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SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOU!

HHSAA’s 17th Annual Campaign was remarkably Successful...

By Jon A. McLaughlin ’73, Fundraising Co-Chair

...The Association’s 18th

Annual Campaign Underway!

Wow! What can I say, you, our wonderful alums, never
cease to amaze me! In the Spring/Summer ’21 newsletter
I wrote that the 17th Annual Campaign was at almost
$41,000. Our goal the past several years has been to raise
$50,000 with the campaign.

With Covid entering its second year and in some ways
more devasting this year, you came through for your
association with unheard of resiliency! We raised almost
$75,000 in this past year’s campaign that ended June 30,
2021. That is 50 percent above our goal set for the 2020-
2021 year. Since unveiling the program earlier this summer, there
have been four grants awarded within this program. Unlike

The extra funds were put to wonderful uses as per our other more traditional scholarship programs that award
mission statement. We presented almost $73,000 in funds once a year, the T & T funds are awarded monthly as
scholarships to deserving graduates of the Class of 2021. applications are accepted year-round.
For more information on Senior High Last Chapel and
the scholarships awarded, see President Ketch’s article on As always, there are funds available for specific projects at
page 4. This year’s awards were the second highest in the the high school that need help with funding from non-
association’s history public sources. We are hoping to sit down with the new
superintendent, Mr. Lyons, after the first of the year to

In addition, some funds provided from the Annual discuss some long-range plans that might make sense for
Campaign went to our recently unveiled Training and the Houlton High School Alumni Association to take part
Tools program that was created, in partnership , with grant in. As a result, this allows us to plan our funds availability
funds from the Aaron H. and Maria G. Putnam Trust. as well.

The T & T program is mainly for non-traditional With the success of this past year’s campaign , our 18th
“students” that are Houlton High School alums and living Annual Campaign was recently kicked off with an annual
in the Southern Aroostook County area – from folks giving request letter from President Ketch. Never ones to
recently graduated and employed, to alums that have rest on our laurels, our goal for this coming year has been
been out of school for many years. Usually these are folks raised to $75,000. When you receive her letter, please
looking to update their working requirement qualifications consider contributing for this 2021-2022 year ending on
by taking mandatory certification updates for their jobs June 30, 2022.
or needing funds for tools. A real example of the tools
portion of the T & T program, in fact, is a recent graduate With your contributions we will once again be
of the mechanic course at Northern Maine Community SUCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOU!
College that needed funds to help him with his tool
purchases and because of the grant was able to graduate
and a local automotive dealership offered him a job.

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