William Penn Life, 2014 (49. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2014-03-01 / 3. szám
For Starters Hungarian Heritage Experience sold out The Home Office recently announced that this year’s Hungarian Heritage Experience at Scenic View is sold out. We thank all those who have registered for this year’s Experience and look forward to hosting you the first week of August. Those wishing to have their names placed on a waiting list for this year’s Experience (in case a current registrant drops out), and anyone wishing to register for our Experience in August 2015, can call Judit at I-800-848-7366, ext. 149. WPA Easter Baskets Share the Fraternal Spirit with those in need by Endre Csornán WPA invites our branches to spread the Fraternal Spirit this Lenten season by participating in our inaugural Easter Basket program. This new fraternal effort is similar to our Holiday Basket program in that we encourage our branches to gather their members, create baskets filled with food and household items, then donate the baskets to people in need in their community. You can turn this into a branch event, filled with fun and fellowship and featuring light refreshments. It's another way for you to not only keep your branch active but also positively impact your community. Branches can focus their energy into one cheerful Easter Basket to one needy family or create several small baskets for their local senior care home, for example. To help bolster your branch's efforts, the Home Office will reimburse each branch up to $50, allowing you to purchase even more goods for those in need. Please send information and photos of your branch's Easter Basket event to the Home Office before April 4, so that your participation can be reported in the May issue of William Penn Life. With your help, William Penn Association can remain a dynamic part of your community and continue to grow for the next 128 years. (Join kandg to tooc/v V ON THE FIRST SATURDAY in May, fraternalists and nonfraternalists alike come together for Join Hands Day to make a difference in their communities through helpful projects that connect youths and adults. Join Hands Day gives your branch the opportunity to reach out to people they don't know, to connect generations and to develop new relationships. Join Hands Day also is the only day on the national Seasons of Service calendar that targets and develops youth/adult relationships through neighborhood volunteering. There are many reasons to participate in this day of service: • You'll help to improve your community. • You'll motivate both youths and adults to become more active in your society/organization. • You'll increase teamwork, morale and trust among your participants...and boost retention. • You'll build relationships with other organizations and businesses. • Volunteers will join you to work on specific causes of mutual interest or concern. • Your community will learn about WPA and its good works. •You'll garner positive media attention for your branch and WPA as a whole. • Young people will learn the value of volunteering and personally making a difference in their own communities. • It's fun and rewarding! Join hands, touch lives. Take part in Join Hands Day and showcase the good work your volunteers do every day, 365 days a year. To learn more on how your branch can participate in Join Hands Day, log onto http://fraternalliance.org/join-hands-day/what-is-join-hands-day 2 0 March 2014 ° William Penn Life
