March 9, 2018...a sad day for the Class of 1988

Sadly, on March 9, we lost one of our beloved classmates...Chris Gedney...#84 passed away.  I know for many of us...if not all...this news shook us beyond belief.  We all have good memories of Chris...whether we were friends with him, shared classes with him, were team-mates with him, watched him play football or basketball...he was a part of our Liverpool community, our Syracuse community & we were proud of his success.  He was one of our own... many felt connected to him in one way or another.  One of the good ones...always kind, always humble no matter his success, a friend to all...gone way too soon.  For those who wish to read his obituary, this is the link...  http://obits.syracuse.com/obituaries/syracuse/obituary.aspx?pid=188432656 Many have expressed a desire to help & we as a committee have a suggestion... this is the post we posted on our FaceBook page...

 As many of you know & for those of you who are not aware...after our 20th we had some money left over & wanted to use the money to "Pay it Forward" so to speak...so we created the LHS Class of '88 Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of all of our classmates that have passed & worked with the LHS Dollars for Scholars to offer scholarships to graduating Liverpool Seniors. As long as we had funds available, we were able to participate with this program...& whenever we had "Mini" reunions, we would hold raffles to raise money & we also raised money during our 25th to benefit our Memorial Scholarship fund.
So, when we began planning our 30th this year, we began working to organize a PayPal donate button to help us to raise money for the memorial fund. 
Then... we got the news on Friday March 9th of Chris' passing & we all felt strongly about wanting to do something special in his memory & we knew many of you would too. He touched all of our lives in some way, whether we knew him well or not, we were all proud of him & his accomplishments & like Michelle Lamson said in her post..."he was ours first" When we talked, we all felt strongly about following his family's lead & honoring their wishes about where they would like donations to go. With the release of the obituary last night, we now know that the Syracuse Football Club established the fund to 100% benefit the Gedney children.
So...what we would like to do is Two-Fold with one-step...we would like to set up the PayPal donate button to raise money for the Class of '88 Memorial Scholarship to honor all of our classmates that have passed...Chris included...to help a graduating senior begin their collegiate journey.  AND with the money raised...on behalf of the Liverpool Class of 1988...a donation will be made with 50% of those funds to the Syracuse Football Club for the Gedney children. 
This way we are honoring all of our classmates equally & at the same time paying tribute to Chris & helping his greatest accomplishment his greatest legacy...his children.

We have set up a PayPal Donate campaign to help us to raise money for the Liverpool Class of 1988 Memorial Scholarship Fund...half  (50%) of all of the money raised will be sent to the fund set up by the Syracuse Football Club to benefit the Gedney children.  Our campaign will run from now until the reunion.  We hope that you will all consider donating to the fund...as explained above...it will honor the memory of all of our classmates that have passed and at the same time pay tribute to Chris & help his 4 children.

Please donate using the link below...

Liverpool Class of '88 Memorial Scholarship Fund

We would like to THANK YOU all in advance for helping us to Pay It Forward & keep our Memorial Scholarship alive...

Can it really be true?!!?? Are we really celebrating 30 years? Yes!! 30 years since we graduated!!!

Liverpool High School Class of 1988 30th REUNION!!!!

Honestly...it seems like yesterday that we were 18 & were well on our way to all kinds of new beginnings & new adventures!!!  So hard to believe it's been 30 years since we walked the stage at the War Memorial in late June of 1988!!  

Anyway...here we are and preparations for our 30th are well underway!!  I know many of you are on FaceBook and we have connected with many of you there... but for those of you who may not be...we have this blog & all of the details for our Reunion Weekend will be posted here.  Please feel free to share this link with anyone from the class that may not be affiliated with any social media sites!! We would like to reach as many classmates as possible & make this the BEST Reunion YET!! :)  We had a great turnout for the last 2 & we ALWAYS have an amazing time but I have a feeling that no one will want to miss this one!! 

SOOOOO....this is the scoop!!  Our 30th Reunion Weekend is set for August 3~4, 2018!  We will kick~off our weekend on Friday night (7:30 pm) at the Blue Spruce Lounge( http://www.mwsyracuse.com/Amenities/BlueSpruceLounge ) located on 7th North Street and is attached to the Maplewood Suites (http://www.mwsyracuse.com/ )  which is where we will be blocking off rooms for our weekend!  The Blue Spruce will have a LIVE band that night (TBA) and we are hoping for a beautiful weekend so we can take advantage of their outdoor patio.  Whatever the weather, we know it will be a great start to a fabulous weekend with friends...old and new!! 

On Saturday night...the party continues at Sharkey's Bar & Grill (http://sharkeysbarandgrill.com/)...the old Hooligans...7240 Oswego Road, Liverpool, NY 13090.

Sharkey's is a great indoor and outdoor venue where we are hoping to enjoy another LIVE band, outdoor bar and volleyball pits!  They will offer drink specials and we will be collecting $$ at the door for munchies...it will be another fantastic night of music, great friends sharing memories and making new ones!!

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE!!!  If you haven't been to a REUNION yet...please consider coming & reconnecting!!  It's not at all what you expect & so much better than high school!!  TRUST US!!  You will be soooooo glad you came!!