Board Members M. Russell Ballard & Wallace B. Smith ask for yearly dues.
The work of the Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family Foundation continues to move forward. The Family Cemetery in Nauvoo, where our progenitors are buried is beautiful and well maintained.
About 800,000 visitors have found it to be a place of peace and contemplation.
Through efforts of Foundation committees we have identified over 25,000 descendants of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. About 10,000 visitors access our family web sites monthly.
Our Smith Family Values are increasingly being shared through Foundation promoted
activities such as family gatherings, expanded internet coverage and finding and organizing descendants of all children of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. These activities have enabled us to provide extensive genealogical data, family events and our family history including photos, book reviews, newsletters, etc.
In order to continue the important work of the Family Foundation, we need the monetary support of as many family members as possible.
In the past we have funded most of our work through earnings on the Foundation’s
investments. With interest rates at historic lows, however, we need to supplement
this source through the generous contributions of Smith family descendants. To those who have helped fund these efforts over the years please accept our deepest appreciation.
Since our work has been primarily funded by a small part of the family, we urge all of you to send in your 2009 family dues now so that we can carry on the work of our Family Foundation.
We suggest that each family contribute dues of $25 each year. We would appreciate
more than $25 if you are able. Please contribute as much as you can.
We are confident that our forebears would be pleased at our efforts to find and unite their descendants and honor their lives and values.
Thank you,
M. Russell Ballard
Wallace B. Smith
Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family Foundation Board