EGRSF is available to help with your planning efforts. Get started with some guidance from us on our Reunion Planning page and contact Maria Allen, Alumni Relations Coordinator to request planning support and to share your class reunion plans. Information on independently organized class reunions is below.

ADDITIONAL EVENT INFORMATION

Gerken Open Golf Outing

2027 event will once again be at Thousand Oaks Golf Club on Wednesday, June 16. Click the link in the title for more information.

Homecoming 2026

The East Grand Rapids 2026 Homecoming is October 2-3, 2026

2026 Community Service and Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner

Every other year, the Foundation honors someone who has made a difference in their community as well as an East alum who has led a life of extraordinary distinction. The 2026 honorees are Susan Lovell for Community Service and Dr. Nii Addy '96 and Albert John Koerts “A.J.” Birkbeck '78 (posthumous) for Distinguished Alumni. For more information on the 2026 event or to become a sponsor or purchase tickets to the event, go to Community Service and Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner page on our website.

Submit your nomination for the Community Service and Leadership Award and the Distinguished Alumni Award. Nominations for the 2028 awards dinner will be accepted until December 1, 2027.

Previous Award Recipients

Other event information can be found in the EGRSF weekly Cheat Sheet and monthly The East Horizon.