Gary Poulson

After high school I took a couple of years off to decide on college. Well that never happened, huge surprise right? In 1991 I got a warehouse job, then became the manager, then bought a house in Mira Loma in 1995. Got married in August 1998 and started a family in 2000. In November 2002 I opened a business in Riverside and in 2004 we moved to Riverside. By 2006 we became the largest window cleaning company in the Inland Empire. Everything seemed great until May 2008 when our daughter Sarah became ill with JMML Leukemia. This is a rare type of leukemia at 1 in 1,000,000 diagnosed per year worldwide. We have been living in Hollywood at the Ronald McDonald House ever since. She had a bone marrow transplant and is being treated at Childrens Hospital in L.A. My 2 yr old son Dalen was her bone marrow donor and has given her a second chance at life. She is still battling intestinal disease from the treatments. My business is the best decision I have ever made, since my wife and I have the freedom to be with Sarah everyday. We still own our house in Riverside and trade off time there during the week so our oldest son Blake doesn't miss school and his friends. In April 2008 I started to contact old friends I hadn't seen since High School but didn't get too far with all the chaos that began shortly after. God bless you guys!

I never made a ton of friends at CHS since we moved to Claremont in 1986 and all my closest friends went to our arch enemy Pomona high. The people I cliqued with at CHS all graduated in 1988. I fondley remember Mr. Cole who would never say anything when I promptly went out the back door and got into my car to go eat at Taco Bell or to Bullwinkles to play video games pretty much everyday during his wood shop class. After only completing one project all simester he still passed me with a C and told me he knew I was leaving but he never told anybody. I sure loved that guy but I hope my kids never get a teacher like him. :)