Almost 100 Classmates!!!

We have received payments from almost 100 classmates as of today! We're not even including guests in this count, so get ready to mingle!

Awesome Classmates, Awesome Prizes!!

LRG
Lifted Research Group, LRG, was ranked by Entrepreneur as the #5 fastest growing clothing company out of 500 American clothing businesses (August 2007), and is constantly featured both locally and internationally. Known for their innovative clothing and the unique messaging of each garment, LRG blurs the line between street wear and skate wear, with a broad responsive audience. Both men's and women's clothing will be in the prize line up. Check it out at www.l-r-g.com.

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Healthy Chocolate!
Heard about the beneficial qualities and healthy properties of unadulterated chocolate? Visit www.paulschocolate.com and explore! There are no artificial colors, artificial flavors, preservatives, nor sucralose. Also read and learn more about the high antioxidant content and balanced nutritional profile of Xocai.

At the reunion, you might be the lucky winner of one of two boxes of chocolate that Paul Barlow has graciously donated, valued at $25 each. Take home the ultimate antioxidant treat!

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Tomorrow's post ... What to wear (we've been getting questions)
and answers to any other questions you send us.

Reunion After Party at Fury?

Thinking you might want to head across the street to Fury after the reunion? If so, email David Castle (Scheme036@aol.com). If enough people are interested in getting tables, he may be able to set up a private section. This involves committing to bottle service. Check out Fury, click here!

Payment Deadline Extended

If you have not yet paid:

We’re extending the payment deadline! Do you know someone who has not RSVPed on the evite or paid yet? It's not too late to pay for the Saturday night event! Please send payments to mdrouse5@yahoo.com via www.paypal.com. Tickets are $50/person. Last day to pay via PayPal is Thursday, November 1st at 6pm

We need everyone to sign up early so we can give an accurate head-count to the venue to ensure we have enough food, name tags, memory books, prizes, and so forth. Please encourage your friends to pay before Thursday.

If you have paid:

...Then you should have received an email from Michelle Drousé indicating that “your payment has been received.” Rather than receiving your receipt via email (as previously indicated), it will be available at the registration booth when you check in on November 3rd. If you thought you paid and didn’t receive an email indicating that “your payment has been received,” please email mdrouse5@yahoo.com.

If you have any questions about paying, please email mdrouse5@yahoo.com.

Door Prizes ...

As we're putting door prizes together ... please let us know if your company would like to donate anything for the reunion. No pressure, but if you have something, it might be fun. The idea was inspired by a classmate of ours who donated some generous items. We'll post more on that later!

Last Day to Pay!! Today!

All RSVPs and payments must be received today! A payment secures your RSVP automatically, so make sure you get it in!! Remind your friends. Send payments via PayPal to mdrouse5@yahoo.com (see side bar at right and click on "how to pay" if you need more help).

Also, submit photos! Today is the last day for photo submission as well!

Happy Reunion Drink Prices!!

As you have all read by now, reunion tickets include one beverage of choice (a well drink, beer or non-alchoholic). Due to our high number of paid RSVPs, we have negotiated "happy reunion" prices for our group for the rest of the night (happy hour pricing), with well drinks and beer $5 throughout our event. So, if you decide to have another drink, hit up our private bar for "happy reunion hours."

Last Day to Pay!!!! (Is Tomorrow ... Friday)

Tomorrow is the last day to secure your reservations for the reunion!! Send payments via PayPal to mdrouse5@yahoo.com (see side bar at right and click on "how to pay" if you need more help).

Send in Photos, Send in Photos!!

Friday is the last day to send in those reunion photos!!

High School Photos
Find that snapshot of your team winning the big game. Pull out that old picture of you and your friends at those raves you used to go to. Scan them, slap the year on them (well, include the year), note the names of your classmates and email them to mdrouse5@yahoo.com

"Last 10 Years" Photos
Feel free to send in more recent photos as well. Let us know what year it was and what WHS alumni might be in the photos with you!

These are for the the slideshow and the reunion booklet. Fun, fun.

Great Response!

Lots of you submitted your Reunion Questionnaires! Great! If you forgot, you can still complete a survey and although we might not be able to get it into the reunion booklet, we may be able to include it in the electronic version to be emailed out after the reunion.

Yikes, Ooops, Michelle's email address...

bad typo on my (devon's) part on ALL those reminder emails i just sent out; michelle's email address is:

mdrouse5@yahoo.com

Everyone -- New Easier Online Reunion Questionnaire -- Due Oct. 21st

You may have seen our previous downloadable reunion questionnaire, but now it's EVEN easier!!

Remember, this is for everyone, even if you can't make it to the reunion.

**Just click here and complete the survey!!**

If don't finish in one session (it's so quick, you'll probably finish, but in case your boss comes in or such), just re-click the link and if it doesn't take you to your partially completed survey, just enter your name again, and fill in whatever you left off (we'll match it to your other answers, no problem).

Details & Reminders

The reunion is almost here (three weeks)! As you can imagine, the committee is hard at work bringing it all together. Below are a few reminders and steps for you. If you can't make the reunion, at least you can still complete a reunion questionnaire so we know where you are and what you've been up to:

1. Everyone -- Complete the Reunion Booklet Questionnaire. One Week Left. Easy, Click Here!

Everyone wants to know what our classmates are all up to! Please fill out a questionnaire whether you plan to attend the reunion or not. In fact, especially if you can't make it. We made it even easier for you by converting it to a quick online survey. If we don't get at least 50 questionnaires filled out (though you can pick and choose what answers you want to complete), we won't make a book. So if you want to read about others, help out and add your own details! Let's make this happen! We'll send it to everyone electronically post-reunion as well as having a reunion booklet at the November 3rd event. We swear, it's fun and way too easy, just click here! Due October 21st.

• Reunion Questionnaire Link
• We need 50 entries!
  

2. RSVP (Two Weeks Left)

If you haven't RSVP'd now's the time! Remember, this is a word-of-mouth (word-of-email?) campaign! We don't have even close to everyone's email address, so we NEED YOUR HELP to make sure everyone feels loved!!! if you don't see an old pal on the list, send their email address to devonlorraine@gmail.com and devon will send them the evite, or you can even just forward the evite directly to any email addresses you might have. Everyone is invited, so forward, forward, forward!! But we're getting close to capacity, so if you want someone to come, make sure to act quickly. RSVPs with Payment due October 26th.

• Link to the Evite
• Please note in RSVP which events you'll be attending

3. Send Payment, Payment Info, and Photos to Michelle! (Two Weeks Left)

Make payments to michelle5@yahoo.com on PayPal. There will be a looped slideshow to play during reunion! But come on, do you really only want to look at photos of the reunion committee? Let's get a mixture of those old high school group photos. Let's get your awesome vacation snapshot from Italy. Building homes in Ecuador. Your honeymoon. You and your kids! Just email photos to mdrouse5@yahoo.com with a caption. We're going to need at least 30 people to submit snapshots so that you don't get tired of looking at photos of: michelle, megan, leslie, lauren, devon, michelle, megan, leslie, lauren, devon. You get the idea.

• Submit payment to mdrouse5@yahoo.com
• Send payment info to michelle & megan mdrouse5@yahoo.com (to make it easy)
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Married Name
  • Guest Name (if you paid for their ticket)
  • Address
  • Phone Number(s)
  • Email(s)
• Submit photos to michelle mdrouse5@yahoo.com
• We need at least 30 people to submit snapshots for the slideshow

4. Check the Reunion Website Often!
Remember that you can find all the latest details and reminders on the reunion website, including information on a potential after party at Fury. Seriously, everything you need is on this page.

• Reunion Website Link (www.whs97reunion.blogspot.com)
• Potential after-party at Fury
• Fun anonymous General Class Data survey to find stats on our class ... coming soon (this is different from Reunion Booklet Quesitonnaire!)

5. Attend Reunion Weekend (Three Weeks Away)

See you Soon!

Wow, Check out that RSVP List!

You can link back to the evite site by using the link on the side bar or by clicking here ... Lots of RSVPs! Remember, that to stop receiving reminders for those attending or for those who have not yet RSVP'd, make sure to indicate you can't make it on the evite site and you won't get those messages anymore. Remember, payments are due by October 26th ... keep those RSVPs coming in and spread the word!