Alpha Omega Fraternity - 60th Anniversary Reunion - Saturday, September 26, 2009

Hi guys.

We hope that you are enjoying your summer.

This year is the 60^th anniversary of Alpha Omega Fraternity (1949 – 2009). It is overdue that we get together again.

Our last Alpha Omega reunion was 30 years ago in 1979 (the fraternity's 30^th year). 100 guys attended that event at the Serbian Picnic Grounds in Niagara Falls.

Our 60^th anniversary reunion is to be held in Niagara Falls on Saturday, September 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on the 27th.

Here are the details:

Location

Our 60th will be held at the centrally located Niagara Falls Badminton and Tennis Club, 5300 Willmott Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Cost

Tickets are $20 each.

Hot dogs, hamburgers, etc. will be included. A full bar will be available.

We are asking that you (i) decide to be there, (ii) let us know, and (iii) order your tickets in advance as soon as you can.

How to Order Your Ticket

You can purchase your ticket by the following ways:

1. Mail your cheque for $20 a ticket to Harry Burkman at Suite 2810, P.O. 129, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1A4 (payable to him); or

2. E-mailing your payment to Harry Burkman at hburkman@burkman.com . Your confirmation question should be Name of Fraternity / Answer = Alpha Omega.

With your payment or e-mail message, please include your street address, phone numbers and e-mail address so that we can further update our membership information and keep in touch with you.

We will respond with e-mail confirmation of the receipt of your payment.

Accommodations

Some of you from a distance away may wish to stay in Niagara Falls over the reunion weekend. Please let us know if you would be interested. We are considering making accommodations arrangements for those living outside of Niagara Falls if enough are interested.

Recognition

Some long-overdue recognition is due to Doug Bowering, Jim Sawada and Frank Healey.

Doug, Jim and Frank have been keeping the fraternity flame burning. Amongst their ongoing initiatives on our behalf, Doug has been communicating with all of us and bringing the membership list up to date while Jim has developed the fraternity website http://www.sawada.ca/AOF/ and fraternity blog http://alphaomegafraternity.blogspot.com/ and Frank is heading up the anniversary reunion committee which is planning our 60^th reunion.

Frank’s 60^th reunion committee thus far includes Gary Johnston, Steve Krizsan, Jim McCutcheon and Harry Burkman.

We Need Your Assistance

As the summer progresses and our 60^th reunion on September 26 gets closer, your assistance will be gratefully appreciated.

You are best aware how you can help make our 60^th anniversary a success, whether it be encouraging attendance, helping with logistics, suggestions to make the event a better one, etc . Please let us know.

We hope to see you on Saturday, September 26.

P.S. A Map to the Niagara Falls Badminton and Tennis Club is at: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=nigara+falls+badminton+and+tennis+club&near=Ontario&fb=1&split=1&gl=ca&cid=0,0,7763322716815880390&ei=rQpoSof9CcGptgey2JzCCw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=4