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Around Windham: Garage Sale Weekend, Windham Alumni Banquet and more exciting events coming up
- Nicole Sweet
Hello Windham Family!
Happy May Bomber Country! May is always an exciting time. With things like the school year ending, graduations, beginning of wedding season, warmer days for ball games, Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff to summer and more. Warmer weather is finally in the air and here are some exciting events and important information coming up in our little town:
Garage Sale Weekend
Join us for Garage Sale Weekend in our Windham community. It’s the perfect opportunity to find hidden treasures, score amazing deals and support local sellers. Resident registration is not required. May 16, 17 & 18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Questions? Call 330-326-2622.
Windham Bombers Youth Football & Cheer
Windham Bombers football fans and cheerleaders … the wait is almost over. Registrations are launching very soon — and we couldn’t be more excited. Get ready for another unforgettable season full of hard hits, high spirits, and Bomber pride. Let’s play. Let’s cheer. Let’s dominate! Check out their Facebook page for more updates and information.
Windham Youth Baseball & Softball Meat Raffle
WYBSO is raffling off a $250 Bonner Farms Meat Package all season long in our concession stand. Stop by the concession stand during any home game for your chance to win this awesome meat package. Tickets are only $10. Live drawing will take place on July 1.
Windham Alumni Banquet
On Saturday, May 17, the 134th annual Windham High School Alumni Banquet will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Family Center, 9005 Wil Vern Drive. Reservations are due no later than May 17. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for those who wish to visit with former classmates.
This year the class of 1975 (50-year graduates), the class of 2000 (25-year graduates) and the graduating seniors of the class of 2025 will be honored. Tables will be reserved for these attendees only. In order to raise more funds for our scholarship awards, we will have a basket raffle (donations welcomed) and a 50/50 drawing. Please consider donating a special award to go toward our Alumni Scholarships. Thank you to all who have contributed in the past events. Questions? Please contact Heather Fall, President, Windham Alumni Association at 330-720-3726 or whsalumniofficers@gmail.com. Please note the change in location to the Renaissance Family Center.
Open Enrollment window is now open
The open enrollment window for Windham Schools is open until May 31. Please call Crystal Hickman at 330-326-2711, ext. 1507 to apply. So many great reasons to choose Windham, such as small class sizes, a new honors program in grades five through 12, statewide recognition in academic student improvement each year, and excellent athletic and extracurricular programs.
School board meetings
Save the dates for upcoming School Board Meetings: May 20 at 6 p.m., June 17 at 6 p.m. and end of year Fiscal Meeting at 8 a.m. on June 25.
Annual Marty Hill Golf Outing looking for donors
The annual Marty Hill Bomber Golf Outing will be on June 21 this year. This event started out as a basketball fundraiser and then morphed into an event to help build the baseball/softball complex. Now that the fields are completed, the profits from this event go to many things, including but not limited to, cheer uniforms, track uniforms, baseball equipment, field maintenance supplies, the alumni banquet, basketball supplies, etc. The hardest thing about running this event is asking people for donations. However, donations are obviously necessary to make the event possible. If interested, a person can donate in two ways.
1. Donation of prizes: We are always looking for prizes for holes. These include gift cards, golf balls, rounds of golf, baskets, etc.
2. Hole sponsors : Anyone can sponsor a hole. The hike can say anything you would like.
In the past, people sponsored holes in memory of their loved ones, in honor of their graduation class, in honor of a child or friend, in honor of the athletic team, etc. $100 for a full sign or $70 for a half sign. Checks made payable to the Windham Athletic Boosters.
If anyone would like to donate to this event, you can mail things to Heather Fall at 3186 S.R. 5, Newton falls, OH 44444, or you can drop them off to me at the school any day school is in session. Thank you.
Lions Club Sausage and Steak dates 2025
Save the dates for the upcoming Lions Club Sausage and Steak Booth weekends: May 2 and 3, June 6 and 7, July 11 and 12, Aug. 1 and 2, Sept. 5 and 6 and Oct. 3 and 4. Just $6 will buy you the best sausage or steak sandwich in Portage County. The trailer will be located on S.R. 303 in the parking lot next to Circle K. Open Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., open Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Windham Lions Club has been serving the Windham community since 1955.
Don’t forget, we will be collecting soft plastic on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon, at our drive-thru. Windham United Methodist Church, 9051 N. Main St., no need to get out of your car, we will do the heavy lifting. We will also take any used eyeglasses and hearing aids to be recycled and shared.
PTO Bake Sale Saturdays
The Windham Bombers PTO will be holding a bake sale during the Saturdays of the Lions Club Sausage and Steak booth. We will have a tent set up next to the booth. Grab a dessert with your lunch from the Lions Club. All proceeds will go to our PTO in helping our school district.
Village of Windham news
May 27 – 6 p.m. Council Meeting
Office will be closed on May 26 for Memorial Day
Memorial Day Parade at 11 a.m. on May 26 (starting at Windham High School and ending at the Windham Cemetary)
Save the date: July 12 – starting at 3 p.m. – Fun in the Sun. Veterans display, food trucks, fireworks, inflatables, cornhole tournament, rib cookoff, beer tent, music and more. Seeking vendors. All day children’s wristbands $10.
I look forward to keeping the Windham community up to date with all the information I receive. Please contact me with anything you may like featured. The Around Windham column runs on the third week of each month, and I will need all the information the week prior. You may contact me via text/call at 330-283-2711 or via email at nks1024@icloud.com.
Nicole Sweet