The Central Collegiate Institute (CCI) graduating class of 1970 is having a reunion this summer on August 26 and 27, and wants help spreading the word and gathering commitments.
The email for the reunion is cciclassof70reunion2022@outlook.com.
Organizers are planning two fun days of activities for Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27, and need to know how many people will be attending.
Jeanette Cole, who is part of the planning committee, said responses so far have been sporadic. She thinks that might be because the planning for this reunion began two years ago – it was meant to be a 50th reunion.
“We had put out feelers for interest,” Cole said. “But then we couldn’t have it two years ago, or even last year, so we’re really just getting back organized.”
The organizers are missing many of the contact names from the yearbook. Cole said the graduating class that year was a large one – 162 by her count.
“We’re very hopeful that we’ll get at least 90 to 100 people… we’re hoping. That could include spouses or guests. But yeah, it was a large graduating class.”
The venue for the occasion is the Moose Jaw Shrine Club, which has a capacity of about 125 people. That limits the invitees to strictly the class of ’70.
The get-together will start off on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Shrine Club for a meet-and-greet mixer and a midnight lunch.
There are also going to be (optional) Saturday day activities, with school tours, pickleball, and golf.
So far, none of the people the reunion organizers have heard back from will be travelling too far. Most of those coming from outside the province are living in B.C. or Alberta. Cole said they will have a better idea once registration forms start being returned.
“We kind of started planning two years ago, and then we came to a grinding halt,” she said. They have been keeping an eye on the pandemic situation, and were able to have their first committee meeting again in January.
“We have everything lined up and in place, so we are pretty much planned. What we need now is for people to commit (to coming) and help us find the people that we weren’t able to get in touch with.”
If you graduated in 1970 from CCI or you know someone who did, email cciclassof70reunion2022@outlook.com to help make the reunion as successful as possible.
