Division 3's first Council meeting for the 2010-2011 year was held at Victoria Ave. United Church in Chatham, Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 2nd. I am pleased to say that 9 out of the 10 division clubs where represented. I wish to thank everyone who took the time out of their Saturday to make this day an informative, sharing event.
The agenda was long but contained a lot of information that needed to be passed on to the clubs. I am proud to say I only went overtime by 8 minutes! Minutes will be distributed electronically by Friday, Oct. 8th.
November 20, 2010 - Growth Seminar
Please make plans to attend a regional Growth Seminar being held on Saturday, Nov. 20th in London. Information has been sent out electronically regarding this very important event. This is a joint project of Divisions 3, 4, 5 and 6 and is being conducted by Past Governor, Chuck MacIlravey. There is no cost to this event and lunch will be provided.
New YCPO Project for the Chatham-Kent Golden K
On September 25th the Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent Golden K had a booth at the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit’s Learn Share Grow Day. Club member volunteers gave an age-appropriate, quality literature book to each child or parent/caregiver in attendance with the goal of promoting literacy. Approximately 120 English and French books were given out. There were 210 in attendance at the event, including 95 children, mostly 0-4 years of age. In total, 14 Club members volunteered in various capacities e.g. selecting and ordering books, putting labels on books to indicate they were compliments of the Club, purchasing a lunch box door prize, decorating and setting up the booth, greeting people and distributing books at the event.
Evaluations indicated that the free book was much appreciated by the children and their parents/caregivers. Tthere were very positive comments about the interaction with the children and the enthusiasm of the Kiwanians. YCPO Chairperson Jean Trudell reported on the project at a club meeting and recommended that the Club support participation in this event next year.
I am continuing with the installation of club officers as of today. Between now and Thursday I will have completed this for 8 clubs as well as for the Chatham-Kent Aktion Club. I will also be inducting one new member into the Aktion Club! I would love to do this for all the clubs in the Division so get out there and "Light the Fire" in your friends, neighbours and relatives about Kiwanis and all the great work that we do!
Let's get building our clubs!
November 21-23rd - Governor Paul Toussaint's visit to Division 3
I am currently working on a schedule of events for Governor Paul's visit to our division. As soon as the timelines are confirmed, I will be posting the schedule on-line and sending it out to all the clubs in Div. 3.
Stay tuned!
LG Sheila
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