Central Dauphin High School Alumni Assn.

Hello Fellow CDHSAA Members –

In our last 2 issues of our newsletter, The Golden Rambler, as well as on our Facebook page and this website, we asked for volunteers to start planning an event for CD’s 70^th anniversary during the 2025-26 school year.  Unfortunately, there was only one person who offered to help, so there are no plans for any type of recognition via the CDHSAA.

September 5^th marked 20 years since we held the highly successful CDHS 50^th Anniversary celebration at Landis Field, which then led to the creation of the Alumni Association.  During these past twenty years, I’m proud to say that we have had many great achievements and contributions to the high school community and students.  But as the saying goes, “all good things must come to an end”, and unfortunately, it looks as though that time has come for the Alumni Association as we have known it.  Our core group of volunteers, many of whom have been with me since the beginning, have now reached the time where they are no longer able to continue to participate, and we haven’t been able to recruit younger alumni to step in and take over.  We’re at the point where all of the responsibilities and work needed to keep the Association running are being handled by only a few people, and this is no longer sustainable.  For those of you who have been members for a while, I’m sure that you’ve noticed the lack of contact in the way of newsletters (which used to be quarterly), email updates (which used to be monthly), as well as regular meetings, events, dinners, bus trips, and other activities.  We gave up our commercial Storage Unit in order to save money, moving memorabilia and other items to several members’ homes, but since suffering the loss of our main source of income (the football concession stand) several years ago, there have been no incoming funds to support us.  We’ve had difficulty in recent years filling our positions of Officers, Directors, and Committee Chairs, resulting in too much work falling on too few shoulders, and those shoulders are weary.

At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors, the heartbreaking decision was made to reorganize the Alumni Association to carry out only two functions: continuing the Wednesday Breakfasts at Promenade Family Restaurant; and designating the remaining funds for the Veterans Memorial’s future maintenance.  We will discontinue the annual scholarships, Discount Cards, and website, but will continue the Facebook page.  There are a couple of projects in progress that need to be completed – installation of a plaque for the Kenneth L. Peiffer auditorium dedication, and recognition of recent Alumnus of the Year awards – and I will be in touch with you again when those are completed.

Best regards, 

Debbie Groff Hoachlander, '72

CDHSAA President   

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