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) 4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, April 6,1994 Section Two Guest Speaker Tells Club Members How to be Pillars of the Community Clubs and Organizations Carnation Campaign Helps M.S. Society Several service clubs gathered at the Lions Centre on Monday, March 28, for the Annual Interclub Meeting. Members of the Kinsmen, Lions, Rotary, Legion, Knights of Columbus, and Optimist Clubs attended. The guest speaker was Howard Phee (at podium), past national president of the Kinsmen, who spoke on the changing face of service clubs today. A euchre tournament was held following the meeting. by Lorraine Manfredo Service clubs may want to take their cue from the business world if they wish to remain pillars of the community and continue attracting new members. That's the advice from Howard Phee, past national president of the Kinsmen Club of Canada and a man who has spoken on the subject of volunteerism at numerous conventions conventions across North America. Mr. Phee told members of five local service clubs gathered at the Lions Centre on Monday night that a club's activities and its aspirations are factors that can create a favorable favorable image. "Our dress, our behavior and our attitudes all make a public statement," statement," he went on. "We learned this in the business world long ago. How we present ourselves is how the public views us. And it's from the public domain that we will draw new members." Membership in all service clubs, except the Toastmasters, has been declining over the last decade, he noted. And the average age in many clubs is creeping higher and higher. The decline in membership is a trend that must be turned around by the members themselves, he stressed. "We have the opportunity to shape our destiny." The same goals that are now hotly hotly pursued in the private sector are ones that service clubs should also strive for. These include: quality product, quality service, and member member benefits, the Nova Scotia native said. "As members of the business community, all of us here are concerned concerned with time-management and getting more out of less resources. We should be applying these same standards to our service and club work." "We do not accept mediocrity in our business lives," he said. "We should have no more tolerance for it in our volunteer work - not in the projects we host or the way we run a meeting," he said. Each volunteer must be concerned concerned with how potential members will view their club. Image is crucial and every member member is responsible for establishing and maintaining their club's good reputation. Try to sec yourselves through an outside observer's eyes, Phee suggested. suggested. "If I couldn't bring my boss or spouse or significant other to the meetings, I probably wouldn't stay with the club." Service clubs must seek diversity among members in terms of age, professional practice, culture and hobbies. "Welcome new members and be receptive to their input," Mr. Phee advised, Consider that it takes courage courage for new members to finally venture suggestions. By dismissing their ideas simply because "things have always been done a certain way," we risk discouraging them from making further valuable input. "The paths to the future arc not found, the paths to die future arc Trent University at Durham College Summer 1994 Complete a Trent (lepree In Osliawa. Day or eveninn summer (ourses are offered In the following terms: • II weeks: 2 May-2!) June • 12 weeks: 2 May-27 July • 6 weeks: 4 July-16 August for Information or a liroelmre (all: IUII5I 723-U7-I7 or (70fi) 7-IIM22 1 ) simply made," the guest speaker observed. observed. Phee also suggested clubs take out ads in the local paper to summarize summarize their annual contribution to the community and to talk about ongoing ongoing projects. In Canada, 47,000 service clubs and charitable organizations inject $5 billion into communities. No developed country in the world matches Canada for the time its citizens donate to volunteer work, Phee noted. "We must grow to serve and we must serve to grow." . The Multiple Sclerosis Carnation Campaign, our national flagship fund raising event, is in its 18th year. Just before and during'the Mother's Day weekend, thousands of volunteers are needed in mall locations, office towers towers and on street comers to offer fresh flowers to the public for a donation. donation. Canadian Club to Learn About the Needs of the Deaf The Canadian Club of Durham Region will be holding its next dinner dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, at The Holiday Inn, Oshawa. The Guest Speaker will be the Reverend Robert L. Rumball, Executive Executive Director of The Ontario Mission of the Deaf. Mr. Rumball has dedicated his life to serving the needs of the deaf and "The Bob Rumball Centre For The Deaf' is known and respected world wide. A former star player in The Canadian Canadian Football League and former Chaplain of the Metropolitan Toronto Police, Bob Rumball will share his diverse background and experience at this regular monthly meeting. An open invitation is extended to anyone wishing to attend this dinner and most interesting program. For reservations, or membership inquiries, please call 571-2679 or 6684335. Each year, the MS Carnation Campaign raises approximately $2M across Canada. Money generated from this event funds vital medical research and services to people who have MS and their families. The Multiple Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and its Metropolitan Toronto chapters provide services to approximately 3,346 people in the Metro area. We require enthusiastic, outgoing individuals individuals who enjoy dealing with the public for a unique volunteering experience. experience. Everyone can join in by assisting assisting as drivers, depot assistants, location location supervisors or volunteers and coin box distributors. Volunteers will meet interesting people and have lots of fun while contributing to the fight against MS. To volunteer, call Tracey Hattcn at 922-6065. Multiple sclerosis is the most common disease of the central nervous nervous system affecting tens of thousands thousands of young Canadian adults. MS attacks the. insulating cover (myelin) of the central nervous system. The myelin becomes inflamed and is replaced replaced by scar tissue, causing messages messages from the brain to be blocked. Symptoms can affect speech, sight and may include loss of coordination and balance, tremors and numbness. MS most often strikes young adults between the ages of 20 and 40, and women are affected almost twice as often as men. by Laura J. Richards From Page 2 to absorb the iron. I have also read it is better to eat the foods that come from one's own climate than it is to eat tropical foods from a distant country. These are the types of things I would like to see discussed in the class. I want to know what people actually actually eat on a daily basis when they are vegetarians. I also want to know what they eat when they barbeque, or go on picnics. I would like to see more information information which I can use on a daily basis. It would also be interesting to make something at home, go to class with our foods, and talk about how to improve the quality of it. One of the advantages to this course is the fact that you can ask questions during the food preparation demonstrations. The people who are mixing, stirring and cooking up batches batches of food to try are most helpful. 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