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January 20, 2025
Dear Galion Alumni:
Welcome to 2025 and a year of new
opportunities. The Galion Alumni
Association continues to transition and look for more opportunities to support
the Galion City Schools and its students. A new project was identified and
continues to be developed. It involves student organizations maintaining
landscaped areas of the Galion City School Campus with the Alumni association
providing the funding. This is an ambitious effort and can be a long term opportunity
to keep the school campus appealing to the eye. We humbly seek your support and
you are encouraged to offer your suggestions as to what you would like the
Association to offer to members and to consider personally participating as a
board member.
Membership in 2024 was at 130 dues
paying members, of which 92 are Lifetime Members. Most of our annual members are individuals or
couples that maintain their memberships year after year. We would like to encourage those members that
are local to participate by attending the monthly meetings and participating in
the activities of the Alumni Association.
Alumni Association information and activity updates may be found either
on the Galion Alumni Association website or Galion Alumni Facebook page. A membership form is availaible here.
Galion Alumni Association
2024 Update
Income:
The sale of 300 Club Tickets for the
2024/2025 season fell short of expectations this year. Only 247 of 300 tickets
were sold. This brought in $4940.00 with $3000.00 of that to be awarded to
drawing winners. How does it work? At each home game during football and
basketball seasons, two tickets are drawn to determine winners of $100.00
each. Those tickets are then returned to
the container and are eligible for future drawings during the season. Membership dues provided the other source for
revenue for 2024 which were down significantly from previous years and provided
$735.00 in revenue. The balance of our income
was attributed to donations $10.00 and investment income of $1278.00 Total income for 2024 was $6,967.30
Expense:
The Alumni association sponsored an ad
($250.00) in the Sports programs and a Sponsorship Package ($2,500.00) for
Connections Weekend. Donations were made to the Junior Prom Parents Committee
($200.00) and the Middle School Spooktackular Event ($100.00). Expense Items this year included $84.00 for Post
Office Box fees, 300 Club drawing winners and ticket printing costs $3,513.93, and fees for our 2025 website
hosting were $395.88. Total expenses for year totaled $ 7,168.81. In Summary, Income
for 2024 was down and expenses went up.
The Galion Alumni Association
continues to be a participating member of the Connections Weekend
Committee. This Committee is responsible
for the production of the Galion Connections Weekend which will be held October
9-11, 2025 The Alumni Association plays a large role in the Hall of Fame event
and encourages the submission of nominations for Galion High School graduates
that deserve recognition. Nominations
for the 2025 Hall of Fame inductees are due by June 1, 2025. The Connections Weekend Committee maintains a
file of nominations submitted, but not selected from previous years for future
consideration. All of the Connections Weekend events are open
to the public and are not restricted strictly to Alumni. We encourage your participation in these
events.
The Connections Weekend is intended to
serve as a fund raising vehicle to provide funds to assist in finding the means
to fund the building of a Performing Arts Center on the Galion City Schools
Campus. This is an extremely ambitious
undertaking and will continue to be a priority project in 2025. This will be a
multi-million dollar project and will require some large donors to step
forward. Planning is in process for providing funding for this large project
and The Alumni Association is committed to providing any support possible to
help accomplish an acceptable end result.
There will be a strong effort to identify other projects that would be
of benefit to the Galion City School district and its' students.
You are encouraged to visit the Galion
Alumni Association Facebook Page or the Galion Alumni Association
website.
Galion Alumni
Association Board
Meghan Tyrrell -
President Sarah Wegesin - Vice
President
Steve Melchior - Treasurer Kelly Phelps -
Secretary
Karen Flowers Brian
Treisch
Bill Durtschi Joe Kleinknecht
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