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Letter from the Eden Alumni Board of Directors
This past year there was a precedent set that hopefully will continue through the years. The Class of 1959, while celebrating their 50-year reunion donated $1,724.36 to the Alumni Scholarship Fund allowing us to fund an extra scholarship in the spring of 2010. Thanks to this donation we were able to fund FIVE $1,500.00 scholarships.
Not to be out done and with a little gentle coaxing form the 1959ers, the class of 1960 stepped up to the podium and donated $3,260.00. This amount will fund 2 extra scholarships in the spring of 2011. Therefore, combined with the donations from our faithful and generous members, we will be able to fund SIX $1,500.00 scholarships in 2011. It appears the Class of 1961 is already collecting money with the hopes of out-doing the Class of 1960. Good Luck!! We are on your side.
The Alumni Association gives more scholarships and more money then any other organization in Eden!! We have funded over $100,000.00 to 98 Eden students since the first year the association was founded. You all have to be very proud of our accomplishments.
The driving force behind our association is the desire to give something back to the school and community that have given us such a well-rounded education with which to begin our lives. We all have traveled a thousand different paths but they all started here in this small town and its’ great school system. We have to continue this tradition of funding scholarships to Eden seniors. Some of these talented and intelligent people return to live and work in our town and the rest go out into the world and represent Eden and all those who have made it such a good place to live and raise a family.
The Eden 2012 Bicentennial committee has asked your Alumni Association to anchor the celebrations in the coming year. There will be bicentennial events spread throughout hte year, but the main event will be Alumni Weekend. We want to do something special that will lend itself to the bicentennial celebration while holding to the Eden Alumni traditions. Your board has begun planning for the Friday night party to be a Western barn dance with a band. A trail ride ending at the American Legion Post in Eden is in the first stages of planning. We will be looking for horses, wagons, stagecoaches and anything else lending itself to the trail ride experience. The length of the ride will be determined by the amount of enthusiasm from the riders.
Saturday evening instead of the regular dinner/meeting, we will have two events: a dress ball with a dance band, and a less formal dance and band for the younger (at heart) group. We will hold these dances at and around the Duffy Hall at the Immaculate Conception Church. We will include the whole town in these events because it is a celebration of the Town’s birthday. Yes, we will need some extra help arranging and managing these events so please contact any of the Board of Directors and volunteer. There will be plenty to do for everyone.
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