We are so excited! Plans for our 60th class reunion are almost complete, and we are looking forward to seeing all of you! Activities have been planned using ideas many of you have provided through our website survey. Check out the website for the latest scoop and list of attendees as they register. (www.ecmemorial62.com) Reach out to classmates you particularly want to see again. Urge them to come!
Do you wish to attend but do not have transportation to Eau Claire and/or to and from events during the reunion? Mark Olsen has offered to coordinate rides!! Mark’s phone: 715 – 832-2122. There may be someone driving right past you and can pick you up on the way! All roads lead to our 60th!!
Our traditional activities continue with a Friday evening, September 9th ‘informal pizza from Sammy’s’ gathering. Saturday evening, September 10th continues to be a slightly more formal buffet dinner in that we will all be seated at the same time!! However, there will be some first time ever new activities as well. A hospitality room will be available beginning at noon on Thursday. Optional breakout gatherings will be offered – meet ‘n greet ‘old’ grade school classmates and/or chat about a specific topic of interest. Walk the nearby Chippewa River Trail, bike, golf, or how about Pickleball? Downtown Eau Claire and beyond continues to see dramatic new changes so come early and stay a while and check them out!
Our host hotel from Thursday noon through Sunday September 11th is the Best Western Plus Eau Claire Conference Center, 3340 Mondovi Rd, Eau Claire, WI 54701. Eau Claire WI Hotel | Best Western Plus Eau Claire A block of rooms (Thursday through Saturday nights) is being held for us until August 9th. After that date, neither availability nor rate is guaranteed. Please contact the hotel at: (715) 838-9989 and tell them you are with the Memorial Class of 1962. Nightly room rate is $99.99 plus tax and is good for two nights both before and following the reunion. Parking is ample and at no charge.
We will have our third ever silent auction beginning Friday through Saturday dinner. Items can be dropped off in the Hospitality Room beginning on Thursday. Think of an item that fits our theme, “The Present is Still Our Stepping Stone to the Future” for us ‘young at heart’. Or, nostalgic items like an extra yearbook are always best sellers! The silent auction has been a fun, ‘competitive’ event and a big help covering reunion costs. Contact Ann Knowlton Nelsen with questions and to volunteer to help! Ann’s cell: 715-296-0609; email:annnelsen9@hotmail.com.
Speaking of reunion costs, on the registration form, you will be offered the opportunity to sponsor the Hospitality Room, Bus Tour, and Breakout Rooms’ refreshments. Speaking of the Hospitality Room, donations of food and drinks appropriate for both daytime and evening imbibing are welcome. (Baked goods, chips, dip, snacky stuff, cheese, crackers, beer, wine, sodas….)
Please plan to join us! Complete the enclosed reservation form and mail it ---- together with your check made out to Memorial Class of 62 --- to Bob and Mary Schoenknecht Eau Claire, 1808 Pine Park Dr, Eau Claire, WI 54701. Reunion Reservations must be made by August 31, 2022. Hotel Reservation deadline is August 9, 2022!
Those unable to attend the reunion and desiring a book should send their $8.50 check to Mary/Bob, as indicated on the “Registration/Order Form”.
Ginny, Mary, Bob, Bob, Mike, Sally, Chuck, Terry, Connie, Mike, John, Mark, Ann, Nancy et al…..
Your ECMHS Class of ’62 - 60th Reunion Committee
