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Childress School Homecoming Reunion
July 4 and July 6, 2019
Nashville, Arkansas
The Childress School Homecoming Reunion is open to all former students of Childress, as well as all teachers, employees of the school district, friends and family and the community.
Reunion activities include:
Thursday, July 4, Meet and Greet, 4 p.m. at the New Light CME church. Participants are asked to wear a Patriotic t-shirt to the program. Refreshments will be served after the Meet and Greet. During the July 4th program the reunion will award a $500 scholarship, which brings the total to over $16,500 of scholarship money awarded to children of Childress Alumni. The committee welcomes any and all donations to the scholarship fund.
Friday, July 5, there will be no Childress activities, because many Childress Alumni will be attending the Center Point Homecoming.
Saturday, July 6, the Childress Parade, will be at 11 a.m. in downtown Nashville. Parade lineup time is 10 a.m. at the football parking lot. Contact Jimmie White, 870-451-1090 to signup for the parade and to pay reunion dues. A picnic at New Light CME Church will follow the parade. Orders are being taken for Childress Reunion shirts to be worn on Saturday, July 6.
Saturday, July 6, the reunion will host the Childress Black and Gold Banquet, 7 p.m. at the Nashville Western Sizzlin. Anyone wanting to participate on the banquet program is asked to contact Geneva Walton at 870-845-0250.
The first Childress Reunion, was a project of the local NAACP Chapter, was held July 4, 1981 at the New Light CME Church. The event focused on the former school, its students and teachers. In 1983, a reunion committee was formed to direct future events. Then after the 1997 reunion, the focus changed and the Childress School Homecoming Reunion was developed. With the name change there was a chance to include people from Nashville and the surrounding area whether they attended the Childress school or not. Knowing that a lot of people come home during the reunion, the committee wanted everyone to feel welcome.
