Region A's First Official Meeting

April 15, 2012
On April 15th, representatives from Divisions 3, 4, 5 and 6 came together in London, Ontario for their first official Regional meeting and luncheon to honour Governor Janet Atkinson Des Roches' visit to Division 3.  Several guest speakers were in attendance that updated, informed and energized the members present.  Special Guest speaker, Bonnie Kearns, from Sarnia, Ontario spoke to the group about "why do we volunteer".  Bonnie is the recipient of the Red Cross's Highest Award in Canada for volunteers - The Order of the Red Cross.  Bonnie has volunteered all over the world as a disaster relief nurse and had experienced many situations that we can only imagine.  Bonnie has learned to meet each challenge with grace and humour which was quite evident in her presentation.  She is full of energy and has a spark for life that is truly infectious!  The meeting ended on a very positive, high note indeed!  Thank you to all that attended and enjoyed the fellowship of Kiwanis!

 LG John Patterson and his wife from Division 5

 Attendees at the Luncheon and meeting

 DST Jim Steele

 Gov. Elect Peter Tudisco and Gov. Janet Atkinson Des Roches

 The official installation of LG Brian McKeown - Division 6

 Region A Trustee Allen Ure

 Gov. Elect candidate Hope Markes travelled from Jamaica to attend the meeting and address the members

 Gov. Elect candidate Serg Viau travelled from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to attend the meeting and address the members

 Growth Chair, PG Chuck McIlravey "grew" some hair during his presentation

 International Trustee and KI President Elect Candidate Dr. John Button addressed the group

Bonnie Kearns during her laughter filled presentation

Key Club Administrator Firma French

LG Sheila

St. Clair Key Club Re-chartered!!!!

March 31, 2012
It was with great appreciation that I was invited to the re-chartering of the St. Clair High School Key Club in Sarnia, Ontario on the evening of March 31, 2012.  I attended the event at the Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre and enjoyed sharing pizza and dessert with the members of the re-chartered club along with members of their sponsoring Kiwanis club - the Kiwanis Club of the Seaway.
Lt. Governor Victoria Rode, Division 2 for Eastern Canada Key Club was in attendance to officially re-charter the club and induct its new members.  I had the pleasure of installing the new club executive.
Many thanks to Don Burnard, Divisional Chair for Key Club for getting this group re-focused and re-vitalized.  Thanks to Rick Alexander, Paul Beaudet and Toby Bidtnes for hosting the evening's events.

 Left to right - LG Victoria Rode, Div. 2 Key Club, LG Sheila Donald, Div. 3 EC&C, co-Presidents of St. Clair Key Club and Rick Alexander, Key Club Kiwanis liaison.

 Presentation of the banner, gong and gavel

Newsletters are a Wonderful Thing!

 March 1, 2012
Are you keeping your membership informed?  Do you publish a newsletter for them to read?  If not, it may be something that your club would like to do.  All you need is a willing volunteer!  
I am happy to report that most of the clubs in Division 3 do publish some sort of newsletter of club events and distribute it to the membership.  Some are done weekly while others are done bi-weekly or even monthly.    It is a great way to keep the membership up to date on Kiwanis International activities and initiatives as well as pointing out resources for them to review.  This is especially true if it is distributed on line.  It can also be used to  remind members that we are part of a world wide organization and therefore have a commitment to helping children in other countries.  So, if your club doesn't have a newsletter, maybe your should consider starting one.  
LG Sheila
 

ELIMINATE PROJECT COORDINATOR SPEAKS

January 24, 2012
Mary Alice Marchand, Division 3 Coordinator for the ELIMINATE project has officially started her visits to Div. 3 clubs to give the first of several presentations on the Kiwanis world wide service project - ELIMINATE.  Mary Alice attended both the Sarnia-Lambton Golden K meeting and the Kiwanis Club of the Seaway meeting on January 24th to speak to club members about this project, the timeline and expectations from each club.  EC&C have entered into this project late due to our commitment to the District Children's Project which rapped up Sept. 31, 2011.  ELIMINATE is a 5 yr. project to eliminate maternal neo-natal tetanus which causes the deaths of thousands of babies every year in 39 countries worldwide. 

George Service acted as Mary Alice's technical support person during her presentation to the Sarnia-Lambton Golden K membership

Ilene and Kathie came along with Mary Alice and George so they could count the visit as an inter-club.

After Mary Alice's Presentation to the Seaway members, Don Burnard, Seaway's YCPO Chair, presented her with a cheque for $1000.00 for the ELIMINATE project.

LG Sheila

Division 3 DCM Activities

Jan. 14, 2012 - Windsor, Ontario
Division 3's Council meeting took place on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at the Windsor-Roseland Golf and Curling Club.  My sincere thanks go to all club representatives who took time out of their day to attend this event.  Past Governor Chuck McIlravey and wife Dorothy traveled in very poor conditions on Friday from Toronto so he could fulfill his promise to conduct a mini-growth seminar at our meeting.  I am pleased to say that 9 out of 10 clubs in the division were represented with a total of 26 attendees.
Each club was provided with several pieces of important information regarding the operation within our division as well as Region A events and upcoming events.  An update on the ELIMINATE project was provided by Divisional Lead Mary Alice Marchand.  She is currently making the rounds to each club to give a presentation about ELIMINATE and to spark the idea of giving to this very worthwhile project.  The goal worldwide is $110 million over a 5 year period which started in 2010.  EC&C District did not join the project until our promise to the Children's Project against HIV/Aids was completed on Sept. 31, 2011.  A wrap up of this project will be provided at the EC&C Convention in Barbados in May.  
Victoria Rode, LG Division 2of Eastern Canada Key Club was also in attendance.  Victoria braved the highway from Ingersoll to attend and to inform the members about the up-coming Key Club Convention in London, Ontario April 13-15th, 2012.  Each club within the division is encouraged to donate $400.00 so that the Key Club convention costs can be kept down to a reasonable rate.  
PG Chuck gave his growth presentation which was excellent.
Below are some pictures of the council meeting and presentations made.

 Left to right - Beth and Leo Smith (President of Leamington Kiwanis Club), Betty Vollmer (Pres. of Windsor East Kiwanis), Jim Veitch (Secretary of Windsor East) and Mary Vidican (Treasurer of Windsor East)

 PLG Lloyd Harrow (Forest Club), Bud Orr (LGE from Forest Club) and PG Chuck McIlravey in deep discussion.

President Elect Cathy Telfer (Chatham-Kent Golden K Kiwanis) and Bonnie Morrison (Secretary of the Chatham Kiwanis Club)

 Dorothy McIlravey and LG Victoria Rode (Division 2 Key Club)

 President David Murray (Sarnia-Lambton Golden K), President Allan McPhee (Sarnia Kiwanis) and Mike Shimmin (Pres. Elect - Sarnia-Lambton Golden K Kiwanis)

 Bob Malpass (Windsor Kiwanis), Sarah Shklov (President of Windsor-Roseland Golden K) and Jerry Bocchini (Windsor-Roseland Golden K)

 LG Sheila presenting President David Murray (Sarnia-Lambton Golden K) with the 1st Quarter Lt. Governor's Award

 LGE Bud Orr, representing the Forest Kiwanis Club receiving the Al Mifflin Award for net growth within Division 3 for the 2010-2011 Kiwanis year.  This was shared with the Seaway Kiwanis Club in Sarnia

Past Governor Chuck McIlravey presenting a $10,000.00 cheque to President Elect John Foley of the Windsor Kiwanis Club.  The funds are from the Kiwanis Foundation of Canada's Disaster Relief Fund and will assist with repairs to Sunshine Point Camp so that they can continue to serve the children of Windsor and Essex county for their 65th year of operation this summer.

Again, many thanks to everyone for attending and especially to my friends Chuck and Dorothy for braving the weather conditions.  I sincerely hope that Chuck's presentation ignited the passion within each of you to start to grow your clubs to enable the work of Kiwanis to move forward.

LG Sheila 

Windsor Kiwanis Club receives the KRAFT Cheque

January 12, 2012
Recently the Kiwanis Club of Windsor was presented with their $10,000.00 cheque from KRAFT by the Sunshine Point Camp employees who were responsible for entering their video into the contest.   

Left to right:  Josh Rose (Ass't Director - Sports); Ram Sridhar (President); Tina Seguin (Counsellor); Justina Jones (Counsellor); Jessica Maure (Arts & Crafts Coordinator); Phil Sax (Maintenance); John Foley (Camp Chair); Katelinn Tuovinen (Ass't Director - Aquatics); Craig Bancroft (Camp Director)

This is going to help the Windsor Kiwanis Club make the necessary repairs to Mollard Hall so that they can continue to provide a safe, fun place for kids to go during the summer months and just be kids!  Stay tuned as a further announcement is about to happen!
LG Sheila 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May joy and happiness fill your year and bring you closer to your Kiwanis family.

I wish each of you a wonderful season!

Lt. Governor Sheila Donald