Dear Mount Holyoke Class of 1974,
It’s a new year…with endless new opportunities to get and to stay connected with our classmates.
Here’s a quick note with reminders of upcoming events and class updates. I expect to send out these notices approximately quarterly to each classmate with an email address on file with the College. They’ll also be posted on our Class of 74 Facebook page and website, thanks to Laurie Averill, our Social Media Coordinator.
- DON’T MISS THE UPCOMING TOWN HALL with Mount Holyoke President, SONYA STEPHENS and her leadership team this TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 FROM 6:30-8:00 PM. https://events.mtholyoke.edu/event/college_update_with_president_
stephens_and_college_leadership#.YAsNK5NKhBw - FOUR AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT OUR JANUARY ZOOMTAILS MEETING. Please ‘tune in’ and join us this Wednesday, January 27th at 6:30pm to witness this presentation to four of our most active and innovative classmates. Be sure to RSVP at classof1974mhc@gmail.com to receive the meeting link.
- ZOOMTAILS SCHEDULE ( Be sure to RSVP at classof1974mhc@gmail.com to receive the meeting link.)
February 24, 8:00-9:00am Early Bird Zoom, Wednesday: Mary Lyon’s Birthday Celebration
February 25, 7:00-8:30pm Thursday: Mary Lyon’s Birthday Celebration
March 30, 7:30-9:00pm Tuesday - MAKE A NEW FRIEND INVITATION: TAKE THE TIME TOREWARD YOURSELF WITH A NEW FRIEND FROM OUR CLASS. As you know, our Class Vice President, Denise McLeod Thomas was unable to join us for our 45th reunion, but she sent the “Make a New Friend” challenge/invitation to us all at that time. “Choose 1 or 2 classmates (more if you wish) and invite them into your life as a friend. Cross all the lines you think our American culture creates and REWARD YOURSELF WITH A NEW FRIEND. We all win because we all have the opportunity to choose someone with whom we can share the core of who we are. My invitation is to get into the life of another classmate on a deeper level than simply sharing a course or dorm or even a dining room table at a meal. I would encourage each of us to make the first move and/or to be receptive when an invitation for a new friendship is extended. I think it will be interesting to see at our 50th Reunion what alliances have been cultivated from this purposeful endeavor of making a new friend at our age. The grace and mercy we extend in friendship to one another are the real connections that will endure going forward.” Carole LaMond, Chair of our Nominating Committee, will be working closely with Denise to roll this out throughout the class. Contact Denise with your updates: dmthomas524@gmail.com
- TRIBUTES TO OUR LOST CLASSMATES: Our Class Scribe, Marylloyd Claytor, will lead a new project, based on her own idea, to create a video memorial to the classmates who are deceased, to be shared in many ways, including at the 50th reunion. She is looking for a committee of helpers in order to complete this project. Please reach out to her if you are interested: mclay00@aol.com. Here’s her vision: “I think a way to begin the video memorial could be to scan a photo from the MHC yearbook or any photo the family would like to share and then have a voice-over about the person.”
- CLASS DUES: Thanks to the 22 classmates who have paid their class dues in the last 22 days! Attached is our Treasurer, Mary Grantham-Sleet’s updated list, as of 12/31/2020. The most recent 22 classmates will be included on her next list, dated 1/31/21.
- CLASS GIVING: Our Class will be participating in a Mount Holyoke Fund Participation Challenge in early March and details will follow…stand by to hear from our Development team: Jane Zimmy. Debby Hall and Leslie Bowen.
I look forward to seeing many of you at this Wednesday evening’s 6:30pm Zoomtails!
Warmest wishes for the best year yet,
Melissa Thornton, Class President
