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Q: Number of Family Reunions in a year ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Number of Family Reunions in a year
Category: Family and Home > Families
Asked by: justwondering-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 04 Feb 2003 16:58 PST
Expires: 06 Mar 2003 16:58 PST
Question ID: 157397
I'm looking for rough estimates as to how many family reunions happen
in a year.  These don't have to be perfect.  Identifable sources with
reasonable estimates are great.  I know that I've seen this sort of
information before, but I can't place it right now.  :-(

Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Number of Family Reunions in a year
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 04 Feb 2003 17:41 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Approximately 200,000 family reunions are held in the US each year:

"Tom Ninkovich, author of Family Reunion Handbook, sees such
gatherings “as a way of recapturing some of the warmth and nurturing
of older times” when both nuclear and extended families were much
closer. Reunions, he says, also provide us an opportunity to learn
more about ourselves. 'We can always find out new things about our
past. And with every new thing we find, we become a slightly different
person—hopefully for the better.'

By his estimate, about 200,000 family reunions are held nationwide
each year, drawing an average of 40 people per event."

American Profile: Family Reunions
http://www.americanprofile.com/issues/20010506/20010506_825.asp

"It is estimated that over 200,000 families, each averaging 50 persons
hold reunions each year. "
Genealogy.com: Thinking About a Reunion?
http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/32_reunion.html?Welcome=1044408787

"You may be surprised to learn that, according to an August 2002
article in The Christian Science Monitor: "The Travel Industry
Association says that 37 percent of Americans plan to attend a reunion
this summer, up from 25 percent last year. And it's estimated that
there will be 200,000 reunions in the United States this year."

Hebrew National: Enter to Win $25,000 for Your Family Reunion!
http://www.hebrewnational.com/reunion/default.asp

My Google search strategy:

"family reunions" + "each year"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22family+reunions%22+%22each+year

I hope this information is helpful. If anything I've said is unclear
or incomplete, or if any of the links do not function, please request
clarification before rating my answer, and I'll be glad to offer
further assistance.

Best wishes,
pinkfreud

Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 04 Feb 2003 18:26 PST
Thank you very much for the five-star rating and the nice tip!

~pinkfreud
justwondering-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $2.50
Thank you!  You are going to make me look sooooooo good to my boss
tomorrow morning!  This was exactly what I needed!

Comments  
Subject: Re: Number of Family Reunions in a year
From: easterangel-ga on 04 Feb 2003 17:23 PST
 
The article I've given you on the military reunion question has this
answered as well.

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