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The .Kinsmen PO • Of;
Goderich .recenft - held
theiy. : • first • general,
--meeting at the Kin Centre
.• under the direction of this
• year's president, Dave
Cloet. • -
The club -has been very
,the.; Summer
months :.and reported a.
very successful Summer
Carnival, traditionally
held the third weekend in
July on The Square. This
year's. chairman reported
. a -healthy profit and iwas
I- equally enthused about
the co-operation received
t -from the town,- PUC, the
local Businessmen's
Association, police and
firemen and the excellent
response from the
citizens."
President Cloet
discussed this. year's
budget with the club and
is • looking .......forward to
another good year for
service in Goderich.
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Adele and Mike Drennan, representing the Kiriette and Kinsmen groups,
presented a cheque for $2,400 to Claude Kaibfleisch and Eugene Bender of
the Goderich Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. The service clubs
raised the money at a recent bike-a-thon for cancer. (photo by Dave Sykes)
The Kinsmen intend to
continue their .annual
projects, including the
upcoming Fall Auction
and Fall Stag, Ski-A-
Thon, monthly draw,
summer carnival, Spring
Auction, Spring Stag and
New Year's dance. Three
LW ,projects were
discussed, „. . •
Funds raised this. year
will primarily • be 'chan-
nelled into three areas:
the Kin Centre on South
Street which houses the
workqhop for the
Goderich and District
Mentally Handicapped
Adults; Cystic Fibrosis,
the district's project; and
the Goderich Kinsmen's
Octogenarian program,
The club also supperts
the Arena. Roof Fundi
minor sports and
numerous other
programs.
The Kinsmen Club of
Goderich was pleased to
announce last year
through the support of the
citizens of Goderich and
district, it was •able to
donate close to $25,000 to
the community andhopes
to do even better this
year.
On a national level it
was announced on the
occasion of • the
Association of Kinsmen
Clubs' Annual Convention
held this year in Regina,
that the association
donated $43,916,629.45
1
4hrough their 508 Kin-
stuen Clubs from coapt to
•coast toCaaadlan
corn trinnit
• Mr. Don Masterson,
• last year's natioanl
president of the.
association, stated, "At.
an average of over $93,000
per--club-r-our--assaciation •
• continues to be, one of• the
world's most effective
service clubs.
Kinsmen is Canada's
All Canadian Service
Club and. is the only
major service club
founded in "Canada. The
Kinsmen Club ' of
Goderich is one of 588
clubs in Canada and is
presently in its 32nd year
dedicated to Goderich's
greatest needs.
Two of the objects of
Kin are to train their
members in modern
business and professional
ethics, and to carry on
service work in .their
community.
Young men between
the ages of 21 to 40
desiring information on
• joining the Kinsmen Club
of Goderich may contact
Dave Cloet at 524-6059 or
any other Goderich
Kinsman.
It's hard to keep straight face during initiation
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