Why
are our reunions held the Saturday after the third Friday in August
every year?
There is a story. And a good
one...
In 1999, a group of J. I. Case High School former Letter Winners
noticed that there were a lot of cut-backs happening at their
alma mater. This affected athletics in every way. Schedules. Events.
Equipment. This made them sad. They knew this would greatly effect
the current students that relied on their athletic achievements
to pursue their future dreams in whatever future goals they had.
The former letter winners knew that it was the
J. I. Case High School athletic department that had changed some
of their lives forever for the better. They were given
confidence. And a sense of pride for the first time in their lives.
They were given encouragement to not give up. And educated on
the value of teamwork. They were encouraged to pursue whatever
goal they wanted. What could the J. I Case High School former
Letter Winners do to help turn this dire situation around... so
that the current students could have the same opportunity that
was given to them?
In 2000, this group of J. I. Case High School
former Letter Winners started what is called the Case Alumni
C Club, known as the "C Club" for short.
The Case Alumni C Club holds annual fund raisers for Racine J.
I. Case High School's athletic department. They do this by the
way of Golf Outings. These golf outings are held on the 3rd Saturday
of EVERY August, every year!! These Golf Outings raise donation
money for OUR Alma Mater Racine J. I. Case High School's
athletic department. The
monies raised are given to the school to offset the district cutbacks.
Every year, at the J. I. Case High School Homecoming football
post game, the Case Alumni
C Club presents a check (for the funds raised at the golf outing)
to J. I Case High School.
Mark your calendars! These
Golf Outings are on the third Friday of August, EVERY YEAR. But
there is only so much space, room for so many to play. Playing
at the golf outing is not only about camaraderie, but your donations
to help J. I. Case High School's athletic department!
Many
Case Alumni C Club members/
classmates come from out-of-town. Some come from great distances.
Since the fundraiser golf outing is on Friday and the reunions
are every following Saturday. This is more convenient and fun
for out-of-town classmates. They will have the whole weekend!
I heard that we are having
reunions every year now. This is true?
Yes. This has been true since
2017. We have decided to do this because in the last 10 years
we have sadly lost so many of our classmate friends. We decided
that 10 years, at this point in our lives, is too long to wait
to see each other.
These yearly reunions are of a more casual and
simple affair. But no one notices. We bask in the sun and are
filled with laughter while catching up. The time is very special.
I heard that future reunions
may be discontinued. Is that true?
No. That is not true. We love
getting together with our classmate friends. We are planning to
make our future reunions a very great success by announcing the
reunions on our Facebook page "J.
I. Case High School Class Of 1971".The committee
is starting to feel their age. It takes a lot of time and energy
to locate everyone at their ever changing addresses. We originally
had a little less than 800 classmates altogether. You may not
believe it, but to do a thorough search to find people, it takes
many many months! These many months DOES NOT include reunion planning!!!
We decided that the easiest way for classmates to be found is
to join our Facebook page. We greatly encourage and truly hope
you will join "J.
I. Case High School Class Of 1971". So future
committees can take their time planning reunions instead of most
of their time locating classmates.
Is the reunion payment
and classmate information portal secure?
Great question! It is secure and
has always been secure. Even with the "insecure" messages
on case.71.com in the past, it was still secure. There were a
few meetings with platform experts about this very thing recently
and in the past.
Case71.com is not a payment site or information gathering site.
It is a 'read only' site. The payment and classmate information
portal link that you click on (Sign Up Genius) is completely secure
and has nothing to do with case71.com. We paid for a SSL Certificate
to get the lock symbol on case71.com only for your confidence.
Case71.com was always a read only site and never insecure in the
past.
When will I receive my reunion invitation
by mail?
We did our best to send an invitation
to every classmate. Some classmates changed their last name, some
classmates simply could not be found.
We hope you receive your invitations by 5-21-22 or earlier. Contact
me if you have not received yours by then.
You should also contact me if you have recently moved.
May I attend if I didn't receive
an invitation?
Yes! If you were 1971 J. I. Case
High School Alumni, you are invited! Every 1971 Case alumni may
register to go to the reunion whether or not you received an invitation
or not. But you must register to go to the reunion. Please visit
our home page and sign up on the very secure "Sign Up Genius"
portal.
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