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Metlife Auto & Home· Is Pleased to Be Able to Offer Members of Assured Life Association BIG Discounts on Auto Insurance, Including LIFE 2018 | FALL ISSUE | VOLUME 126 | NO. 2 ASSURED THIS ISSUE Rules and Guidelines for Strikes Against Hunger p 8 Scholarship Award Recipients p 10-14 Use It Or Lose It Hearing Loss p 10-14 Nominating Committee p 17-18 Eaton Country Club – Eaton, Colorado Scramble to End Hunger Golf Tournament Results In conjunction with its national member food drive for 2018, Assured Life Association sponsored a “mail-in” scramble golf tournament. We were pleased with our first effort with this kind of tournament. Teams were to choose a 72-par golf course in their area to play and submit their total score to the tournament home office. Each team paid $60 to enter the tournament with all proceeds donated to Feeding America. Pictures throughout this publication represent the golf courses that were played for the Scramble to End Hunger. Assured Life had 4 teams enter the tournament, for a total of $240 in registration fees going directly to Feeding America to help in its battle against hunger. They included Team Tanya of Eaton, CO, Girls Gone Golfing of Littleton, CO, Happy Hour Hackers of Castle Rock, CO and the Huskerteers of Castle Rock, CO and Blair, NE. In their first ever Scramble to End Hunger Golf Tournament, teams were required to use each team members’ drive at least 4 times in the 18-hole round and could not use consecutive shots by any one player. This added some challenge to the tournament and, perhaps, evened the playing field a bit. There were grumblings about these rules at first, but teams soon embraced them. (continued on page 3) PLEASE ADDRESS MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENCE TO: LIFE ASSURED ASSURED LIFE ASSOCIATION PO Box 3169 Englewood, CO 80155 1-800-777-9777 National Member Food Drive [email protected] BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tanya S. Unrein, Chair 875 Condor Rd. Eaton, CO 80615-9002 Charles Cloud 1045 High St. Gladstone, OR 97027 Lance C. Foreman As we enter the cool, fall season, Assured Life Association’s national member food 2748 Black Canyon Way drive is heating up! We are well into our 10th annual food drive! Please get involved Castle Rock, CO 80109 and help us do more for our 10th anniversary food drive! Billy B. Hill Jr. 4117 Canoas Dr. There are several ways you can help. Austin, TX 78730 Paul D. Jorgensen 1. Donate to our Set the Table online fundraiser for the hungry at 4284 Avalon http://help.feedingamerica.org/site/TR?px=2581385&fr_id=1391&pg=personal Eugene, OR 97402 Douglas H. Oury 2. Get 3 of your friends together and enter our Strikes Against Hunger National P.O. Box 418 Bowling Tournament; details can be found in this issue of Life Assured. Tabernash, CO 80478-0418 Chris A. York 3. Have a food drive or donate to a food drive already in place. 207 Walden Ridge Dr. Hinckley, OH 44233 4. Have a food drive and then do a Food Build to earn your food bank at Email Board Members at: least $100 from the home office; Build-Share-Earn. If your chapter includes a [email protected] Food Build in its Member Food Drive Event and sends pictures of its OFFICERS creation to the home office, the home office will donate at least $100 to your local Food Bank. In the past the home office has donated $250. Perhaps Gary R. Wheeler, President/ not as exciting as a contest, but just as effective for local food programs. Treasurer Everyone that does a Food Build wins! We will share all Food Build Windsor, Colorado 800-777-9777 Ext. 3810 entries on our website and blog. [email protected] Diane L. Muller, VP Operations/ Secretary Littleton, Colorado 800-777-9777 Ext. 3830 [email protected] Jerome L. Christensen Vice President Castle Rock, Colorado 800-777-9777 Ext. 3820 [email protected] ONLINE RESOURCES Society Website www.assuredlife.org Society Blog assuredlife.org.wordpress.com Facebook Page facebook.com/assuredlifeassociation 2 (continued from cover story) The winner of our 1st ever Scramble to End Hunger was Team Tanya of Eaton, CO. This team brought home the championship trophy and a year’s worth of bragging rights with an impressive 7 under par score of 65! Way to go Team Tanya! 2nd place belongs to our team made up of 1 golfer from Castle Rock, CO and 3 from Blair, NE; the Huskerteers. With a score of 69, or 3 under par, the team vows to better their performance at next year’s tournament. Girls Gone Golfing of Littleton, CO, an all-female team, and the Happy Hour Hackers of Castle Rock, CO, an all-male team, tied for 3rd place on our leader board with a 1 under par score of 71. Huskerteers of Castle Rock, Colorado and Blair, Nebraska Highlands Ranch Golf Club – Highlands Ranch, Colorado 3 According to the rules, the longest drive would break any tie; however that hardly sounds fair when you have an all-male team competing with an all-female team for the tie breaker. Someone didn’t think these rules all the way through before making the rule! So, we are leaving the results as a tie for 3rd place. Team Tanya graciously donated the $260 prize money back to Assured Life Association for the benefit of Feeding America. Thank you, Team Tanya,! With the registrations of $240 and the prize money of $260, the Scramble to End Hunger Golf Tournament donated $500 to Feeding America. This donation will provide 5,000 meals, or 6,000 lbs of food, to families in need through the Feeding America network of food banks. A great 1st year for this event with hopes of next year being even better! Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks – Silverthorne, Colorado Team Tanya graciously donated the $260 prize money back to Assured Life Association for the benefit of Feeding America. Thank you, Team Tanya! Happy Hour Hackers of Castle Rock, Colorado 4 River Wilds Golf Club – Blair, Nebraska 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION In accordance with Section 5 of the Bylaws of Assured Life Association, “Should the number of board nominees nominated by the Nominating Committee equal the number of Board positions open to be filled, the Secretary of the Society shall cast a unanimous ballot on behalf of all Benefit Members and all board nominees declared elected without referendum by Benefit Members.” For the 2018 board election, board position numbers one, two, and three shall be elected. The Nominating Committee received three applications for the three board positions up for election, and the committee nominated all three applicants by a unanimous vote. In accordance with the Bylaws, I, Diane L. Muller, Secretary of Assured Life Association, a Fraternal Benefit Society organized and existing under the laws of Colorado and having its principal place of business at Greenwood Village, Colorado, do hereby cast a unanimous ballot on behalf of all Benefit Members in connection with the 2018 election, and declare Lance C. Foreman, Billy B. Hill, Jr., and Paul D. Jorgensen elected to the Board of Directors for the four-year term of January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2022. 5 Strikes Against Hunger Mail-In Bowling Tournament …benefiting Feeding America Assured Life Association is officially sponsoring a team “mail-in” bowling tournament to benefit Feeding America again this year. A mail-In bowling tournament means that your team can bowl at your location and mail in the scores. The tournament will be team only to include 4-person teams of all males, all females or mixed; however, all teams will be placed into one tournament pool unless the number of registrations allows separate tournaments. A team registration fee in the amount $60 ($15 per bowler) must be mailed to the home office along with the registration form. The winning team will receive a monetary prize of $260; additional prizes may be awarded depending upon the number of teams registered. All profits from the tournament will be donated to Feeding America to help those struggling with hunger in the United States. Profits are defined as all registrations fees received. No other expenses will be deducted from the registrations collected. There is no deadline for registration, but please register your team before you bowl. Bowling must be completed on or before December 1, 2018 and scores submitted to the home office on or before December 15, 2018. The Rules and Guidelines for the tournament as well as a registration form are included in this issue of Life Assured. 6 Be prepared for an emergency while traveling... Learn How EA+® Helps You Handle Travel Emergencies. Assured Life Association Endorsed EA+ automatically steps in to help you with more than 20 emergency and medical services. Focus on your recovery and NOT on the costs (as well as details like lining up second opinions or ying loved ones home). EA+ will even provide a Rescue Nurse, if medically necessary, to assist with medical care during your trip home.* Acting right away also helps lock in your Assured Life Association Member bargain price. EA+ rates are currently as low as they can go. So when you activate EA+ right away, you’re guaranteed the same low price for a FULL year. I already have medical insurance. Why should I activate Assured Life Association Endorsed EA+, too? EA+ is NOT medical insurance. It’s an important stop-gap between what your medical plan covers and emergency transportation expenses most health insurance plans NEVER pay. * This is only an outline of the plans services. Please review your Member Benet Guide carefully. EA+ is not insurance. For more information log on to emergencyassistanceplus.com/ala or call toll-free 1-855-529-8715 to speak with a benet representative.
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