Tis’ the Season!

14Dec10

Fellow Alumni, from the bottom of my heart, and those of the entire Alumni Board and PACTS Staff, may we wish you the very best of the holiday season!

Between Graduations, Weddings, New Jobs, Moving Towns, and more, it’s been a busy 2010 for our Alumni Family. PACTS has been doing some growing itself, with Saturday workshops averaging 100 students for the Fall Semester, and a few new Staff Members and Volunteers aboard to support the effort. If you’re attending the Holiday Party this Thursday, you’ll get the chance to meet them in person!

Most of you received a letter from the Alumni Committee this year asking for your support of the Scholarship Fund. Your support is more important than ever this year, because the Explainer Program is graduating nearly 15 students. That’s the largest number in years. We’re hoping that the fundraising totals from this campaign will allow us to grant three scholarships this year. An update on our total will be available just after the New Year.

As you begin to make your New Years’ resolutions, keep the PACTS Alumni Committee in mind. As we enter into 2011, we’ll be launching a major mentoring program supporting PACTS Students. We’ll need your help in making sure that students have an encouraging adult Alumnus in their lives. We’ll also look to enrich our Alumni Members through special programs and activities at the museum, look for your first special invitation in January. And we can never forget the Scholarship Program; it’s your contributions that help send our kids to school with the extra dollars that can make a world of difference during Freshman Year.

You can begin by entering your updated contact information in our new Alumni Database. It takes only a minute at http://bit.ly/eZNiWG

Until then, I hope you enjoy every gift, and every special meal of the holiday season!

Sincerely,

Manny Smith