About
Amigram is a made up word - ami in French means friend and gram is a Greek derivative meaning something written. So amigram is something written to a friend. And amigram.com was created to help us all more easily connect or re-connect with family and friends through happy announcements. And it's all free.
An announcement, such as an engagement, wedding, anniversary, new pet, or any special event is often more than the announcement itself, it's an opportunity to tell others they are important to us. And for those receiving the announcement, it's an opportunity to reciprocate; even if it's just to say "congratulations" or "way to go."
A generation ago it was easy to share and stay in touch with who got engaged, married, had a baby, was promoted, started a new business or whatever because we had our hometown newspaper. Today, not only have many of us moved away from our hometown, we've seen a lot of our hometown papers disappear so we can't even keep up to date from afar.
Today,we post it on Facebook. But not everyone is on Facebook. Many hometown newspapers are gone or charge for an announcement and an ordinary email seems pretty prosaic for such an important announcement.
So I created amigram.com where announcements are free and, over time, as announcements are posted, you'll be able to keep up with announcements in your hometown (i.e. the public announcements). I hope you, your family and friends enjoy the site. Create as many amigrams as you like – your family and friends, and people back in your hometown will be glad you did.
Cheers,
Pat Oaklief
Amigram, LTD
47 West Division Street
Suite 419
Chicago, IL 60610
info@amigram.com