Anniversary Celebrations
It’s been a busy past few months with our many fantastic open house and alumni events across the country. While all the events celebrated our major 75th and 100th Anniversary miles stones, each offered a unique local experience. Thanks to the many dedicated staff and volunteers that helped to make them all such a success!
Visit our event photo gallery to share in all the fun and great memories!
Also, check below for events still to come and be sure to join-in if you’re in the area!
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Location |
Hours |
Brief Description |
For further info |
AUGUST 5 |
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St. Louis, MO |
Gateway Council Office, |
11:00 am – 3:00 pm |
Alumni event for members, donors and friends of the Gateway Council. International potluck lunch, Bring a dish and a hostelling story to share. |
Mark Cockson: (314) 644-4660 or email: mcockson@moonlightramble.org |
AUGUST 6 |
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Seattle, WA |
Gas Works Park, shelter 1 |
6:00 – 9:00 pm |
Alumni event for members, donors and friends of the Washington State Council. Picnic, travel stories, food and fun. |
Simon Garrod: (206) 861-5058 or email: |
AUGUST 13 |
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Anchorage, AK |
HI-Anchorage. |
5:30 – 7:30 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, live music, and food. |
Front Desk: (907) 277-2770 or email: |
AUGUST 16 |
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Ottawa Lake, MI |
Home of Judy Wright 8300 Whiteford Rd. |
2:00 – 6:00 pm |
Alumni event, for members, volunteers, & friends of the Toledo Area Council. Barbeque, silent auction & entertainment. |
Jennifer Jarrett: (419) 297-0828 or email: |
AUGUST 22 |
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Montara, CA |
HI-Pt Montara Lighthouse Hostel, 16th Street at Calif. Highway One |
Noon-3:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, live music, kids crafts, door prizes and a lighthouse art show |
Front desk: (650) 728-7177 or email: |
Santa Monica, CA |
HI-Santa Monica Hostel |
4:00 – 8:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, live music, food, and entertainment. |
Front desk: (310) 393-9913 or email: |
St. Petersburg, FL |
St. Petersburg Sunshine Center |
10:00 am – 12:30 pm |
Alumni event for members, donors and friends of the Florida Council, honoring its past leaders. |
Jim Coppens: (407) 261- 0914 or email: |
Park Rapids, MN |
HI-Mississippi Headwaters Hostel in Itasca State Park |
10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, travel programs, videos, displays. Dinner and bike ride at additional cost. |
Jon Ridge: (651) 251-1495 or email: |
Syracuse, NY |
HI-Downing International Hostel, |
11:00 am – 3:00 pm |
Open house, and international fair, food, door prizes and hostel tours. |
Lunetha Lancaster 315-472-5788 or email: |
Pt. Townsend, WA |
HI-Olympic Hostel in Fort Worden State Pk. |
11:00 am – 3:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, live music, barbeque and travel program. |
Front desk: (360) 385-0655 or email: |
AUGUST 23 |
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Klamath, CA |
Hi-Redwood National Park Hostel |
11:00 am-2:00 pm |
Open house, live music, appetizers, travel-themed games, prizes, hostel tours, stories. |
Font Desk: (707) 482-8265 or email: |
Point Reyes, CA |
HI-Point Reyes Hostel in the Pt. Reyes National Seashore, 1390 Limantour Road |
11:30 – 3:30 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, live music. Bring a picnic and use hostel kitchen or grills to cook. |
Font desk: (415) 663-8811 or email: |
Santa Cruz, CA |
HI- Santa Cruz Hostel |
2:00 – 6:00 pm |
Open house, hourly hostel tours, organic food, drinks, local performers |
Milannee St.Hill: (831) 429-8541 or email: |
Northfield, MA |
88 Main Street – dedication |
2:00 – 5:00 pm |
Dedication of first American hostel site, refreshments, stories and historic memorabilia |
Karin Turer: ( 617) 718-7990 x23 or email: |
New York, NY |
HI-New York Hostel |
Noon-5:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, food, artists, live performances, DJ, guest speaker(s) |
Patricia Figueroa: (212) 932-2300 x 124 or email: |
Pembroke, NC |
HI-Pembroke House Hostel, |
2:00 - 4:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, hostelling videos, and refreshments |
Chuck Zhang: (910) 521-8777 or |
Gardners, PA |
HI-Ironmaster’s Mansion Hostel, |
Noon – 6:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, Underground Rail Road Tours, barbeque and Live music |
Front desk: 717-486-7575 or |
Austin, TX |
HI-Austin Hostel |
7:00 pm-10:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, food, live music, silent auction, and design-a-postcard. |
Amy Daley (512) 444-2294 or email: |
Vashon Island, WA |
HI-Vashon Island Ranch AYH Hostel |
1:00 – 5:00 pm |
Open house, and ice cream social. Open mike, travel stories, live music. |
Front Desk: (206) 463-2592 or email: vashonisland@hiusa.org |
AUGUST 25 |
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Sacramento, CA |
HI-Sacramento Hostel |
5:00 – 8:00 pm |
Open house, and old-fashioned ice cream social, live jazz music, prizes and special dedication. |
Front desk: (916) 443-1691 or email: info@sacramentohostel.org |
AUGUST 26 |
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San Diego, CA |
HI-San Diego Downtown Hostel |
6:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, dinner, human scavenger hunt, followed by a pub crawl with hostel guests. |
Council Office: (619) 338-9981 or email: |
Chicago, IL |
HI-Chicago Hostel |
4:00 – 7:00 pm |
Open house, ice cream social and international bazaar. Hostel tours, youth activities, performers, DJ, and prizes |
Jessica Smith: (312) 583-2227 or email: |
Martha’s Vineyard, MA |
HI-Martha’s Vineyard Hostel |
5:00-8:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, barbeque, live music, and volleyball |
Karin Turer: 617-718-7990 x23 or e-mail: kturer@usahostels.org |
St. Louis, MO |
Mullanphy Emigrant Home, |
9:00 – Noon |
Open house at site of proposed St Louis Hostel. Hard hat tour and refreshments |
Mark Cockson: (314) 644-4660 or email: mcockson@moonlightramble.org |
August 27 |
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Seattle, WA |
HI-Seattle Hostel |
4:30 – 7:30 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, food and music |
Larry Larson: (206) 622-5443 or email: |
August 28 |
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San Diego, CA |
HI-San Diego Point Loma Hostel |
6:00 -9:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, dinner, stories around the fire pit. |
Council office: (619) 338-9981 or email: |
Sausalito, CA |
HI-Marin Headlands Hostel Building 941, Marin Headlands |
2:00-8:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, music, prizes, refreshments, and a Community Walls project for kids. Docent-led night hike at 7 p.m. |
Front desk: (415) 331-2777 or email: info@marinhostel.org |
Washington, DC |
HI-Washington DC Hostel |
6:00-9:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, live music, food, photo contest, prize giveaway. |
Fatimata Gokou: (202) 737-2333 or email: fgakou@hiwashingtondc.org |
August 29 |
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San Diego, CA |
William Davis Center/Pocket Park, 410 Island Avenue |
1:00–4:00 pm |
Ice cream social, silent auction and story telling for members, alumni of the San Diego Council and the public |
Council office: (619) 338-9981 or email: |
San Francisco, CA |
HI-San Francisco Downtown Hostel |
11:30 am – 1:30 pm |
Open house, and pancake brunch, hostel tours and scavenger hunt. |
Jesse James Riscen: (415) 771-7277 x21 or email: jesse@norcalhostels.org |
San Francisco, CA |
HI-San Francisco City Center Hostel |
1:00-3:00 pm |
Open house in Hostel’s café, “Ivy’s Place,” with music, prize giveaways, hostel tours, & scavenger hunt |
Jesse James Riscen: (415) 771-7277 x21 or email: jesse@norcalhostels.org |
San Francisco, CA |
HI-San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf Hostel, Building 240 Fort Mason |
2:30 – 6:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, and barbeque, live music and entertainment, family friendly activities, hostel tours, and prize giveaways. |
Jesse James Riscen: (415) 771-7277 x21 or email: jesse@norcalhostels.org |
San Pedro, CA |
HI-Los Angeles South Bay Hostel |
Noon – 4:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours and refreshments |
John Estrada: (310) 393-6991 ext 25, or email: |
Baltimore, MD |
HI-Baltimore Hostel |
11:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, food, live music. 4:00 travel presentation on Germany & German food |
Matt Warfield: (443) 938-3050 or email: |
Cape Vincent, NY |
HI-Tibbetts Point Lighthouse Hostel |
1:00 – 4:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, DJ music, and refreshments |
Jean Cougler: (315) 654-4635 or |
Columbus, OH |
Antrim Park Shelter House, 5800 Olentangy Road, |
6:00-8:30 pm |
Alumni Event for members, donors and friends of the Central & Southern Ohio Council. Cook-out, silent auction, live music, and volunteer recognition |
Angela McFarland: (614) 279-8563 or email: |
Portland, OR |
HI-Portland Northwest Hostel |
11:00 am – 4:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, photo exhibit, and refreshments. Guided bike ride to HI-Portland, Hawthorne Hostel. |
Britta Diettrich: (503) 827-0405 or email anniversary@nwportlandhostel.com |
Portland, OR |
HI-Portland Hawthorne District |
4:00 -6:00 pm
6:00 – 10:00 pm |
Alumni Event for members, donors and friends of the Oregon Council. Storytelling, memorabilia sharing, alumni recognition, and refreshments. Open house, hostel tours, silent auction, raffle, barbeque, and live music. |
Talbot Wallace: (503) 236-3380 or email: manager@portlandhostel.org |
Madison, WI |
HI-Madison Hostel, |
7:00 am-1:00 pm |
Open House: hostel tours, breakfast, kids’ activities, local music, raffle, and Community Walls participant recognition |
Jenna Millich: (608) 441-0144 or email: |
August 30 |
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Fullerton, CA |
HI-Fullerton Hostel |
Noon – 4:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, refreshments |
John Estrada: (310) 393-6991 ext 25, or email: |
Monterey, CA |
HI-Monterey Hostel |
2:00-5:00 pm |
Open House, hostel tours, live music, ice cream social, children’s games & crafts, digital camera scavenger hunt, volunteer recognition, raffle and door prizes |
Hostel office: 831-649-0375 or email:
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Pescadero, CA |
HI-Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel |
Noon – 3:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, barbeque, live music, puppet shows, prize giveaways, and docent-led historic tours of the lighthouse grounds |
Front desk: (650) 579-0633 or email: |
Knoxville, MD |
HI-Harper’s Ferry Lodge Hostel |
3:00 – 6:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, refreshments, and Map for Saturday film showing |
Matt Warfield: (443) 938-3050 or email: |
Truro, MA |
HI-Truro Hostel |
1:00 - 4:00 pm |
Open house, hostel tours, barbeque and volleyball |
Karin Turer: 617-718-7990 x23 or e-mail: |
Cleveland, OH |
Canal Way Center, E. 49th Street, Cuyahoga Hts. |
3:00 – 6:00 pm |
Alumni event for members, donors and friends of the Northeast Ohio Council. Live music, food, & travel stories. |
Paul Beno: (216) 289-8180 or email: |
September 12 |
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Milwaukee, WI |
TBD |
TBD |
Alumni event for members, donors and friends of the Wisconsin Council. Potluck and recognition ceremony |
Laura Coleman: (608) 628-1098 or |
September 26-27 |
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Lucas, Ohio |
HI-Malabar Farm Hostel in Malabar Farm State Park, 3954 Bromfield Road |
10:00 am – 4:00 pm (both days) |
Open House, part of Ohio Heritage Days in the park. Festival includes crafts and living history activities, & live bluegrass music. |
Bertus Tempelhoff: (301) 495-1240 ext 146 or email: btempelhoff@hiusa.org |
October 12 |
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Boston, MA |
HI-Boston Hostel, |
2:00 – 4:00 pm |
Open House, hostel tours and food. Part of Opening Our Doors neighborhood celebration. |
Karin Turer: 617-718-7990 x23 or e-mail: |
October 24 |
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Philadelphia, PA |
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, 4207 Walnut Street |
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm |
Delaware Valley Council Global Gala, fundraising dinner and silent auction |
Council Office: 215-925-6005 or |
November 21 |
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Boston, MA |
Park Plaza Hotel |
7:00 – 10:30 pm |
Anniversary Gala, cocktails, silent auction, dinner and entertainment (fee event) |
Demetria Trent: (301) 495-1240 ext. 140, or email: |
