Under his leadership, the Yale Club of Northwestern Connecticut hosted three club dinners per year, had an active Alumni Schools Committee, and increased its membership. Scott Peterson reported on the Scholarship Fund, which Jim initiated in 1992. It has increased in value by thirty percent since the funds were transferred to Yale. Cleminshaw's talents were developed, some may say, during his time volunteering for clubs in Pennsylvania. The Yale Club of Northwestern Connecticut also used the event at the Litchfield Country Club to promote the Great Teachers Series video tapes of Yale professors.
Members rent tapes from the club and form study groups to watch and discuss the subject matter.