{"id":2866,"date":"2017-05-04T11:16:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2017-05-04T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:16:55","slug":"reunion-buddies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/reunion-buddies-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunion Buddies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><font size=\"4\">A Getting to know you activity before the reunion even begins<\/font><\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/reunion-buddy-title_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"reunion buddy title_edited-1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"reunion buddy title_edited-1\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/reunion-buddy-title_edited-1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"426\" height=\"551\"><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Get the family reunion started early!<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a fun ice breaker activity and a way to generate interest in your upcoming family reunion try \u201cReunion Buddies\u201d and get the&nbsp; party started before the&nbsp; reunion even&nbsp; begins. <\/p>\n<h4>Reunion B<strong>uddies<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>About four weeks before your reunion make a double sided copy of the \u201cReunion&nbsp; Buddies\u201d&nbsp; printable using the same&nbsp; information on each side of the paper. <\/p>\n<p>Match family members up into buddies making sure everyone, young and old has a reunion&nbsp; buddy.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Write one buddies name on the line that says \u201cMy Name Is\u201d and write their buddies\u2019 name below it on the line that says \u201cMy Buddy Is\u201d.&nbsp; You will need to do this on both sides of the&nbsp; paper but reversing the information. <\/p>\n<p>Send a copy of the reunion buddies printable to one of the&nbsp; \u201cbuddies\u201d with&nbsp; the&nbsp; instructions to fill out their&nbsp; personal information and then mail the&nbsp; completed&nbsp; form to their buddy. Be sure and provide an address and if your reunion has the funds, a stamped envelope. <\/p>\n<p>The buddy they mail the form to will complete the form and return it to back to their buddy. <\/p>\n<p>Encourage buddies to spend some time with each other at your family reunion&nbsp; perhaps even bringing inexpensive gifts (such as their favorite candy bar) to share.&nbsp; You may even ask some family members to share what they learned about their reunion buddy. <\/p>\n<p>The idea behind&nbsp; \u201cReunion Buddies\u201d&nbsp; is to&nbsp; make long lasting friendships&nbsp; between cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents.&nbsp; Get a new buddy every year! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/finalrb_edited-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"finalrb_edited-5\" border=\"0\" alt=\"finalrb_edited-5\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/finalrb_edited-5_thumb.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"584\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Getting to know you activity before the reunion even begins Get the family reunion started early! If you\u2019re looking for a fun ice breaker activity and a way to generate interest in your upcoming family reunion try \u201cReunion Buddies\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/reunion-buddies-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,214,226,38,1014,249,43],"tags":[618,547,133,143,69,749,234,728,44,727],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}