THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM (02/29/04)

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA Home Office organizes special seminar on annuities

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Local and regional officers, along with employees of the Ukrainian National Association, attended a special seminar on annuities held here at the UNA Corporate Headquarters on Saturday, January 31.

The daylong seminar featured Robert Mitchell, a certified senior advisor (CSA), who covered the technical aspects of the annuities and IRAs, as well as presented ideas on how to market annuities.

According to UNA National Secretary Christine E. Kozak, the seminar was designed to give participants answers to all those questions they face when selling annuities. Thus, the seminar was geared toward UNA branch secretaries, district officers, organizers and employees of the UNA Home Office - the people who deal with annuities on a daily0 basis.

The attendees included UNAers from Connecticut, New Jersey and New York state, including the metro New York City area, as well as regions upstate and in the western part of the state.

All participants received helpful handouts, including a 30-page presentation that described various types of annuities - all the better for these UNAers to serve the members interested in purchasing annuities.

Mr. Mitchell has over 30 years of knowledge and experience in the insurance industry and especially the annuity market. He is executive vice-president for sales and marketing, of Western Catholic Union (WCU), a fraternal benefit society like the UNA.

Mr. Mitchell is the author of the informative booklet titled "Annuity Owner Opportunities: Tips and Ideas that Could Save You Thousands." He has also written numerous articles for the WCU Record and The Fraternal Monitor and has been heard on Community Focus-WTAD Radio.

National Fraternal Congress greets UNA

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, the Ukrainian National Association, Inc., was founded in 1894 to provide financial, social and leadership opportunities for a new generation of Americans;

AND WHEREAS, the Ukrainian National Association, Inc., has contributed countless volunteer hours and charitable donations to community service projects for schools and neighborhoods and programs to encourage patriotism;

AND WHEREAS, the Ukrainian National Association, Inc., supports ethnic and religious heritage programs, benefiting their members and their communities;

AND WHEREAS, the Ukrainian National Association, Inc., is a strong supporter of the entire fraternal benefit industry through its involvement in state fraternal congresses and support of events like National Flag Day and Join Hands Day;

AND WHEREAS, the Ukrainian National Association, Inc., is part of the 77 fraternal benefit societies which belong to the National Fraternal Congress of America (NFCA), the U.S. association serving our industry;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Chair of the Board of the NFCA hereby honors the Ukrainian National Association, Inc., during its 100th anniversary and extends best wishes for many more prosperous years of patriotism, volunteerism and fraternalism;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Board of the NFCA proclaims the year 2004 as a year of celebration in honor of the Ukrainian National Association's 110th anniversary in the fraternal benefit industry.

Frederick A. Ohlde
NFCA Chair of the Board
2003 - 2004

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