If your plans include a Prayer Service or Memorial Service, this is a good time to do it, because everyone still looks good from the photo shoot. At our Memorial Service, the names of our courageous ancestors were recited by a descendant. We sang the hymns that were important to our parents and grandparents. Now the biggie. Each family was asked, in the second newsletter, to bring something that could be raffled off.
Every family has a talent of some kind.
Some paint, some have wonderful woodworking skills, and some do lovely needlework and knitting. There were photographs of ancestors that were laser copied and nicely framed. The items were displayed and tickets were sold. This actually raised enough money for the rental of the hall and enough left over to pay for the copy machine. Someone in the group must have bookkeeping skills.