Kin in the News

London Kinettes make donation to University Hospital.

Peace, love, music and fundraising combined to make the first ever Dresden Kinstock a success on Saturday night. Chair Darren Wills said the event raised some $7,000, a portion of which will go toward the club’s commitment of $50,000 to the Dresden Health Complex, while the rest will be used for various club projects.

The Annual New Glasgow Kinsmen Chicken Barbeque at Glasgow Square appears to have been a success.

Kinsmen keeping the Baseball Program fresh.

The Wasaga Beach Kinette Club is celebrating 40 years of community service and friendship.  Club members got together at Lakes of Wasaga Country Club in Wasaga Beach June 24 to mark the milestone.

The ribs have all been eaten, the 18 bands are finished playing on two stages, the carousel has come to a stop in the midway, the vendors have packed up, and the Kinsmen are ready for a rest. A massive thank you to each and every one of you who made the 16th Annual Sarnia Kinsmen Ribfest such a success.

Summerfest will make its return to Courthouse Park next month.  Deputy Mayor John Grace said thanked the Kinsmen for bringing the festival back to downtown Goderich.

Port Hope, ON - The Port Hope Kinsmen, organizers of the annual Canada Day Celebrations, are very excited to receive funding to enhance this years’ event, and invite everyone to come out and “Celebrate Canada” Monday June 30th and Tuesday July 1st in historic Port Hope!

For 50 years the St. Albert Kinsmen have been serving St. Albert’s greatest need. Since May 4,1964 the organization has contributed to the community in remarkably generous ways: by helping to build the Kinex Arena, the Larose Drive Clubhouse, the Kinsmen Korral and the Kinsmen RV Park.

Newspaper clippings remind us what has been achieved. They also motivate us to carry on the legacy.  That was exactly the atmosphere last weekend when the Kinette Club of Edmonton celebrated their 75th anniversary.