Onteora Class of 1979
January,
2004
Greetings fellow classmates,
We hope this note finds you and your family’s new year
off to a flying start. Last fall we began the process of reconnecting
with all of you, and we would like to thank you for your responsiveness,
interest, and comments about our plans for getting together to celebrate our 25th
anniversary.
Our mission over the next 6 months is to help you
reconnect with some of those friends that you may have lost touch with over the
years. We plan to do this through:
A monthly update keeping you current on reunion plans
and activities.
A “Yahoo Groups” type of forum for you to post notes to
each other.
An “official” website that will be your up-to-date
resource on all things reunion related (www.geocities.com/Onteora79).
Updates also posted on Classmates.com.
All of these activities will culminate in a class
reunion weekend to be held Friday and Saturday, July 30th & 31st,
2004.
Here’s our preliminary schedule:
Friday evening- a free admission event
(low cost, low risk, come for 10 minutes or 3 hours). We're seeking a
restaurant that offers a private room (to ensure that everyone present is
either a member or friend of our class), a bar and access to food, if desired. Many of you have expressed interest in
inviting friends from other class years, and this would be a great venue to
welcome them.
Saturday day- a picnic style event at a park
located within the
Saturday evening- a dinner at New World
Home Cooking in
Sunday– nothing official is planned at
this time, although some people have discussed golf.
Volunteer efforts needed
We can do some of the logistics work, and help put the
wheels in motion, but in order for our weekend to be a memorable one we’re
looking for a few of you to raise your hand and help us out.
Opportunities exist to assist us with:
The Saturday picnic – location, activities, etc.
Saturday evening video/Powerpoint presentation – can we
put together something that will be a nice remembrance (combination stroll down
memory lane/current photos)?
Contributions to get us started / Sponsorship program
We’re looking for small contributions from our class to
cover expenses such as postage, mailings, down payments, a reunion program,
etc. Our goal is $400, and any contribution you can make ($10, $25, $50)
would be very valuable. Please make checks payable to – Onteora Reunion ’79
c/o Anita Soovajian Reynolds,
For those of you who are entrepreneurs or know of
businesses that would like to support this event, we are also introducing a
sponsorship program. For a complete detailed briefing of the package
available contact Dave Shultis at [email protected] or
508-241-6002.
A final thought for this month
Take advantage of the technology that exists and melt
away the years. Set up a personal website where you can share thoughts,
memories, photos. It’s a great way to get us up-to-date on your life, and
it will enrich our conversations when we meet in person in July. The
options range from no charge (i.e., geocities, msn) to designing your own
site. Here are a couple of examples for you to check out:
www.geocities.com/dashultis/mypage -
Dave Shultis
www.murraymadhouse.net -
Sean Murray
For those of you on the East coast – stay warm, and for
those of you in warmer locales…when can we visit?
Take care,
Anita ([email protected])
Dave ([email protected])
Randy ([email protected])