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OVERSEAS BRATS 2021 GATHERING
San Antonio, Texas, October 28-31, 2021
Sheraton Gunter Hotel
205 East Houston Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205
SAN ANTONIO, the seventh largest city in the United States -- a city rich in history,
bursting with culture, Military City USA®, and Fiesta, the Riverwalk and so much more!!
Look to see WHO'S ATTENDING!
Benefits to You Coming to The San Antonio Gathering:
- Military City USA! It’s not just a nickname, it’s official (Trademarked since 2017)! Come see why!
- Viva Fiesta! A party with a purpose!
- Fiesta is: San Antonio’s signature event commemorating The Battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto and The Liberation of Texas.
- Fiesta is: Parades and royalty (show me your shoes), medals, parties, and food, cascarones, arts and dance, did I mention food!
- Fiesta is: A 10-day celebration usually held in April each year. (Our celebration will be in an OSB modified fashion)
- RED Friday is: Remember Everyone Deployed – wear anything red, it’s more than just a color. Reminds us of our heroes overseas and shows them we are keeping them in our thoughts.
- RED Friday is: Every Red-Blooded American who supports our young men and women wearing something red.
- Military City USA is: San Antonio! One of the largest concentrations of military bases in the United States. We’re also home to the Department of Defense’s largest medical center at Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam Houston.
- Military City USA is: Remember the Alamo? From the beginning, San Antonio has been a central location for military activity. According to the city’s history, the US Army has maintained a presence here since 1845 (during the annexation of Texas). Accordingly, SA’s military bases boast over 900 historic structures.
- Military City USA is: Often called the "mother-in-law of the Army," San Antonio bears a strong reputation for matchmaking military members with local bachelors and debutantes. Perhaps the most famous example lies in the love story of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who met his wife Mamie Doud while stationed at Fort Sam. (Their first date was at the St. Anthony Hotel and the old Majestic Theater!) (Right across the street from the Sheraton Gunter Hotel).
- The OVERSEAS BRATS Gathering is THE place to Make REAL BRAT Friends! Not just the ‘Facebook” kind.
- Share, reminisce and celebrate our unique legacy!
- Great room rate
- Special mini-course sessions (TBA).
- Tour downtown San Antonio – free!
- FUN/PARTY/DANCE activities Friday & Saturday evenings!
- OVERSEAS BRATS takes care of ALL arrangements, allowing BRATS the free time they need to have fun and party!
- COST: Comprehensive registration (all scheduled activities for Friday Oct 29 through Sunday Oct 31, 2021, with Friday and Saturday dinner, hospitality suite snacks and beverages, and more included) is $220 per person if registered by Aug 15, $245 per person by Sep 15, and $270 per person after Sep 15, so register early!
- MAKE THIS YEAR YOUR YEAR to attend the San Antonio Gathering celebrating Military City USA and Fiesta!
Get EXCITED about the San Antonio Gathering! WE ALREADY ARE!
THREE EASY STEPS TO JOIN IN:
FIRST: Register for the OVERSEAS BRATS GATHERING, Oct 28-31, 2021, in San Antonio:
- Download the paper registration form by tapping or clicking the following link:
OVERSEAS BRATS GATHERING PAPER (Mail-In) REGISTRATION FORM
print it, complete the entire form and then mail with your check or credit card authorization to the address on the form; OR - Complete your registration online by tapping or clicking the following link:
OVERSEAS BRATS GATHERING ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM
- You can pay by mailing in your PAPER REGISTRATION form authorizing your payment (see above)
- You can pay by clicking the payment link you'll see after you complete the ONLINE REGISTRATION (see above)
- If you miss the payment link at the end of online registration, you can also pay at any time using the following PAYMENT PAGE (you'll have to know the payment amounts you wrote down during your online registration in order to enter the payment amount on the PAYMENT PAGE). Tap or click the following PAYMENT PAGE link:
OVERSEAS BRATS GATHERING PAYMENT PAGE - CANCELLATIONS: After you've made your registration payment, your payment is 100% refundable before July 15, 2021; 75% refund before Aug 15, 2021; 50% refund before Sep 15, and no refund after Sep 15.
- The Sheraton Gunter Hotel is offering a special rate of $139 single/double occupancy per night. Triple occupancy is $164 per night. Quad occupancy is $189 per night. This rate is applicable two days before and two days after the event.
- CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancel free 76 hours before arrival.
- To reserve your hotel room, call 210-227-3241. Mention Group Code OV1798 for OVERSEAS BRATS to get the special rate until October 5, 2021. After October 5, 2021 rooms and rates are based upon availability.
You can also book your hotel room reservation online at the Sheraton Gunter's special Overseas Brats Hotel Reservation page:
CLICK HERE for Overseas Brats Hotel Reservations - ABOUT THE HOTEL: The Sheraton Gunter Hotel is in downtown San Antonio, approximately 9 miles/15 minutes from the San Antonio International Airport; accessible by Taxi/Uber/Lyft. The hotel offers no courtesy shuttle. The group parking rate is discounted to $10 a day with in and out privileges.
REUNIONS: Check out our archived reunions lists, and upcoming reunions as they get posted. Click Here for Alum Reunions!
VIDEO: Many thanks to Rick Connell who has put together a super video of past OSB Gatherings. See his "The Gathering OSB" video on youtube.com by going to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNAmnE7Jt4
NOSTALGIA: Many Brats from the 1960s and 1970s probably remember Radio Luxembourg and the great entertainment it provided Brats who lived in Europe. A new online radio station has recaptured that sound. Visit: https://www.uniteddj.com
BRAT CAUSE
Brats,
Starting in 2011, Overseas Brats (OSB) the organization, thought we would incorporate an annual gift-giving project into our annual Gathering each October. It has been met with much support from our Brat community. We are truly moved by your embracement to help others! We are BRATS after all!
In 2011, so many of our fellow Brats who attended school in Japan were extremely moved and devastated by the triple tragedy that impacted their former host country Japan. Many "active duty Brat seniors" still attending school in Japan... had to relocate stateside so they could complete their school year and graduate on time with their peers. We made the American Red Cross in Japan/via our Gathering site's city sister program our Brat Cause recipient in 2011 and raised $2,276.00.
In 2012, we learned of the efforts of Dr. Rick Connell's Ta Touck English School, a village school in Siem Reap, Cambodia. (Rick is a Heidelberg Class of '75 Brat). This particular year we raised $2,526 for the children's school supplies, rain slickers and bicycles with allowed children in remote areas to attend "a" school. To "give again" or for the 1st time visit: Ta Touck Village School Fund
In 2013, we saw our dear friend and visionary, Dr. Tom Drysdale, the founder of the American Overseas School Historical Society (AOSHS), pass away. In Tom's memory we established a Scholarship Fund with AOSHS to be awarded to "active duty Brats." $3,935 was raised.
In 2014, we adopted the Museum of the American Military Family (MAMF) as our "Brat Cause." MAMF celebrates over two centuries of our military family's contributions -as the family served with the solider! Although the Museum (headquartered in Albuquerque, NM) is currently an online museum, the organization has been gifted seven historic military housing units from the early 1940s and is in the process of fundraising to rehab them. With the help of donations like ours, (we raised $2,247) MAMF will not only be an online presence but have a permanent physical location for all to view, enjoy and learn from.
In 2015, our Brat Cause was "Brat Pack 11" which was run by then-17-year-old Brat Kenzie Hall. An active duty Brat, Kenzie was awarded the Army's Military Child of the Year. At just 11 yrs old when her father was deployed to Afghanistan Kenzie started a charity called "Brat Pack 11." BP11 (for short) grants wishes to military kids of wounded and fallen soldiers. With "Brat Pack 11" being a budding charity -- which has granted a "few" dreams for young Brats -- we wanted to help this Brat teen, grant a few more wishes. Kenzie earned a spot at the distinguished "Teens Can Make it Happen Conference" early in the year. We raised $3,156 for this cause in 2015.
In 2017, our Cause was "Honor Flight." Honor Flight is a non-profit organization created solely to honor America's veterans for all their sacrifices. They transport our heroes to Washington, D.C. to visit their respective memorials. The program started with just WWII Veterans, still their priority, but has now expanded to Korean and Vietnam Vets. Four of our board members have gone through Honor Flight training sessions and/or volunteer with their local chapters. Two have actually been "Guardians" on a WWII flight and a Korean Flight respectively. We raised $3,216.00 between online donations and at our annual Gathering in 2017 in Huntsville, AL. Funds were donated between 3 Chapters, the Space Coast chapter in Melbourne, FL, the Phoenix, AZ chapter and the San Antonio, TX.
In 2018, our Cause was
"Wreaths Across America" (WAA).
WAA's mission each December is to coordinate wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington as well as the more than 1,400 other Veteran Cemeteries across the country.
They Honor Those Who Serve.
Yet not every grave gets a Wreath as sponsorships and donations are needed for this herculean feat. Won't you please help by contributing?
Since OSB was in TX in 2018, we wanted to help a local Chapter with their fundraising needs for wreath placement on December 15, 2018. We could think of no other cemetery that so many BRATS are familiar with, other than Ft. Sam Houston in Military City-San Antonio, TX. Ft. Sam has over 140,000 tombstones to cover; and the number increases daily!
Wreaths are $15.00 each.
$2,727 was collected (as of mid-September 2018). THANK YOU for your generous support!
2019 Brat Cause
In 2019, we did a Memorial Cause in the name of Joy (Harper) Bryant, Wainwright High School, Class of '71. Joy passed on April 16, 2019.
A charter member with OVERSEAS BRATS (1986), Joy was instrumental in seeing it grow and served as OSB's Vice President in the 1990s. In 1995, she was the recipient of OSB's Presidential Award. She attended 24 Gatherings until her illness, Alzheimer's, took its nasty hold. Likewise she was instrumental in the growth and involvement of AOSHS (the American Overseas School Historical Society) from its inception.
In her Memory, we collected $2029 to be awarded to the "Dr. Tom Drysdale Memorial Scholarship Fund" (at AOSHS). Each year 2 Brats at smaller/unrecognized overseas high schools are awarded Scholarships via this ongoing fund. Additionally, a donation of $200 is being sent to Grayson College Foundation in Denison, TX where Joy has a scholarship fund in her name.
A collection took place at this year's Homecoming in New Orleans, August 15-18, 2019, but if you couldn't attend or would like to contribute now please make your check payable to: AOSHS or the Grayson College Foundation (both are 501-c3's) and mail to:
OVERSEAS BRATS
P.O. Box 1792
Euless, TX 76039
Be sure to enter "In Memory of: Joy Harper Bryant" in the memo line of your check.
You may also donate via Paypal (below). PayPal contributions you designate (in the notes) for "AOSHS, or the Grayson College Foundation" WILL be forwarded to the respective organization you designate, but will not be tax deductible as the payment itself will go first to Overseas Brats, and then to the organizations.
You can use the PayPal button below to make a donation of $25, $50, or $100.
BRAT CAUSE DONATION:
Want to contribute $25, $50, or $100 to the "Brat Cause" for 2019?
Add your donation amount by clicking the PayPal "Add to Cart" button, below:
Note that PayPal payments are not tax deductible.
THANK YOU so much for your generous support.
Joe Condrill - President OSB
Jeri Glass - Vice President OSB
Brats,
Starting in 2011, Overseas Brats (OSB) the organization, thought we would incorporate an annual gift-giving project into our annual Gathering each October. It has been met with much support from our Brat community. We are truly moved by your embracement to help others! We are BRATS after all!
In 2011, so many of our fellow Brats who attended school in Japan were extremely moved and devastated by the triple tragedy that impacted their former host country Japan. Many "active duty Brat seniors" still attending school in Japan... had to relocate stateside so they could complete their school year and graduate on time with their peers. We made the American Red Cross in Japan/via our Gathering site's city sister program our Brat Cause recipient in 2011 and raised $2,276.00.
In 2012, we learned of the efforts of Dr. Rick Connell's Ta Touck English School, a village school in Siem Reap, Cambodia. (Rick is a Heidelberg Class of '75 Brat). This particular year we raised $2,526 for the children's school supplies, rain slickers and bicycles with allowed children in remote areas to attend "a" school. To "give again" or for the 1st time visit: Ta Touck Village School Fund
In 2013, we saw our dear friend and visionary, Dr. Tom Drysdale, the founder of the American Overseas School Historical Society (AOSHS), pass away. In Tom's memory we established a Scholarship Fund with AOSHS to be awarded to "active duty Brats." $3,935 was raised.
In 2014, we adopted the Museum of the American Military Family (MAMF) as our "Brat Cause." MAMF celebrates over two centuries of our military family's contributions -as the family served with the solider! Although the Museum (headquartered in Albuquerque, NM) is currently an online museum, the organization has been gifted seven historic military housing units from the early 1940s and is in the process of fundraising to rehab them. With the help of donations like ours, (we raised $2,247) MAMF will not only be an online presence but have a permanent physical location for all to view, enjoy and learn from.
In 2015, our Brat Cause was "Brat Pack 11" which was run by then-17-year-old Brat Kenzie Hall. An active duty Brat, Kenzie was awarded the Army's Military Child of the Year. At just 11 yrs old when her father was deployed to Afghanistan Kenzie started a charity called "Brat Pack 11." BP11 (for short) grants wishes to military kids of wounded and fallen soldiers. With "Brat Pack 11" being a budding charity -- which has granted a "few" dreams for young Brats -- we wanted to help this Brat teen, grant a few more wishes. Kenzie earned a spot at the distinguished "Teens Can Make it Happen Conference" early in the year. We raised $3,156 for this cause in 2015.
In 2017, our Cause was "Honor Flight." Honor Flight is a non-profit organization created solely to honor America's veterans for all their sacrifices. They transport our heroes to Washington, D.C. to visit their respective memorials. The program started with just WWII Veterans, still their priority, but has now expanded to Korean and Vietnam Vets. Four of our board members have gone through Honor Flight training sessions and/or volunteer with their local chapters. Two have actually been "Guardians" on a WWII flight and a Korean Flight respectively. We raised $3,216.00 between online donations and at our annual Gathering in 2017 in Huntsville, AL. Funds were donated between 3 Chapters, the Space Coast chapter in Melbourne, FL, the Phoenix, AZ chapter and the San Antonio, TX.
In 2018, our Cause was
"Wreaths Across America" (WAA). WAA's mission each December is to coordinate wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington as well as the more than 1,400 other Veteran Cemeteries across the country.
They Honor Those Who Serve.
Yet not every grave gets a Wreath as sponsorships and donations are needed for this herculean feat. Won't you please help by contributing?
Since OSB was in TX in 2018, we wanted to help a local Chapter with their fundraising needs for wreath placement on December 15, 2018. We could think of no other cemetery that so many BRATS are familiar with, other than Ft. Sam Houston in Military City-San Antonio, TX. Ft. Sam has over 140,000 tombstones to cover; and the number increases daily!
Wreaths are $15.00 each.
$2,727 was collected (as of mid-September 2018). THANK YOU for your generous support!
2019 Brat Cause
In 2019, we did a Memorial Cause in the name of Joy (Harper) Bryant, Wainwright High School, Class of '71. Joy passed on April 16, 2019.
A charter member with OVERSEAS BRATS (1986), Joy was instrumental in seeing it grow and served as OSB's Vice President in the 1990s. In 1995, she was the recipient of OSB's Presidential Award. She attended 24 Gatherings until her illness, Alzheimer's, took its nasty hold. Likewise she was instrumental in the growth and involvement of AOSHS (the American Overseas School Historical Society) from its inception.
In her Memory, we collected $2029 to be awarded to the "Dr. Tom Drysdale Memorial Scholarship Fund" (at AOSHS). Each year 2 Brats at smaller/unrecognized overseas high schools are awarded Scholarships via this ongoing fund. Additionally, a donation of $200 is being sent to Grayson College Foundation in Denison, TX where Joy has a scholarship fund in her name.
A collection took place at this year's Homecoming in New Orleans, August 15-18, 2019, but if you couldn't attend or would like to contribute now please make your check payable to: AOSHS or the Grayson College Foundation (both are 501-c3's) and mail to:
OVERSEAS BRATS
P.O. Box 1792
Euless, TX 76039
Be sure to enter "In Memory of: Joy Harper Bryant" in the memo line of your check.
You may also donate via Paypal (below). PayPal contributions you designate (in the notes) for "AOSHS, or the Grayson College Foundation" WILL be forwarded to the respective organization you designate, but will not be tax deductible as the payment itself will go first to Overseas Brats, and then to the organizations.
You can use the PayPal button below to make a donation of $25, $50, or $100.
BRAT CAUSE DONATION:
Want to contribute $25, $50, or $100 to the "Brat Cause" for 2019?
Add your donation amount by clicking the PayPal "Add to Cart" button, below:
Note that PayPal payments are not tax deductible.
THANK YOU so much for your generous support.
Joe Condrill - President OSB
Jeri Glass - Vice President OSB
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