Celebrate your club's anniversary date and tell the world of your club's celebration

Publicize your Club's Charter Anniversary
Show the community or organization how long the club has been serving members

Hello Fellow Toastmasters and most welcomed Guests,

Birthdays and anniversaries are a time to celebrate, to get together with friends and family, to have fun, and to give/get cards to mark the occasion and show how much you care. As Toastmasters, we sometimes hear of the clubs that mark a milestone of 10, 25, or 50 years. Those milestones are really special! Let's make a choice to make each charter date anniversary special whether it is our 6th year, 17th, or 42nd.

Toastmasters clubs are there to build skills and change lives. How many lives have been changed since your club chartered? How has your club affected your life? An anniversary is a time to reflect on what has happened and where you want to go.

For this year, as your anniversary date draws near, I ask that you

Think about what your life was like before Toastmasters. Have you seen a change in your life? Have OTHERS seen a change in YOU?
Think about all the members that came before you in your club. What skills and relationships did past members gain? How many lives has your Toastmasters club touched?
Think about all the skills that they built during their time being a Toastmaster. What changes have you witnessed in others?
Think about how you and others have built lasting relationships from being a Toastmaster. Do you consider your Toastmasters club as a second family?

Now, that you have thought about all this. Write down your thoughts as a testimonial for your club. Send your testimonial with an announcement about your club's charter anniversary included in your article as a press release to your local newspaper about 2 weeks before your charter anniversary with enough time to print and have people contact you about the article. Remember to include meeting information, your contact information and/or website, and what Toastmasters can do for the person reading the news release.

I will help you begin your press release...

"XYZ Club celebrates # years in "city" this month. Over the years, members have gained . . and you can too."

If you need assistance putting together a press release, the Vice President of Public Relations manual is a excellent resource for press releases. I can be reached by email for any questions or if you need assistance with your press release.

Warm regards,

John Frederick
District Public Relations Officer

Charter date

Club number, name, & number of years to celebrate

Anniversaries in July

7/1/1948

621 Logansport Celebrates 58 Years

7/1/1957

666 Bob Leiman Celebrates 49 Years

7/1/2000

7376 I-Toast Celebrates 6 Years

Anniversaries in August

8/20/2001

733 Canterbury Tales Celebrates 5 Years MILESTONE

8/1/1981

4683 Zimmer Celebrates 25 Years MILESTONE

8/18/2003

583486 Money Talks Celebrates 3 Years MILESTONE

8/1/1965

681 Woodman Celebrates 41 Years

8/14/2003

588496 Whitewater Valley Celebrates 3 Years MILESTONE

Anniversaries in September

9/1/1977

694 Mishatalkers Celebrates 29 Years

9/16/2002

9642 Maple City Celebrates 4 Years

9/1/1947

521 Anthony Wayne Celebrates 59 Years

9/1/1999

3101 Wall St. Speak Easy Celebrates 7 Years

9/1/1966

1023 Innovators Celebrates 40 Years MILESTONE

9/1/1992

9049 Leadership Outreach Celebrates 14 Years

9/12/2002

9146 Conseco Toastmasters Celebrates 4 Years

9/1/1989

5946 Sallie Mae Celebrates 17 Years

9/1/1995

5763 Toastmaster Club of Fishers Celebrates 11 Years

9/1/1980

4358 G.L.A.C. Celebrates 26 Years

9/1/1945

332 Vigo Celebrates 61 Years

9/30/2003

583391 LTC Celebrates 3 Years

John Frederick
Public Relations Officer

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