Hi everyone,
First, glad to see that we've gotten a few more yes RSVPs in the past week or so. Looking forward to seeing everybody, please keep inviting & reminding!
Next, just got word this morning that the all years picnic at school is cancelled due to lack of response. The organizer also mentioned that if anyone would like to help next year, she'd like to try again.
Lisa Claus Perry has also mentioned maybe doing some sort of booklet still, and as the date was coming up quick, I though it might be better to hold off. Maybe we could do one after the fact and collect info that night. If you have any thoughts on that, please feel free to let us know. See you soon!
Cheryl
Friday, July 8, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
All Alumni Picnic - 2nd Event for July 16th
Part of the reason July 16 was chosen for our summer event was to coincide with the all-year picnic. Here are the details for that. Please spread the word to ANY LHN almum you might know. It's also pretty basic, potluck style.
All alumni and families are welcome!
Join us for an old fashioned Lutheran potluck. Everyone should bring a main dish (casserole, baked beans, bucket o' chicken, etc.). If your last name begins with A-M, bring a salad also. If your last name begins with N-Z, bring a dessert in addition to your main dish. Table service, water, and punch will be provided. Bring other non-alcoholic beverages if you wish to drink something else.
Small donations to offset cost of table service will be accepted.
We are also hoping that the Round Town Funky Bunch will be returning for a repeat performance. They do not charge us, so feel free to fill their guitar cases with money. :)
All alumni and families are welcome!
Saturday, July 16 · 11:30am - 3:00pm at Lutheran High North
Join us for an old fashioned Lutheran potluck. Everyone should bring a main dish (casserole, baked beans, bucket o' chicken, etc.). If your last name begins with A-M, bring a salad also. If your last name begins with N-Z, bring a dessert in addition to your main dish. Table service, water, and punch will be provided. Bring other non-alcoholic beverages if you wish to drink something else.
Small donations to offset cost of table service will be accepted.
We are also hoping that the Round Town Funky Bunch will be returning for a repeat performance. They do not charge us, so feel free to fill their guitar cases with money. :)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Location Details
Hi everyone,
This is actually a re-do of my post the other day, so if you stopped by before and it looks slightly different that's why. Blogger seemed to be having issues that night and it totally lost my post as well as one RSVP. So take 2...
At first, I figured a few of us would choose the location together but that didn't end up needing to be the case as I found out not many bar/restaurants have the space for 100 people or so. After calling around to half a dozen suggested places, only one really fit the parameters of casual, not expensive, and available.
Even though we've had little response/RSVP so far, last time attendance was around 100. Figuring this way is much cheaper, I'm hoping at least that many if not more will come. The other spaces only held 60-70 and I figured winding up with extra room for something like this would be better than cramming into a too small space.
That being the case here are the location and format details:
LOCATION: Rochester Mills Beer Co. located in downtown Rochester, Mi.
We will not have a private room, but we will have an area of the dining room reserved for us.
There will be a live band/small dance floor starting at 10PM and I believe there are pool tables.
FORMAT: Casual, come however you are comfortable. Cash bar and order off the menu if you'd like. If not, that's fine too. I also figured we will have name tags so we can identify ourselves as we mingle etc.
There is an alternative to the format above. They do have everything from cheese/cracker/hot appetizer party trays to a pizza bar that we could order. My thought was to keep things really basic so that hopefully, even those on really tight budgets can still get there and visit with everyone since that's the whole point.
If you would prefer to have some sort of food for the group, please comment below. If there's enough interest, and we can keep the cost down, it's certainly open for discussion.
Also, please RSVP by going to the tab above and commenting. Since this is a standard blog, not all of the features can be turned off so you'll need to choose an identity. If you don't have a Google account etc. you should be fine with name/url and only enter your name, or anonymous.
Please spread the word and encourage people to RSVP! That's what we definitely need right now.
If you have any issues (like the ones that happened the other night) please don't hesitate to contact me either on Facebook or at my site www.cherylpickett.com
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Cheryl
This is actually a re-do of my post the other day, so if you stopped by before and it looks slightly different that's why. Blogger seemed to be having issues that night and it totally lost my post as well as one RSVP. So take 2...
At first, I figured a few of us would choose the location together but that didn't end up needing to be the case as I found out not many bar/restaurants have the space for 100 people or so. After calling around to half a dozen suggested places, only one really fit the parameters of casual, not expensive, and available.
Even though we've had little response/RSVP so far, last time attendance was around 100. Figuring this way is much cheaper, I'm hoping at least that many if not more will come. The other spaces only held 60-70 and I figured winding up with extra room for something like this would be better than cramming into a too small space.
That being the case here are the location and format details:
LOCATION: Rochester Mills Beer Co. located in downtown Rochester, Mi.
We will not have a private room, but we will have an area of the dining room reserved for us.
There will be a live band/small dance floor starting at 10PM and I believe there are pool tables.
FORMAT: Casual, come however you are comfortable. Cash bar and order off the menu if you'd like. If not, that's fine too. I also figured we will have name tags so we can identify ourselves as we mingle etc.
There is an alternative to the format above. They do have everything from cheese/cracker/hot appetizer party trays to a pizza bar that we could order. My thought was to keep things really basic so that hopefully, even those on really tight budgets can still get there and visit with everyone since that's the whole point.
If you would prefer to have some sort of food for the group, please comment below. If there's enough interest, and we can keep the cost down, it's certainly open for discussion.
Also, please RSVP by going to the tab above and commenting. Since this is a standard blog, not all of the features can be turned off so you'll need to choose an identity. If you don't have a Google account etc. you should be fine with name/url and only enter your name, or anonymous.
Please spread the word and encourage people to RSVP! That's what we definitely need right now.
If you have any issues (like the ones that happened the other night) please don't hesitate to contact me either on Facebook or at my site www.cherylpickett.com
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Cheryl
Friday, May 6, 2011
LHN Class of 1986 25th Reunion!
Hi everybody,
25 years, can you believe it's been that long? Every so often I see classmates posting about their kids being at LHN or getting ready for LHN and it feels like we were just there, at least to me. But it wasn't just yesterday and it's time to get together, to share some memories and have some fun! That being the case, here's a quick summary of what's happened so far:
I (Cheryl Pickett) put a note on Facebook earlier this year to hopefully get things rolling. There are quite a few of us connected there, though we still need to reach plenty of people.
We started a preliminary RSVP list, asked for volunteers to help with coordinating things and, so far, response hasn't been as good as last time. I'm hoping/thinking the minimal response is just because most people aren't using FB as much as I'd hoped and aren't reading the notes. I know everyone is busy, but hopefully that won't stop us from getting together.
As of March or so, Dave Shook, Lisa Claus Perry and I chose the date, and decided this time we'd keep it casual after at least a few others agreed. That conversation was also started based on comments after the last reunion and people's desire to make it simpler the next time around.
Pat Knapp checked out a few venues, Dave Shook & Wendy Weber Sowders suggested a few more and I've been calling on those as of this week. I plan to, along with whomever else I can reach, make a choice and book the space shortly as it's already pretty late in the game. It's actually not as easy as I thought to find a more casual venue that has a private, or even semi-private area that would accommodate at least 100 people.
That's it for now, more coming soon. This is now planning central so please check back for updates even if you're on Facebook. Please also reach out to as many classmates as possible, invite them to participate here and at least RSVP. You can also subscribe to updates via email using the subscription area in the right column.
Cheryl
25 years, can you believe it's been that long? Every so often I see classmates posting about their kids being at LHN or getting ready for LHN and it feels like we were just there, at least to me. But it wasn't just yesterday and it's time to get together, to share some memories and have some fun! That being the case, here's a quick summary of what's happened so far:
I (Cheryl Pickett) put a note on Facebook earlier this year to hopefully get things rolling. There are quite a few of us connected there, though we still need to reach plenty of people.
We started a preliminary RSVP list, asked for volunteers to help with coordinating things and, so far, response hasn't been as good as last time. I'm hoping/thinking the minimal response is just because most people aren't using FB as much as I'd hoped and aren't reading the notes. I know everyone is busy, but hopefully that won't stop us from getting together.
As of March or so, Dave Shook, Lisa Claus Perry and I chose the date, and decided this time we'd keep it casual after at least a few others agreed. That conversation was also started based on comments after the last reunion and people's desire to make it simpler the next time around.
Pat Knapp checked out a few venues, Dave Shook & Wendy Weber Sowders suggested a few more and I've been calling on those as of this week. I plan to, along with whomever else I can reach, make a choice and book the space shortly as it's already pretty late in the game. It's actually not as easy as I thought to find a more casual venue that has a private, or even semi-private area that would accommodate at least 100 people.
That's it for now, more coming soon. This is now planning central so please check back for updates even if you're on Facebook. Please also reach out to as many classmates as possible, invite them to participate here and at least RSVP. You can also subscribe to updates via email using the subscription area in the right column.
Cheryl
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