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28 December 2009
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Seasons Greetings Hokies!
We had a great social event on Thursday December 10th at Cityview Clubhouse in Greensboro where we collected items donated by our membership for our adopted family through United Way. There were approximately 30 people who attended, and everyone had a great time and I think we all felt good about giving back to the community during the holiday season. This was a minority family which had recently fallen on hard times and had many current needs. Thanks to all of those who provided gifts, gift cards and essential items for this family. I am working on an update on how the family is doing. I will let you know if I am able to find out more information.
Our next alumni meeting is scheduled for Monday January 11th 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.
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The Virginia Tech Women's basketball team will play Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on January 7th at 7PM. If you are planning to attend the game, Putters is a restaurant across the street from the Coliseum and is a place for Hokies to meet prior to the game for those who are interested.
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Our annual social dinner will be held on Friday evening, February 12th. Our guest speaker will be Kay Dunkley, who is the current Director of the Reynolds Homestead located in Critz, Virginia. The Reynolds Homestead is the birthplace and boyhood home of R.J. Reynolds, an outreach center for Virginia Tech, a Continuing Education Center and a Forest Resources Research Center. Please save the date as we will be announcing more details in the next week.
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The Komen Race for the cure will be held in Winston-Salem on Saturday May 1 in Old Salem. We plan to participate as a chapter, so please save the date. We need a team captain, so if you would be interested in serving in this capacity, please let Jill Heyman know at 757-619-9806
- The VaTech Scottish Tartan was officially presented to the University at The Legacy Society dinner recently. We now need to know who is interested in obtaining fabric and / or finished goods, such as coats, slacks, skirts, vests, stadium blankets, etc . We now have a custom tailor available. Please have anyone interested contact Skeets Cahoon at e-mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it His mailing address is 4204 Starmount Dr. Greensboro, NC 27410. Skeets has been working on this project for many years. Skeets is one of our own and we congratulate him on this outstanding accomplishment!
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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.
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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.
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