If your family reunion event has recently passed or you're planning a 2012 or 2013 family reunion it's time to start writing your reunion newsletter. The question is, where to start? Why not start with your event preparation notes, ideas or recent reunion dinner program and Itinerary?
If your event is future, build anticipation and throw out some ideas and suggestions from family members. Add plenty of commendation about past gatherings. To get everyone involved get thoughts from the younger generation. If the family plans on getting together in the month of November, this would be a fine time to distribute the newsletter and consider some of the event location, dinner program and itinerary ideas.
Writing the Newsletter
Include short paragraphs under the following subheadings:
1. Making Memories (Add snippets of highlights of past reunion the events)
2. How It All Began (Discuss how the theme and slogan came about)
3. Acknowledgement (Say thank you to those who helped out)
4. Recent Family News (Weddings, Graduations, Births, In Memoriam)
5. Include poems and meaningful quotations
Clearly identify family members you're telling about. For example, write, "Jane Smith, daughter of Gordon C. Smith and Joy Hazel Smith, graduated from the University of Maryland in May."
Family photos are wonderful additions to family reunion newsletters. Kids pictures are most endearing and spark conversation. Be sure to add captions with descriptions of the subjects in the photos including names, location and the date the photo was taken.
Content and Filler
Need more content? Add one line family trivia in empty spaces. For example, you could write, "Who let the dogs out? In 1959 John Smith owned a kennel." Add mystery guest photos and humorous comments or situations associated with the reunion. Add a recipe box complete with the history behind the recipe.
Add some heart to your newsletter with excerpts from poems. A great place to find family reunion poems it at
http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net/family_reunion_poems.html
Did You Know? The author of the poem "Finding Our Way Back Home" is also the author of Fimark's Family Reunion Planning Guide and Keepsake book.
Family Recipes
Want to start compiling family reunion recipes complete with history, background, originator and instructions? Get Fimark's Family Reunion Planning Guide and Keepsake book. Makes a great gift for family reunion planners, award recipients and genealogy buffs. http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net
Thinking about a family reunion cruise? Get ideas at http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net/reunion-travel-vacation.html
Happy Family Reunion Planning!
Mark & Brenda
If your event is future, build anticipation and throw out some ideas and suggestions from family members. Add plenty of commendation about past gatherings. To get everyone involved get thoughts from the younger generation. If the family plans on getting together in the month of November, this would be a fine time to distribute the newsletter and consider some of the event location, dinner program and itinerary ideas.
Writing the Newsletter
Include short paragraphs under the following subheadings:
1. Making Memories (Add snippets of highlights of past reunion the events)
2. How It All Began (Discuss how the theme and slogan came about)
3. Acknowledgement (Say thank you to those who helped out)
4. Recent Family News (Weddings, Graduations, Births, In Memoriam)
5. Include poems and meaningful quotations
Clearly identify family members you're telling about. For example, write, "Jane Smith, daughter of Gordon C. Smith and Joy Hazel Smith, graduated from the University of Maryland in May."
Family photos are wonderful additions to family reunion newsletters. Kids pictures are most endearing and spark conversation. Be sure to add captions with descriptions of the subjects in the photos including names, location and the date the photo was taken.
Content and Filler
Need more content? Add one line family trivia in empty spaces. For example, you could write, "Who let the dogs out? In 1959 John Smith owned a kennel." Add mystery guest photos and humorous comments or situations associated with the reunion. Add a recipe box complete with the history behind the recipe.
Add some heart to your newsletter with excerpts from poems. A great place to find family reunion poems it at
http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net/family_reunion_poems.html
Did You Know? The author of the poem "Finding Our Way Back Home" is also the author of Fimark's Family Reunion Planning Guide and Keepsake book.
Family Recipes
Want to start compiling family reunion recipes complete with history, background, originator and instructions? Get Fimark's Family Reunion Planning Guide and Keepsake book. Makes a great gift for family reunion planners, award recipients and genealogy buffs. http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net
Thinking about a family reunion cruise? Get ideas at http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net/reunion-travel-vacation.html
Happy Family Reunion Planning!
Mark & Brenda
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