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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 19 , 2006

CONTACT:
Michael Runestad
317-634-6341 x 135
miker@family-service-inc.org

Exemplary families sought for unique award

If you know of an exemplary family in Central Indiana, Family Service wants to hear from you.

Family Service of Central Indiana, Inc., the oldest social-service not-for-profit organization in Central Indiana, is accepting nominations for the annual Alice M. Ross “Salute to Family” award that recognizes exemplary families from the community.

Every family has the potential to be exemplary. Often characterized by togetherness, communication, and commitment on a day-to-day basis as well as perseverance and flexibility in the face of challenges, exemplary families can be traditional or non-traditional in nature and include blended, extended, adoptive, and foster families.

“The Alice M. Ross ‘Salute to Family’ Award is such a positive experience for everyone,” Family Service President Edie Olson said. “It engages the entire community in celebrating successful families and also encourages individuals to reflect on ways they can strengthen their own family.”

For a family to be considered for this award, nominations must be submitted by Feb. 28 to Family Service (Attn: Salute to Families Awards Committee; 615 N. Alabama St, Suite 320; Indianapolis, IN 46204). Nomination forms are also available online at www.family-service-inc.org/events/award.asp or by contacting Mike Runestad at 317-634-6341 x 135.

Any member of the community may nominate a family they admire, and families may nominate themselves as well. Families may be contacted for additional information or for a follow-up interview with a Family Service staff member.

The award-winning family will be publicly recognized at “Salute to Families,” presented by United Water. This annual breakfast is scheduled for April 21 at the Union Federal Colts Complex ( 7001 West 56th Street) and will raise support for and awareness of the many programs of Family Service. The award recipients and the nominator will be provided with complimentary tickets.

Special note to designers:

The Alice M. Ross “Salute to Family” Award nomination form is available in both Spanish and English as an Adobe InDesign package. To download the compressed file containing the InDesign file as well as all fonts, pictures, and logos needed for reproduction, please click here to download the Zip file. Please click here for the nomination form in English, and click here to download the nomination form in Spanish.

About Family Service:

Supporting families since 1835, Family Service of Central Indiana, Inc. strengthens families to help them overcome typical marital or family conflicts and more serious challenges like domestic violence and chemical dependency; provides training and support for individuals to become better parents, caregivers, money managers, supervisors, and employees; and empowers adults to continue to live independently as they learn to cope with aging and mental or physical challenges. In 2004, 8,000 individuals from Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, and Morgan counties were guided toward their goal of a stronger, healthier family by the caring counselors at Family Service.

About Alice M. Ross:

A special friend of Family Service, Alice M. Ross was a beloved philanthropist, volunteer and longtime resident of Central Indiana. Perhaps best remembered for her energy and enthusiasm, Ross gave tremendous support to organizations and people from all walks of life. It is in her honor that Family Service recognizes exemplary families from the Central Indiana community.

Purpose of the Blog: Effective Family Communication

It’s progressive…requires faith, work, and determination…promotes unity, love, and respect.

Introducing…

The Randolph-McElroy Family Website

The Official Web Portal for Family Communication

Steve Randolph w/ the assistance of Cory Lacy and Dante Britten are proud to announce the development of the family website. This website will serve as the ‘official’ location where all members may receive accurate up-to-date info about the family. In order to encourage more interactive communication among members a blog has been set-up for posting your comments and ideas. The blog will allow each member a ‘voice’ and as well as provide valuable info to the website development committee needed to effectively manage the website.

In celebration of the launching of the website, nominations are being accepted for recognizing any family member, any age that has demonstrated the attributes of our family character: faith, work, and determination while promoting the expression of family excellence through unity, respect, and love. You may submit your nominations/confirm previous nomination/comments to:

the family email address: randolph_mcelroy@yahoo.com or
on the family blog: http://www.randolph-mcelroy.blogspot.com or
post directly to blog by email: randolph_mcelroy.family@blogger.com .

From the nominations a person will be selected and featured on the website w/ in-depth interview, biography, as well as any photos/video clips made available by the person.


*This will hopefully establish a well-integrated communication process that provides an opportunity for family input/suggestions/comments but more importantly provide a means where there is confidence in the accuracy of information that is disseminated, and less confusion resulting from conflict of information. Furthermore, there’s an opportunity for all ideas/comments to be given full consideration before actually placing on website/making it official by the website development committee. The blog is set up so that comment/postings are moderated It’s progressive…requires faith, work, and determination…promotes unity, love, and respect.