Kin in the News

There’s a new approach to old favourite in Chesley. The format has changed for the 31st annual Mid-Western Agri-Fair to be held April 1 and 2 at the Chesley Community Centre.

Last month saw our annual celebration of the founding of Kin Canada. Hal Rodgers began our association in February of 1920 and it soon spread across the nation to become this country's largest all-Canadian service organization. New Glasgow's Kinsmen Club was established in 1943 and has flourished ever since.

Spring isn't generally considered the "season of giving", but for the Kinsmen group in Kingston it certainly is. After a very successful Dream Home Lottery campaign last year, the Kinsmen decided to donate to a number of community groups.

Telemiracle 38 was well respresented by the Yorkton Kinsmen & Kinettes. 29 Kin members and friends from the Yorkton clubs answered the phones at this telethon.

Wayne McCormick can’t imagine life without volunteering.The 72-year-old Bible Hill resident has been helping others in the community for as long as he can remember.

A big thank-you to the Bible Hill Kinsmen Club for their generous donation of $3500.00 to the Hospice Food from the Heart program.

A community partner's gift has secured the reopening of a pool that means so much to its neighbourhood. The Kinsmen Club of Winnipeg has pledged $1 million to assist in the renovation of the 83-year-old Sherbrook Pool, which has been closed since Nov. 29, 2012.

The Kinette Club of Pembroke was once again honoured to play host to the annual District 6 Zone Conference over the weekend. Representatives from Kin Clubs stretching from Cornwall to Pembroke gathered at the Kiwanis Field House Saturday to convene the meeting headed up by the district's governor, Robert Watkins, and deputy governor, Judith Dallaway.