District Reports: Governors

GREEN FLAG, LET'S GO RACING!

It is that time of year again

Fellow Kin Happy New Year !

We hope everyone had a very happy and enjoyable holiday season with family and loved ones. There is nothing better than seeing the smiles of our children, grandchildren, nieces & nephews or whatever the case may be, as they see what Santa has brought.

As we pass the halfway point of the Kin year, it is also just about time to celebrate a very important date, February 20th 1920, the day the greatest Association in Canada was formed. Thanks to our Founder Kin Hal Rogers and a group of like minded men, communities and individuals in need across Canada have benefited from the efforts of our Association.

We would like to take a quote from Founder Hal and ask that you take it to heart as the time has already begun to take a very serious look at our declining membership.

From Founder Hal.." You the active Kinsmen of today, young men and women, I suggest now, a re-dedication to the inspiration of Kinsmanship, the heartwarming satisfaction of helping the other fellow, of serving our communities greatest need, and to all those objects of Kin that have challenged, and been accepted by, young people, of all the years.."

That fellow Kin is our identity, it is what makes us who we are, what makes Kin such a special organization. You must take it upon yourselves to ensure that this Association is here for generations to come, and the time has come for that to to be the single main focus of every club, Membership growth !

It begins and ends with each member of every club to take it upon themselves to ensure the success of your club. Make one simple goal as a club and as the proud members that we know you all are. Bring out one member each in the next year, it is that simple, and yes it is simple. You can think of many excuses but that is just a means to not put an effort into a simple task in all honesty. We can do anything we want if we simply put an effort into it. All you have to do is look at our friend Life Member Dave Sopha or any individual afflicted with C.F. and what they must deal with daily for an entire lifetime.

Bring out one member each, kinda puts that in perspective if you think hard about the aforementioned above. One member each = +1486 members for one year & every club doubled in membership. Sound good to you? Of course it does. Your job, bring one in, that's it.

Also, moving in rapidly on the horizon is another season, Zone Conference season. Time for your clubs and Zone to celebrate it's successes and have one of the best days of fellowship as a Zone throughout your Kin year. Has your club got it's submissions ready for the awards program?

This is your chance to show the incredible work that you all do as a club and as individuals, and to especially make your new members more connected and proud to be a member. Have you submitted a Rookie of the Year Candidate. Ask Rookie of the Year April McLean how proud she felt being presented that award last year. Think her club has benefited from that? Have you selected a Cystic Fibrosis project your club ran for perhaps the Kevin Denbok or Challenge for a cure or Michael McBeath Award. Not sure what to submit for, hey no problem, we got you covered !

Click the link below for the District Awards package

http://www.district1kin.ca/index.php/DistrictTeam/Awards

It is also time to consider who in your Zone, and why not you, is going to join Vice-Governors Terri Iredale and Marty Makins and their Executive as your Deputy Governor and part of The Kin-Do Crew" for next year. Whoever it may be, and again we say, why not you, is going to have one of the best years of their "Kin Careers" we can assure you of that.

We shall be out in full force to every Zone Conference so please make every effort to have your entire club there for a great day filled with fun, fellowship, and excitement. We want to meet and talk with all of you to say thank you first and foremost, and to hear from you and share in good fellowship.

Sincerely Yours in Kin,

Dan Strugar & Colleen Wake
District One Governors

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