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Cystic Fibrosis / Service Director
2025-2026
- District Service Directors Martina Post & Elena D'Amico
2024-2025
- District Service Directors Brenda Dineen & Francine Burt
Cystic Fibrosis and HREF Club Donations!
Watch here for an ongoing list of donations we have received (or been made aware of by CFCanada or Kin HQ)
Cystic Fibrosis:
Lucknow Kinsmen
Clearview Kin
Shelburne Kinsmen
Shelburne Kinettes
Kitchener Waterloo Kinsmen
Chesley Kinsmen
Stayner Kinsmen
Goderich Kinsmen
Kin on Track Team
Elgin St. Thomas Kinettes
Chatham Kinsmen
Teeswater Kinsmen
Hensall Kinsmen
Zone Conferences B, D, and G-H
Clinton Kinettes
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Preston Kinettes
Goderich Kinsmen
Chesley Kinsmen
Elgin St. Thomas Kinettes
Goderich Kinettes
Kin on Track Team
Mitchell Kinsmen
Fort Erie Kinettes
Collingwood Kinsmen
Stoney Creek Kinsmen
Stratford Kinsmen
KW Kinsmen
Dresden Kinsmen
Zone Conferences A, C, D, and J
Thank You to all the Deputy Governors, Host Clubs and Kin members who welcomed us to their Zone Conferences. We enjoyed the fellowship, the jokes (most of themš) and of course the food! Except for 1 day the weatherman even co-operated for our touring!
What a great group headed off to Punta Cana for an amazing vacation and to support Cystic Fibrosis. If you ever have the opportunity to join in on the trip, go for it!
District Convention is coming up quickly, and we will be doing a Silent Auction again so if there are items you would like to donate please send them our way. We will be accepting donation cheques for CF and HREF at convention as well and thank you in advance for those!
Welcome to Zone Conference Season in District 1!
That means great fun and fellowship all across the district. As your Service Directors we hope to attend many of these amazing conferences so we can share in the celebration of what you the clubs have done this year.
Speaking of celebrating, we are looking ahead to District Spring Convention and celebrating with everyone the amazing things that have happened all year as well. We need your help to do this!
Wilson/Sinclair Service Award: deadline 30 days prior to convention, for projects from Apr. 1/24-Mar. 30/25, club award, page 2-3 of awards brochure.
- Kevin Denbok Award: deadline 30 days prior to convention, for period from Apr.1/24-Mar. 30/25, club award, page 23 of awards brochure.
- Michael McBeath Award: deadline 30 days prior to convention, for period from Apr. 1/24 -Mar. 30/25, individual award, page 24 of the awards brochure.
- Challenge for a Cure Award: Deadline 30 days prior to FLC, for the period from July 1/24 - June 30/25, club award, page 25 of the awards brochure.
- 65 Roses Award: deadline June 30/25 for period from July 1/24 - June 30/25,club award, page 26 of the awards brochure.
- Dave Russell Award: deadline to district 30 days prior to convention but must be presented at the appropriate Zone conference immediately prior, individual award, page 27 of the awards brochure.
(* this award must be submitted to the District Service Directors for marking)
Please take a look at the pages noted for these service awards and submit your entriesš We want to award them all!
As we travel from Zone to Zone, we would happily accept any cheque presentations for Cystic Fibrosis and HREF that clubs have to present. We are also asking for any donations of items for the auction at Spring, we can collect them from your Zone Conference.
Bursary season is also upon us! The deadline for applications has passed and the next deadline is for you the clubs to have your applicant (s) endorsed by March 1/25. Watch your club emails for the good news in the coming days! It isnāt too late to make your donation to HREF Bursaries! Your donation helps students across Canada to realize their dreamsā£ļø
Are you a Blood Donor? It is in you to give if you are eligible! This is our 10th year partner anniversary with Canadian Blood Services, and we are hoping to see 1920 units from the family of Kin donors! Will you be some of those donations?
Thank you to the clubs for the invites out to events and club meetings! We enjoy meeting our fellow Kinš Keep being the amazing Kin you are!
Christmas Greetings!
As your Service Directors we want to wish each and every member a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
There are so many amazing projects happening out there in District 1 it is hard to keep up with all of you! Parades, food drives, breakfasts with Santa, supporting local charities, vendor events, toy drives, movie nights, raffle draws, Chase the Ace draws, Quarter Auction, and even a smaller version of Friday the 13th and so much more! Kudos to everyone for all you are doing for your communities
FLC was amazing, thank you Flamborough Kin for everything you did and all the assistance with the Auction! The generous donations of prizes and purchasing of items let us see $2400+ added to the CF total for the year!!
Elgin St. Thomas Kinettes have proudly initiated a quest for a Memorial HREF Bursary in Good Kinette LM Colleen Wakeās name. The link for donations to this Bursary is on the district fb page, and the LINK, Canada Works is being used to collect these specific donations and it is hoped that sufficient funds will be raised to be able to present the Bursary as part of the 2025 Bursaries.
Howdy do!
Francine and Brenda here as the DSD team for Pump up Kin 2024-25!
Our initiatives this year were presented at Spring Convention and also sent along to your club in snail mail and again on the old Facebook.
We'd also like to share our mailed letter to you. Check your mail boxes!
Hello District One Kin,
We are excited to be your Service Directors for the coming year and we hope to get to see as many of your events as we can. We are here to encourage, support and cheer you on as we navigate through the year ahead. We have initiatives planned but we need to hear from you, the clubs, to help us know what your plans are and where you need us to assist. Please send us places, dates, and times so that we can add you to our calendar!
Upcoming Initiatives and dates so far:
- District 1 Service Shirts, deadline for orders with payment is September 8, 2024
- Volunteers for Port Dover Friday 13th September 2024 ā anyone interested in helping with the Bartending, shirt selling, ticket selling ā proceeds to Cystic Fibrosis Canada ā please reach out to Francine for September and Brenda for June (2025). Port Dover also has it posted on their Facebook page with links for sign up.
- Blood donors, on average it is 3 months between donations, to be counted in as a D1 Partner for Life, simply set up an account on https://www.blood.ca Or on the Give Blood App
- Select āpartnersā from the menu.
- Select ājoin a teamā and search Kin Canada - your district will appear.
- Select the district you wish to join, and you are all done!
- Hal Rogers Endowment Fund (HREF): We are hoping for 100% participation by D1 Clubs donating this year. We have given you an easy opportunity to do this: simply collect loose change from members throughout the year and bring/send it for collection at FLC or Spring Convention. Credit will be given to each club for amount collected. *You will find the tools needed enclosed.
All the best, stay connected with us!!
Francine and Brenda
District Service Directors 2024-2025 ā Pump up Kin.
district1sd [snail] gmail [period] com
2023-2024
- Service Directors Frank Mailloux & Mike Austin
(No reports filed)
2022-2023
One last update
Hey D1, one last update before we pass the torch to our incoming Directors Frank and Kym. First of all Brandon and I want to say a huge THANK YOU to those of you that invited us out to spend time with you and your clubs. We enjoyed getting out and meeting the members of D1 and seeing all that you do for your communities.
This year we as a district we raised (to be filled in) for Cystic Fibrosis Canada and (to be filled in) for HREF. While these numbers are astounding we hope next year you guys can keep your numbers for CF just as high but put a little extra into the HREF donation box.
This year Kin Canada received 600 applications and endorsed 218 of them. Of those 218 applicants only 55 bursaries were given out, we can only give out as many bursaries as there is money in the bank so please remember, we need those HREF donations.
We were extremely happy to be able to give out 4 CF and Service Awards this year. Congratulations to our winners:
Dave Russel Service Award
Darryl-Dutch Van Moorsel
Micheal McBeth Memorial Cystic Fibrosis Award
Tim Natyshak
M.Wilson Service Award
Wasaga Beach Kinettes
Kevin Denbok Memorial Cystic Fibrosis Award
Kinsmen and Kinette Club of Goderich and the Kinsmen and Kinette Club of Clinton
Even though we won't be your CF and Service Directors next year we still hope to get out and help your clubs with any event needed.
Awards
SERVICE AWARDS
Please see the awards criteria below
Myrtle Wilson Memorial Service Award
George and Mildred Sinclair Service Award
Kevin Denbok Memorial Cystic Fibrosis Award
Michael McBeath Memorial Cystic Fibrosis Award for Individual Achievement
The following awards are presented at FLC and have a deadline of June 30th.
Dave Russell Memorial Individual Service Award
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CANADA AWARDS
2022-2023 Updates
Hey, D1. We just wanted to give you guys an update on how our year is going so far. We have had the opportunity to get out and see lots of clubs in action. It truly is amazing seeing all the different events put on throughout our district and all that we are doing for our communities. You guys rock!
We put on an amazing Valentine's Day Gala for Cystic Fibrosis with the help of the Stratford Kinsmen. This event would not have been a success without the support of everyone from our district. All the amazing silent auction items you went out and got for us helped us raise almost $3200 for CF!! In total this event raised right around $6000 for CF WOW!
We are sitting low on our blood donations this year so let's get out there and donate! We have pledged 150 donations and are sitting at just over 60 donations.
Don't forget to keep track of all your club is doing for our engagement award this year! I have attached the PDF below for those that don't have it already.
We want to thank all of our clubs for working with us with our new process of getting applications submitted for Kin Canada Bursaries this year. We know learning something new isn't always fun and doesn't always work but I think we did pretty good!
2022-2023
District 1, we are PUMPED to be your CF and Service Directors this year. We want to get out and see all the clubs this year so please invite us out to EVERY event.
For CF swag this year we have our pins and coozies which are each $5. Our logo comes from the famous story of 65 roses which you can read about here: https://www.cff.org/about-us/65-roses-story
You can reach out to your Deputy Governors or us directly to get some swag.
We have had a busy start to the year helping out at St. Marys Summerfest, Lucknow's Music in the Fields, Meaford Kin Camp and we are looking forward to all the future events to come!
Kin Canada Bursaries
This year they have a barcode that can be scanned and brings you right to the application page All submissions must be done online this year (we are looking into what happens if someone submits a paper copy). Oct 1 is when the application website goes live. Check out our poster we have created that you can send to all the high schools in your region.
Kin Canada Bursary Poster
Canadian Blood Services
Our team number is KINC110223. You only have to register once - on the Kin Canada website under Service. Just follow the link for District 1. Remember, blood - it is in you to give!
Cystic Fibrosis
We love hearing all about the different fundraisers clubs do to raise money for CF, remember we want to be there to help you raise money!
This year we will be hosting a Valentines Day Gala in support of Cystic Fibrosis February 11th 2023 in Stratford. It will be a public event and everyone is welcome to come! More details to come.
Our annual Cystic Fibrosis Getaway will be taking place April 7th to April 14th 2023 in Jamaica. For more details check out our flyer below
Annual Cystic Fibrosis Getaway
2021-2022
(No reports filed)
2020-2021
(No reports filed)
2019-2020
What a great Midterm Meeting we had with our wonderful team of Deputy Governors and our esteemed Governors. I'm sure your Zone Conferences will be amazing!
As requested our Canadian Blood Services Number is KINC110223. You only have to register once - on the Kin Canada website under Service. Just follow the link for District 1. Remember, blood - it is in you to give!
FLC! FLC! FLC!
Thank you! Gracias! Arigato! Danke Sehr! Grazie! Spasiba! Merci!
Anyway you put it, the mere words don't convey the gratitude that your Service Directors are experiencing!
Thank you to the Goderich Kinsmen and Kinettes and the Hensall Kinettes for a wonderful FLC. From the boodle bags to the Hospitality Suite - everything was first class.
Thank you to all the Clubs and individual members that donated to our Silent Auction and Live Auction. We were overwhelmed by your generosity!
Because of you - our wonderful members - we were able to raise.....
FINE POT - $348.40
COOLER AUCTION - $400
LIVE AUCTION - $1500
SILENT AUCTION - $2610
for a GRAND TOTAL: $4858.40
Don't forget about the $50 million for the 100 years challenge!
What an exciting time to be part of the Kin family. We are celebrating the 55 year partnership with Cystic Fibrosis this year and we will be celebrating 100 years of Kin in 2020. We are hoping to reach the $50 Million donation mark to CF in the upcoming year and we need your help! A challenge for our District - Every Club donates at least $100.00!
T-Shirts for Sale
We have limited edition T-shirts celebrating our partnership with CF. Only $20.00. Order yours from either Bill or Lisa
2018-2019
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We Thank you
On behalf of Curtis and myself (tracy) I would like to thank you District 1 for participating in our "Penny Raffle" , for your club donations for CF and the HREF and for bidding on the bottles of wine in memory of Past Governor Bill Harris.(shout out to our auctioneer Bill Roskar). Also a big thank you to Alice Awwehand Patricia for the support!
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HELLO DISTRICT ONE!
Zone conference season is upon us already! We hope all are a great success and we look forward to hearing all about the fun and fellowship.
Bea and myself are busy and we hope to get busier with more events to attend. We have attended 3 zone CF information nights and have 2 more booked (hope to see you out at them).
If your club is hosting a project that you would like either Bea or I to attend, please let us know as soon as possible. You can reach us at dcrowley@quadro.net or Tim, at tnatyshak@gmail.com.
Sugar bush in London is looking for help with their CF weekend on March17&18 and are looking for helpat the great event. March 17 is the wrap up to Listowels paddyfest where Bea and myself will be bartending.
Please have a look at the award requirements for the Bill Skelly and Ian McClure awards (due in the spring); the District 1 Service awards (see below); and National Service Project award. all us if you have any questions about any of them. That bazaar or road toll that you do in your club every year, may just inspire newer members to come out.
Did you know that Cystic Fibrosis Canada has a blog that has information on it daily - there are many interesting articles there. www.cysticfibrosis.ca click on "CFC blog".
Cystic Fibrosis Canada has also just launched their LinkedIn - please add to get the latest organizational information.
April 2-9 will see 33 travellers joining us in Matzalan, Mexico for some fun and sun as we head out on our annual CF fundraising trip. This trip raised 1650$ for Cystic Fibrosis Canada.
Looking forward to hearing from you and thank you for helping us have a fantastic year!
Bea & Tim
2017/2018 Cystic Fibrosis/Service Directors
District One Cystic Fibrosis Trip 2017/2018
District One Cystic Fibrosis Fundraisers
District 1 Cystic Fibrosis pins $7.50 : available from your Zone or District Council Members
District 1 Cystic Fibrosis Quilt Draw $2ea or 3 for $5
to be drawn June 15, 2018 available from 2017/2018 Cystic Fibrosis/Service Directors Bea and Tim
Please share your projects' information with Kin Canada for our new project bank.
Kin Canada Bursaries
Make sure your clubs send out the information to your local schools. They are due back to your club by January 31st.
Kin Canada Blood Drive
Let us know if your club is hosting a blood drive in your area.
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SERVICE AWARDS!!
Please see the awards criteria below
Myrtle Wilson Memorial Service Award
George and Mildred Sinclair Service Award
Kevin Denbok Memorial Cystic Fibrosis Award
Michael McBeath Memorial Cystic Fibrosis Award for Individual Achievement
The following awards are presented at FLC and have a deadline of June 30th.
Dave Russell Memorial Individual Service Award
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CANADA AWARDS!!
To Give with your Heart by Mike Dupuis and friends
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