[Facebook Page For Family
Amancio Mccrae
Everybody loves Facebook for staying in touch, but that doesn't mean you necessarily want to share family-related material with your friends and business colleagues. The solution: create a private Facebook group just for family members. You control access, you can allow whomever you like to share messages and photos with the group, and, of course, it's free.
A Facebook group page isn't that different from your personal page. Members of the group can post messages, photos and video; leave comments; create events, "like" posts that appeal to them; and have live chat sessions with each participant typing messages back and forth. But there are some interesting added capabilities, too. For example, instead of sending messages one at a time to group members, you can contact everyone at once with the click of a button.
Another intriguing option is creating group documents, which everyone can work on together. Wish you had all the family recipes in one place? Create a group document and invite everyone to kick in their favorites.
You don't have to look far to find the "Create Group" option. There should be a clickable link in the right-hand column on your Home page (you may have to click "More" if you've already joined several groups). If you still don't see the link, just go to Facebook.com/groups.
Click "Create Group" and a box pops up asking you to name the group, choose an icon, add members and set the group's overall privacy level. Let's take a moment to explore each of these tasks. And remember, you can change any of these choices after the group is created.
When choosing a name, you're allowed to duplicate one that's already in use, but you might want to come up with something distinctive if you want family members to find it by searching. Pity poor John Smith scrolling through page after page of Smith Family groups!
In the Members section, you can add any Facebook friend to the new group. They don't have to confirm anything (it's easy to drop out if they don't want to participate). When you start typing, a list of existing Facebook friends' names matching what you've entered so far appears, so you don't have to worry about misspellings. And, of course, you can always add more members later on.
As the creator of the group, you're automatically considered a group administrator, which means you can change settings, approve new members and remove members who make nasty comments about you at a family wedding. You can share these privileges with other members by making them administrators, too. Just click "See all" next to the Members List on the group home page and you'll see the "Make Admin" option under each name. You'll also see a little "x" next to each name. Click one of these to remove a member from the group.
Another feature worth setting up is a group email address (you'll find this option under "Edit Group"). You create the first part of the address (say "AARPMember" as an example) and Facebook adds "@groups.facebook.com." Now, whenever anyone sends an email to AARPM...@groups.facebook.com, the message will appear automatically in every group member's News Feed.
And, of course, now that you have the family site under your belt, it's time to think about additional opportunities for quick-and-easy group sharing. Do you play on a sports team, or belong to a club or congregation? Are there a group of friends at work who'd like to share private messages during off-hours? Facebook lets each member join up to 300 groups, so the only effective limitation is your imagination.
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We are excited for the opportunity to meet you virtually! Families of admitted students are invited to join the "2024 Admitted Purdue Families - Official" Facebook group. ** Note - this group is currently hidden but will be searchable in late January following the release of Admissions decisions.
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Schedule Events
Schedule events like family reunion planning meetings, family reunion fundraisers etc. without having to send emails to every single person. Just schedule the event and everyone in the family will know instantly
Add polls, message boards
You can add polls to any facebook group so if you have a question to ask your family reunion members, this is a great way to get answers. Learn how here.
A facebook group is a great way for family members attending a reunion to interact ahead of time and even make plans. Once you create one, the number of family members engaged in discussions will increase significantly.
Facebook is an excellent tool for keeping in touch with family and friends. But the longer you spend on it, the more cluttered it becomes. You might not realize it, but every group, page or event you join will add posts to your feed.
But the most significant change is an update to the mobile app. Facebook is testing out more ways to control your feed better. This includes setting up favorites, easier access to snoozing people and pages, and unfollowing people, pages and groups.
If you are still trying to contact friends and family in the area to ensure their safety, there are a couple different options. Although cell phone calls can be difficult to complete during emergencies, landline phones often have higher rates of success, as do calls during off-peak hours when call volume is smaller (outside of 8AM to 7PM). SMS text messaging also uses far less data than voice calls, and you may find more success texting with your loved ones.
Red Cross has its Safe and Well website up and running, and is registering shelter residents on it, and you can search to see if your family members are in the database yet. You will just need to know your loved one's name and a piece of identifying information - something like a phone number or address.
Right now it's essential that all non-evacuees and non-emergency personnel stay off the roads and away from evacuation areas. It's absolutely chaotic in the area and more traffic - even with supplies in tow - is not needed.
Although collecting physical goods and delivering them to the affected area might seem like a good idea, cash is simply going to help do the greatest good with the least effort, at least for now. Donating cash will enable emergency response agencies to purchase exactly what is needed, when it's needed, and avoids the mess that comes with coordinating, sorting, cleaning, and distributing donated goods.
For those looking for other options, some of the best places to donate cash are community organizations, specifically ones that will foster collaboration among numerous agencies. This group, the Napa County Community Foundation, is an umbrella organization founded after the earthquakes there that will work with numerous community groups and will help ensure the money goes to where it's needed most.
Otherwise, we would encourage those wishing to donate to do some research and find an organization they feel would be good stewards of their money, using sites like CharityNavigator etc. For example, if you are an animal lover, look at local animal shelters and pet rescue groups working in the area, find one you feel is doing good work, and donate cash directly to that group.
Facebook's Crisis Response Center has pages for the multiple fires occurring in the area and connects various group's Facebook pages for up to date information. CalFire's Facebook page is also a good resource.
HSU Risk Management and Safety Services is sponsoring "Safety Week" next week, featuring a wide variety of trainings to help you be more prepared, including CPR, first aid, fire extinguisher, and disaster preparedness.
Joseph said home emergency supply kits for people should include a three-day supply of such items as food, water, first aid kit, weather alert radio, flashlights, spare batteries and other items. Pet owners should also have a pet preparedness kit stocked with items such as:
Additional pet preparedness and general emergency preparedness information is available on the Ready Illinois website at www.Ready.Illinois.gov, the Ready Illinois Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ReadyIllinois and on Twitter at Twitter.com/ReadyIllinois.
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