs, Treasurer of BLPOA – 19 Pico Road, Clifton Park, NY 12065.

BLPOA President: Mike Martin (wallysue777@yahoo.com)
Treasurer: Tom Gibbs (tgiibs@aol.com)
Secretary: Cathie Farnam (cmfarnam@aol.com)

Other BLPOA chair persons to contact are:
Megan Myers (Meg.Myers@netscape.com), Jessica Klingaman, Todd Ewing, Patty McGurn, Jarod Martin, and Rich Hart.

The direct phone number to the Babcock Lake Community Center is (518) 686-3287. To Map Quest directions to the center, our address is 11 Lakeview Road, Petersburg, New York, 12138 (although we are actually located within Grafton, NY).

To read a quick summary on what the two organizations of Babcock Lake have to offer to due paying members, please click on the following link: BLPOA - BLE Posted 9/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2009 Spring/Summer "Welcome Letter From the President"

Dear Members and Friends,

It looks like the cold weather is finally giving way to spring. I hope all is well with everyone. The 2009 summer season is fast approaching; let’s hope for some great weather and great times. We have a full calendar of activities for the young and not-so-young.

I am pleased to report that we have joined the World Wide Web. We have an official web site that will help us keep everyone up to date with all of our activities. Our calendar of events is posted on the site. If you have access to the internet check us out at: www.babcocklake.net.

With the economy still faltering we are again going to be financially challenged, but we’re doing everything we can to keep our expenses under control. For example, we have e-mailed our membership packet to all that have e-mail addresses listed with us thereby saving a considerable amount of postage. Please provide us with some feedback; if you are unable to open any of the attachments let us know.

As one of our fundraisers this year we’re selling great looking beer and wine glasses with our logo etched into the glass. Attached is a picture of both. The wine glasses are available for $8.00 each or $30.00 for a set of four. The 20-ounce beer glasses can be purchased for $15.00 each. For another $10.00 you can have your name engraved on your beer glass and we’ll store it for you at the center in our new cabinet. If we sell enough glasses, we’ll raise some cash to help pay for our programs and events while saving on the cost of plastic cups.

Sending our membership packet electronically and making glasses available is our attempt at going Green and helping out the environment.

Our first regular membership meeting is scheduled for Friday, June 26th at 8:00 PM. Program sign-ups will be held immediately after the meeting, so please try to attend if you plan on enrolling anyone in the swim or archery programs. Hard copies of the calendar will be available after the meeting.

There are some terrific new additions to the calendar this year, such as a Water and Boating Safety Program scheduled for July 8th. We are also bringing back an old favorite…the Regatta, which returns to the lake July 19th. New this season too will be Friday night dinner specials at the center. Your Friday nights can be made stress-free—let us do the cooking for you. Our annual Senior Dinner is planned for Saturday, June 20th at the center. This year there will be a small fee charged ($5.00 per person) for this event, which is open to all seniors from our lake community. The season comes to a close Saturday, October 10th with a covered dish social. Be sure to look over the attached events calendar and try to join us for as many as you can. Volunteers are always welcome and we encourage you to offer your time and/or talent to help us with any scheduled event.

If you’d like to chair a party, please let a board member know as soon as possible to reserve an event date. Ideas for new events are always welcome; just let any board member know what you have in mind. Lastly, if you have any questions about BLPOA events or about the BLPOA in general, please ask me or any other board member.

Thanks to everyone, including family and friends, who helped make 2008 a very successful year. See you all soon for another great summer.


Mike Martin

BLPOA President

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Babcock Lake Property Owners’ Association 2009 Dues

Members....................$125.00
Senior Members..........$100.00**
50/50 Raffle.................$25.00

Registration for all programs will be held @ the first BLPOA Meeting, June 26th @ 8:00 PM

Swim Program
$25.00 per child/members**
$40.00 per child/non-members
Peggy Harte, Chairperson
Chris Farnam, Co-Chairperson
Simon Levy, Swim Instructor

Center Rentals
$200.00 refundable deposit
$200.00 non-refundable Center rental fee
Contact Mike Martin for Rentals

Archery Program
$8.00 per child
Family Cap of $24.00
Zach Myers, Chairperson


**Seniors with grandchildren signing up for programs are requested to pay the full membership fee of $125.00 in addition to program fees

***Swim Program fees are the same whether the child takes lessons for one day or the full five weeks.

Anyone interested in becoming a Swim Program Counselor for the summer of 2009, contact Peggy Harte @237-9535 or Chris Farnam @365-6597 by June 12, 2009.

Please remember that all dues must be paid to register for programs. Thank you!