JERS Annual Letters Archive

These are linked strickly for archival purposes. Like the high school annuals and newspapers, they document the history and the efforts to grow the scholarship fund through the years and the various fund raising efforts.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MAILING, E-MAIL AND WEB ADDRESSES LISTED IN THESE NEWSLETTERS ARE OUT OF DATE AND MOST LIKELY NO LONGER IN SERVICE. PLEASE REFER TO OUR PRESENT HOME PAGE FOR CURRECT CONTACT INFORMATION.

Annually, through 2015, the John E Robinson Scholarship Committee mailed out letters and updates to as many class members of the "Robinson Years" that could be identified and who wanted the information. In 2014, the mailing list was expanded to include alumni from all LOHS Class Years. These communications announced the scholarship winners for the current year; contained news and activities from the previous and current year; provided Alumni resources and announced the annual golf and breakfast events for the current year. The hope was to raise Alumni awareness for all endeavors.

Prior to 2009, a Spring letter and separate Summer events announcement were mailed. In 2009, to save postage and printing costs, the letter and announcements were combined into a single August mailing timed to remind and solicit golfers and breakfast attenders to plan for the events. In 2013, a separate letter was published to clarify concerns voiced by several alumni as to the future of the scholarship program in light of the high school consolidation and closing of LOHS.

The cost of these mailings, which was substancial, was born from the donations to the fund. In the peak fund growing years, these mailings paid for themselves by raising interest in fund raising events and prompted numerous donations. In 2015, once all goals had been met and exceeded, and the fund transitioned into a "maintenance" phase, the cost of those mailings was re-evaluated. As such, for 2016 and 2017, the annual update was only posted on the JERS Alumni web site for viewing on-line. Once the golf tournament ceased, there was no longer a need for these letters and they ceased as well.