Or it may fall somewhere between these two. Regardless of format, all newsletters should communicate with members.
Every support group has registered members who are unable to attend meetings.
A newsletter can inform these members and area health care professionals of group activities. Dick Mooney, editor of California's Mutual Amputee Aid Foundation newsletter for five years, offers a detailed description of how to produce a newsletter. Appoint a newsletter editor to write, edit, produce, and mail it, or nothing else in this article matters. At a minimum, the editor needs a typewriter or better yet, a computer with word processing software . Most importantly, an editor should write clearly and spend the time to produce a product of value to members.