Prime Timers Worldwide is a social organization that provides older gay & bisexual men the opportunity to enrich their lives.

Prime Timers are older gay or bisexual men (and younger men who admire mature men). Our members are men who choose to have their social lives enriched by the diverse activities in which our members engage. No single definition can describe Prime Timers, as they come from all walks of life. Prime Timers involve themselves in their community with volunteerism, politics, gay issues, arts, entertainment, and every other facet of healthy living. Prime Timers are fathers and care givers. They are businessmen and entrepreneurs. They are workers and they are retired. Some are always on the go, and some enjoy the quiet company of others at home. But one thing is true of all Prime Timers: they enjoy the opportunities and friendships that develop with other Prime Timers throughout the world.

 

Prime Timers was founded in 1987 by a retired professor, Woody Baldwin. He felt a wide gap existed in today's society which caters almost exclusively to youth. This worship of eternal youth is never more flagrant than in the gay culture. Woody began the Boston Chapter by placing ads in local newspapers and soliciting his many friends. He expected only a small handful of men to attend the first meeting and was surprised when over 40 showed up. The attendance at the first meeting indicated to Woody that a need existed for social and cultural organizations to aid and support the aging gay and bisexual man. Now this organization has grown to over sixty chapters worldwide, located throughout North America, Europe and Australia.

 

Travel opportunities for members are vast. Individual chapters welcome the chance to meet visitors from other chapters. Letters asking for local information and recommendations will be well received and acted upon. Chapters enjoy showing off their communities and having visitors come away with a feeling of kinship and brotherhood with their new-found friends.

The Prime Timers Worldwide Convention is held every two years (odd-numbered years) to allow our members to gather to socialize with other Prime Timers, attend workshops geared towards Prime Timers and to conduct business of the organization. Our Conventions have been in Provincetown, MA; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Dallas, TX; Palm Springs, CA; Washington, DC, Houston, TX., Orlando, FL and Reno, Nevada.  Plans are underway for our 2009 Convention in Toronto, Canada. In addition up to 3 'Regional Events' are planned each year by our member chapters for local, Worldwide and Independent members. 

Our organization is emerging as a leading force in the gay and bisexual communities, and while we are not a political or religious organization, we are concerned with society as it effects the aging gay and bisexual population. As our organization grows, we will be leading the pack in seeking answers to the needs and problems of maturing gay and bisexual men. It is hoped that a Prime Timers chapter will soon be in every major metropolitan area in the world.

 


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Click here to learn about our New Logo Now, logo can be downloaded and edited.

 

What is the Woody Baldwin Chapters Development Fund?

Click here for detail.

 

Boston Prime Timers present

Halloween Bash in Provincetown

Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2008

For details, click here.

Spend New Years in Palm Springs, California

Prime Timers of the Desert is proud to announce the New Year’s Eve Gala to be held on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 in the Primrose Ballroom at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

The evening will begin at 8:00pm with a no-host cocktail reception. Dinner will be served at 9:30pm, and dancing will follow the dinner. The cost for the evening is only $90; however if you register prior to October, 31 a $10 early registration discount is offered. For more information, contact Russell Schnepf at (760) 318-0160

Prime Timers Cruise Reunion 4 South Caribbean Cruise
11 Nights on the Celebrity Galaxy
January 19 - 30, 2009
 
This cruise will take us from San Juan, Purto Rico to Aruba, Curacao, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Domenica, St. Kitts, Tortola and back to San Juan. Cabin prices begin at $650 plus port charges and taxes. For more information and booking, click here.
 
May 3 - 7, 2009 (Sunday - Thursday)
            Las Vegas Prime Timers Western Regional Event
 
Come enjoy exciting Las Vegas, Prime Timer style. Meet new friends,
greet old friends, and maybe find your soulmate, in the city that never
sleeps and where the sun always shines. Remember, what happens in Vegas,
stays in Vegas. Enjoy 5 days (3 minimum) at the beautiful Imperial Palace
Hotel/Casino or Harrah's Hotel/Casino - two of Las Vegas's great resort
hotels. Check out - www.ImperialPalace.com & www.harrahs.com (Las Vegas)
we will have special room rates for those registered for the Gathering.
     Information about the Western Regional Gathering is on our website -
www.LasVegasPrimeTimers.com - Come enjoy yourself in one of the fastest
growing cities in the United States. Contact Pete at - LVPrimeTimers@cox.net
if you would like to be on the mailing list for updates.
 
Colorado Prime Timers and Friends presents Hawaiian Cruise - February 2009. 
For information click here
 
North to Alaska, Our Latest Prime Timers Cruise

   Come join us for this exciting adventure.  For the first time we're offering a package tour: a fabulous 7-day cruise aboard Celebrity's Millennium and a pre-cruise 5-day land tour.  Our journey begins on June 29, 2009 in Fairbanks and takes us to Denali, Mt. McKinley, Talkeekna, Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.  From there we board the ship which takes us to the Hubbard Glacier (see it before it's gone), Juneau, Skagway, Icy Straight Point, Ketchikan, along the Inside Passage and ends in the fabulous city of Vancouver, BC where we will then join with our friends from both the Vancouver and Victoria Prime Timers chapters in some of their hosted events.          Cabins can currently be booked with a deposit of only $500 each (not per person but per cabin-that's $250 each).  Complete package prices begin at only $1780 plus port charges, taxes and fuel surcharges.

For more information and to book this cruise, click here.

October 9,10 & 11, 2009

Prime Timers Worldwide Toronto Convention

Registration and information will be available in late February - watch this web site.

 

If you would like your chapter event posted click here to let us know.

In honor of those men that we have loved and lost, we dedicate this site to their lasting memory.

Sean O'Neill Bill Hall Mark Watkins
J David Miller    

 

 

 

 
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