September 7, 2005 - Reunion Invitation

East Forsyth Class of 1995
Ten Year Reunion

Please join us!!!!! Excited to see you again!!!!!

Friday, September 23: Homecoming Football Game
7:30 PM, $5.00 at East Forsyth High School

Wear Blue and White and sit in the alumni section while watching our brave Eagles pummel the Page Pirates. After the game join friends at area restaurants. If you choose Jimmy the Greek Kitchen (701 NC Highway 66 South), he will donate 10% of all sales from Eagles fans to East Forsyth Athletic Boosters Association.

Saturday, September 24: Alumni Family Picnic 3:00-6:00 PM, 3:30 Official welcome & 4:00 BBQ served, $10.00 per adult and $5.00 children 3 and up

Reunite with friends at newly renovated Forth of July Park (702 W. Mountain St) shelters #2 & #3. Prissy Polly�s BBQ is catering a pork barbeque feast for us. Also, we have fun activities planned for all ages like bingo, three legged race and basketball. Please bring a folding chair, sports or game equipment, and snack to add to our potluck table.

Reservations are required so we can properly prepare our celebration. Please call 704-367-0060 or email [email protected] by September 20.

No alcohol allowed at these public events. Every person who attends understands event organizers are not liable for any personal injury or property damage. Thank you for your understanding.

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April 20, 2005 - Update - Reunion Phone Call

10 Year Reunion
Eagles of 1995

First Committee Meeting Notes and Other Feedback

Dear Eagles,

12 alumni have come forward to help with our reunion. We thank them for their time and enthusiasm. Of course, we can certainly use more help. Please look on the wish list and let me know how you may contribute if you have not already. I know this email web will be seen by at least 50 class alumni from one of two lists. It would be great to hear from each of you!!!!!


[email protected] or 704-367-0060

Thanks to Regina Page- you can always get updates on reunion planning on our class website. We will soon be trying to locate all alumni. We have our class list from 1995 and our parents addresses from that time. Please email me or the class website your updated information and any information about other classmates. Information like Sally�s parents no longer live in the same house or Bertie passed away a year ago is also helpful for us to know.

The following notes are from the first committee meeting, emails and phone calls to me by classmates. We will begin making final decisions on some of the following questions and asking for commitments on our next Conference Call SUNDAY, APRil 24th at 7:00. Call in 605-990-0200 code 683134 to join.

Last housekeeping note� if you are volunteering to lead or be on a committee may I use your name and contact information in emails and on the class website? Please let me know, as I want to protect everyone�s privacy.

Thanks for your interest and help!!!!!!

Emily

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1. When should we have the reunion?

Homecoming Weekend is the preferred date. Tentatively set for September 23-25. The game will be East Versus Page.

2. What do we want to do to celebrate our 10th?

The idea of a fun weekend emerged involving three pieces.

Homecoming Gathering and Game

Start the weekend with a homecoming football game and school sponsored BBQ on Friday evening. We will have a meet and greet somewhere before the game, sit together, possibly lead the singing of the alma mater, or do something else together to make our presence known.

We need a Chairperson to lead the Homecoming Game part and coordinate the details.

Picnic on Saturday and Possibly �Goofy� Carnival

This is the big event where everyone is together. Since our phone conference, I have received feedback saying that an evening dinner as the big event will alienate many in our class due to the cost of attending. Recently other classes have not had a great turnout to their hotel type banquet dinners. Also, those events were not particularly fun for the attendees. So, our big event will be a day together at a local park and involve catered food like BBQ, live or DJ music, a goofy carnival invoking memories past and current class trivia, a couple of organized games like soccer, hopefully the presence of old teachers, a video presentation from our senior year, and a Class update. Video will be made available for sale on DVD. D.L. is going to oversee the class video.

Also, I learned that folks are not wanting to spend too much more than $20.00 per family for the big event. We should shoot for a total family cost between $20-$40 for this event.

Chairperson: C.G. is considering chairing this event. I have heard from others who want to be on this committee. I think we need a second chairperson to coordinate the carnival part of it to guarantee that it is really good. Also, if anyone knows of a local band or DJ that would play for us, please let me know.

If anyone wants to take charge of a piece of this event, please let me know so I can connect you to the chairperson.

Saturday Evening Out on the Town

An evening gathering place will be selected for alumni to eat, dance, drink, and socialize. There will be at least a common toast to our class and good wishes expressed for our future. Reservations will be requested so we can inform the establishment.

Chairperson: Ginger Brock. She is also going to coordinate hotel accommodations for the class.

3. How can we contact our fellow classmates? We are going to contact local churches, utilize our class list from East, inform East of our plans, put a couple of ads in the newspaper, use the website and email. Possibly send a formal invitation to those for whom we have contact information.

Chairperson needed for Alumni Contact. Also, if anyone can donate paper and envelopes for an invitation we would be most appreciative. Also, anyone able to donate money towards funding alumni contact we will be VERY thankful. $ for postage, ads, printing and paper supplies

4. What part(s) are you wanting to organize or help contribute toward? Needs and Wish List

Homecoming Game Chairperson, Homecoming Game Committee Volunteers, Reunion Buttons or T-Shirt, Saturday Picnic Committee Volunteers, Caterer, DJ or local band coordinator, �Carnival� Chairperson, Sports organizer, Picnic decorations and coordinator, Class reunion sign designer and contributor (preferably something durable we can use at all events and use as a welcome sign to put in front of the school.) Graphic Designer, Photographer, Security and Safety Coordinator, Treasurer, Legal/Insurance Researcher, Alumni Contact Coordinator, paper supplies.

We have D.L. able to help with talking to local access channel. We have J.G. as a lawyer in our class. He needs to be contacted. A.W. works in the police department and may be able to help coordinate safety. She needs to be contacted. C.N.R. and C.G. live in Kernersville and can help us locate resources.

5. Do we want to do any type of polls or gather any trivia about our class to be revealed at the reunion?

Yes! We have decided this will be a fun thing to do.

E.D.K. will put this together.

6. Do we want to do anything to give to East or the community?

8X8 stone with alma mater in granite. To be placed on school grounds J.W.L. suggested this idea. Other suggestions?????

Raise money via goofy carnival, t-shirt sales, video sales, and proceeds from food sales at picnic.

It will be wonderful to hear from as many of you. Please give me your feedback!

Thank you and best wishes,

Emily D. K.

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April 11, 2004 - Reunion Phone Call Update

Greetings!!! For anyone interested in helping organize or has ideas for our high school reunion, please join our conference call next Sunday, 4/17, at 7:00 PM.

The conference call is free except for long distance charges by your phone provider. If you have a cell phone, the call can be a part of your free minutes. If you do not get through at first, try again. We are excited to have you join us.

1. Please email [email protected] by Saturday night to let us know you will be joining us.

2. CALL: 605-990-0200

3. Our Code is: 683134#

4. When you get through please say hello and your name so we know to welcome you.

5. To Exit the Call press 3; to mute your voice press 6.

Call Agenda:

Please read over and think about the following agenda items before the call. We want everyone to be able to contribute. Ginger and Emily will be taking notes on everyone's input and will email everyone the final notes. This first call is intended to help get all ideas, interest areas, and resources out in the open. The next call (April 24th at 7:00) we will be making final decisions and people will be volunteering to help.

1.When should we have the reunion? Do you want it to be connected to homecoming weekend? (Possible homecoming dates 9/23 or 10/7)

2. What do we want to do to celebrate our 10th?

Here is a list of ideas from the grapevine: BBQ picnic with band at a park, book the club, K-Vegas, bbq picnic on East grounds, hotel ballroom, go to a game together and sing the Alma Mater, organize a fundraiser like a 5K run to support a special effort or supplies requested by an East faculty member, take part in an already organized community building event, organize an optional golf game or sports day before the evening party, book a Winston hotel ballroom, do a combination of the above. Your ideas?

3. How can we contact our fellow classmates? Via announcements at local churches, class list from East, informing East of our plans, newspaper, ect..

4. What part(s) are you wanting to organize or help contribute toward?

Possible categories:

Main Event Evening or Day
Coordinator, Entertainment Finder, Decoration Coordinator, Graphic Designer, "Special Touch" Person, Photographer, Security and Safety Coordinator, Treasurer, Legal/Insurance Researcher

Event Associated with School
Coordinator + others

Day Event(s)
Coordinator(s) + others

All Combined or if We Just Do One
General Coordinator, Graphic Designer, Alumni Contact Coordinator

5. Do we want to do any type of polls or gather any trivia about our class to be revealed at the reunion (all in good taste, of course)?

6. Do we want to do anything to give to East or the community?

Thanks again for your enthusiasm!!! We are going to have a great time!

Proudly now we hail thee, Eagles brave and fair. Through the years together, we all things will share. Blue and white will ever be our colors true. Kindling in our memories, thoughts East High of you!

All my best,

Emily Danahey Kroeger

PS At this time, I am just coordinating the phone call and facilitating the organization of our special day. There are many folks interested in planning the events, but folks are out there alone. This is an effort to bring people and resources together.

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