Monday, February 11, 2008

AOII ALUMNAE WEEKEND

Join us for a reunion weekend April 4 - 6, 2008 at SHIP as we remember our friend, our sister, Jennifer Lisman Bunich.

Friday April 4th -
6 pm - Relay For Life - Seth Grove Stadium
This campaign sponsored by the American Cancer Socitey is a 12 hour relay beginning at 6 pm Friday and continuting until 6 am Saturday morning. We will join various campus organizations to raise money for this worthy cause - all monies raised by the AOIIs will be donated in Jen's name. As part of the relay, luminaries will be sold for $10 to help to light the track (and they may be dedicated to someone). The sisters will be mailing these forms to everyone the beginning of March with all the information (and we will update this site so continue to check in!).

Saturday April 5:
11 am - Memorial Service for Jennifer Lisman Bunich Location TBD
The memorial ritual ceremony is not limited to only AOII sisters and -great news- alumnae do not have to wear white!!! Thanks for the info, Danette!
12:30 pm - Lunch at the AOII House 19 North Earl Street Details to follow
6 pm - "Social" at Meeting Room - Shippen Place 32 East King Street More info at a later date

Sunday April 6:
11 am - 12 pm: Alumnae Adviser Meeting - AOII House 19 North Earl
12 pm - 1 pm: Corp Board Meeting - AOII House: All collegiates and alumnae are welcome to attend

Rooms available at the Shippen Place Hotel for $72 / night for any room type - mention "LISMAN" when making your reservation to take advantage of this group discount. Please book early to ensure your room by calling the hotel at (888) 532-4141 or (717) 532-4141.

We have decided to create scrapbooks for Jen's daughter, Claire. Below are the instructions if you would like to submit your "Jen memories"...
Thanks to Teresa for putting together this info, and Sheila and Kathy for setting up the scrapbooks:
Online scrapbook:
Go to http://www.shutterfly.com/
First name: AOII
Last Name: Sister
Email address for account login:taulambdaalum@gmail.com
Password: Lisman
Once in the account, the name of the project is: Scrapbook for Claire.
**Note, be sure that your pictures are at a high enough resolution to scan or upload to shutterfly. Older pictures from Ship may not print in the final copy. Check with Shutterfly on their requirements.
Problems / questions: Email Sheila at sheila@dragondesignco.com
Please have this completed by March 19, 2008

Hand-made / Creative Memories Book:
Mail entries to:
Kathy Azar
405 Greyhawk Circle
Venetia, PA 15367
Here's another option for people. If anyone wants to make their own album pages prior to the April meeting, they could do so and bring them or send them to me ahead of time. (These need to be CM pages, see below). Here are some tips for either sending stuff or creating one's own page:
-Pictures, pictures, pictures - whatever you can find is great. Get copies made at your local developing place if you can't part with what you have.
-Memorabilia is great. Old notes, paper pandas made by your little/Aunt Stella/big, etc. that you still have for some reason (I do!)
-A memory-filled note in your own handwriting - it's more personal than typed. Use acid free, lignin free paper if you can and a special scrapbooking pen. If you can't beg, borrow, or buy these, write one anyway. A note that may yellow over time is better than none. Just don't use a Sharpie - they really bleed over time. If you're at a loss as to what to say, consider putting "I remember..." at the top of your note, then bullet point things underneath.
-Any poems, quotes, special words that might enhance the album, either on your page or others. We will probably have some blank backs to pages that will need "fillers". Poems are perfect for this.
-If you're making your own pages, please use Creative Memories pages (any color) since that is what will fit in the album we'll use.
-Lastly, if there are sisters who don't have pictures or memorabilia, but would like to contribute to the album, they could still send remembrances - either written (as suggested above) or in e-mail format. I'll create several pages of that kind-of donation.
Questions: contact Kathy (Bryan) Azar at : Thecmlady7@aol.com.


RELATED LINKS:
Charlotte Sunday paper front page: http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/506939.html
Jennifer Lisman Bunich: http://www.legacy.com/Charlotte/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=102759798
Jen & Jen - Smarty Pants: http://charlottesmartypants.blogspot.com/2008/02/charlotte-smarty-pants-legacy-jennifer.html

2 comments:

Heather Bigler-Swartz said...

ohgptcThis is a wonderful idea. Thanks for creating!

Maria said...

Coleen and Sue -
This is a beautiful site! Thanks for taking the time to create it.

Also, thanks again to Amy for the Directory!

It is so nice to read about everyone...though it is a sad event, I look forward to getting together for Jen's memorial.