Alumni Participation

Over the years several people have talked about ways that alumni can assist the active members and sponsors back in Abilene. I really think we should open the book to new brainstorming and implementation of these ideas. For many years I didn't really feel like I owe anything to club as did pay my dues, most of the time, when my loan check would arrive.

Some big ideas that have been discussed in the past are:

• Scholarships, but this will require a lot of work. There would have to be an over-site committee, rules would need to be established about what criteria for who qualifies for the scholarship(s). Not impossible but will require time.
• Another alum activity would be to help sponsor breakfast at a real facility like the Abilene Country Club or Fairway Oaks Country Club.
• How about an alum sponsored social, I know we always struggled to afford a nice social and we never hosted a formal so why not have alum sponsored formal? We could even open it up to alums and their spouses?

Post some additional ideas and get some of your buddies to join our blog so they can comment as well.