Laura Hart will be hosting the next planning meeting on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 11am. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to OLHS99@gmail.com and we'll make sure you get directions.
Thanks all!!
Ocean Lakes High School
Class of 1999 Reunion Planning Meeting
Saturday, April 26, 2008
11am-12pm
Lynnhaven Presbyterian Church
Alum Present:
Amber Gallob, Morgan (Boehning) Morrison, Kylene (Jones) Lowe, Amanda (Wirth) Mocanu, Cristie Chase, Laura Hart, Maria James
Reunion Agenda:
When should we hold the reunion?
- September 18-20, 2009
- This is the 3rd weekend of September - it usually is the one free weekend at the beach therefore hotels should be cheaper while the weather is till nice.
- August 15, 2009 will be the RSVP date so that we can have final headcount numbers in enough advance time.
Reunion Weekend Events
- Friday, September 18
- Laura Hart & Amanda Mocanu volunteered to be the contacts for Friday’s events.
- Emails: Laura (laurareneehart@hotmail.com) & Amanda (tmg503@hotmail.com)
- We are hoping to schedule the following on Friday:
- Meet and greet at OLHS to walk through the school and visit with teachers
- Designate a section in the stands at that night’s football game for ‘99 alum
- Class of 1999 night at a local bar or restaurant post-football game
- Saturday, September 19
- Cristie Chase & Sara Marsh volunteered to be the contacts for Saturday’s event.
- Emails: Cristie (cristie1321@yahoo.com) & Sara (violentclarity@yahoo.com)
- This evening will be the main reunion event with dinner and dancing.
- The event will be cocktail attire (not super fancy, but not jeans and flip flops either)
- We need to set a location and start looking into food, bar, and music
- Other ideas: Photo booth? Superlatives? Memoriam for those who have passed away?
- Sunday, September 20
- Morgan Morrison & Kylene Lowe volunteered to be the contacts for Sunday’s event.
- Emails: Morgan (morganmorrison@gmail.com) & Kylene (wtrpixie@gmail.com)
- We’d like to host a potluck picnic at a local park for alum to bring their families.
- We could provide water/soda, hamburgers/hotdogs, and condiments
- Alum can bring a covered side dish or dessert
- We would like to invite OLHS student organizations to possibly fundraise by attending and setting up games/face painting/etc. for the kids of attending alum
Fundraising
- We currently have no money to plan this reunion- yikes!
- Amber Gallob volunteered to head up fundraising efforts.
- Email: Amber (amber.gallob@dominionenterprises.com)
- We brainstormed several ideas (we need to raise some money up front to book venues):
- A rummage/yard sale that all classmates can participate in (sell stuff you’ve been meaning to get rid of, sell artwork or other goods you create, etc.)
- Max & Erma night (or any other restaurant) where we get a % of the profits
- Sell ad space for sponsors in a reunion program
Miscellaneous Details/Ideas
- Money Matters
- Morgan Morrison volunteered to set up a Class of 1999 bank account.
- We would like tickets to cost no more than $50 each.
- Alumni Searching
- We have found 45 out of 400 classmates as of 04/24/08 (that’s only 11%).
- Cristie Chase will up the search on myspace/facebook for alum.
- Morgan Morrison is frequently checking the OLHS99@gmail.com account and updating the blog (http://olhs99.blogspot.com/) as she gets contact information.
- The best info we can get is email b/c that is the cheapest way to communicate reunion news and details
- If people don’t have/use email, then addresses, phone #s, & emails are welcomed too
- E-Newsletter
- We have an idea to send out an electronic newsletter to all alum to keep them updated with reunion progress.
- We can include committee contacts, alumni spotlights, pictures, hotel info, etc.
- Reunion Program
- Maria James volunteered to look into the costs/process of creating a program for our reunion.
- Email: Maria (mariajames@hotmail.com)
- We can include the reunion event information, classmate updates/contact info, memories from OLHS, ads from sponsors, pictures, etc.
Next Meeting:
- Our next planning meeting will be held Saturday, June 28, 2008
- We will all report on the progress we’ve made.
- Laura Hart will host the meeting at her home in Virginia Beach
