Pre-conference Workshop I: Friday 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

MarineParents.com, Inc. Web Site and Services

With thousands of pages of content, many different message boards and chat night topics, and new service projects being added frequently, it can be daunting to try to find your niche in the web site. How can you quickly locate your Marine's unit? What service projects is MarineParents.com, Inc. involved with? How do you find answers to simple questions? Can you email someone for help? Where is the Marine Corps News Room? What's an RSS feed? What is live support? What is the chat room? What is the message board? What message board community fits your needs at the time? We'll answer all of these questions and more, as well as give you some tips for navigating the web site quickly and efficiently. And you'll get a chance to meet the volunteers who work behind the scenes to provide these services to you.

Pre-conference Workshop II: Friday 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Volunteering with MarineParents.com, Inc.

You can make a difference in another person's life by reaching out to help. MarineParents.com, Inc. provides you with the opportunity to make a difference by volunteering your time to work within the web site chat room, message boards, email, and live support communities as well as helping behind the scenes with research, updates, marketing, and more. We have several projects that need your help, including conference planning, the Care Package Project, the Marine Corps News Room, Gold Star Family Services, the Unit Information Pages, Regional Support Groups and State Chapters of MarineParents.com. The application process and applications will be available as well as information on the training that each of the applicants must complete before earning the title of MarineParents.com, Inc. Volunteer.

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."
--Ronald Reagan

"If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else."
--Chinese Proverb