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"The Fairhaven High Class of 1976 announces the Class of 1976 Memorial Scholarship Fund Raffle that was held at the 2009 Homecoming Fair. The purpose of the raffle was to raise funds for a 2011 scholarship to be awarded to a student or students from Fairhaven High . The class dedicated this fund to the classmates that have died since 1976 and it's hope was to raise enough funds to make a difference in a students higher education funding. A small committee will be formed to determine how to distribute the funds. The total amount raised "so far" was $1267.00. There were number of great items that were raffled including a Gas Stove from Woodstock Soapstone Stove Co., an original print from our own Teresa Flavin, an artist and classmate now living in Scotland, various certificates for local seafood, round trip tickets to NYC, hand made jewelry, a basket of Vermont goodies and many other fun items that we would like to thank the many classmates and local businesses that have donated." Any new contributions would be helpful. This was OUR Class's Memorial Scholarship Banner at Homecoming June 29th 2009. Our banner was designed, made by, and donated by classmate John Sharples and Poyant Signs.
Hello fellow classmates! Hope everyone had a great holiday season. I just wanted to update everyone on the "Class of 1976 Memorial Scholarship Fund" As most of you are aware, a few of us thought it would be a great idea to set up a scholarship fund to both memorialize the many classmates that we have lost since graduation and also to help 1 or more future graduating students from FHS with their studies. Through a fundraiser held at last years Fairhaven Homecoming fair in June, we were able to raise $1267.00 so far. This was achieved through the many generous donations in the form of cash from fellow classmates and items as well that we were able to raffle off. We had lots of classmate volunteers that dedicated the day to help out and we were able to connect with a lot of others during the day to make it a great success. An account will be set up in a local Fairhaven bank under the Dollars For Scholars program set up by the school and I thought it would be a good idea to keep it open for an extra year to make the distribution to the student or students in 2011 to coincide with our 35th class reunion. Since the scholarship was announced, we have been able to connect with more and more classmates through both our class website and Facebook page so we would like to possibly keep the donations coming to build up the account some more during the next year or so and it could benefit possibly both a male and female graduate. A small selection committee would be formed from various classmates to help with the selections. So, classmates, what do you think? Can we raise some more funds for this great cause? I wanted to personally thank the many donors and classmates for helping with the initial fundraiser and hopefully we can raise some more during the next year or so. If anyone is interested in donating, you can mail any amount that you are able to spare to me at: Fairhaven High Class of 1976 Memorial Scholarship Fund, Attn: Mike Hartigan 2081 E. Bethel Rd. Randolph Center, VT 05061 802-728-3078. Amounts received will be deposited into the account in Fairhaven and through these newsletters, I will update you all what has been continued to be raised. Thank you for your time. Mike Hartigan - FHS '76 Memorial Scholarship Director All of this information will be posted on the class’s web site as quickly as we have it.
