Food bank to receive $15,000 over 3 years.
Because the local prisons are shutting down their farms, our local Food Bank will be loosing fresh eggs and milk. Our club has decided to donate some money to offset their losses. Follow the link to read the whole story from the Kingston Whig Standard.
If Kingston’s prison farms close, the local food bank won’t be left holding an empty basket of eggs.
The Partners in Mission Food Bank receives about $4,000 worth of eggs from the local prison farms each year. With those farms now being threatened with closure by Correctional Service Canada, a local service club has stepped up to soften the blow.
Food bank director Sandy Singers says the Kingston Kinsmen club has pledged $5,000 a year to the food bank over the next three years to make up for any shortfall should the federal government close the farms.
Kinsmen Donate $10,000 to OP K2K
Kingston to Kandahar 24 hour Spin-A-Thon held June 5th-6th 2010 was a huge success. Kingston Kinsmen were on hand to make a big $10,000 donation. Check out more details.
Making Local Hospital Better
Kinsmen's $225,000 gift presented
You notice that everyone in this picture is smiling. That is because they are getting a big cheque! And it is all because of you, and your support to Kinsmen. By now you have likely already heard that the Kingston Kinsmen have donated over $400,000 to the Together We Can campaign. A local fundraiser supporting Kingston’s hospitals.
This particular cheque will be used to support the relocation and expansion of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit from Hotel Dieu Hospital to Kingston General Hospital.
Have a look at what University Hospitals Kingston Foundation has to say
Buddy Holly is Coming to K-Town
Buddy Holly is Rock'n the Grand!
On February 3rd, 1959, the man who changed the face of popular music tragically died in a plane crash aged 22. Now, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story tells the story of the three years in which he became the world’s top recording artist with a show that features over 20 of Buddy Holly’s greatest hits including “Peggy Sue”, “That’ll Be The Day”, “Oh Boy”, “Not Fade Away”, “Everyday”, “Rave On”, “Maybe Baby”, “Raining In My Heart”, Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba”, and the Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace”.
Kinsmen proudly present “Buddy, the Buddy Holly Story” live on stage at the Grand Theatre, November 2010.
Kin Donate $6,000 KMFRC
A couple of years ago, the Kingston Military Family Resource Centre approached us to sponsor a kid’s camp program. Our partnership continues to grow strong. This year we able to donate an additional $6,000 to the same program.
The Kingston Military Family Resource Centre (KMFRC) is a registered non-profit, charitable organization that supports and enhances the health and well-being of the military community. The KMFRC is Kingston’s primary agency dedicated to meeting the unique needs of the military community. Programmes and services are designed to promote community development and to provide social, educational and volunteer opportunities, empowering the military community and enhancing their health and well-being.
Kin Donate $25,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Society
St. Vincent de Paul Society
I’m proud to announce that the Kinsmen Club of Kingston has donate $25,000 to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Located in Kingston, this non-profit charity is commuted to helping our community by providing supplies and meals to those in need.
2010 Dream Home Lottery
Grand Prize 2010 Custom Built Dream Home
#0810 Jessica Dykins – of Kingston
$10,000 Cash Prize
#0595 Helen Robinson
$5,000 Cash Prize
#3659 Barbara Cyr
10 x $1000 Cash Prize winners
#0594 Bob Haley / Bill MacPhail
#3396 Winston & Diane MacDonald
#4426 Brian Clair
#3204 Jocelyn Davey Jossinet
#1492 Arie Sonneveld
#1331 Ivana Tarnowecky & Mark Snider
#2016 Hilda Walker
#1038 Freda Storms
#3464 Percy Peterson
#1667 Malina & Jerry Jackson
Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s draw!
Kingston Kin Give $20,000 to Local CF Branch
The Kinsmen Club of Kingston have made another huge donation to the local Kingston Chapter of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
In the past 45 years, Kinsmen and Kinettes across the country have worked tirelessly to help beat CF, contributing more than $36 million towards cystic fibrosis research and treatment.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal inherited disease, affecting mainly the lungs and the digestive system. In the lungs, where the effects of the disease are most devastating, CF causes severe breathing problems. In the digestive tract, CF often results in extreme difficulty in digesting and absorbing adequate nutrients from food
http://www.kincanada.ca/en/index.php/service/cystic_fibrosis
Exhibitors Needed for 2010
Kingston Home Show Kinsmen are holding their 8th annual Home Show April 9, 10, 11, 2010 at the Cataraqui Sports Complex, Sydenham Rd. at the 401. Kinsmen have joined CKWS TV, Lite 104.3 FM., Kingston 96.3 FM and The Kingston Whig Standard in a Marketing Partnership. The 22nd Annual Kinsmen Dream Home Draw will be held at the conclusion of the Home Show and will feature the Home Show in it’s extensive ad plan. Last year the show became Kingston’s biggest home show with 120 exhibitor booths on two icepads. Come join our show now and guarantee yourself preferred location and participation in the future. For more details check out http://www.KingstonHomeShow.com