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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 20, 1980, p. 45

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Kinsmen Club involvement is unlimited KIN REVIEW Page 13 The club record of and hind capped children community invcliement is limited only by the range of human imagination band festival in Moose Jaw to collecting used books or cystic fibrosis in Port the scope passed by community service by Kinsmen would a compendium of 1 Things to Do With a of Energy a partial list of recent projects provides a reaveling what makes up the Kinsmen club ALTA When fire destroyed a good part of he town surrounding ties came to the aid of Olds residents Among the contnbu ted Ice time to young hockey players But the minor hockey program hinged on transport a tion Enter the Kinsmen of Olds which acquired a passenger bus sanded It down tuned it up and had it painted The club members manned the steering wheel and the hockey season was saved CORNWALL ONT The Kinsmen Club of Cornwall assisted in establishing a com muni l residence for mentally retarded adults The project drew the praise of Ontario Community and Social Servi Minister Keith Norton PORT ELGIN Kins men of Port Elgin collected and sold used books in a vacant downtown store dona ted by a local businessman Proceeds went toward cystic fibrosis research BRANDON MAN The Brandon Kinsmen club has completed a commit to the Canada Games held in Brandon in February when the club presented the final lo th Winter Games committee In recognition of the effort the 50metre swimming pool loco ted in the Canada Games Sports was named he Kinsmen Pool MISS1SSAUGA The Kinsmen Club of Mills came up with a way to beat the blahs in 1979 During a 10day period Ihey held their Klondike Night with tic sold their first blood donor clinic a Kinetic craft sale and a which raised for cystic fibrosis A hour telethon participated in by eight Montreal Kinsmen clubs raised million fur research into children s The Chalcauguay North Claire South Shore Villi D and St Jtr Kinsmen clubs helped man and organize telethon Donations included irom the Kinsmen Clubs of Cham plain and Mai CORNIR BROOK NrLD The Kinsmen Club of Corner Brook invested more than JIG in the purchase of a bus presented recently to the city as a community bus Kinsmen and Kinetics will pay off the remainder of the money owing on the bus LADYSMITH A Kins men Club dream is on its way lo reality after a referendum the way for a pool and community centre valued at BOO The Kinsmen there have been involved with an investment of and will also build a ParticiPark GRAND BANK NFLD The Kinsmen Club of Grand Bank assisted by helped the community mark Heritage Day in a big way Old sea captains from Grand Bank and Fortune were gathered together for a party of senior The club sponsored an essay contest and arranged for film showings in area schools KAMI OOPS Kinsmen Club of Fort and their Kinetics found an wiy to raise money They picked pine cones from the crowns of felled trees and were paid by the bag Poor weather put an early end to the project but it was declared a success money ra sing idea and an educational venture KINGSTON Kins men donated 2 to the Canadian Red Cross in King for the purchase of two first aid mannequins The mannequins will be used to teach first aid to some GOO people year round Doctors nurses and medical students from Queens University will also make use of the training aid to rdio- pulmonary resuscitation KINSMEN AND KINETTE CLUB RAISED MONEY Kinsmen and Kinetic Club of British Colombia raited IS to purchase this Ira port incubator for the Vancouver General Hospital Intensive care nursery The inn and Kinetic project started when the child of from Richmond received treatment In the nursery and reallied how valuable the work of was The incubator li tiled to tram port Infant to treatment accompanied by a medical team Telemiracle aids the handicapped Kinsmen and of askatchewan last year produced one of the biggest Kinsmen projects on record It was called a 20hour telethon on sit television stations covering most of the province The effort raised 4 million for the Kinsmen Foundation for the Handicapped has become an annual event involving months of preparation More than 1 Kinsmen and volunteered their services The preliminary work and staging was the ity of a 13 person steering committee made of of Kinsmen and Kinettes from the Saskatoon and SaskatoonPOW City An Edmonton producer was hired along with technical and production crews from the local stations Nationally and internationally known entertainers on the show along with Saskatchewan musicians and personalities The telethon took place in March Plans were afoot for another this year WOODSTOCK Every year the Kinsmen club of Woodstock N B holds Christmas Miracle radio appeal For funds to help needy families during the Thoclubworks in cooperation with local Jaycees We arc totally de lighted with the success of the effort says a club KEMPTVILLE The Kinsmen of boast construction of the second longest skating rink on the Kemptville Creek It a mile long and took man hours to removesnow flood Then a power sweeper was purchased and lights installed resulting in an upsurge in popularity in night family skating and skating parties CAMPBELLFORD ONT The Kinsmen club received a parcel from the Apex Club of Australia Among the articles in the parcel were several books on Australia and the Kinsmen decided to share the wealth by donating them lo the Campbellford library Campbell ford Kinsmen have sent off a parcel including books on their own area to Australia CALGARY The Kinsmen Club of the FooLhdls City made the largest donation in its history to the University of Calgary recently for geriatric research Funds were raised in a wo day ORANGEVILLE The Kinsmen Club has established a annual bursary to a student ting from a local high school The bursary will be awarded on he basis of academic merit and need BRANDON MAN Brandon Kinsmen have fulfilled an IB committee to the Key stone Centre for Installation of new boards and in the Kinsmen Arena used mainly for minor hockey In preparation for the Win ter Games in Brandon the club donated manhours or labor In scraping sanding and repainting the entire Interior of the arena SUTTON The Kins men Sutton can turn Its local potholes and politicians into a worthwhile fund raising cause The club sponsors an annual comedy and music show to raise money for local projects Local Institutions personalities and situation take it on the chin all in good humor in front of a packed DRAYTON ONT The Kinsmen lost but the Kinettes won when Kinsmen took on a local radio station in a benefit hockey match Kinsmen took a loss but the collected more than for cystic fibrosis research INGEHSOLL ONT The Ingersoll and district Kinsmen Club held one or its most successful projects in 197S when with the help of a Young Canada Works grant it com pleled sponsorship of a gym nasties and physical fitness program for elementary slu dents Three secondary school students interested in leaching gymnastics approached the club for sponsorship When the program got off the ground classes were filled to capacity with youngsters aged five to 12 Kinsmen helped with and bookkeeping then honored the three students for their dedication BEST WISHES KINSMEN FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS Iff ideas paper 144 ARMSTRONG AVE PHONE 416 9545 GEORGETOWN CANADA 4S3 TELEX

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