December 30, 2015
Greetings Family and Friends,
It is with great excitement and gratitude that I greet you and welcome you to the Old Town Alexandria (OTA) and DC/Maryland/Virginia (DMV) metro areas. During our time together, you will hopefully have an opportunity to see and hear many of the wonderful and historic sights and sounds of the National Capital Region and Old Town Alexandria areas.
I am carefully planning for your arrival and will share some changes that I have implemented for the 2016 reunion year. These changes are meant to save future reunion hosts/hostesses energy, time and money while planning our beloved family gatherings. Hopefully, these changes will carry on as we move into the future with other family reunions.
Hopefully each of you has already received our mailing, which included the following information:
- Tentative Weekend Agenda – July 14, 15, 16 and 17, 2016.
- Links and Websites of Interest- attached
- Our Personal Webpage link with the Old Town Alexandria Embassy Suites Hotel – http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/W/WASOTES-PET-20160714/index.jhtml
- Information for submitting family updates and/or pictures- attached
- PCG Family Facebook page – Type Peters-Clements-Gazaway Family Page in search bar
- PCG Family website – http://www.peters-clements-gazaway.org/
- Contact information for submitting updated family contact information (changes in phone #’s, mailing addresses, email addresses, birthdays, etc.)- attached
In order to compile the 43rd Annual Family Reunion Souvenir Booklet, I am requesting the head of each family unit to submit any family member updates for inclusion into the booklet. Items to be included in updates are: births, deaths, hospitalizations, job announcements/promotions, graduations, etc. These items are to be submitted to the family’s email address: peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.
I am also wanting to highlight the PCG family’s entrepreneurial spirit. If you or someone in your family has a business or company, I would like to highlight your business/company. Send the following information – Company/Business Name, Executive Director’s/CEO’s Name, Business mailing address, Business Phone and Fax Numbers, Business Webpage address – to the family’s email address at peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.
Now for the changes; I will not ask for or collect any usual or customary fees for this reunion. Each family member should understand that all of the costs associated with this reunion will be considered “pay as you go”. This means that if you participate in any activity that requires a fee/cost, you will be responsible for this cost for you and each family member. The hotel will provide a full course complimentary breakfast each morning; each evening, a Manager’s Reception is held in the hotel lobby offering soft drinks, spirits and light snacks. Many of the tours and museums, etc. in the DMV/OTA areas are FREE, however, there are others that charge fees.
Due to the high costs to create and duplicate the family Souvenir booklet, it will now switch from paper copy to electronic copy. Copies will be emailed to each family member that provides a valid email address. For those “seasoned” family members that do not have access to email or the web, a limited number of paper copies may be available. Please make sure that we have each of your family member’s email addresses. These verifications can be mailed to the PCG family email address at peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.
The hotel has developed our own personal Family reunion page. Updated information regarding registration, changes to tour times/dates, etc. will be available from this website through the end of the reunion. This web page address is as follows: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/W/WASOTES-PET-20160714/index.jhtml
Lastly, this will be the last “paper” communication that will be mailed regarding the 2016 Family Reunion. All future correspondence will be communicated via email or the family’s Facebook page. If you wish to communicate wish me verbally, I can be reached via mobile phone at 334.332.5859.
Peace and Blessings,
Valerie