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Sumner Spartan Alumni Association

PO Box 452
Sumner, WA 98390

Alumni Scholarship Fund
The Sumner High School Alumni Association has a new partnership with the Sumner-Bonney Lake Education Foundation. The Association has a small board of members active in the organization, and is challenged to raise sufficient money to maintain the $3,000 in student scholarships we award annually. Last year the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association met with the Foundation to learn how our combined efforts would benefit students, today and tomorrow.  This fall we voted unanimously to invest our scholarships savings account with the Foundation providing fiscal management, and matching funds for students through Dollars for Scholars increasing the value of Alumni scholarships.  As part of the partnership, we are committed to creating an endowed scholarship fund with a goal of $60,000.

On our behalf, the Foundation initiated a tiered campaign to solicit donations for our new Alumni fund from current members of the Association, prior scholarship recipients, and individual high school alumni classes celebrating milestone years. The money raised in this campaign goes into the endowment account and interest will be used to fund scholarships into the future. With the Alumni’s initial funds and the donations we have received in the past three months of the campaign, we have raised $32% of their $60,000 goal. Through the partnership, the Alumni Association will continue to award scholarships to graduates of Sumner High School.  We will continue to define the criteria for selection, to interview scholarship candidates and to make the final decision on awarding scholarships.  The Foundation will work with the students and the college or university to transfer the funds awarded.

Alumni Association Board

Lionel Haywood, President
Class of '51

Joe Serna, Vice President
Class of '90

Lorinda Haywood, Secretary
Class of '51

Joan Dunagan, Treasurer
Class of '52

Members at large: Leojean Cole, Barbara and George Bateman, Nonie Mazza, Loyd and Muriel (Rutledge) Percy, Judy Anthony Thomas

Sumner Spartan Alumni Association Newsletter

If you are interested in being a contributor to the newsletter, please contact: Gail Turner, Editor Newsletter, Class of '52

Reunions

Membership Information

One year: $10
Five year: $40
Lifetime membership: $100

Membership includes three issues of the Alumni newsletter.

Meeting Dates

The Alumni Board meets the fourth Wednesday of every other month at the Sumner School District Central Administration Office, 1202 Wood Avenue in Sumner at 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Alumni Association is looking for new members. If you are interested in joining the Board, contact President Lionel Haywood.

Alumni Events

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We look forward to seeing you!