Retirement parties · Kensington CT
Retirement Party Venue in Central Connecticut
A career worth celebrating deserves more than a send-off.
Membership not required•Luncheons, cocktails & dinners•Kensington, near Hartford
Retirement is a milestone worth celebrating
Years of hard work. Finally, a Monday morning with somewhere else to be.
Colleagues who became friends.
Accomplishments worth remembering.
Stories that probably shouldn’t make it into the official speech.
Shuttle Meadow Country Club in Kensington/Berlin, Connecticut offers a warm, distinctive setting for retirement parties, company retirement luncheons, retirement dinners and private celebrations with colleagues, family and friends.
Whether you’re planning a luncheon for 30 coworkers, cocktails with longtime colleagues or a larger celebration bringing together family, friends and people from every chapter of a career, we’ll help you create an event that fits the occasion.
You do not need to be a member to host a retirement party at Shuttle Meadow.
Celebrate the career. And the person behind it.
Because retirement is about more than the last day of work.
A great retirement party has a little bit of everything: pride in what’s been accomplished, stories about what happened along the way, coworkers from different chapters of a career, family members who supported it from behind the scenes, and plenty of excitement about whatever comes next.
Shuttle Meadow gives you a comfortable, private setting to bring all of those people together.
Raise a glass.
Share the stories.
Make the speeches.
And give someone who’s spent years showing up for everyone else a day that’s about them.
Corporate retirement parties & employee send-offs
Send them off properly.
When someone has given years, or decades, to a company, their final day deserves more than cake in the conference room.
Bring colleagues and leadership together for a retirement luncheon, dinner, cocktail reception or company celebration at Shuttle Meadow. A private event away from the office gives everyone time to step out of the workday and recognize the person, career and contributions being celebrated.
Shuttle Meadow can be a wonderful setting for:
- Employee retirement luncheons
- Executive retirement dinners
- Company retirement parties
- Cocktail receptions
- Leadership send-offs
- Partner & founder retirements
- Teacher & educator retirement parties
- Professional retirement celebrations
Family & friends belong at the party, too
Work was only part of the story.
Some retirement parties begin with the company. Others begin at home. A spouse planning a surprise. Adult children bringing the family together. Friends celebrating the beginning of more time for golf, travel, grandchildren, hobbies, or absolutely nothing scheduled at all.
Shuttle Meadow welcomes private retirement celebrations that bring together family, friends and colleagues in one setting.
After all, retirement isn’t simply the end of a career. It’s the beginning of having a little more say over what happens next.
Luncheon, cocktails or dinner?
There’s more than one way to retire.
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Retirement luncheons
Ideal for companies, departments and professional groups looking to celebrate during the day. Step away from the office, enjoy a meal together and give everyone time to recognize the retiree.
02
Cocktail receptions
Relaxed and social. Invite colleagues from different years and departments to mingle, reconnect and raise a glass.
03
Retirement dinners
Bring together colleagues, friends and family for an evening of food, speeches, stories and celebration.
04
Surprise retirement parties
Think you can keep the secret? We’ll work with you on the details while you work on getting the guest of honor through the door without becoming suspicious.
Talk with Michelle about the format, menu and setup that fit your celebration.
Room for the speeches. And the stories after them.
A retirement party has a few things that aren’t on an ordinary dinner agenda.
- 01A welcome
- 02A presentation
- 03A few words from leadership
- 04A toast from the family
- 05A microphone that eventually gets passed to someone who wasn’t planning to speak
We’ll help you consider the flow of the event so there’s time for both the formal recognition and the informal conversations that often become the best part of the celebration.
Small retirement parties are welcome
Celebrate with the people who made the years matter.
You don’t need a guest list of 150 to give someone a meaningful retirement celebration. Maybe it’s lunch for 25 longtime colleagues, dinner for 35 family members and close friends, or cocktails for 50 people who have crossed paths with the retiree over the years.
Shuttle Meadow offers event spaces and configurations for gatherings of different sizes, so a more intimate retirement party can feel comfortable, connected and appropriately scaled. Tell us approximately how many people you’re inviting, and we’ll help you explore the space that makes sense.
Make it personal
Every career has stories.
The best retirement parties aren’t generic. They’re filled with details that could only belong to the person being celebrated: photographs from the early years, company milestones, awards, old business cards, favorite sayings, inside jokes, and maybe even a few photographs the retiree wishes you’d forgotten existed.
Talk with us about incorporating personal touches such as:
- Photo and memory displays
- Slideshows or presentations
- Awards and recognition
- Speeches and toasts
- Company memorabilia
- Guest books or messages
- Special desserts or cakes
- Personalized table displays
We’ll help you think about how the room can accommodate the details that tell the story.
A country club setting for a well-earned milestone
Celebrate somewhere that feels different.
After years spent in offices, conference rooms, classrooms, job sites or wherever a career happened, it’s nice to celebrate somewhere that feels different.
Shuttle Meadow offers the warmth and character of a private country club in a setting designed for people to gather. Host a meal. Enjoy cocktails. Bring colleagues and family together. And create an occasion that feels worthy of the milestone.
Convenient for companies & families throughout Central Connecticut
Retirement party venue near Hartford, West Hartford & Berlin, CT
Located in Kensington/Berlin, Connecticut, Shuttle Meadow Country Club is convenient for businesses, families and guests coming from throughout Central Connecticut, including:
Hartford • West Hartford • Berlin • Kensington • New Britain • Newington • Farmington • Southington • Bristol • Rocky Hill • Cromwell • Glastonbury • Cheshire • Middletown
That can be especially helpful for retirement celebrations bringing together former colleagues, current coworkers, family and friends from different communities.
Inside Shuttle Meadow
A setting worthy of the milestone.
You don’t need to be a member to host a retirement party
You bring the guest of honor. We’ll help with the rest.
Shuttle Meadow welcomes inquiries from members and non-members planning retirement parties and private events. You don’t need to have every detail figured out before contacting us. Start with:
- Who you’re celebrating
- Approximately how many guests
- The date or dates you’re considering
- Luncheon, cocktails, dinner or something else
Then talk with Michelle McMahon about available event spaces, customized setups, menu options and the possibilities for your celebration.
Retirement party questions
Good to know before you plan.
Do I need to be a member to host a retirement party?
No. Shuttle Meadow welcomes members and non-members planning retirement parties and private events.
Can you host a small retirement party?
Yes. Luncheons for 25, dinners for 35 or cocktails for 50 are all welcome. We’ll help you find a space scaled to your group.
Do you host corporate retirement luncheons?
Yes. Employee retirement luncheons, executive dinners, leadership send-offs and company retirement parties are all a natural fit.
Can we include speeches, slideshows and memory displays?
Yes. We’ll help you plan the room and the flow of the event around presentations, toasts and personal displays.
Can you help with a surprise retirement party?
Yes. We’ll work with you on the details while you focus on keeping the secret.
Where is Shuttle Meadow located?
In Kensington/Berlin, Connecticut, convenient to Hartford, West Hartford, New Britain, Farmington, Southington and surrounding towns.
There’s always another milestone worth celebrating
Retirement is rarely the last reason to gather.
Retirement may be one of life’s bigger transitions, but it’s rarely the last reason to bring people together. Shuttle Meadow also welcomes:
Explore more celebrations at Shuttle Meadow
And if retirement means more time for you…
There may be another reason to get to know Shuttle Meadow.
More time for golf. More time for lunch with friends. More time by the pool. More time for tennis. More time for dinners, social events and the things that were harder to fit around a busy career.
If retirement has you thinking differently about how you’d like to spend your time, we’d be happy to introduce you to membership and country club life at Shuttle Meadow.