Hello Hokies!

Hope everyone is enjoying the warm weather. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-eighties by the end of the week. We have a few new items on our list as well as a few that are time sensitive, so check out our the information below. I had the information wrong on the picnic, so please make sure you have the correct date on your calendar.

• Our next alumni meeting is scheduled for Monday April 12th at the Embassy Suites at the airport exit at I-40. The social half hour will begin at 6:00 and the meeting will begin at 6:30. There is no cost to attend and no cost to be a member of the VT Alumni Association.
• If you are interested in serving on our scholarship committee to review applications and interview our prospective students please let me know. This is a minimal two evening investment of time but well worth it
• Triad Hokie Club is again holding a raffle for two season football tickets. Sec 5, Row SS, seats 14 & 16, includes a parking pass (location TBD). Tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50. Let Mark Whitehouse know if you would like to purchase any. Thanks as always for your support. Mark Whitehouse 336-852-8822
• Our annual picnic is scheduled for Thursday August 5th at Triad Park in Kernersville. Save the date. This is a family oriented outing and we hope you will be able to attend.
• See information about the Carroll Dale Fundraiser golf tournament on the nctriadhokies.com website. This event is to raise money for his grandson, who is battling a rare blood disorder. The event will be held Monday April 26. All the information and a flyer can be found on the website.
• We are setting up a wine trail for June 5th. This will be limited to 18 people and will conclude with dinner at the end of the day. Complete details will be released soon. 2010 11th Annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure: Join the NC Triad VT Alumni Association as we Race for the Cure on Saturday, May 1st at 8:30am at Salem Academy & College in Winston-Salem. We plan to participate as a chapter. Mark Whitehouse will be our race day coordinator. Visit www.komennctriad.org and click on "Register for Race for the Cure." You can then join our team "Hokies for a Cure" and we will all walk together to raise money to find a cure for breast cancer. If you have any questions, please contact Jill Heyman at [email protected] or at 336-665-3821. Registration ends April 15th.
• The Triad Hokie Club is hosting the Orange and Maroon Tour at Sedgefield Country Club on Monday May 17. Special Guests will be coach Frank Beamer and Beth Dunkenberger. Information will be on the website as well as a flyer to be used for signup. Call Bruce Coleman at 643-6613 with questions.
• The NC Triad Chapter of the Alumni Association is co-sponsoring an event to honor and commemorate those who lost their lives in the April 16th tragedy. This includes donating food to three different food banks-Greensboro, Martinsville and Stuart,VA. We are inviting our alumni to visit the Homestead in Critz, VA on April 10 for a family picnic from 11:00-2:00 and to bring canned food to donate to the food banks at the event. We also need a few volunteers to help with the picnic. If you are interested, please let me know. Tom Hughes at 722-4447 ext 177 Other activities on April 10 will include an outdoor play for the children (Rip Van Winkle), silent auction with bids for an autographed football and a Hokie oil painting, door prizes, photos with the Hokie Bird, and of course hot dogs, hamburgers, and drinks.
• 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.

Go Hokies!

Tom Hughes
President VTAA NC Triad
336-407-8413 cell