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Smith named Cowbell's charitable fund director
Giving back
Genny Smith, the former Director of Country Cook for Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company, shown
at left during Cowbell's groundbreaking ceremony last year, has been named the director of
the company's Greener Pasture Community Fund, a charitable program founded by Cowbell's
Chief Commercial Officer Dave Clarke. The fund will benefit children's hospitals in Hamilton,
London, Ottawa and Toronto. (File photo)
SACSS sports teams play hard
By Shannon Reid
St. Anne's Catholic Secondary
School in Clinton had a busy final
week before Christmas break. On
Monday, Dec. 19 both the junior and
senior boys basketball teams faced
off against South Huron and F.E.
Madill schools. Through solid team
play, both teams were able to beat
their opponents.
On Wednesday, Dec. 21, they both
prepared to play St. Mike's. The
senior boys put up a good effort but
fell to St. Mikes 62-29. The junior
boys saw a different outcome as they
triumphed over the Warriors 47-32.
A solid week for the Eagles Boys
basketball teams.
The varsity boys hockey team saw
their first loss of regular season play
as they fell to the St. Mike's
Warriors 6-2. The varsity girls
hockey team experienced the first
buy-out of the year as they geared up
to face Stratford Northwestern on
Wednesday, Dec. 21 in front of a
home crowd. The Eagles managed to
shutout their opponents with a final
score of 9-0.
The two final sports teams in
action that week were the junior and
senior girls volleyball teams. On
Dec. 20, both teams headed down to
Stratford to face off against St.
Mikes and F.E. Madill. They each
fell to the Warriors 2-0. F.E. Madill
proved to be a tough opponent as
well as both the junior and senior
girls lost, capping off a tough day for
them. Dec. 22 was a more successful
day for the senior girls as
they beat South Huron and Central
Huron 2-0.
The junior girls were less
successful as they lost to both
Central Huron and South Huron
2-0. Overall it was a pretty
balanced week for St. Anne's
sports teams.
St. Anne's hosted a Christmas
Mass on Dec. 22. Thank you to
Father Matt for his guidance and
leadership in the ceremony. We were
blessed to be joined by our Director
of Education, Dr. Vince MacDonald
and many other members of the
school board and community for the
Advent Mass.
Following Mass, they gathered
together for an Eagles prayer
luncheon and were joined by several
student, parent and staff leaders. On
Friday, the final day before the long-
awaited Christmas break, St. Anne's
had its Christmas assembly. The
student cabinet prepared an
interesting song and dance to
perform for the students and the
teachers prepared a fantastic video
covering the song "Little Drummer
Boy".
It was a great way to get the St.
Anne's community in the Christmas
spirit. Regular classes resumed on
Jan. 9.
On behalf of St. Anne's, we hope
you all had a blessed and safe
Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The rush is on
After winning the fifth annual Church Cup in January of 2016, Blyth hoped to defend the title
in the sixth annual hockey tournament held on Jan. 4 at the Blyth and District Community
Centre. Unfortunately, an early loss against Clinton sent them to the `B' bracket of the
tournament, which they fought through to get back to the finals against Clinton. After a hard-
fought game, however, Clinton came out ahead with a 2-1 win, claiming the trophy for the year.
(Denny Scott photo)
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With a support structure now
firmly in place, Blyth Cowbell
Brewing Company has brought on a
full-time employee to administer its
charitable funds.
Genny Smith of Blyth has been
named the director of the company's
Greener Pastures Community Fund,
which was founded by the
company's Chief Commercial
Officer Dave Clarke.
Because of Smith's personal
experiences with children's
hospitals, she says she was happy to
take on the new position after
working with the company for over a
year in a different capacity.
The fund will benefit four of the
province's children's hospitals in
Hamilton, London, Ottawa and
Toronto and in the company's very
early days it became clear that a full-
time employee was needed to
administer funds, create partnerships
and choose projects.
Smith said that in addition to
working with each of the hospital's
foundations, the company will also
be working on programming to host
events, welcome families to the farm
for weekend visits and identifying
areas of need at the hospitals.
Upper levels of government, she
said, provide infrastructure funding
for the hospitals, as well as funding
to keep the heat and hydro on, but
anything above and beyond needs to
be paid for through fundraising.
Smith said she had no idea when
she was attending children's
hospitals with her daughter how they
were funded. Her daughter, who was
five when she first started showing
symptoms of gelastic epilepsy,
would soon need children's
hospitals, and now at 11, she still
does.
The young girl would hallucinate,
Smith said, and after going to their
family doctor, she was sent to a
series of specialists in order to
identify the problem.
Throughout the process, Smith
said, she never had to worry about
the finer details of hospital stays or
care. Whether it was making her feel
comfortable or servicing her
daughter to the extent of the health
professionals' abilities, many of
those details were taken care of.
Now, after being further educated
on the funding structures for
children's hospitals, Smith said she
knows that fundraising is to thank
for many of the services the
hospitals provide.
And while the concept for a
charitable fund is great, Smith said,
she will be working with the
hospitals and their foundations to
identify specific programs that need
funding, so that Cowbell is able to
show its customers the fund's
benefits for the children's hospital
communities.
Clarke was the first to identify
children's hospitals as a potential
area of need for the company's
charitable dollars. However, it was a
company trip to McMaster
Children's Hospital that served as a
real eye-opener for many involved,
including Smith and General
Manager Grant Sparling, among
others.
While the bulk of the funds raised
through the fund (measured by a
figure of five cents per can or pint of
beer sold) will benefit children's
hospitals throughout the province,
Smith said that products sold at the
Cowbell headquarters in Blyth will
continue to benefit the Canadian
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