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Evie Fertman (Braman)
Wow, thanks, Pat! So far I have had three generous donations (Pat Lamond, Liza Anthony Coven and Paige Hoebel, formerly known as Patti Fields) to help me cover over $600 of expenses (name tag lanyards and badge holders and some printing expense that you will see tonight). I found something great in a box in my basement and had it reprinted so that every class memeber could have a copy. I knew that our funds couldn't cover all of this but I wanted to go forward with it on my own - so Pat is right, any contributions to help me with the expense will be gratefully received! If, hopefully, there is more money than I need to reimburse me, I will donate it to the Shaker Heights Alumni Association. I've been on the Board for over 20 years. We established the data base that keeps track of everyone's contact information which the school now maintains.....it's much easier with cell phone numbers and email addresses that don't change. We grant scholarship money to deserving graduating students for college and we have established the Hall of Fame and run it from collecting nominations (send them to me EvieBraman@aol.com), to choosing the nominees, to inviting them, to running the award dinner to overseeing the recipients give a talk to the kids at the high school about their experiences attending the Shaker schools and how it brought out the best in them. I know that I've mentioned who the inductees to the Hall of Fame are from our class but you probably don't know that our class has more inductees than any other graduating class!!
Tonight we are having a videographer - we will call out different elementary schools and you can meet with your classmates and your memories and comments will be recorded on a CD that will be available for you to buy.
Thank you all so much for coming, it has been really wonderful to see old friends again and to get to know so many of you whom I never managed to meet when we were in school together!!
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