How Would You Like to Help the MHS Alumni Association?
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The MHS Alumni Association is looking for volunteers to help with ongoing activities. Below is a rundown of the different roles you can consider.
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If you would like to pitch in for one or more roles or need more information, let us know by emailing medwayhighalumni@gmail.com. Even if you do not live close to Medway, you can still help as we hold many meetings by Zoom and communicate by email.
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If you have an idea for a program that’s not listed below and are willing to manage the effort, feel free to suggest!
Board of Directors
The Alumni Association elects seven Alumni every year to serve on the Board of Directors. In addition to attending monthly meetings (by Zoom) to vote on proposals and manage finances, board members help fill in roles for which we are missing volunteers. Alumni can self-nominate during the last two weeks of May, and voting takes place in early June. The Board of Directors also elects the Alumni president, treasurer, and clerk, and selects inductees into the MHS Hall of Excellence.
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Banquet Coordinator
Working with the 25-year class, this involves managing all the logistics of our annual banquet, including the facility, food, beverages, staffing for the event, decorations, photography, music, and other tasks.
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Membership Database Coordinator
Maintain and grow our database of Alumni and their contact information. Also sync email addresses with Constant Contact email blasts.
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Hall of Excellence Coordinator
Manage process to receive nominations and manage the voting process, which includes the Alumni Board of Directors, the MHS Principal, and two senior class officers. Also coordinate plaques for the inductees and their presentation at the Alumni Banquet.
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50-Year Class Coordinator
Communicate with the 50-year class to help get class members to attend the Alumni Banquet as our honored guests. Also facilitate any of their reunion activities at the banquet and during the banquet weekend.
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Senior Class Coordinator
Coordinate communications with the senior class to get them to attend the Alumni Banquet (no longer a requirement from MHS) and to collect their email addresses for future communications.
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Senior scholarships and Awards
The process to select seniors to receive scholarships and awards includes a coordinator to work with MHS to complie applications from seniors and a committee to select the recipients.
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Decade StewardS
Identify key class contacts from each class across a decades to communicate information to: 1940-1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 1980 to 1989, 1990 to 1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019; and 2020-2029. Each volunteer would take one decade, and each time we have an announcement, you email it to your list of class contacts and ask them to help get the word out through their email lists and social media groups.
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5/10-Year Class Coordinator
Communicate with classes celebrating a 5-year or 10-year reunion to consider sponsoring a table at the banquet and getting their classmates to attend.
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Banquet Program Editor
Coordinate content, design, and printing. Solicit advertising from Medway and Alumni businesses.
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Online Payment Coordinator
Manage Square and PayPal payment platforms.
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Teacher Coordinator
Communicate with retired MHS teachers to invite them to attend the Alumni Banquet.
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Website Content/Design
Post new messages and edit existing website content as needed,
rework current website design as needed and manage our website hosting and content management accounts. This task could be handled by two people—one for content and one for design.
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Outgoing Email Coordinator
Create and send email messages via Constant Contact.
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Incoming Email
Manage our medwayhighalumni@gmail.com account, responding to messages from our members.
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MAILER COORDINATOR
Manage February physical mailer to Alumni to announce annual banquet. Includes printing letters and mailing labels, picking up stamp and envelopes, and recruiting a crew to stuff envelopes.
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Social Media
Build up our Facebook group members, manage our group page, post messages, monitor and manage posts by members, and respond to requests to join the group. Also consider other social media platforms.
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Community Events Coordinator
Coordinate the Alumni Association's participation and recruit volunteers for community events.
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Fundraising
Coordinate and plan fundraising activities and/or events.
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Archive Curation
Manage storage of yearbooks at the Medway Town Library and in the Alumni Room at MHS; manage physical and digital storage of banquet programs, photos, memorabilia, and historical records.
Senior Internship Program
Work with MHS to find internships at local businesses for seniors during their senior year.
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Senior Career Counseling
Working with MHS, maintain a database of Alumni willing to provide career advice to MHS seniors via Zoom meetings and help coordinate connections between seniors and Alumni.
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MHS Speaker Program
Recruit Alumni to speak at MHS events that offer career and life advice to MHS seniors.
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MHS School Council
Attend monthly meetings hosted by the MHS Principal and attended by parents and teachers to provide input on school activities and provide a report to the Alumni Board.