Greetings
from The Bedford High School Alumni Association!
Dear Fellow Bedford
High School Graduates,
Thanks to a new e-mail system
from Harris Publications it is now possible for our organization
to communicate with our fellow alumni in a cost efficient and
timely manner. We are excited about this new system and hopefully
you will be too. It enables us to keep you informed about future
Bedford Alumni events and other good things that are happening
at your “old” Alma Mater. We have people who live
far away inquire all the time about the school, and now we are
able to send out updates as the need arises. We hope that you
will enjoy hearing from us from time to time. Our vice-president
Gene Stock has the responsibility to produce and publish the
newsletter. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions
concerning the newsletter please contact him by e-mail at stocksportsinc@yahoo.com.
He is also responsible for sending out press releases to the
media and supplying information to the webmaster of the Bedford
Public Schools web site for the Alumni Association. If you have
any information that you would like publicized, such as reunion
announcements, or if you need assistance in locating other classmates,
please contact him. We are always looking for positive stories
about Bedford Alumni to include in the newsletters; so if you
have one, send it in.
Many of you may not be aware
that we do have an active alumni association; so a little history
is probably in order. The organization was born in 1996 as a
result of the need to build a new football and track venue in
Bedford. The voters in the community had made it clear that this
venue would not be supported in a bond issue and our old facility
was just not capable of hosting the events in this day and age.
Our old stadium (as many of you will remember) was located behind
our bus garage and not on the high school campus So, a group
of Bedford Graduates got together and discussed the possibilities
of forming an association. The list of things that the group
could help with turned out to be far more than just the stadium.
It was decided then to go ahead and form the association and
that the first special project would be a privately funded new
stadium for Bedford High School. The support of the community
was overwhelming; people donated money, labor, materials and
helped to raise funds for the project. The decision to name it
the Bedford Community Stadium was easy, as the community became
so deeply involved in the project. The association borrowed one
million dollars to start the project and we now have an outstanding
facility that is not only used by the school but is open to the
entire community. On any given afternoon you will find area residents
walking or running the track, sitting in the stands with a good
book on a sunny day, or just stopping by to chat with friends.
It has really been an outstanding project and we are very proud
to have been a part of it. We continue to raise money to make
our annual payment, and our balance is now under $280,000.00!
We are always looking for more
people to become involved so if you have any questions on how
to do that, please contact our President, Chuck Faller. We would
also like to ask you to take a few minutes to up-date your records
on the Bedford High School On Line Community. If you have not
registered yet, please do so. There is no cost to register and
up-date your information. Just follow this link to up-date your
records: http://www.graduateconnections.com/bedfordhs/ This will
be a great assistance to those alumni who would like to contact
you. Up to date records are also very important when your class
is planning a reunion. To receive e-mail up-dates from us you
must check your records to make sure that your e-mail address
is listed correctly on this site.
Current information concerning the Bedford High School Alumni Association along
with archival copies of Alumni newsletters will also be posted on the following
web site: www.bedfordyes.com (go
to the Alumni Association page).
The Bedford High School Alumni
Association is now on Facebook at: Bedford High School Alumni
Association Temperance, Michigan. Please join us!
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor just click on the following link
and download a sponsorship form, fill it out and mail to the address on the
form: Hall of
Fame Sponsorship Form.
Should you choose to donate to the BHS Alumni Association, please
know that the Association is a federally recognized 501(c)3 charitable
organization and your contribution may be tax deductible. |
