Food Drive


 

Kick the Can on Hunger!
The Class of '60 Reunion Food Drive

Fellow AHS ’60 classmates,
 

“Some 50 years ago, we AHS ’60 graduates all took something from the Alamosa community. I suspect most of us have positive memories of that time, and would agree that we benefited in more ways than we know from the people we encountered, not just in school, but in the larger community. So here we are, planning a big party back in the same place where we spent our formative years. Although we are looking forward to the big day, I can't shake the feeling that something is missing here, and I think it has to do with a sense that this could be an opportunity to return something back to the community. . .How could we do this? One possibility would be to make a contribution to a local food bank. . . In any event, I for one would feel better knowing that through the reunion, we had done something positive for the community that tolerated our antics, shared our victories, transformed our failures into successes, dried our tears and stood by us in so many unseen ways all those years ago. I don't like asking people for money, but under the circumstances, a cash contribution to the local food bank would be easier to organize and require less legwork by local volunteers than other types of projects we might undertake.
 
. . . And so the project was born. Lila Jean and Virginia have done the all-important advance work and the Reunion Committee will have a donation basket for cash/check contributions at the reunion meals on Saturday. Participation is voluntary, the means is straightforward, and the cause is clear. The rest is up to us.    --John Phillips