Fan Club Prepared Anniversary Booklets
Over the years, the fan club has celebrated Erika’s milestones with booklets.
The fan club wanted to recognize Erika’s 25th One Life to Live Anniversary in a big way. Walter and fan club member, Stephen Schofield, rummaged through all the club’s newsletters and worked for 30 hours to collect anything pertinent which would chronicle the highlights of Erika’s career and major personal life happenings. In addition, the club contacted current and past actors, actresses, writers, directors, technical people, and behind-the-scenes folks so that they could offer their congratulations on this milestone. Club member, Nancy Richardson, assisted in the early stages with Walter and Stephen, but kudos and gratitude go to Kit Swanson (Williams) for editing the submissions and having all the pages bound into a hard-cover book, thus making it a reality.
On March 17, 1996, Erika and Brian invited Kit and Walter to their home on that momentous day, and they presented Erika with this special gift, which Erika would then always refer to as "The Book.” Erika was touched and overwhelmed when it was given to her, as so many of her colleagues in the industry had submitted entries. We also remembered her with a silver tray honoring her twenty-five years. The club continued the tradition by presenting Erika with the smaller Anniversary Booklets in 2001 and 2011 with Angie Schneider, the club's editor who lent her talents in making these milestone booklets so special.