Watkins Glen Alumni Association, Inc.,
301 12th Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Watkins Glen High School Alumni Association has been made aware of an internet site identified as “Watkins Glen Central Alumni Site” offering a “spring membership special.” NOTE: The Watkins Glen High School Alumni Association does not recognize nor will it honor any representations from that site. The official website of the Watkins Glen High School Alumni Association is www.watkinsglenalumni.org. Our Association’s membership runs on a fiscal year basis (January – December); membership information and applications can be found at www.watkinsglenalumni.org; and our Association’s alumni news can be found on our official site. Peggy Scott, WGHSAA President
Report On Successful Fundraising Drive by
Association Vice-President Jo Pat Paradiso Wright
The first 3 years of the Alumni Association’s existence we gave out 3 scholarships EACH year at the Alumni Banquet. The total amount awarded in those 3 years never exceeded $2000 in a given year. We soon realized that with the cost of higher education today, a scholarship of $700 or $800 would not go far. We decided to raise some money and raise our scholarship amounts -significantly. At the 2009 Alumni Banquet we “passed the hat” and collected $1353 to kick off our year-long Fund-Raising Drive. With the generosity of this community, and our alumni, we succeeded! We were hopeful that MAYBE we could raise $25,000. What we raised was $38,906.75. With those funds, and our existing dues structure and budgeting mechanism, we now have enough money to award at least $5000 in scholarships each year - well into the future.
As class president of the graduating class of 1961, I cannot help but mention that our class, 1961, collectively donated a little over $5000 to this effort. As individual groups, 13 classes participated, resulting in raising in excess of $20,000. The remaining funds were collected with solicitations by the Alumni Association.
The Alumni Association has 3 goals: to perpetuate the annual Alumni Banquet, to provide scholarships to deserving graduates annually, and to recognize one or more distinguished alumni annually at the Banquet. To ensure meeting all if these goals we will be instituting a membership drive this Fall. The dues structure of the Association keeps everything moving along - for that we need members. It only costs $25/year to belong and every penny of that $25 goes to supporting the 3 stated goals. We have no paid staff - we are all volunteers. Join the Association to ensure the good work continues. There are application forms on this site. Look for a letter or an e-mail from us in the Fall of 2010.
