Mack Alumni Today
Goal of the Alumni:
Mack Alumni Association at 707-15 Towering Heights Blvd, St. Catharines, ON., L2T 3G7 or email carol.dueck@gmail.com
Past Celebrations
Past Achievements
Through the years we raised thousands of dollars with bazars and card parties to share with the St. Catharines General Hospital for specialized equipment. Some examples of donations include:
We now rely on funds received with membership fees and private donations only.
Below are two pictures on display at the entrance to the Lock 3 Museum, 2014
Goal of the Alumni:
- Support the alumni to maintain status of oldest continuous nursing alumni in Canada
- Celebrate with the graduates of 1974: the final class to achieve the 50 Year Graduation in 2024
- Preserve the history and memory of the Mack Training School and Mack Nursing School through a partnership with The St. Catharines Lock 3 Museum. Artifacts are catalogued and stored in a standardized environment and a database of all graduates is under construction.
- Provide annual bursary funds for nurses to pursue advanced education
- Annual Spring Reunion Dinner held on the first Friday in June each year. This dinner is complimentary for the honoured guests celebrating their 50th Anniversary of Graduation and Life Time Memberships
- Annual renewal of membership in June (only $20.00)
- Class Representatives attend monthly meetings to share information, plan the annual activities and update their fellow classmates.
- Some classes meet informally to maintain fellowship
- Annual newsletter is emailed or mailed to all active Alumni members
- Mack Alumni Web page and Facebook page
- Maintenance of electronic database of contact information
Mack Alumni Association at 707-15 Towering Heights Blvd, St. Catharines, ON., L2T 3G7 or email carol.dueck@gmail.com
Past Celebrations
- 1974: Founding of our school
- 2001: 100th Anniversary of the founding of our Alumni Association. Attended by over 350 graduates and documented in the official report of House of Commons on May 30, 2001 by MP Walt Lasteska (Liberal)
- 1999: 125th Anniversary
- 2014: 140th Anniversary
- 2019: 145 Anniversary - "Mack" Hatter Tea Party
- 2020 Annual Dinner sadly cancelled due to COVID-19 June 5, 2020 Class of 1970 lit candles and toasted one another virtually at 7 pm to celebrate their 50th Year of Graduation!
Past Achievements
Through the years we raised thousands of dollars with bazars and card parties to share with the St. Catharines General Hospital for specialized equipment. Some examples of donations include:
- 2000: $5,000 towards a Special Care Garden at Linhaven Home for the Aged in St. Catharines
- 2001: established annual bursary program awarding two scholarships of $1,000 to support nurses who are enrolled as full-time students in advanced Nursing Education program
- 2013: $7000 to the NHS (Niagara Health System), St. Catharines Site.
- 2013 initiated a donation to St. Catharines Lock 3 Museum in memory of Mack graduates who pass away in order to help maintain the Mack Alumni Collection in the museum.
We now rely on funds received with membership fees and private donations only.
Below are two pictures on display at the entrance to the Lock 3 Museum, 2014
