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2024-25
What a great year for the Class of '65 through kindness and generosity!
Highlights
SEPTEMBER- '65 Classmates continue coordination with Sandusky City School on district literacy initiative centered on our favorite bear, Streaky. Work continues on a
Pre-K children's through 2025.
DECEMBER - The "Gals of '65" held their annual holiday luncheon and continued their tradition of donating back to the community through the OhGo food program.
MAY - Planning for our 60th Reunion continues to benefit from the generous donations from many classmates.
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GIFTS TO CLASSMATES
...Sharing
Looking ahead to our 60th Reunion in September, we continue to be very grateful for so much financial support funding both food costs and our website. Being sensitive to both increasing costs for food and an acknowledgement of how we're in the "retirement income" phase of our lives, we have been fortunate to receive special donations from classmates to help offset costs. Our primary goal remains getting together so eliminating/reducing some financial barriers makes more things possible. This year we've been dealing with cost increases since our last reunion, but have been able to plan another first class reunion weekend that still makes participation very affordable. Our goal of a 65% discount per classmate expenses has been realized already... and moving forward may surpass even the donations previously received. It's remarkable but really not surprising. Our Class Spirit shines brightly as we "take care of each other".
The "Gals of '65"
...Caring
Three or four times each year the "Gals of '65" have a casual get-together lunch to stay connected and supportive of our classmates. Each Christmas Season the gals also choose a local cause to support with their personal donations. This year they choose to continue their support to OHgo which provides a mobile food pantry twice a month to our Sandusky area residents.
Every dollar donated goes towards
enhancing lives in our local community.
If you are within driving distance of Sandusky, consider joining us for lunch sometime this year. It's light-hearted fun with friendly smiles and good food. Contact Carol Young-Fosco/Buderer and she'll add you to her email list. <cfosco@bex.net>
Our Streaky Bear Legacy
...Paying forward
Throughout our post high school years, we as a Class have continued to promote and support the Sandusky City School mascot, Streaky "the" Bear. We have donated time, money, and memories to support Streaky in the past. We are now involved with a long range initiative to assist the schools with a literacy project that will emphasize the importance of early childhood reading. SCS had a vision of creating a product that would be given to every child born in Sandusky that would promote reading from birth forward. Their idea was merged with a desire from some "65 classmates to document the role/history of our Streaky. A team of SCS staff, led by School Superintendent Dan Rambler, combined with Class of '65 volunteers is now actively developing a children's book that features Streaky Bear. Our '65 volunteers currently working on this book include Bea Smith-Van Meter, illustrator; Jenny Till-Schoewe, creative writer; Judy Lewis-Corso, community resources, and Jim Jackson, community resources.
The book will emphasize what a great place Sandusky is to live and learn as Streaky takes a small bear cub(s) through a tour of things to do and places to go throughout the community. It is a colorful, creative interpretation of many opportunities in the Sandusky area. Hopefully the spirit of the Class of '65 will be obvious in the final book draft. As the projects moves forward we will try to keep our Class updated.
Ready-Set-GO! Book Cover
Here's a peek at the book in progress....Streaky leads the way with a "Homecoming Parade" A shout-out goes to the 64-65 cheerleaders, important with the startup of Streaky as mascot, is complete with traditional pom-poms and saddle shoes. A variety of animal characters (in band uniforms) are "instrumental" in illustrating the importance of pep bands and spirited parades. Neighboring communities are also incorporated into the story lines with their mascots. And the landscape begins to illustrate creatively various landmarks unique to Sandusky, a theme to be carried throughout the book.
The goal... get adults reading to children; get children enjoying reading books; make everyone feel a part of an exciting community to live in.
IMPROVE CHILDHOOD LITERACY