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Hector's Hector's Hundred

FOR FOUNDING DONOR DRIVE, SOHO ALUMS
ENCOURAGED TO JOIN “HECTOR’S HUNDRED”

**USE THE PHOTO LINK WEBSITE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM**

***IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING HECTOR'S HUNDRED! ALMOST FULL!

As of this afternoon (June 13), there are only 13 slots left for the Hector's Hundred donation display at the high school. Slots sold are up to 87. Here's the rules on how we finish it up:

1. Priority will be given to checks already in the mail. We will wait until Saturday, June 16, to receive any checks that may be in the mail and add those to the list.

2. If you have not sent in a check -- but still want a slot in the display -- DO NOT send in your check just yet. Email Coe Ann as soon as possible. She will generate a waiting list based on when your email arrives. If there is a slot available after Saturday, she will give you the okay to mail in your check. Coe Ann is at: [email protected].

Thanks, Al


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In partnership with the school’s heroic mascot, the newly formed South Houston High School Alumni Association has launched its first fundraising drive – and in life-size proportions.

A six-foot wooden figurine of “Hector,” already on display in the front entrance of the school, will be used as the centerpiece of a new founding donor display to be permanently placed in South Houston’s Hall of Honor.

The Alumni Association is offering engraved gold plates to founding donors, to be anchored in the display, for a tax-deductible donation of $100.

The display, to be enclosed in an 8-foot glass case with a memorabilia shelf, will be designed to accommodate 100 gold donor plates. The designated title for the display is “Hector’s Hundred.”

“We expect the space for these plates to be claimed very quickly,” said Diane Phelan, president of the Alumni Association and a member of the school’s Class of 1989.

“Once the 100 plates are gone, the display will be closed. Our goal is to raise $10,000 and have the display unveiled during our Homecoming event at the school on Oct. 12.”

Plates may include from one to four names. Typically, a plate will be inscribed with the name of the donor and the donor’s year of graduation. Special inscriptions – such as “In memory of…” are also being accepted.

Donations are tax deductible because of the Alumni Association’s partnership with the Pasadena ISD Education Foundation, a non-profit group.

Around 20 of the gold plates were claimed before the official start of the fundraising drive, Phelan said.

“With the class communications network we have in place now, we have the ability to let thousands of graduates know about this opportunity to give something important back to the school,” she said. “But this is a first-come, first-serve opportunity. We are pretty certain the chance to join ‘Hector’s Hundred’ won’t last long.”

Five extra plates will be included in the display to pay tribute to five graduates who donated $250 or more to the school’s Hall of Honor campaign last year. Joel Swanson (Class of 1963), Cynthia Bryant (1966), Gregory Fuller (1972), Bob Allen (1965) and John Davis (1978) made contributions to the school totaling $3,000.

The “Hector” figurine was donated to the school several years ago. With the front entrance to the school due to be remodeled this summer, a new location was needed for “Hector” and his glass case.

The “Hector’s Hundred” project calls for the case to be refurbished with a handsome hardwood back panel. The donor plates will the attached to the panel in the space around the figurine. Each plate is measure about 1x4 inches.

The donor drive figures prominently in the Alumni Association’s plans to stage a two-day Homecoming festival in October. School official are planning an open house on Oct. 12 that will include a courtyard festival, school tours, Hall of Honor reception and pep rally.

A Friday night alumni party is planned for that night. Anticipating huge ticket demand, Alumni Association officials are in the process of locating a new venue to accommodate in excess of 700 guests.

All alumni will be encouraged to attend the Homecoming Game against Sam Rayburn on Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. A classic car show is planned in the stadium parking lot from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Special alumni pre-game festivities will begin in the stadium at 5:30.

Alumni Association officials plan to donate a sizable portion of proceeds from the “Hector’s Hundred” drive and Homecoming festivities back to the school.

Those alumni wishing to donate to the “Hector’s Hundred” project are asked to send a request form and a check ($100 for each gold plate) to Coe Ann Tharp McBee, 10702 Nicoles Place Trail, Houston TX, 77089.


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