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• Our Community Service Project for the Kids in Need Foundation
  
• Our Annual Giving Challenge
• Reading Glasses Book Club and Film Club
• Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion class chairs

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37th Reunion

Community Service Project

The Great Class of 1986 is proud to be partnering with the Kids In Need Foundation.

KINF is committed to creating equitable learning environments in schools serving struggling communities.

The only national non-profit of its kind, KINF provides support and supplies for teachers and students in under-resourced schools nationwide.

The goal of our partnership with KINF is not only to raise money,

but to raise awareness of the issues teachers and students face in far-too-many American schools.

We will hold a "Backpack Stuffing" event at our Class lunch before the P-Rade on Saturday, May 27.

The cost for one backpack and the supplies to go in it will be $40.

If you'd like to build one, you can either pay in advance HERE or on the day of the event.

If you're not coming to Reunions, you can "buy" a backpack, and a classmate will build it for you!

For more information about KINF, and to make a direct contribution that will be tracked to our class, please visit Kids In Need Foundation.

As always, thank you for your support!  Karen Jackson Ruffin ‘86, Community Service Chair

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We have marked far too many very sad losses among our classmates in 2022.

Click on their names to see obituaries where available, and please join us in remembering them...

• John Donovan (January 24)  -- read about the remarkable Donovan family here
• Alex Marshall (January 30)
• Brian MacFarlane (July 6)
• Christian Pompa (September 5)
• Chuck Call (November 12)
• John Schachter (November 20)

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We Did It... And Then Some!!! Every March we have an opportunity as donors to participate in Annual Giving's matching program which provides extra monies to help classes maximize their fundraising goals. Our goal was to have 86 givers make their donation by the end of March.   Well, we not only met the goal, but we surpassed it, beating every other class in our group (1961 - 1996) by a few lengths! Huge thanks to everyone who helped us reach this milestone.   The matching challenge may be over, but it's never too late to pay your dues... CLASS DUES ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM ANNUAL GIVING!!! Class dues help fund all of our class activities. We're trying to go green, so no more dues requests in the mail. Please take a moment to pay your tax deductible class dues.   If you prefer to mail a check, make it payable to Princeton Class of 1986 and mail to Els Paine, 415 Ridgeview Road, Princeton, NJ 08540

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Reading Glasses Book Club

It's Official!!! Maria Ressa's new memoir, How To Stand Up To A Dictator, has been selected as the President's Pre-Read for the incoming Class of 2027.

We've decided to join them in discussing it this fall. (Click for additional 2021 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE content.)

Here's the group from the May 3rd Book Club discussing classmate Leila Philip's Beaverland.

Film Club ???

Stay tuned for news about our newest venture. For those who don't have the time or bandwidth for a book club, how about a film club?

We'll all watch the same film, then gather virtually to discuss. Movie ideas? Let Howard Stolar and David Powelstock know.

Bonus points if the screenplay was adapted from a book!!

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Class of '86 Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of

Jamal Mazrui and Javier de la Garza

to the newly created Class of '86 Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

Javier and Jamal will work together as co-chairs to increase engagement, and to help ensure accessibility to all Class offerings for all classmates, regardless of race, religion, nationality, economic status, physical/mental/

emotional challenges, etc. Read more about Jamal and Javier by clicking on the links above.

Please help us welcome them to your 1986 Class Officers team!