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Parents/grandparents of Lodges 29, Taylor and 47, Seaton youth are, left to right, Bryan Hajda, Brandon Bartek, Angela and Ed Sumner, Linda Pospisil, Roger Kaderka, and Cynthia Kaderka. They are pictured with some of the items donated to the S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living residents.
Benevolence
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★ Humanity
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Morgan Porubsky of Lodge 47, Seaton Youth Club helps a resident with bingo at S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living in Taylor. Youth from Lodges 29, Taylor and 47, Seaton visited the facility on Sunday, October 30 for Make a Difference Day. Youth played bingo with the residents and delivered Halloween goodie bags to them.
Feeling Special, Sharing Time, Making a Difference
On Sunday, October 30, Lodges 29, Taylor Youth Club and 47, Seaton Youth Club hosted a bingo hour at the S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living Facility in Taylor for Make a Difference Day which is an annual community service event to improve the lives of others. “We entertained 23 residents playing 50 cent bingo,” Lodge 29 Youth Leader Cristy Girod said. “The youth and some adults dressed up in Halloween costumes for an extra bonus!” Afterwards, youth handed out Halloween treats and a bag of goodies filled with items like toilet paper,
paper towels, hand soap, sanitizer, and tissues that residents can use in their apartments. Cristy encourages others to remember S.P.J.S.T. Assisted Living. “If you’re ever looking for a place to donate to, please keep these special people in mind.” The youth clubs received a sweet thank you card from the residents expressing their gratitude, she said. “Our goal for this outing was to make the elderly feel special and to show our youth the importance of sharing their time and making others feel good.” —SPJST—
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★ Brotherhood
Together, we can fulfill our mission of “Insuring and Enriching Lives”
By Hiram Dixon Supreme Lodge Vice President, FICF, LUTCF, CFFM
SPJST, along with most of the fraternal life insurance societies, has experienced a decline in membership over the last few years. Since 2007, SPJST’s membership has declined 15 percent. While SPJST is a very strong and financially sound society, we need to increase our membership. Our goal for 2017 is to issue 1,825 certificates. To accomplish this goal, we are asking you, the members, to help us. Over the past several years, we have obtained referrals from members and placed the names of the referring member in a drawing for a $25 gift card. Once a month, we draw three members’ names from those who have referred someone to us. Since January 2016, we have received 233 referrals from SPJST Home Office staff and from our membership. As a result of the referrals, we have issued 98 new certificates, or 42 percent of the referrals. Fraternal Field Manager Phil McBee speaks often of the love we all share for SPJST and that we all want SPJST to grow and prosper. He has an idea that is quite simple but extremely effective. SPJST has 40,921 members. If 15 percent of our members refer one prospective member in 2017, we will have 6,138 referrals! And, if we only issue 25 percent (instead of 42 percent) of these certificates, we will have 1,534 new members. This would help us achieve the 1,825 goal for 2017. It is easy to refer a prospective member. Contact us at the Home Office 1-
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Lodge Section......................................9 Youth Section ....................................15 In Memoriam ......................................18 Czech Culture ....................................19 Advertisements .................................21 Lodge Calendar .................................22
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800-727-7578; call your SPJST sales agent or your Fraternal Field Manager; or send an email to info@spjst.org. Where can you find these prospective members? They are your family who are not insured with SPJST . . . people you know from your church . . . folks that you do business with . . . fellow employees . . . people from other organizations. All we ask of you is to tell them the SPJST story and how much you have enjoyed SPJST fraternalism and how secure you feel owning life insurance or annuity certificates with SPJST. Once we receive your referral, one of our sales agents will contact the prospective member. Our sales agents are well trained on SPJST’s products, and they understand how to match the correct insurance product to members’ and prospective members’ needs. Our portfolio of life insurance and annuity products are superior because of the added value of fraternalism. First and foremost, we are a life insurance society that can and will deliver on our promise that through our life insurance programs, we offer peace of mind. With the stroke of a pen, we can create an immediate estate at the time a family needs it the most — monies so that the home is paid for, leaving a deed not a debt, education for the children, clothing, food, all the necessities of life for years to come. I challenge each of you to refer just one person for membership in SPJST, and together, we can fulfill our mission of “Insuring and Enriching Lives.” —SPJST—
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