Wakefield Class of 1960
Donations

What are donations used for?

Preparation of the print Newsletter entails some production and distribution costs.  Hopefully, most of us will be willing to receive our Newsletter in electronic form in the future.  When you contact us, please let us know about that.  Aside from the Newsletter, we do need to have a reasonable pool of seed money in our treasury in order to make good-faith deposits for contracting for downstream services.  Also, small charitable donations are occasionally made in the name of our Class.  And now in providing expanding and engaging web pages, we can foresee some small expenditures to expedite things rather than wait until volunteers can accomplish labor-intensive tasks in some cases.  Periodic contributions have been important for the Class of 1960 to stay active and stay in touch through the many not-so-profound years.

Now that we're closing in on our 50th, donations have an even greater impact.  So if it's been a while since you contributed anything to the treasury, now would be a good time to consider making a contribution to our general treasury.  See the July 2010 Newsletter (in "News pages).  Make checks payable to "Wakefield H.S. Class of 1960" and mail to our P.O. box (refer to page heading).

For those of you that might be able to provide more substantial support, consider that the registration fee for the reunion covers a lot of things: use of the hotel banquet room on Saturday night; use of other eating/mixing rooms for the less formal gathering on Friday night; use of multiple hospitality suites; the cost of food the hotel will provide; the cost of favors such as our 50th Reunion Directory, a memorabilia DVD, and a video DVD covering the 50th festivities; and snacks in the hospitality suites.  As you know, the registration cost was set at $115.  It was thought best not to allow that cost to climb much above $100, so that it would not be a significant discouragement to anyone.  However, holding the registration cost down meant there were many things that had to be categorized as nice-to-have, but couldn't be folded in for-free.

Several classmates have already stepped up to underwrite a number of items so they wouldn't cause the registration fee to rise.  First and foremost is the bus transportation.  A Class of 1960 couple has volunteered to provide the bus services we need for the planned weekend activities.  Another Class of 1960 couple has volunteered to underwrite DJ services for us.  This will be a known-quantity DJ that specializes in 50s amd 60s music.  The sponsoring couple has seen this DJ in action a number of times and are sure we will get a great experience in this regard.  Another Class of 1960 couple is underwriting the materials for, and producing, the name tags.

Sponsorship/Underwriting

There are still plenty of things that didn't make the "for-free" cut, and here are some of them, and the donations it would take to underwrite them:

50th Reunion Tee-Shirts

$1500, plus or minus, would underwrite 150 Tee-shirts that look like the picture above.  Click on thumbnail to enlarge.

Please note that - instead of waiting for someone with deep pockets to step up and buy us all a shirt - if you would like to buy one or more on your own, get in touch with Jeanne Croson Midgett.  Jeanne is preparing to place an order in early September, which will supply those who have committed in advance and which will also provide a limited stock for sale at the reunion.  For Jeanne's contact info, click on "Contact Us" at the top-of-page menu. 

But again, for someone who is willing and able to underwrite a nice memento that could be distributed to all in attendance at no cost, this Tee-shirt would make be an ideal candidate.

Professional, Instant Delivery Still Photos

$3300, plus or minus, would underwrite unlimited "green screen" photos for individuals, couples, groups.  Click on thumbnail.

Flowers for Banquet Tables

$500, plus or minus, would underwrite flowers for 15 tables.  Click on thumbnail above.

Donations Beyond Our Class

Another thing to consider, as we approach the 50-year mark, is that it might be nice to donate something notable to Wakefield, as a class.  So be thinking about that, and so will we, and perhaps we can come up with something appropriate.  We are almost 600 strong, and so small individual contributions could add up to quite a nice gift for Wakefield.  More on that later.

And if you've still got any money left after all that, go to the Wakefield Education Foundation site, and do something for them too.  As noted on our home page, WEF has been very supportive of our efforts to enhance the 1960 class pages on their site.  And WEF does some very worthwhile things with contributions, as is explained on the WEF site.

Donors since the 2005 Reunion

Donations great and small have been received into the Wakefield Class of 1960 treasury in the 5 years leading up to our upcoming 50th Reunion.  Interestingly, the large donors generally seem to want to remain anonymous, and so we are listing all donors without any groupings or indication as to amount donated.  This tabulation will be kept updated on a regular basis.

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