Please send me your email address!
Thanks for checking out this page. If you're here, you probably received one of those annoying "Classmates Mail" things from me. The thing is, classmates.com won't give out your email address, so if I'm going to get in touch with anyone listed there, it has to be through classmates mail and honestly, it totally sucks. I'd appreciate if you'd email me so that at least I know what your correct email address is, and I promise I won't give it out, or endlessly SPAM you. I just want to have a contact list, especially come reunion time. We'll definitely want to be able to reach you then!
Update 3/12/04: I have 80 email addresses so far in our class contact list, but we've got a long way to go! If you're still in touch with other classmates, it would be greatly appreciated if, along with your own email address, you could send me a list of those of any other classmates you have in your email address book.
Thanks! Keep reading below for more info...
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Friday, February 06, 2004
The Chelmsford High School Alumni Association needs you!
Dear Classmate,
Membership in the Chelmsford High School Alumni Association is down. The class of 1996 has the worst membership of any CHS graduating class (that's including the most recent graduates in 2003). Currently there are 9 active members of the CHSAA from the class of 1996. We graduated 350 strong. What happened to our school spirit?!
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” President John F. Kennedy spoke those words in his inaugural speech. They are important words to remember at a time like this. I’ve heard all of the questions regarding why you should join, most often “what do I get out of it?” Here’s your answer: The satisfaction of knowing you helped with the important work of keeping this organization going. It’s not about you receiving newsletters or t-shirts or anything like that (although members do receive 3 issues of “The Lion’s Pride” newsletter per year, as well as reunion updates). It’s about giving back to Chelmsford High School. CHS did so much for all of us, and its time to return the favor.
The Alumni Association prides itself on giving tens of thousands of dollars in scholarship money each year to CHS graduates (not just graduating seniors, any alumni can apply for scholarship money). We support and recognize CHS graduates not only with scholarships, but with our annual Hall of Fame awards ceremony for distinguished and accomplished alumni. The Alumni Association is always working to foster the spirit of Chelmsford High School graduates. Your membership dues are not just a fee, it’s a donation towards the future of the Chelmsford High School Alumni Association, and will continue the good work that the association does for all graduates of CHS. Its money well spent.
Here’s my challenge to you. Download the CHSAA Membership Application here. Fill it out and send it in with your $10 annual membership dues (or $40 for a 5-year membership). The address to send it is:
CHSAA
200 Richardson Road
Chelmsford, MA 01863
Attn: New membership
Then forward the link to this site on to other CHS 1996 graduates you know. All I ask of you is that whenever you forward the email, you also forward it to my email address, so I can start an email database of our classmates for future use in reunion planning. We should embrace the technology available to us to come together as a class.
Visit the CHSAA website. It’s a work in progress, but in comparison to classmates.com, it’s already much easier to use. As a member of CHSAA, you will be able to view a directory of all CHS graduates. For ¼ the cost of classmates.com each year it’s a much easier way to get contact info for the CHS alumni you want to reconnect with (that “classmates mail” thing on classmates.com is ridiculous and too much work, don’t you agree?). Eventually you will also be able to pay for your membership with your credit card over a secure connection to make sure it never runs out!
My goal is to have 50% membership of the class of 1996 by our 10-year reunion, which is now less than 3 years away. That’s an intense goal, considering right now we have less than 3% membership. It’s time the class of 1996 stepped up and recognized all the good work the CHS Alumni Association is doing, and band together as a class once again to keep it going and show our support for Chelmsford High School.
Thank you for reading this. If you want to help in this grassroots membership recruitment for the class of 1996, I’d love any help you can offer, so please email me. I look forward to our 10-year reunion being a huge success in 2006!
Take care,
Jessica McSheehy Del Llano
Dear Classmate,
Membership in the Chelmsford High School Alumni Association is down. The class of 1996 has the worst membership of any CHS graduating class (that's including the most recent graduates in 2003). Currently there are 9 active members of the CHSAA from the class of 1996. We graduated 350 strong. What happened to our school spirit?!
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” President John F. Kennedy spoke those words in his inaugural speech. They are important words to remember at a time like this. I’ve heard all of the questions regarding why you should join, most often “what do I get out of it?” Here’s your answer: The satisfaction of knowing you helped with the important work of keeping this organization going. It’s not about you receiving newsletters or t-shirts or anything like that (although members do receive 3 issues of “The Lion’s Pride” newsletter per year, as well as reunion updates). It’s about giving back to Chelmsford High School. CHS did so much for all of us, and its time to return the favor.
The Alumni Association prides itself on giving tens of thousands of dollars in scholarship money each year to CHS graduates (not just graduating seniors, any alumni can apply for scholarship money). We support and recognize CHS graduates not only with scholarships, but with our annual Hall of Fame awards ceremony for distinguished and accomplished alumni. The Alumni Association is always working to foster the spirit of Chelmsford High School graduates. Your membership dues are not just a fee, it’s a donation towards the future of the Chelmsford High School Alumni Association, and will continue the good work that the association does for all graduates of CHS. Its money well spent.
Here’s my challenge to you. Download the CHSAA Membership Application here. Fill it out and send it in with your $10 annual membership dues (or $40 for a 5-year membership). The address to send it is:
CHSAA
200 Richardson Road
Chelmsford, MA 01863
Attn: New membership
Then forward the link to this site on to other CHS 1996 graduates you know. All I ask of you is that whenever you forward the email, you also forward it to my email address, so I can start an email database of our classmates for future use in reunion planning. We should embrace the technology available to us to come together as a class.
Visit the CHSAA website. It’s a work in progress, but in comparison to classmates.com, it’s already much easier to use. As a member of CHSAA, you will be able to view a directory of all CHS graduates. For ¼ the cost of classmates.com each year it’s a much easier way to get contact info for the CHS alumni you want to reconnect with (that “classmates mail” thing on classmates.com is ridiculous and too much work, don’t you agree?). Eventually you will also be able to pay for your membership with your credit card over a secure connection to make sure it never runs out!
My goal is to have 50% membership of the class of 1996 by our 10-year reunion, which is now less than 3 years away. That’s an intense goal, considering right now we have less than 3% membership. It’s time the class of 1996 stepped up and recognized all the good work the CHS Alumni Association is doing, and band together as a class once again to keep it going and show our support for Chelmsford High School.
Thank you for reading this. If you want to help in this grassroots membership recruitment for the class of 1996, I’d love any help you can offer, so please email me. I look forward to our 10-year reunion being a huge success in 2006!
Take care,
Jessica McSheehy Del Llano
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