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2024 BELTON FAMILY REUNION
Shari Belton-Graham, Financial Secretary
beltonbarber@yahoo.com
January 15, 2024
Dear Belton Family Members:
The 2024 Belton Family Reunion is being hosted by the Ridgeway, South Carolina Chapter. This year’s reunion will be held in Blythewood, South Carolina, Friday, August 2nd – Sunday, August 4th, 2024 at Home 2 Suites by Hilton Blythewood, 92 Creech Rd, Blythewood, SC 29016; (803) 683-7704. The room rates will be as follows: Queen Double, sleeps 6 ($129/night plus applicable taxes) and Queen Single, sleeps 4 ($139/night plus applicable taxes). Rooms receiving the discounted rate will be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Reservations: Reservations must be made by July 2, 2024. Check-in is 3:00 PM. Friday, August 2nd and check-out is 11:00 AM on Sunday, August 4th. Reservations should be made by contacting the hotel Reservations office at (803) 683-7704 and referencing the Belton Family Reunion group block or either clicking the link or copying and pasting the link into your web browser: Available Rooms - Home2 Suites by Hilton Blythewood.
Enclosed, you will find the registration form for the reunion. Please return this form to the Financial Secretary by June 1, 2024. Please keep in mind, registration forms must be postmarked five (5) days prior to any stated deadline. No registration forms will be accepted after July 19, 2024 (no exceptions). No refunds will be issued unless extenuating circumstances exist. These circumstances should be noted before the reunion.
Scholarships: The Scholarship Fund needs your continued financial support for providing aid and encouragement to our youth. Please send your donations and applications for the Belton Family Scholarship to our financial secretary, Shari Belton-Graham, 4228 Long Arrow Dr., Concord, NC 28025. The deadline for submitting your application is July 1, 2024. If you have further questions about the application process, please go to the Belton Family Website at mybeltonfamily.org and click on the tab “College Assist.”
Election of Officers: 2024 Elections are this year. You are urged to make nominations for officers to lead the Belton Family Reunion. Positions to be filled are: President; Vice President (First and Second); Recording Secretary; Assistant Recording Secretary; Corresponding Secretary; Assistant Corresponding Secretary; Financial Secretary; Assistant Financial Secretary; Treasurer; and Chaplin. Please send nominations to the Nominating Committee Chairperson, Inez Hall, 3400 Barringer Dr., Charlotte, NC 28217 (email: thblair60@gmail.com). Please contact Inez Hall if you have any questions, at (704) 332-4982. The deadline for returning the Nomination Interest Form is May 1, 2024.
Note: Nominees must be eighteen (18) years of age or older, in good financial standing for three (3) of the last four (4) reunion years (2016 – 2019), provide a Consent to Run, must have attended at least two (2) consecutive reunions, of the last three (3) reunions, and willing to serve a two-year term. To place a name in nomination, please send the name, address, telephone number, a short bio, and their consent to run for office. One may nominate him/herself or someone else.
Souvenirs: Because we have been absent from one another for four (4) years, we will be providing a souvenir gift at the 2024 Belton Family Reunion. Please be mindful that only those that have paid registrations will receive a souvenir. You must be present to receive your gift (none will be mailed). Due to time constraints, only registrations received by June 30, 2024, will have a souvenir provided.
Family Tree Template: We are attempting to restart genealogy workshops and are in need of your help. Enclosed you will find a Family Tree template. Please complete this form, to the best of your ability, and return along with your registration packet.
If you have further questions about the reunion, feel free to contact our President, Lawrence (Lonny) T. Belton, Sr., at (704) 596-8486 (h) or (980) 254-6939 (cell).
Yours truly,
Shari Belton-Graham
Financial Secretary
The Belton Family Reunion
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND THE REGISTRATION FORM AND ALL MONIES TO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SHARI BELTON-GRAHAM
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