THE APRIL PROMOTION IS HERE...HOTEL DISCOUNT FOR 1ST PERSON!

Hey Family!! Have you registered for the reunion yet? If not, HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! 
Here's the April Promotion that you don't want to miss! Share with everyone.

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT UPDATE!

Attention family, just a couple of updates for everyone.  First, thanks to the family members that have already registered and paid!  Yeah!!!  We are seeing the light in the reunion tunnel!

For clarification: In terms of the registration and payments for the reunion...

If you mail in your payment, all checks and payments need to be made to Precious Vines and also please complete and return both pages 3 and 4 in the registration packet back to Precious Vines.

If you pay online, please complete Page 4 and send to Precious Vines.

Thanks so much and we look forward to seeing you on August 5-6!

You can pay directly online here by going to this website: https://www.paypal.me/vinesbarnes

 

REUNION DETAILS HAVE BEEN MAILED....NOW ON TO THE GOOD STUFF!

By now, everyone should have either received the Vines-Barnes 2016 reunion details by mail or email.  If for some reason you have not, no worries.  We have provided the details including registration form, agenda and information sheet here!

Now on to the good stuff...we traveled down to GK Cafe and Catering for a little tasting testing to help us narrow down the catering vendor for the reunion.  You can tell by the photos below that our tummies were beyond happy with GK's.  But there are a couple of other great vendors to choose from as well.  You'll just have to be there on August 5-6 to see who the winner was!











VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED FOR THE REUNION QUIZ BOWL

ATTENTION FAMILY!  WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS! Are you competitve?  Do you know our family history?  Would you like to have a chance to claim the Vines-Barnes Quiz Bowl championship?

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS to participate in the quiz bowl.  Please email vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com if you want to join the family quiz bowl fun!

We look forward to seeing you August 5-6, 2016.




"WE ARE FAMILY"

Hello Family,

Thank you to those family members that have already contributed and to those that continue providing support in making our 2016 Vines-Barnes Family Reunion a success!  We look forward to enjoying everyone and having a great time August 5-6, 2016 with celebration of this year's theme "We are Family."

Please continue to check this blog for updates and visit our Vines-Barnes Facebook page as well for upcoming information. 

Yours Truly,
The 2016 Vines-Barnes Reunion Committee

ABOUT OUR OTHER REUNION VENUE: THOMAS S. FLEMING BUILDING


Dear Family,


We are so very excited as the months draw near to our next Vines-Barnes Family Reunion to be held on August 5-6, 2016.

On Saturday, the family will be getting together at the Thomas S. Fleming Building.

A facility in the making since a fund-raising campaign began in August 2000, the Thomas S. Fleming Building opened in April 2004.

For smaller gatherings, such as exhibits, wedding receptions, and other social and business events, a large exhibit hall named the Mobley Atrium is available to residents of Edgecombe and surrounding counties. The Mobley Atrium honors Jack Mobley, who left a substantial gift to the Fleming Building in his estate.


Construction on the 70,000-square-foot, two-story facility began in December 2002. By late 2003, the building was up and finishing details were under way. Edgecombe Community College faculty and staff moved into their offices during April and May 2004, in time for the summer session that began in late May.

In addition to its use as a multi-purpose facility for the benefit of residents of Edgecombe and surrounding counties, the facility is providing much-needed space for teaching and learning at ECC. About 75 percent of the space is being utilized for academic purposes. Academic space includes:
  • 1 Continuing Education computer/lab room
  • 1 Distance Learning classroom
  • 2 small conference rooms
  • 3 large conference/classrooms
  • 5 computer classrooms/labs
  • 10 general classrooms


Of the total $11 million price tag, $7.5 million has been provided by the state. The balance is being funded through private donations. Hundreds of local residents have purchased and are continuing to purchase engraved bricks. The first installment of bricks has been laid permanently at the entrance to the Fleming Building.

"This is what the county deserves," Hartwell Fuller, who was president of ECC at the time, remarked shortly after the building opened. "It was built for the people, and it will serve them very well for many years to come."

To learn more about the Fleming Building, click here.

Remember "We are Family" and we'll see you all August 5-6, 2016.  If you have any questions, please email us at vinesbarnes2016@gmail.com.