Requests for donations to SHS Scholarships

News Flash: The December request for year end donations was just sent out to those on the mailing list. If you wish to receive these periodic messages, just send me an email with SHS in the subject line. Please help us spread the word. Here is a copy of that message ... jack57shs on twitter

SHS Scholarships Program
www.SHSscholarships.com
800 767-4916

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Public Service Announcement
December 21, 2012
For Immediate Release

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SHS Scholarships Program Update
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It is hard to believe that another year will be coming to a close in just a few days.

I was planning to wait until after our April 15 tax deadline to start sending out friendly reminders about 2013 donations to the SHS Scholarships Program. Then, I began receiving donation requests over the past three weeks from Ohio State and Penn State. So, I said to myself, what the hey. If my esteemed institutions of higher learning are sending out year-end requests for donations, Why should not I. So, here we go.

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Show Your Springfield Pride
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Contributions the SHS Scholarships Program now total over $8,500.00, down a bit from previous levels of giving. We would like to reach $10,000 in 2012.

With one or multiple donations of $25,000 or more this year, we can begin to award much needed scholarship funds for members of the SHS Class of 2013.

But for the generosity of past and future annual donors like you, we would not be able to help provide our new SHS graduates with a quality education and more skills to succeed after high school.

Please help us continue our new tradition by supporting the SHS Scholarships Program.

Please consider sending an annual gift to the SHS Scholarships Program. Your generosity today is a gift to all. Thank you and best wishes for a wonderful year to come!

Mail your 2012 donations directly to The Springfield Foundation. Please mark them for the SHS Scholarships. Deadline is 12/21/12 for 2012 tax purposes. See address below.

Please forward this to your friends, relatives and the SHS, North and South grads in your life.

Thanks for your help.

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New year … jack

"Remember, Help our new SHS grads and you help Springfield."

Tax-deductible donations can be mailed directly to:

The SHS Scholarships Program
c/o The Springfield Foundation
4 W. Main St., Suite 825
Springfield, Ohio 45502 

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A Special Note: Thanks to Sherman "Sonny" Goodrich, SHS Class of 1957, for his artwork and creativity in designing our heading found at the top of this post.

For more information or to schedule an Advanced Giving meeting with the Springfield Foundation, contact:

Jack Hutslar, PhD
P O Box 140
Huddleston VA 24104
800 767-4916 or Jack@SHSscholarships.com
www.SHSscholarships.com and www.Twitter.com/Jack57SHS

Jack Hutslar is a 1957 graduate of Springfield High School [OSU & PSU too], played in the band and worked in the cafeteria.

Disclaimer

FYI: The SHS Scholarships Program was created to benefit the new SHS graduates. It is not affiliated with nor does it receive funding or support from Springfield High School [SHS] or the Springfield Schools System or its administrators.

All contributions to The SHS Scholarships Program go to The Springfield Foundation. They manage all aspects of The SHS Scholarships Program with input from Jack Hutslar.

Jack Hutslar started SHS Scholarships Program with the help and support of several SHS Class of 1957 graduates. Their support is greatly appreciated - Phil McClelland, Ron McGonigal, Jack Reynard.

We wish to extend our appreciation for their support to the Springfield Foundation, the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Dr David Estrop, Springfield Superintendent of Schools.

www.SHS Scholarships.com

www.Twitter.com/Jack57SHS

www.Classmates.com/JackHutslar
The Springfield Foundation

SHS donations and the Power of Two

Have you heard of the Power of Two.

"2 gather 2 who gather 2 who gather 2."

Well, you know that 2 times 2 is 4

4 doubled is 8, but

4 doubled is a total of 12. This occurs when each of the four original donors gather 2 new donors. Then we will then have a total of 12 donors, 8 of whom are new donors.

When those 8 donors gather two new donors each, we will have 16 more new donors. See how fast it multiplies.

We are asking our annual donors to gather two new friends and relatives who will then become annual donors.

This strategy is not difficult to begin. The effects on our ability to award the SHS Scholarships to deserving students will be dramatic. With your help, this will happen. When we help our new SHS grads, we help Springfield.

Remember, no donation is too small: $19.57. $195.70. $1,957.00. Play with this concept and your year of graduation.

Thanks in advance for becoming an annual donor . . . jack57shs

Notes for donors

Talking Points for Donors and Helpers

As you spread the word about the SHS Scholarships Program among your classmates, friends and co-workers, here are a few talking points that you may print out to use or handout to your audience.

• We have mailed nearly 300 letters to all donors plus SHS North and South grads and businesses, all of whom have yet to become donors.

• Now, we begin knocking on e-doors through social media. We need you to become an annual donor and help us spread the word. 800 767-4916.

• See Jack57shs on twitter and JackHutslar on Facebook, LinkedIN plus the “News” button at www.SHSscholarships.com.

• How you can help. Retweet these tweets on your pages and spread the word on your social media sites including Facebook and LinkedIN.

• And, of course, become an annual donor to the SHS Scholarships Program. That sets a good examples for others.

• If you want to go an extra mile, then ask a classmate, friend, relative or business owner to become an annual donor starting in 2012.

• When sending your donation to The Springfield Foundation, please designate it for the SHS Scholarships Program.

• Now we are relying on SHS North and South grads from all graduating classes to become annual donors. See www.SHSscholarships.com for details.

$20.12 would be a nice start for your annual donation. Or $201.20 or even $2,012.00.

• We have received $7,600+ in donations, and we need 
1) $35,000 in donations to begin making SHS awards. 
2) 1-2-3 families or companies to start or help us link with annual fundraising activities.

• There are six (6) scholarship programs at The Springfield Foundation JUST for SHS graduates. Some have very specific awards criteria.

• SHS has a total of just 10 scholarships for our new SHS grads. In 2011, SHS grads received 74 scholarships grants. They received 104 in 2012.

• Criteria for SHS awards are 
Leadership. 
Service. 
Academic performance. 
Need.

• Leadership and Service is achieved by participation in school and community activities regardless of grades plus staying out of trouble, of course.

SHS Scholarships Program is not affiliated with nor supported by the Springfield (Ohio) School System.

Donations may be made directly to:
SHS Scholarships Program
c/o The Springfield Foundation
4 West Main Street, Suite 825
Springfield, Ohio 45502-1323
www.SpringfieldFoundation.org

For more information, contact:

Jack Hutslar, Founder
SHS Class of 1957
SHS Scholarships Program
P O Box 140
Huddleston, Virginia 24104
800 767-4916
Jack@SHSscholarships.com

Jack57shs on Twitter
www.SHSscholarships.com

New Design by Sherman Goodrich

New SHS Scholarships Program design courtesy of Sherman Goodrich, SHS Class of 1957. Thanks ... Sonny

Friends

REAL FRIENDS

A group of 15 year old boys discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at the McDonald's next to Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because they only had six dollars among them, they could ride their bikes there  and Jennie Webster, that cute girl in Social Studies, lives on the same street and they might see her.

Ten years later, the group of now 25 year old guys discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because the beer  was cheap, the bar had free snacks, the house band was good, there was no cover charge and there were lot of cute girls.


Ten years later, at 35 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was decided they would meet at Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because the booze was good, it was near their gym and, if they went late enough, there wouldn't be too many whiny little kids.


Ten years later, at 45, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because the martinis were big and the waitresses wore tight pants.


Ten years later, now 55, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because the prices were reasonable, they have a nice wine list and fish is good for your cholesterol.


Ten years later, at 65 years of age, the once again group discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because the lighting was good and they have an early bird  special.


Ten years later, at 75 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because the food was not too spicy and the restaurant was handicapped  accessible.


Ten years later, at 85 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because they had never been there before.

Source: a classmates who cares

Elvis sez to Jack57shs

Elvis sez to Jack57shs ...

"You ain't nothing but a hound dog"

but I keep sniffing out Springfield grads, family, friends and companies that have yet to become annual donors to the SHS Scholarships Program. Sniff. Sniff. Sniff.

For those of you who are not yet annual donors to the SHS Scholarships Program, today would be a great day to begin a new tradition of annual giving.

www.SHSscholarships.com

Follow us on Twitter:

www.Twitter.com/jack57shs

The Springfield Foundation is the keeper of our SHS Scholarships account.

For more information on how you can contribute to this very important cause for our new SHS graduates, above and beyond your annual donations, contact:

Jack Hutslar
800 767-4916
Jack@SHSscholarships.com

Thanks . . . jack

Kate Smith sings God Bless America

Here Is a Real Star

In case you don't know it, this is the person that is referred to as "The Fat Lady" in the trite verbalization of "It's not over till the fat lady sings". Kate Smith was born and grew up in Columbia, Missouri In early 1940, Kate Smith, a fiercely patriotic American, and the biggest star on radio, was deeply worried about her country.

She asked Irving Berlin if he could give her a song that would re-ignite the spirit of American patriotism and faith. He said he had a song that he had written in 1917, but never used it. He said she could have it. She sat at the piano & played it and realized how good it was. She called Mr. Berlin and told him that she couldn't take this from him for nothing.

So, they agreed that any money that would be made off the song would be donated to the Boy Scouts of America.

Thanks to Kate Smith and Irving Berlin, the Scouts have received millions of dollars in royalties.

This clip is from the movie "You're in the Army Now".

Frank Sinatra said that when Kate Smith, whom he considered the greatest singer of his age, first sang this song on the radio, a million guys got 'dust' in their eyes and had to wipe the tears the 'dust' caused. If you can watch and listen without 'dust' getting in your eyes, you have no soul. Sit back and enjoy a Real Star. Click Here.

In God We Trust

Music: Old fashion girl

1950's grads will appreciate this link to Teresa Brewer and her hit song from 1956.

Click here to follow the link.

See also Bringing Back the 50's at the bottom of this same site.

SHS Scholarships Program
(for Springfield, Ohio)

Post Office Box 140

Huddleston, Virginia 24104

800 767-4916  •  Jack@SHSscholarships.com

www.SHSscholarships.com  •  Jack57SHS on twitter

This letter to our friends and area businesses continues our 2012 Campaign for the SHS Scholarships Program for our new SHS grads. Our first objective was to reach out to our donors who made contributions since we started in 2008. Then we began contacting others by letter, twitter, facebook and LinkedIN to ask that everyone become annual donors. We would also ask that you ask one or two classmates, relatives or friends to join you in giving. The table below shows our growth year by year. Our history of giving …

2008 = $700.00

2009 = $2,128.00 = $2,828

2010 = $2,237.10 = $5,065.10

2011 = $2,409.57 = $7,474.67

2012 = $119.57 = $7,594.24

Why contribute? There are many scholarships available for academic excellence for Clark County high school graduates. In comparison, there are only a few scholarships available just for our new SHS grads. The SHS Scholarships Program helps our new grads and it helps Springfield.

Criteria for awards
Service and Leadership. Academic Performance. Need.

Our first goal is to raise $35,000 so that we can begin awarding individual scholarships to our new SHS graduates for trade school, 2 year college and 4 year college. The next financial goals are $500,000 and then $1 million.

It has been estimated that there may be as many as 25,000 living graduates from SHS, Springfield North and Springfield South. If we were to receive just $20.00 from each grad, not to mention their families, we could raise $1 million in just two years.

We ask that you begin a good habit of making annual contributions to the SHS Scholarships Program ... and invite one or two others to join you. Please designate your donations for the SHS Scholarships and mail your annual contribution to:

SHS Scholarships Program

c/o The Springfield Foundation

4 West Main Street, Suite 825

Springfield, Ohio 45502-1323

Please feel free to copy this letter and share it with your classmates, relatives, friends and business colleagues.

Thank you very much for your current and future donations to the SHS Scholarships Program. Best wishes in 2012.

Sincerely yours,

Jack Hutslar

Gift amount $ __________   Date __/___/___

Check Number __________

Added contribution of $ _________ to honor  ____________

Explanation: ­­­­­­­­­_________

SHS Scholarships Donations received thru December 2011

Springfield High School and then Springfield South High School
Springfield North High School

Moving the bar to more than $7,474.67

The tax-deductible contributions to the SHS Scholarships Program through December 2011 have brought our total to nearly $7,500 from over 50 different donors. We are making steady progress and that is quite important for those who have not yet become annual donors. Thanks go out to all of our past and present contributors who have helped us make our way along this journey.

Here is a very special pat on the back to my classmates from the SHS Class of 1957 for their contributions over the years. We are so very proud of them and really appreciate their help.

We hope that you, your classmates and your reunion group will continue sending us your generous donations each year. I really want to emphasize to you that ... no amount is too small.

We wish that we all have a very happy and prosperous 2011.

Pay Pal. The Springfield Foundation, trusted keeper of our donations, have Pay Pal on their web site. Go to www.SpringfieldFoundation.org for more information about their efforts or to contribute to the SHS Scholarships.

We are extremely grateful to have received 2011 contributions from the following people:

Ms Sue Atchley, OH
SHS Class of 1957

Dr James V Blazek, OH
In memory of Anita Forbeck Smetters Blazek
SHS Class of 1957

Mr Jerry Cotter, OH
SHS Class of 1956

Ms Corinne Crabill Broad, SC
SHS Class of 1957

Mr and Mrs Jim Drum, IN
SHS Class of 1957

Mr Bill Fobes, CA
In memory of Jane McFadden Fobes
SHS Class of 1957

Ms Meredith Jones Galeano, FL
SNHS Class of 1980

Mr Richard Gelbaugh, TX
SHS Class of 1957

Ms Judith Ann Martin Harris, FL
SHS Class of 1957

Mr Dave Hornbeck, OH
SHS Class of 1958

Jack and Sally Hutslar, VA
SHS Class of 1957 - Jack
Columbus North Class of 1959 - Sally

Dr Sally Hutslar, VA
Columbus North Class of 1959 [2]

Dr Diane Jones, WI
Lancaster [OH] High School [2]

Rev Walter Jordan, OH
SHS Class of 1957

Rev Charles Mason, IN
SHS Class of 1957

Ms Jillian Marie Hutslar Mattone, PA
Medina [Ohio] HS Class of 1979 [2]

Ms Janet McCrosky, OH
SHS Class of 1949 [2]

Ms Jo Ellen Hutslar Raley, NC
Wesleyan [NC] HS Class of 1996 [2]

Mr Bill Reed, CO
SHS Class of 1957

Dr Earl & Mrs Laura Davidson Saito, NC
Wittenberg University Graduates

Mr Ed Schecter, CA
SHS Class of 1957

Mr Terry Wayne Simonton, NV
SHS Class of 1957

Dr James T and Helen Smith, CA
SHS Class of 1957

Mr & Mrs Lamar Warfield, OH
SHS Class of 1957

Ron and Sally Greider White, OH
SHS Class of 1957

Wingate University Girls, NC
Ms Jo Ellen Hutslar Raley, Ms Cammie Locklear,
Ms Lee Stewart, Ms Molly Anderson,
Ms "Baby" Sarah King, Ms Jamie Marko Rimany
Classes of 2000, 2001, 2005

Mrs Barbara Kay Stoddard Wurster, NY
SHS Class of 1957

Mr Dan Yeazell, CA
SHS Class of 1957

Donations to SHS Scholarships - 2011 tally

This letter will bring you up to date on donations to the SHS Scholarships Program. This program was started in 2008 by Jack Hutslar [SHS 1957] and a few other very important SHS grads.

The purpose of this letter is to ask you to begin making an annual donation today to the SHS Scholarships Program. And, we also ask you to gather two more classmates, friends and relatives who will join you in becoming annual donors.

2 get 2 who get 2 who get 2. That is our campaign strategy.

No donation is too small. It might be $19.57, the year I was graduated from SHS, or $195.70 or even $1.957.00

The donations we receive are sent to and kept by The Springfield Foundation. Eventually, they will help us sort through the scholarship applicants and make awards.

Our first goal is to reach $35,000 in donations. Then we can begin awarding scholarships to new SHS graduates. We now have over 50 separate donors who have contributed over $7,000. Each year we have surpassed the previous year in giving. We are making slow and steady progress.

Year by year growth.

2008 = $700.00 = $700.00

2009 = $2,128.00 = $2,828

2010 = $2,237.10 = $5,065.10

2011 = $2,409.57 = $7,474.67

Your annual contribution to the SHS Scholarships Program is greatly appreciated. Should you have questions, please feel free to call or email me at any time. Send me your email address and I will include you in our periodic e-blasts.

Go to our web site at www.SHSscholarships.com. Click on the “News” button to learn more and see who has been giving.

I am looking forward to seeing our classmates again at the June reunion in 2012.

Feel free to copy this and send it along to your classmates, friends and relatives. That would provide us with a big Wildcat boost.

A very big thanks and best wishes . . . jack at 800 767-4916

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Jack@SHSscholarships.com
800 767-4916