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Marriage Fidelity Day

Activity Ideas and Suggestions for Creating Your Own Event

 

 
 
Event Ideas:
 
Work with the governor's or mayor's office to issue a proclamation officially designating September 15 as Marriage Fidelity Day.

Organize a rally at your state capital. Use the Talking Points to speak about the realities of affairs and the need to celebrate fidelity in marriage.

 
Create a partnership with your faith community to stage a Renewal of Vows celebration for members of your community.
 
 
 
Organize a Marriage Health Fair ~ Distribute Fact Sheets:
 
 
Fact Sheets 
 
 
  
Launch a drive to distribute educational materials such as The Truth About Affairs brochure to community centers, libraries, and grocery stores.
 
 
Contact local dignitaries, celebrities or prominent figures and ask them to host an event in support of Marriage Fidelity Day in your community.

To generate added awareness of Marriage Fidelity Day initiatives in your community, it's important to let your print and broadcast media know about your event or activity. Here are just a few ways you can spread the word among your local media:

  • Marriage Fidelity Day Sample Media AlertDistribute the Marriage Fidelity Day sample media alert prior to your event. The alert provides the media with all of the details of your event, but most importantly, it lets them know why it is worthwhile for them to cover your news.

  • Marriage Fidelity Day Sample Press ReleaseDistribute Marriage Fidelity Day sample press release on the day of your event to provide media with a more comprehensive overview of your activity, as well as background information about the campaign.

  • Contact Newscasters

  • Contact Local Personalities through SYMC ChaptersContact a local talk show host or local medical news producer to have a program or segment on what Marriage Fidelity Day initiative is doing locally; offer interviews about why this drive is important to marriage and family.

  • Photo ShootCoordinate photo opportunities with local celebrities and/or dignitaries who participate in your activity; distribute news about the photo opportunity to local newspapers by tailoring our sample media alert.

  • Newsletter ArticleSubmit an article to your community newspapers or organization's newsletter to coincide with Marriage Fidelity Day.

Consider giving a presentation to the following groups:

  • Start with groups to which you belong, such as a sorority/fraternity alumnae group, auxiliary groups, The Lions Club, The Rotary Club, women's clubs, men's clubs, or at your place of worship.

  • Vow Renewal CelebrationIn your Faith Community, offer to organize a vow renewal celebration for the married couples in your community. Host an evening educational event for newlyweds or engaged couples to discuss the risk factors for infidelity and how to avoid them.

  • Talking PointsGive a five minute talk at your place of worship during the regular worship celebration using the Talking Points

  • Work with local hospitals, clinics, and health centers to add a presentation to their roster of community education classes, and to include Marriage Fidelity Day materials as part of their community health fairs.

  • Community Education Programs “- Organize and plan a Couples Night Out to see a local play or musical presentation. Provide the Fact Sheets: Monthly Fidelity Health Check10 Guidelines for a Healthy Marriage

  • Work with the person who coordinates the education classes or group meetings at your local clinic, adult education institution, civic club, or YMCA to incorporate a presentation into their current activities or as a special event.
 
Tie into other holidays and celebrations 
 
A by scheduling a presentation to tie-in with a local, state, or national observance or event that has a connection to marriage, family, or commitment. Marriage Fidelity Day is September 15  - the celebration of marriage is every day:

February 14 - Valentine's Day

July 23, 2006 [July 22, 2007]: Parents' Day [4th Sunday in July]

September 10, 2006 [Sept 9, 2007]: Grandparents' Day [first sunday after Labor Day]

September 15 - MARRIAGE FIDELITY DAY

September 16, 2006 - Stepfamily Day

October 21, 2006  - Sweetest Day [3rd Saturday in Oct]

May 1st - Loyalty Day

First Monday in October - Child Health Day

Remember to share your activity ideas by adding them to our Event Registry! You can also learn what different communities and partners are doing nationwide to promote Marriage Fidelity Day.






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