HMC Family Association

Mapquest and GPS

To use Map Quest or your GPS navigator to find the reunion this summer, enter Maud Williamson State Park, or the intersection of OR 221 and SE Lafayette Highway. OR 221 is also called Wallace Road NW or the Salem-Dayton Highway in that area. SE Lafayette Highway is also called Wheatland Road.

SAVE GAS – LET’S CARPOOL!!!

Our mailing list includes about 60 addresses from the Portland area, 90 from the rest of the Willamette Valley, over 70 from Washington, and nearly 90 from California. You’re bound to find someone who lives near you or on the way to the reunion.

If you will have an extra space in your vehicle even if it’s just one way, or want to share in the cost of gas in exchange for not having to drive, carpool. You may even find out you are related to one of your neighbors.

If you’ve never been to a reunion before, it would be a chance to get to know people even before you arrive. Interested? e-mail council@hmcfamily.com.

To those of you from California who have not made it to the reunion before — remember the Society of California Pioneers’ slogan: “The cowards never started and the weak ones died by the way.”

Many thanks to all of you who donate to and purchase from the auction and raffle to fund our newsletter, etc. If you haven’t donated, here’s a list to start you thinking. Send ideas for donations you would like to see to treasurer@hmcfamily.org

Be sure to read about last years auction! (Click here!)

• As you enjoy your yard this summer, set aside a few extra plants; especially old-fashioned flowers/ fruit/ herbs not readily available or have family meaning.

• If August is harvest time for you, please gather up a little extra, whatever you can spare, for those of us who don’t have gardens, so we can buy from our own family ‘farmers market’.

• If you or someone you know has a business that might donate something, appreciation will be expressed in our newsletter, which is sent to nearly 500 homes in over 30 states. Think of services you have connections for that may be of interest to family members; things we all spend money on anyway and would appreciate “buying local”, such as:
  • restoration of heirloom photographs, clothing, houses, landscaping, or recordings;
  • genealogy, house research
  • tours of historic sites or gardens
  • sewing/tailoring
  • carpentry, painting, furniture repair, woodworking
  • lessons: music, foreign language, knitting, crocheting, weaving, canning, etc.
  • proofreading
• Things you have or make that someone else may not,

• camping or picnic items

• homemade preserves, or other foods (with recipes attached if you are willing to give away secrets)

• good books with mini reviews

• old books, technical, fiction, etc. or old magazines with historic articles or pictures

• vintage clothing or textiles

• clothing/accessories handmade by family members

• collectibles

• The kids had a great time last year with the raffle. How about you/your children bringing

• cookies or other food with easy, kid recipes attached

• homemade toys with directions

• good used toys, games, or books

• art, sewing, or craft kits with project examples, supplies, & directions