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Hello Hokies!
We had a very productive and enjoyable Officers Forum in Blacksburg last weekend. We received the Outstanding Chapter award again this year because of the range of different activities our chapter does, our annual reporting of those activities and our volunteer efforts in the community. Thanks to all of our members for their support of our many programs. We also provided $4500 in scholarships to deserving Tech students from the Triad and our Chapter was 11th in total scholarship money given out of all of the VT alumni chapters worldwide. Did you know there are over 210,000 living VT alumni? We had an excellent NC Triad Chapter meeting on the 14th and welcomed some new faces, Matt Harry and David Sloop, who attended their first VT alumni meeting. Our next meeting will be on October 12th at a location to be announced.
- Our next alumni meeting will be on October 12th at a location to be announced. The social half hour will begin at 6:00 PM and the meeting will begin at 6:30. Admission is free!
- We will have a social next Thursday evening, October 1st at Natty Greens in Greensboro at the corner of N. Elm St. and McGee from 5:30-7:30. Appetizers will be provided by the Alumni Association.
- For those who wish to caravan to the Duke game in Durham and park together, the Hokie fans will meet at the parking lot of the Target store at 7:30AM located off I-40 in Burlington. Jill Heyman has put some additional info on the Facebook page about thi s and also on the website. Please RSVP to Jill at
jheyman03@yahoo.com so we dont leave without you. It's BYOB and BYOF, but I'm sure a lot of sharing will occur. Tickets are still available and can be purchased by calling the Duke Athletic Department Ticket Office. You can also contact Jill directly at 757-619-9806. The plan is to park near the Science Building,which is an easy walk from the stadium.
- We are gauging interest in a ski trip over the Jan 29th weekend. If you have an interest, you can go to our Facebook page and let us know or email me directly. We will have some other fun activities for the non-skiers who would like to go. We will provide more details as they develop. If you or someone you know has a house or condo in the NC mountains and might like to rent it to some of our group, please let us know.
- We will have local game watching events for the Ga Tech and the Maryland football games. Stay tuned for details
- Check out our new Facebook page for the NC Triad Hokies. You can sign up to be a part of this group ! Jill Heyman is coordinating that for us.
- Join the new Hokie Nation Network. Most of you should have already received an email about this exciting (and also free) new social and professional network for hokies. Just go to www.alumni.vt.edu/hnn to sign up.
- Check out our new website at www.nctriadhokies.com
- If you are interested in serving as an officer on the local alumni board, feel free to contact me (Tom Hughes) for more information. There is not a major time commitment involved, and we would welcome some new members on the board.
- Our NC Triad Chapter has awarded two $2500 scholarships this year to two very deserving students from the Triad who will be attending Virginia Tech this fall. They are Gregory J. Andia and Marion Anderson Carroll. Congratulations to these two outstanding individuals on their accomplishments. Thanks to Jill Heyman for coordinating this important mission of our chapter.
- We are continuing our fundraiser for our scholarship fund, which is called the Scholar Dollar Club. For a $25 contribution, your name will be placed on our website as a Scholar Dollar Club contributor. In order to claim the tax benefit of a donation, your check should be made payable to VT Foundation and your check memo should designate the NC Triad Scholarship Fund. You may also make checks payable to the VTAA-NC Triad Chapter if you are not concerned with the tax benefits of a donation. You may send those to Linda Allen, 6 Kempton Drive, Greensboro, NC 27406. You will receive a VT lapel pin to display at local functions as a Scholar Dollar Club member.
Beat the U!
Thomas H. Hughes
President
NC Triad Chapter
Virginia Tech Alumni Association
336-407-8413 cell
336-722-4447 Ext. 177 work
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