The Light-A-Light tree on the west lawn of Fairhaven High Shcool on 11/27/20 lights up one bulb for each donation, which is the main fund-raiser for the Fairhaven Alumni Association. Submitted photo by James Mahaney.
From press release materials
The Fairhaven High School Alumni Association once again has lighted the beautiful Colorado Blue Spruce Tree on the west lawn of the high school for the 36th annual Light-a-Light Campaign.
The FHS Alumni Association puts all their donations directly back into the high school in the form of scholarships, restoration projects and a variety of gifts to the school such as new Chrome books for students and iPads for the staff.
On Friday evening November 27th FHS Alumni Board of Directors member “Cuffy’ Tunstall, ’61, flipped the switch that lit up our 2020 version of the annual Light-a-Light campaign. Each lighted bulb on this stunning tree represents the donations that had been made thus far by our loyal alumni and friends of FHS.
The Light-A-Light tree on the west lawn of Fairhaven High Shcool on 11/29/20 lights up one bulb for each donation, which is the main fund-raiser for the Fairhaven Alumni Association. Photo by Beth David.
A Friendly Competition
As of November 28th the 2020 Light-a-Light campaign has generated $16,911 from 348 donors. Our goal of $30,000 by December 31st can still be reached. The “Battle of the Classes” is once again very competitive. As of November 28th the Class of 1966 is in First Place with 36 donors, followed by the Classes of ’64 with 17 donors, ’67 and ’71 with 15 each. Next are the Classes of ’65 and ’68 with 13 each while ’62 has 12. Staying close with 11 donors each are the classes of ’53, ’58, ’61 and ’76.
The winning class will have a $1,000 scholarship awarded in the name of their class at the June 2021 FHS graduation, and the class finishing second will have a $500 scholarship given in their name from the Alumni Association.
To help your class in this competition, please go to fairhavenalumni. org/light to see how to make a donation. You can view the updated 2020 Donors List on our website. It will be updated every week.
To view the updated 2020 Donors List see the attachment below. This list will be updated at the end of each week. Donations can also be mailing a check made out to “FHS Alumni” to P.O. Box 6, Fairhaven, MA 02719.
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