We are looking forward to Homecoming celebrations on May 30 and 31, 2024. Along with celebrating with all of our Alumni Members, we are recognizing the 50th Anniversary for the Class of 1974 this year!
Please come to hear about Alumni initiatives and to join events while renewing friendships with classmates.
Luncheon and dinner tickets are to be purchased in advance by mail. Tickets are available for purchase beginning Monday, March 4, 2024.
1. Tickets are to be purchased by cheque or money order. Please make them payable to: WGH/HSC Nurses’ Alumni Association.
Lunch is $50 and Dinner is $75
2. Please include your class year in the memo area of the cheque. Let us know if you are buying tickets for guests (for seating planning).
3. Please mail your request including an enclosed stamped, self-addressed envelope to Gillian’s address which is at the end of this list so that your tickets may be mailed to you. If you are ordering more than 20 tickets in total, please arrange to pick up tickets with Gillian.
4. It is helpful if reunion year classes order their tickets in blocks.
5. The deadline for receiving your order for tickets by mail in Canada is May 13th, 2024. You may pick up tickets in person until May 21th, 2024, but tickets will not be available after this date. The deadline is necessary to provide numbers of those attending to the venue.
6. We want to be sure all alumni members enjoy the celebrations.
7. The Alumni recognizes that members can become ill and unable to attend the events but please be aware that we are unable to provide refunds once the tickets are purchased.
8. Please mail ticket requests to:
Gillian Toth
38 Saxon Bay
Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1G9.
Gillian can also be reached by email dgtoth@mymts.net with any questions or to discuss your order.
As a reminder of the celebration schedule this year:
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:
Thursday May 30th, 2024
Location: Canad Inns Destination Center Polo Park
Time: 10:30 a.m.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON:
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
Location: Canad Inns Destination Center Polo Park
Time: 12:00 -2:00 p.m.
Cost: $50 per person
JUBILEE LECTURE:
Topic: "The Role of Nursing Professional Associations Now and in the Future"
Presentation will be done by Ken Borce, RN, MBA, President of the Board, Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba- the professional voices of Manitoba Nurses.
Ken is a Registered Nurse and a leader in healthcare and the public sector. Currently serving as the Chief of Clinical Operations of CancerCare Manitoba, he is dedicated to delivering exceptional cancer services to Manitobans by focusing on clinical and operational excellence.
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
Location: Canad Inns Destination Center Polo Park
Time: Approximately 1:15 p.m. following lunch
Cost: No cost
You are all welcome to stay and use the time following the lecture to renew friendships and catch up with classmates in the banquet room.
Archives Visit
Phone#: 204-787-1170; Email: hscarchives@hsc.mb.ca
The Alumni is very proud of our heritage and the executive encourages all Alumni members to support the Archives as an active part of Homecoming. Reunion classes are encouraged to plan and book a tour.
If you would like to visit the Archives as a group during the Homecoming, please discuss with your class representative so a visit/tour of the Archives can be arranged.
Please note that we now have a wheelchair entrance to the Alumni/Archives/Museum Room.
ANNUAL HOMECOMING DINNER
Canad Inns Destination Center Polo Park, 1405 St. Matthews Ave.
Cost: $75 per person
Cocktails: 5:00 p.m.
Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
Please be seated by 6:10 p.m.
The 50th anniversary 1974 class will be piped in @6:15 pm
The WGH/HSC arranges with Canad Inns Destination Center Polo Park the holding of rooms and a special rate for alumni members, which is currently being negotiated. Please refer to website for future details as they become available.
Reservations can be made by calling the Canad Inns Destination Center Polo Park at 204-775-8791, and press “0” to speak to a Guest Service Agent or by calling their Central Reservations at 1888-33-CANAD. There are rooms on hold for check in on Wednesday, May 29h, check out on Saturday, June 1st and the Group ID number is #505715. The rooms have been set aside for up to 3 consecutive nights. The group block will be available until 30 days prior to arrival, April 29th, 2024. Whatever rooms have not been picked up by that date, will be released back into the system. Please book ahead to be assured of a reservation.
HOSPITALITY ROOMS
Please book your own hospitality/party room at Canad Inns Destination Center Polo Park. To save your class money, alumni members are reminded that we have the whole dining room available after dinner until after midnight where a number of classes could easily use the room. A bartender will be available.
Future Homecoming dates
The dates of future Luncheons and Annual Homecoming dinners are:
May 29, 30, 2025
May 28, 29, 2026
Additional information:
If you have any tidbits of information or class pictures you’d like to share about the good old days, please send them to Kathy Hamelin, Alumni Secretary by e-mail at hamelin@mymts.net.
Alumni support
If you know of a classmate who is shut in, ill, or could benefit from a special contact; please contact our Friendship Convener Marion Ulyatt (1968) nulyatt@shaw.ca or notify any member of the Alumni Executive.
Happy Reunion!!!
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