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HISTORY
OF THE LP ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Organized
in January of 2005, the Loudonville/ Perrysville Alumni Association
was formed when an interested group of Loudonville High School
and Perrysville High School alumni met under the direction
of Sue Banks, retired L/P School Counselor, at the Loudonville
Public Library. A 10-member steering committee was established
with at least one member representing each decade since the
1940s of both Perrysville and Loudonville graduates. Then,
the following volunteers represented the group:
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Steering
Committee:
Abby Hines • Kendra
Roberts • Becky Furlong
• Marjorie Atkinson
Sue Banks •
Norma Mowers Zody •
Myra Arndt • Cathy
Lance
Stacey Donelson • Eric
Koppert |
Also,
the following mission statement was developed: "To support
Loudonville/Perrysville Schools and graduates and to provide
a tool for communication to stay connected to our communities."
In May of 2005 the appropriate papers for incorporation were
filed for the Loudonville/Perrysville Alumni. Later, facilitated
by Dr. Herb Broda of Ashland University, a workshop was held
for all steering committee members and guests to develop goals
and strategies for the group. The top five priorities were:
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1.
to establish governance procedures
2. to buy
office equipment
3. to create
a logo
4. to develop
a website
5. to seek
grants/raise funds |
The next
four goals included securing a database of graduates, recruiting
members, setting up a booth at the Loudonville Fair, and awarding
scholarships.
Cathy Lance designed the graphic of the graduation mortarboard
to be used as the LPA logo. “Membership” of the
LPA has been defined to include all who attended and/or graduated
from Perrysville and Loudonville Schools and does not involve
a membership fee. Donations from alumni as well as interested
community individuals, businesses, and corporations are accepted.
The LPA contracted with Harris Connect, publishers of alumni
books and specialists in researching information for alumni
databases, to gather contact information about the “Redbird
Nation.” To help in this process, volunteers spent over
100 hours at LHS copying names and addresses from old student
records. Volunteers also attempted to collect print and electronic
databases from as many classes as possible so that the alumni
contacts could be as up-to-date as possible. Letters, postcards,
and phone calls confirmed information and the alumni directory
was delivered to buyers in October of 2006.
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