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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillé, February 4, 1976 Section Two Hear Committee Reports at Red Cross Annual Meeting; Elect New Slate of Officers . The annual meeting of the Bowmanville and Dist. Branch of the Can. Red Cross Soc. was held on Thurs. Jan. 8th at the Branch rooms at 28 Division St., Bowmanville, Pres. Pat Griffin presided and opened with the Red Cross prayer and all repeated the Lord's Prayer. The minutes of the Novem- ber meeting were read by Ed Ingram for the secretary Barb Ingram moved by Betty Spry and 2nd by Kay Forsey that these minutes be adopted as corrected. Carried. The pres- ident reported all that had been done since the November meeting as the December meeting had taken the form of a social evening at the home of the president and ber hus- band, Fred. The vice pres., Joan Santomero was appoint- ed to act as secretary. The minutes of the 1975 annual meeting were read, corrected, moved by Ed Ingram and seconded by Kay Forsey approved by the pres. and initialed by the R.V.P. Betty Spry. Each Chairman presented their reports and moved the adoption of such report. Treasurer: Ed Ingram said since all accounts were not up-to-date, the treasurer çould not present a true report but will have one before campaign time in March. Water Safety: Lorna Caver- ly, a supply of award, test sheets and water safety pamphletts are stocked by the branch to serve the area better. Programs were run at Orono, Newcastle and Bow- manville during July and August. Orono registered 426 with 190 awards presented, Newcastle registered 275 with 108 awards and Bowmanville registered 570 with 271 awards. There were 140 en- rolled at the fall session in Bowmanville. Women's Work: Betty Spry, a total of 1,397 articles were sewn or knitted for overseas relief and the craft sale, as well as mitts, socks scarves for local disaster relief. This was made up of 70 slings, 76 layettes, 30 dress and panty sets, 15 shorts and shirts, 150 sleeveless sweaters and 226 afghans. 18,377 swabs and wipes were made for the blood transfusion service by 2 groups; 1 in Bowmanville and 1 in Orono. The youth group and the community corner group of St. John's Anglican hurch have made several articles. This report repre- sents many hours of dedicated labour by many volunteers. Loan Cupboard: Elaîine Barber, donations $95.00. Items Loaned: beds 16; crut- ches 42, medical items 46, wheelchairs 29. Donations - 2 wheel chairs, 1 bed, 1 mat- tress, 1 rubber sheet, 1 bedpan and 1 commode chair. Campaign: Rick Santomero (Read by Joan Santomero), the total of $3424.00 was 122 p er cent of the quota of 2800.00. The campaign began with an award nig March 5th at Memorial Park. Much literature was distributed as well as 6,000 church bulletins. The Canadian Statesman was very co-operative in its cover- age of the. campaign. $2,120 came from door to door canvassing and $235.00 from the Bowmanville business- men. Twenty out of fifty-five replied to letters sent to organizations and service clubs. Plans are now under- way for the 1976 campaign. - First Aid: Had Luxton, certificates awarded: Intro- ductory, 38, standard, 26, emergency first aid 23. Lect- ures given to the Pine Ridge Kinsmen, 40. Services for Seniors: Jean Brownlee made several visits to Marnwood, sunset Lodge and Strathaven. I have started to visit the seniors who are more or less confined to their own homes and am handing out personal identification cards and operation alert cards. Public Relations: Pat Grif- fin. The window at the rooms was changed several times. All branch activities such as blood donor clinics, open house campaign and the annual convention were writ- ten up for the area news- papers. The mailing list for tbe news bulletin was revised. Ont. Div. P. R. was kept informed as to what was happening here. Arrange- ments were made for the sale of Christmas wrapping paper and for the collection of Dominion store tapes, also we helped with the Red Cross display at the ploughing match. Disaster, I.E.A., Missing Persons and Homemakers: Kay Forsey. One family are seeking relatives at this time. Three adults and eight child- ren received aid after fires in the area. One layette and quilt were supplied to a young mother. A cheque for $150.00 from Lord Elgin School was accepted for local disaster relief. All homemaker meet- ings were attended. Youth: Joan Santomero, activity has continued with emphasis on expanding the higb school program. Courtice S. S. has a cluband a club was started at Clarke H. S. in December. Students helped staff the Aug. Blood Donor Clinic. High School students donated 25 per cent of the blood at the local clinics. One person attended the regional conference in Oshawa, Bow- ville and Oshawa students planned and staffed the Red Cross Youth display at the ploughing match. Hampton Jr. P. S. gave friendship bags for emergency use, the 4th Cub Pack of Memorial Park collected items for Winisk(An Eskimo project), Lord Elgin School donated $350.00 and Courtice S. S. held their own Blood Donor Clinic. Blood Donors: Betty Spry, 1476 units were collected at the five clinics. This is an increase of 30 per cent. This was due mainly to the formation in January of a Donor Recruit- ment Committee and the clinic hours being extended through the supper hour. The Leslie Trophy was won by Clarke HighSchool. Ail reports were seconded by Kay Forsey and passed. The c9rrespondence was dealt with by the president. A break was declared while the "Cheerful Chuckles" fund was replenished for the upcoming year. The president then present- ed her report for the year: It has been an honor 'and a privilege to serve you during the past year as your presi- dent so may 1, at this time, take this way of saying a sincere thank you to you all for your help and support. It means a great deal when you know that everyone is behind you. I have learned a great deal about Red Cross in this past year, have met many people and have thoroughly enjoyed myself. Seven bus- iness meetings were held, the average attendance being 10.- 57. The Dec. meeting took the form of a social evening at our home. I feel that we have progressed in all ways during the year. We have a secretary who is interested and a treasurer who is reliable. Due to a hard working campaign chairman, we are able to show a good return. We had a very successful year for our Blood Donor Clinics due mainly to our chairman and her com- mittee. Women's work has put forth a tremendous number of articles and the co-chairman here are to be congratulated. Water safety went well and we even had Walter Safety in the Santa Claus Parade. First Aid also progressed well with the extra efforts of its chair- man being rewarded with the good turnout for the special course run at Kirby. We held a successful open bouse in March which was well attend- ed. Several of our branch attended the annual con- vention at Kingston in May and as well as enjoying ourselves, also worked bard and learned a lot. We along with the other branches in Durham region manned a display tent at the Internation- al Ploughing Matches held North of Oshawa in Septeri- ber. I attended several meetings, she continued, representing the branch and here I must thank Betty for many ri.des provided. Our sick and be- reaved have been looked after by our very able convenor and thanks to our capable conven- or, we have had refreshments after each meeting. Projects underway are the selling of boxes of Christmas wrapping paper and the col- lection of Dominion Store Tapes. Projects proposed for 1976 are a booth at the community fair in March, a display at the Blackstock Fair and a display at Orono Fair. Blood Donor Clinics are plan- ned for the year and a campaign for funds is planned for March with some kind of open-bouse affair to start it off. The past year has been busy and hopefully 1976 will prove equally so. I hope that I have justified the confidence you placed in me a year ago and that I may continue to serve this branch and Red Cross. This report was moved by the vice pres. and 2nd by Mrs. J. Scott and unanimously car- ried. The pres. then turned the chair over to the R.V.P. Betty Spry who made several com- ments on ber capacity of R.V.P. and she congratulated the pres. and the branch on the year's work. The nominating committee chairman Kay Forsey, then presented their slate of officers for 1976. She moved the adoption of this report which was 2nd by Jean Brownlee and Lorna Caverly and carried. The chair was returned to the re-elected pres. Several ideas for future annual meetings and things to think about were discussed. Moved by Lorna Caverly, 2nd by Jean Brownlee that the meeting be adjourned. 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