A group of volunteers has organized the High School All Alumni Reunion, a special event designed to bring together alumni from all graduating classes. Since its creation in 2017, the reunion has taken place annually on the last Saturday in September at Kendall County Fairgrounds, 10826 Illinois Route 71, following Yorkville’s homecoming festivities. The 2024 reunion will take place from 2 to 10 p.
m. Saturday, Sept. 28.
“It’s all positive,” said Patti Schobert, a 1976 Yorkville High School graduate and current reunion committee leader. “It’s just a fun thing to go to since everybody shares a common history. We all graduated from Yorkville High School.
” Bert Erickson, a 1963 Yorkville High School Graduate, has attended the reunion three times and saw classmates he would not have normally seen if he had not attended. “When I graduated from high school, there were 60 [graduates], now there’s 600,” Erickson said. “I got to see people that were ahead of me and behind me in class.
It’s basically the only time you ever see them since [many] don’t live around this area.” On average, the reunion gets between 350 to 500 guests each year. It’s completely funded by donations accepted at the door and is run by volunteers, said April Morganegg, a 1972 Yorkville High School graduate and inaugural leader of the committee.
“We ask for donations just to sustain it, and every year, we receive enough donations to just keep covering our costs for another year,” Mo.