William Penn Life, 2001 (36. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2001-11-01 / 11. szám
Have your say Families to work together to better their communities WASHINGTON - The Points of Light Foundation and the Volunteer Center National Network will be sponsoring National Family Volunteer Day Nov. 17. National Family Volunteer Day is designed to showcase the benefits of families working together and provide a great way to introduce people of all ages to community service. Since its inception, over 30,000 families have made a significant positive impact in their own communities. An outgrowth of the Points of Light Foundation’s Family Matters program, National Family Volunteer Day is a national call to action designed to generate enthusiasm among families seeking to strengthen their family and meet serious social problems in their communities. Volunteering together as a family opens the lines of communication, teaches positive values to children, and provides quality family time, while simultaneously allowing families to contribute significantly to their communities. Corporations and organizations reap proven benefits from organizing family volunteerism projects like increased employee morale and team and community building. No matter how people define their family, National Family Volunteer Day is a day to let your community know that your family matters...and that your community matters to your family. To learn more about how your family can participate in this special day of service, contact the Points of Light Foundation at (202) 729-8000 or log onto the National Family Volunteer Day web site at vmw.pointsofight.org/familymatters/ fmday.cfm. Elections give you a voice PITTSBURGH - One of the most important principles upon which the WPA was built is democracy. Who runs the Association and what it does are ultimately decided by the membership, either through direct vote or through electing representatives to make those decisions. This December, every adult lifebenefit member of the William Penn Association has the opportunity to have their say on how their branch is operated by participating in your branch's election of officers for 2002. By running for a branch office or simply voting at the election meeting, you can affect your branch's future. The procedure for conducting branch elections is spelled out in the WPA's By-Laws (Article VI, Section 606). Put simply: Candidates are nominated from the floor at the election meeting. in your branch’s future * Each adult life-benefit member may vote once for each office. Elections shall be by a majority of those present at the meeting. * Officers elected at the meeting are installed immediately. An "adult life-benefit member" is a person who has attained the age of 16 and has a life insurance policy with the WPA. All such members can vote. However, to run for an office, you must be an adult life-benefit member age 18 or older who is not: (1) directly involved in litigation against the WPA; (2) a full-time or general agent; (3) licensed to sell for another life insurance company; or (4) a spouse of any of the above. To find out when your branch's elections will be held, check this month's "Branch News" page, or contact your branch's officers. sergeant with the NYPD, presented a donation of $5,000 on behalf of the WPA to the Sergeant Benevolent Association. The money will go into a scholarship fund for the orphans of four fellow sergeants who died in the Sept. I I attack on the World Trade Center. Bernard Pound, president of the SBA, accepts the check from Director Varga as other officers of the SBA look on. Director Varga is a 19-year veteran of the NYPD and comes from a family dedicated to the residents of New York. His wife Donna, brother Andrew and cousin Walter Huthansel are all veterans of the NYPD. All accepted the challenge and assisted in the rescue operation on that fateful day. 2 William ban Lile, November 2001
