May 17, 2022
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Table of Contents
Online
Registration Now Available
Next Meet and Greet Live and
In Person
Nude Potluck Dinner at the Lodge
Why AANR?
The naked truth – research finds nudism makes us happier
Online Registration and renewal Page
Our online registration and membership
renewal web pages continue to work well. We have had several people use the page
to renew memberships and make registrations for the Nude
Potluck Dinner at the lodge. This has greatly simplified the
paper work.
In addition, your webmaster and one other
certifying officer
took training last week on the new AANR
database system for entering memberships.
This new system is a vast improvement over
the steps we used to have to accomplish to
get memberships and renewals processed.
AANR's endeavor to enter into the 21st
century has worked well. They also have a
redesigned
web page and new content. The new
member's area has members only content
including past Bulletins.
A word of
cautiion, if
you receive a renewal notice from AANR, please please use the
membership renewal page on our web site. DO NOT renew
through the AANR web page. If you do so, although you will
remain an AANR member, we will lose you as a member of
Niagara Naturists. If that happens, it greatly complicates
our paperwork and records. To renew, click
here.
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Next Meet and Greet
Live and in Person
Our next Meet and Greet
dinner will be on May 28, 2022 at the Hillview
Restaurant which is located at at 6135 Transit
Road, Depew, NY.
They have
a private meeting room.
We will start at 5:45PM.
From 5:45 to 6:00pm is a meet
and greet portion with dinner
starting at 6:00PM. Anybody can
come to our dinner meetings.
You do not have to be
a member of the club and you
do not need reservations. Please
come, ask questions, and see
what the club is all about,
socialize and get to know us.
The only cost is your meal and
drinks.
It will be a great start to the 2022 nudist
season.
This is only 2 two weeks before
our Nude Potluck Dinner at the
Nudist Lodge. It will be the
last time that you can make
reservations in person at the
reduced price.
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Nude Potluck Dinner at the Lodge
Our first event of the 2022 Nudist season is a nude
potluck at the Nudist Lodge. It will take place on June 11.
Click here for more details and reservations
For those
of you that have attended our past events at the Lodge,
you will remember that it is a fantastic place. The
lodge, built as a
private weekend and hunting retreat is located on 100 acre woodland in
Wyoming County. Its location lends itself to privacy.
There are miles of hiking trails, stocked bass pond for
fishing and swimming, bonfire pits, volleyball, horseshoes,
and game room.
There is also a stereo system and satellite TV.
It
features a sauna and both an indoor and an outdoor hot tub.
It is a great place to spend a nude day or a weekend with fellow nudists.
Even though people are starting to
use the web site to make reservations,
we are short of the number of
reservations that we need to hold this
event. Click
here for the reservation page
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Why AANR?
Most of our newsletters
contain several topics. We announce our upcoming event and
beg for early reservations (early reservations greatly takes
the heat off the club management and lowers our blood
pressures),we promote membership which is good for the club
(more members- more ideas and more events), and usually,
there is an article about the benefits of nudism which
studies have shown contribute toward being body positive and
a higher self images of ourselves.
Membership also benefits AANR Their advocacy is what makes
it easier for us to be a club. (more about the club and
friendships in an upcoming news letter.
About the American Association for Nude
Recreation
AANR Mission:
AANR exists to protect, promote, provide and
preserve nude recreation by:
- Protecting nudists and naturists
from policies at the local, state and
federal levels that interfere with the
right to enjoy clothing-free recreation
in appropriate settings;
- Promoting nude recreation by
educating government leaders, employers
and the public;
- Providing support services and
community to our members;
- Preserving the financial viability,
integrity and strength of the AANR
organization.
The American Association for Nude
Recreation is the largest, most
long-established organization of its kind in
North America. With roots dating to 1931, we
have grown from our humble beginnings to an
organization that has served over 213,000
individuals throughout the United States,
Canada, Mexico and beyond. These members
enjoy their own backyards and pools with
family and friends, as well as over 180
nudist resorts and affiliates.
For 90 years AANR has espoused the
benefits of wholesome nude family
recreation. Since our inception it has
remained a primary mission to protect the
rights of nudists in appropriate settings
regardless of age, gender, race or economic
status. We continue to proudly endorse the
benefits and rights of families to enjoy a
skinny dip and other nude recreation
pastimes.
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The naked truth – research finds nudism
makes us happier
Written bySarah Cox
Published on
25 Jan 2017
Taking part in naturist activities
can help make us significantly more
satisfied with our bodies and lives,
new research from Goldsmiths,
University of London has found.
Researchers led by Dr Keon West
(Department of Psychology)
investigated the associations
between naturist activity and
psychological well-being, as well as
the immediate effects of two real
naturist events on participants’
life-satisfaction.
The first study - an online survey
of some 850 British people of a
variety of ages, ethnicities and
religions - found that those who
spent time naked or partially naked
around others (eg. topless
sunbathing or taking part in World
Naked Cycle Rides), also liked their
own bodies more, thought better of
themselves, and were more satisfied
with their lives overall.
The longer they had been practicing
naturism and the more frequently
they did it, the happier they were.
The second and third studies took
place at a “Bare all for Polar
Bears” event at the Yorkshire
Wildlife Park (24 participants) and
British Naturism’s Waterworld event
in Stoke on Trent (100
participants). At both events,
participants were assessed just
before shedding their clothes and at
the end of the event, before they
put them back on.
In both cases participants
experienced immediate and
significant improvements in
body-image, self-esteem and life
satisfaction.
For decades, research has shown that
body image dissatisfaction is a
serious, global problem that
negatively affects psychological
health. Much of it stems from
overexposure to “idealised bodies”
such as those widely seen in
magazines, on television, and
increasingly on social media.
Previous research also shows that
positive or neutral reactions to
one’s own body, and exposure to
“non-idealised” bodies (otherwise
known as normal people), should
counter the negative effects of
idealised imagery. Logically, then,
naturism – the practice of being
naked in the company of non-intimate
others – should be good for your
body image and self-esteem.
Dr West says:
"The naturists have been saying this
for some time. However, despite a
lot of positive claims, little to no
empirical research has investigated
whether naturist activity (rather
than attitude or beliefs) actually
makes us happier or, just as
importantly, why it makes us
happier." (Click
here for the rest)
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