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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-10-14, Page 29INSME\- 1;. I SERVICE PROJECTS COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUND RAISING PROJECTS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT -Feuot.anw-Lcaama,ro - Fnmds], •"SERVING THE COMMUNITIES GREATEST NEEDS" Page 13 Kinsmen and Kinette clubs win Ontario March of Dimes awards The Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Ontario have won the service club award from the Ontario March of Dim ss award for their fund-raising efforts during the Ontario March of Dimes Ability Fund Campaign. "Over the past year. one service club stands out for its outstanding support of the Ontario March of Dimes, both financially and as a source of volunteers," said Tony Ruprecht. M.P.P., Ontario's Minister Responsible for Disabled Persons. Ruprecht in announcing the award at the Ontario March of Dimes Annual Meeting at the Con- stellation Hotel in Toronto Sept. 18. "Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs which ran an Ability Fund Campaign raised in excess of $50,000 for the Ontario March of Dimes in 1987," Ruprecht said. Robert Elliot of Toronto, the Executive Director of the Kinsmen ' and Kinette Clubs of Ontario, accepted the award on behalf of all Ontario Kinsmen and Kinettes. Founded in 1951, the Ontario March of Dimes today offers services to disabled adults, ranging from vocational rehabilita- tion to job placement, attendant care. assistive devices such as wheelchairs and braces, and advocacy for the rights of disabled persons. Forty years of dedicated service The Goderich Kinsmen Club has bestowed life membership awards on some of its worthy members but the first honorary and life membership ever to be awarded by the Goderich Club was received by D.J. Pat Patterson in 1955 when the club held its Past President's Night. The award was made by the immediate past president, Jack Marriott. Patterson was one of the charter - members of the Goderich Club, having been associated with it since 1947, In May 1949, he organized the Octogenarian Club, which was sponsored by the Kinsmen for many years to follow. Patterson was chairman of that club. When first organized, the Oc- togenarians had 302 members while membership in 1955 was down to about 122. As a community newspaper, the Goderich Signal -Star prides itself on rep ting and recognizing the dynamic and supp rtive organizations present in our community. Int is in this same spirit that we at the Signal extend our best wishes and saluta- tions to the Kinsmen for their dedicated community supp rt for 40 years.