Family Reunion Planning

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Family Reunion Digital Art Printables
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Family Reunion Registry
Announce Your Family Reunion

                                                                          Updated January 12, 2010

Welcome to the family reunion planning page at Legendary Heritage Heirlooms.  If you're looking for the ideal Family Reunion Planning software for the African American family you've come to the right place.  But first a few words from our founder,  Mark Askew   As a family reunion planner I thought you might want to know a few facts we're proud of.  As of June 2005 we have successfully promoted November as annual Family Reunion Planning Month. This day of observance is now recognized and acknowleged by absoluteastronomy.com, Bigalow Tea, Wikipedia.org, and scores of organizations on and offline.  Our Family Reunion Planner is a compilation of the 6 Step Theme Planner, worksheets, spreadsheets, templates and budget calculation checklist has recieved positive reviews by WomansDay.com as well as Cnet as the most downloaded software in its category for 2007.  Some of the most popular contributions are at Fimark Home Online in the form of family reunion poems, family reunion flyers and an ever growing number of printable downloadable fine art greeting cards. We hope you enjoy our extensive array products to enhance your special occasion. Sincerely, Mark A. Askew Founder, Legendary Heritage Heirlooms, Fimark Home Online, Fimark Event Planners	About Our Founder Mark Angelo Askew's fine works of art are   featured at Legendary Heritage Hierlooms Cool Art Gallery. His LHH series works are listed in the extensive directory of African American Artists on the Internet by Long Island University. Mark is listed along side such known artists as Romare Bearden and Thomas Blackshear. Marks projects include Fimark Home Online. These projects are used as event planning tools and educational resources by a number of univeristies, colleges and education groups such as:  Minnasota State University  Long Island University  Boston University of Theology  Stanford University Homestay - International Student Host Group Marks articles on family reunion planning, arts and crafts and business are published by several national and international syndicates including eHow.com, Wikihow, Ezinearticles and appear on over 300 websites.  Black History Month - As you know February is Black History month. Take the time to explore and discover Black History with your children at Fimark's Black History Pages. Look over the features of the Family Reunion Planner. We are certain you'll find this package a useful tool when planning your family reunion.
Legendary Heritage Heirlooms   Award Winning   Family Reunion Planner Organizer 3.0 Friend of the Family award-winner!   Event Planning Interface with Social Network enabled features Edit Attendee Database offline or share online allowing remote family members  to edit their own contact and survey information in real time. Step thru the planning stages using the interactive Timeline Calendar  Select reunion themes each with suggested activities, Itinerary, Dinner Program and Slogans Calculate event costs using the budget list panel Choose T-shirt Logos, group orders by size and order online at discount prices Design your own keepsake memory booklet Access 15 unique invitational reunion announcement flyers Announce your family reunion online Lookup destination tours, entertainment, shopping, parks, reception halls, hotels and more. Download a spreadsheet workbook version of the Family Reunion Planner Worksheets editable using Microsoft Word and Excel  Worksheet Version Includes the following Documents:  Reunion Evaluation Sheet Activity Ideas Check List Events Sheet Site Location Sheet Scheduling Worksheet Committees Assignment Sheet Reunion Needs List Lunch Planner Planner Checklist Time Line Preparation Reminder Family Genealogy Tree Family Web-page Hotel Booking Agenda Invitations/flyer  Activities  Music Selection Sheet  Awards/Certificates  Directions/Mapping  Next Reunion Event Planner      $29.00 - Family Reunion Planner (Worksheets Download Only) $45.00 - Complete Family Reunion Planner Download $49.00 - Complete Family Reunion Planner CD and Download $99.00 - Complete Family Reunion Planner Binder CD and Download $279.00 - Deluxe Family Reunion Planner Folio CD and Download      Payment SSL Secure Server Transaction   Privacy/Secure Payment Policy Your personal identifiable information is transmitted over a secure server using the latest ID protection technology. Your information will not be passed on to a third party nor used for advertising purposes.   Legendary Heritage Heirlooms, a Fimark.net Company - Financial Marketing Network, Inc. Review the Evaluation  Version of the  Family Reunion Planner here
belong to book and poetry clubs are passionate about certain novelists and poets. Practicality Sells Big Many attendees are frugal and will only put money on an item that will likely help them save money on the family reunion event. That said, sell baskets of coupons, your collection of gift cards and the ever-popular Entertainment Book which sells at a 50% discount and free shipping this time of year. Go to... http://entertainmentbook.fimark.net Send out flyers, emails, text messages and invitations that list some of the items or categories that will be available. Have those who will attend the fundraiser also share in organizing and managing some aspect of the event to ensure that they will be present to bid. Your fundraiser is to raise reunion funds not to spend reunion funds. That said, make sure that all who attend bring a dish, drinks and supplies to equalize the expense and prevent having to dip into the reunion account. For more ideas to get your fundraiser off the ground consult the award winning Family Reunion Planner Organizer. Download the latest copy with new correspondence stationary, flyers, dues collection calculator/ledger, T-shirt Roster and more at http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net   Family Reunions Go Digital News:  August 2007  Legendary Heritage Heirlooms Fimark offers digital download tools, templates and official reunion correspondence and worksheets.  Now family reunion planners an coordinating committees can have their cake and eat it too. The Legendary Heritage Heirlooms family has launched a complete family reunion suite of packages including must have reunion planning organizing and event management guides and tools with instant download at your fingertips.   Family Reunion Events Strong and Steady News:  June 4 2007  Legendary Heritage Heirlooms Fimark, an events planning company notes family reunion planning is exceeding wedding and graduation events. That said event planners would do well to add family reunions to their package of event planning. Read More Family Reunion Activities Get Creative News:  June 2 2007  Legendary Heritage Heirlooms LHH notes family reunion planners are performing google searches for creative game activities for family reunion members of all ages. Some of the top searches for unique activities include "Great Race",  "Survivor" and American Idol to name a few. Read More   Family Reunion Dinners Go Black Tie News:  May 12 2006  Legendary Heritage Heirlooms Since the televised Ball thrown by Oprah more family reunion planners have been featuring black tie or formal dinner events.  Common features of the events are formal wear including evening gown and dinner jackets. Reunion events have evolved into classy fashionable evenings out on the town.  Read More   Family Reunions On Cruise Control News:  January 10 2006  Legendary Heritage Heirlooms In recent years family reunion planners have featured the fun and fancy all in one package, namely luxury family reunion cruises. Now family reunion planners are including family reunion cruises as an item of consideration when taking surveys for fun and exciting activities. Read More   Family Reunions Sweep The Nation News:  July 21 2005  An estimated 200,000 family reunions are held nationwide each year, drawing an average of 40 people per event according to one family reunion expert who interviewed over 3000 reunion planners. Reunion events are growing while planners are just trying to keep up.   Experts strongly urge family members to form even committees and take advantage of event planning organizers and reunion planners. "You'll saving hundreds possibly thousands of dollars with good advance preparation and planning says one professional family reunion planner.                     -LHH Newswire _______________________________ Event Planners Save Money And Skin News:  July 16 2005  Family reunion event planners are not just saving family reunion committees money.  They're reportedly saving their skin as well.  Several family members embarking on a reunion event that featuring several activities spread over 3 or more days typical plan to spend over two to three thousand dollars or more. However when nearing the time of the event unforeseen expenses may require dishing out 50% - 200% more funds than expected.   In comes the reunion event planner who can help family members steer clear of needless expenses with long range planning in mind.  Even planning services may include event tips regarding safe meal preparation and financing large events on land or at sea.  As reunion events become more sophisticated the family reunion event planner can point activity coordinators in the right direction suggesting numerous ways to take advantage of cruise line discounts and special group rates on hotels, dining and entertainment most never knew existed.                                -LHH Newswire _______________________________   Award Winning Family Reunion Planner  ************************************* Everything needed to plan organize and manage a memorable reunion event  Helps you keep up with orders, dues balance per individual or household, overall costs, T-shirt sorting and dispersing. Survey forms are included. Family-reunion-planner.fimark.net	continued... Add one or more of the following activities to your family reunion program: Historic Skits Reenactments Highlight pivotal points in a family's history. Participants are introduced to the art of developing a timeline as well as period research with a focus on costume design, customs, dialogue and social, economic and technological developments. Story Telling A fascinating art that brings to life tales of ancestors and their accomplishments. Along with stories of legends of the past, life lessons are taught. The meaning behind family traditions are shared while relaying important family history factoids and the ties that bind. Genealogy Tours Take the family on an exciting tour of important genealogical hot spots including the family homestead, the towns in which the family settled, the jobs they held, machines they worked, markets they traded and streets they walked as well as social activities they immersed themselves into. Genealogy Presentations A Presentation of historic documents and vintage artifacts that identify timelines, economic status, historic events and locations of ancestors. Family Reunion Keepsake Booklets Make a Family Reunion Booklet with an emphasis on black history contributions. See more about family reunion booklets at http://family-reunion-planner.fimark.net Genealogical Research Gains Momentum News:  July 16 2005  Travel agents cited an increased interest among young people in their family roots and genealogy. The outcome of a recent poll by Market Strategies, Inc. (MSI), a national, research and strategic consulting firm and MyFamily.com, Inc. revealed that 73 percent of Americans are interested in discovering their family history.  Instructions regarding researching, documenting and publishing historic artifacts associated with family lines are plentiful. Family reunion activities guides and tips regarding establishing and maintaining family traditions have proved an essential must have to planners. The process of digging deep to find ones roots opens the door to self-discovery and builds ties that bind a family together like nothing else can. Family reunions are not just another family get-together. These events have become a traditional walk into living history.                                 -LHH Newswire ________________   While Family Numbers Dwindle Family Reunions Grow News:  July 20 2005  What?s triggering the growth in family reunion activity? What is the catalyst that is causing the basic units of society to come together? One of the factors contributing to the upsurge is connected to 9-11-01. "It seems everyone knows someone who lost a friend or relative on that day. It makes you want to hold on tight to your family, your future and acknowledge your ancestry?, said one family reunion committee member.  While overseas travel dropped by double digits in 2001, the number of Americans traveling to family reunions at that time increased to 37 percent. More RVs were rented, more families traveled. One travel agency saw multigenerational family travel and reunion-type family travel increase for first-time visitors from 20 percent in 2000 to 34 percent in 2001.  A survey of 400 ASTA and Vacation.com members found that 67 percent reported booking travel accommodations for family reunions within the year since Sept 11 2001, while 64.5 percent reported an increase in requests to book family reunion trips over the past five years. Noticing an increase in family travel in the aftermath of Sept. 11, Sonesta launched the Our Family Invites Your Family package.                                 -LHH Newswire _______________________________ Family Reunions Event Planning Undergoes a Leisurely Evolution News:  July 18 2005  It would appear that family reunion planning has evolved from the typical 50 member backyard bar-b-que to the luxury liner destination, Bahamas.   One company with its eye on the ball is offering special family reunion package cruises and New York City show and tour on upscale luxury tour buses featuring a night on the town with a Broadway show and dinner as the highlight. That said, planning a family reunion for some have become about as challenging as planning a wedding reception. Carnival Cruise Lines is expecting a 20 percent increase in capacity.                                -LHH Newswire _______________________________ Family Reunion Committees Get Organized News:  July 16 2005  Family reunion committees often run into communication and follow up challenges largely due to a failure to itemize event needs and document decisions.  Family reunion organizers make all the difference.   Many a committee member has seen to value are reunion event evaluation sheets, activity ideas check lists, event detail sheets, site location sheets, scheduling worksheets, committees assignment sheets, reunion needs lists, meal planner checklists, time line preparation reminders and believe it or not the list goes on.  But it's not just about focusing on the present. It's also about connecting with the past.  New family reunion services have sprung up everywhere on the Internet offering tips, tools and helpful family research aides. Included in the mix of useful tools are genealogy research and documentation print out sheets, family heirloom certification papers, family lineage presentation tips, and the ability to publish your findings in photos, video and art.                                             -LHH Newswire ___________________