Dates and deadlines

Quickly:

January 31, 2011

This is the deadline for current scholarship applications for both the Alumni Association and the Class of 71 Scholarships. Be sure to get your application in! All the info on how to get an application is on this blog.

May 7, 2011

This will be the date for the Alumni Association's annual Plant and Bake Sale at the Sedro-Woolley Community Center Annex. Details will be posted later and will also be in our newsletter. You'll want to pre-order!

July 9, 2011

This is the date for our most popular event, the All-Class Picnic at Riverfront Park! Information on pre-purchase of tickets will be posted later and will also be in the newsletter. But get this date reserved on your calendar and tell your friends!!

To become a member, send $10 for annual dues or $100 for a lifetime membership to:

Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni Association
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

be sure to send along your e'mail address and your graduation year!

A request for our picnic attendees

If you attended our fabulous SWHS Alumni Association All-Class Picnic in July, you may have taken some photos - we would love to have copies!! If you took digital copies, plz e'mail them to swhsaa@wavecable.com If you took traditional photos and can make some extra copies for us, please mail them to:

Sedro-Woolley Alumni Association
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284

We would love to have additional photos for our scrapbook and archive.

The picnic was reviewed at yesterday's monthly Alumni Assn meeting in order to identify our favorite parts and to look for "process improvements". Next year's picnic on July 9, 2011 will be bigger and better than ever!

Thanks to the Concrete Herald for publishing our quick recap in their August issue along with a great photo of Carl and Betty Romtvedt. Betty graduated with Class of '43 and Carl just comes along for the fun. Are you reading the Concrete Herald? You should be!

More Picnic Pictures!

Picnic Pictures!

Saturday, July 10th, was the S-WHS Alumni Assn's annual all-class picnic at Riverfront Park in Sedro-Woolley! And what a great time we had! Over 400 attended - we're still tabulating the final count - and many classes got together for their annual romp plus lots of classes mingled together! Great weather, good food (catered by Joy's Bakery), and fine company all made for a fabulous day. Here are a few photos for this blog entry - more to come!

Picnic July 10th - reserve by June 30th

Make your picnic reservation now!
Remember to invite other members from your class - don't let them be left out!

Picnic July 10th! Picnic July 10th! Picnic July 10th!

The annual S-WHS Alumni Association all-class picnic is Saturday, July 10th, Riverfront Park in Sedro-Woolley!!!

Always well attended and full of "old" friends, the Picnic is the highlight of our Association year. Lots of planning has gone into this year's event. Come and have a good time! Bring your camera!

All SWHS alums and friends are welcome, $15 prepays your lunch reservation (menu is hamburger or chicken and salads, dessert, beverage, etc.), and the event begins at noon (we eat at 1:00).

It's not necessary to band together with your class - we encourage mingling! But many classes like to sit together and bring signs identifying their location. You'll be happy to know that name tags are provided!

To reserve a lunch at the picnic, to join the Alumni Association ($10/per year or $100 life membership), send updated info about yourself, or send good wishes, here is the mailing address:

Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni Association
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284

Reserve now! We are looking forward to seeing you!

SWHS Class of 1955 schedules reunion July 10th

Sedro-Woolley High School Class of '55 is having a 55-year reunion this year!

Virginia "Skip" Alwood Leitner reports that Class of '55 members are encouraged to register for the SWHS Alumni Association all-class picnic on Saturday, July 10th. Class of '55 will have their own tent at the picnic and will take advantage of the fun to have their own reunion within a reunion!

Everyone on the SWHS AA mailing list (that's about 4500 names) has received a newsletter with picnic details. More info is on previous posts on this blog site - and more will be upcoming!

So plan to attend! It's always a fun day with friends, food, festivities, and great weather! Bob Dow, Class of 72, has agreed to be master of ceremonies again this year (by popular demand, after the great job he did last year!).

If you need info about the Class of '55 event, the picnic, or about the Alumni Association, leave a message after this post on the blog and we'll get back to you!

Quickly, the picnic is Saturday, July 10th, Riverfront Park in Sedro-Woolley, all SWHS alums and friends are welcome, $15 prepays your lunch reservation (menu is hamburger or chicken and salads, dessert, beverage, etc.), and the event begins at noon (we eat at 1:00).

It's not necessary to band together with your class - we encourage mingling! But many classes like to sit together and bring signs identifying their location. You'll be happy to know that name tags are provided!

To reserve a lunch at the picnic, to join the Alumni Association ($10/per year or $100 life membership), send updated info about yourself, or send good wishes, here is the mailing address:

Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni Association
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284

Pictured: From 2009 all-class picnic, Doreen Brown '42 and Sally Thompson Rauch '73

SWHS Alumni Assn - monthly meeting

The May general membership meeting of the SWHS Alumni Assn is Wednesday, May 26th at 1:00 p.m. at the Sedro-Woolley Senior Center.

Come on by and find out about the success of our May 1st geranium and tomato plant sale! And get your ticket for the All-Class Picnic on July 10th - better yet, volunteer to help out at the picnic! It's always more fun when you have a job to do and an excuse to circulate among the alumni!

Our breaking news is that the 2010 scholarship recipients have been selected. As soon as the students are notified, you'll see the list here!

Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni - welcome!

Welcome to the official web site of the Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni Association!

Please plan to be part of our group and part of the fun! Watch this blog for more information about all of the S-WHSAA activities.

The S-WHSAA is a 501(c)3 organization whose main purpose is to award Vocational Scholarships to S-WHS grads. We have awarded over 50 scholarships since 1996 and have increased the amount of the award to $1500 each (from $1000). We fund-raise through the year by:

• Selling items at the Fall Bazaar (usually the first Saturday in November
at the S-W Senior Center)
• Selling geraniums in the spring (for 2010 the date is May 1)
• Selling tickets for door prizes at the All-Class picnic (2nd Saturday in July).
• Accepting cash donations (including memorial and celebratory donations).

Current rates for membership in the Association are $10 per year and Life Membership is $100. Membership dues are used for the expenses of the organization.

We publish a mailed newsletter and are transitioning to an e’mail version for those members who prefer the soft copy. Our mailing list is currently for 4500 newsletters. Current paid membership is 394 (as of March 24, 2010).

The Association is ready to make other changes and enhancements to increase membership and ensure that we can continue awarding Vocational Scholarships. But we need active participation from more class members like you!

Here’s what you can do:

• Join the Association. Membership year is from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. So if you send in membership dues, be sure to specify the membership year you are paying for. Some people send in dues for more than one year at a time. See below. Attend meetings and work on a committee or two to ensure the continuing success of the Picnic and the Scholarship Program.

• When sending in your dues, feel free to include a donation for scholarships!

• Donate items for the Fall Bazaar and/or come and shop at the Bazaar. The November date will be announced; Fall Bazaar is at the Senior Center in Sedro-Woolley.

• Buy some geraniums in the spring from the Association.

• Donate a door prize for the All-Class Picnic.

• Attend the All-Class Picnic next July at Riverfront Park in S-W. Sit with your class! And mingle! 2010 date is July 10th – prepay $15 per person for chicken or hamburger entrée.


To join, send this information and your check:


Date:
Paying for Membership Year: 2010 2011 2012 Circle one or more.
Name:
(Please include name at graduation and current name)
Year graduated (or attended):
Mailing Address:
Home Phone:
E-Mail address:
Mail this info and $10 per membership year/$100 for Life Membership to:

SWHS Alumni Association
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284

To contact the Association by e'mail, leave a comment on this blog with your contact info and we'll get back to you!