Save the Date!

Our 55-year Reunion Will Be August 1 - 4, 2024.


Write it on your calendar right now, so you don't forget. At this point, we have an agenda for the reunion (see below).

See more detailed info about the reunion.

Register Now! All classmates for whom we have email addresses should have already received a link to the online registration form. A paper form will be mailed out to all others mid-May.

Feel like helping out?

Please ignore the link to "Please click here to chip in" to classreport.org at the upper right as well as at the far right because this website is fully funded and needs no further contributions.
However, if you do feel like helping support our reunion financially, there is a much better option! If anyone would like to donate to help cover the expenses of the reunion over and above their registration fees, you could:

• Send a check made out to "Ames High Class of 1969" to Rex Heer, 1015 192nd Street, Boone, IA, 50036
• Venmo money to @Gloria-Zmolek Last 4 digits of phone number if it asks: 7838. Do not click the button that says Payment for purchase. The result of doing this is that Venmo will take a percentage of the amount you are paying.
• Paypal money to [email protected] The type of payment you should choose is Friends and Family, not Goods and Services.

Nobody needs to do this, but the opportunity is there. (Thanks so much to those who have already donated!)

Additionally, we have some committees already in place for planning, but we will be needing more help, and for most of the work, you do not need to reside in Ames. In the past, we had one big committee, but this time we are dividing the duties among sub-committees, so the bulk of individual efforts can be more narrowly focused. Just let us know if this is something you would like to do and we will let you know what needs we have. We also are open to any suggestions you might have.

Accommodations

We have also reserved a block of guest rooms at the Gateway Hotel (when making a reservation, you MUST mention you are with the Ames High Class of 1969 55 Year Reunion in order to receive a discount). Other hotel options will be forthcoming.

Please Update Your Info!

Most importantly, we need your current email address so we can contact you with timely important updates. We will not share your email address with others, unless you confirm that you don't mind sharing it with classmates on our class website. Email us: [email protected]

To the right, just above the globe are links to the Class Directory. There you will find all our class of 1969 classmates, their graduation photos, and whatever other info they have chosen to share. Whether you are able to attend the reunion or not, if you haven't done so already, please update your info (especially your "Bio" and a recent photo). You may edit your info directly by looking a bit below the globe at right, and clicking on VIEW OR EDIT MY PROFILE. Or, send us an email with an attached photo and/or a summary of what you have been doing for the last 50+ years! (Only Gloria or Rex are able to post recent profile photos.) We'd love to hear from you.

We hope you are well and can't wait to see you!!!

Gloria Zmolek & Rex Heer, co-chairs 55th Class Reunion

Reunion Agenda

• Golf at Homewood - Jim Ryan or Mark Speck are organizing golf with classmates


• Pickleball - Rex will coordinate free play as well as introduction for beginners. (Possibly will be BYO lunch followed by play at Emma McCarthy Lee Park's brand new pickleball courts.)


• Ledges - Gloria will be organizing a group outing to the Ledges State Park.


• Bike ride on the High Trestle Trail (long or short options�trail goes through Madrid, Slater, Woodward and more. )


• Other activities - If you would like to organize another activity, such as swimming, picnic in a park, etc., please email Rex and Gloria at [email protected] and we will add you to the list (and you may get to be in charge).