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Kinette Club of North Battleford
An organizational meeting of the Kinette Club was held November 7,
1950. On January 9, 1951 at the Queen’s Hotel in Battleford, the Offi cers
of the newly formed Kinette Club of North Battleford were installed.
Becoming a Kinette is very simple. You have to be a female of
at least 19 years of age, of good character and good standing in the
community, live and work within the club’s territorial limits, and not
hold a membership in any other Kinette club. Most importantly, you
do not have to be a Kinsmen wife to join and there is no longer an age
limit for members to retire at.
Some of the projects we have worked on in the last year are:
• supply food and beverages for the Mental Health Association
Outpatient Socials
• Cystic Fibrosis Christmas Bake Sale
• Kildeer Play Park sponsorship
• Christmas tins for Catholic Family Services
• Telemiracle Projects
• Secret Santa for a local family
We also help our brother Kinsmen Club by working at the Christmas
Tree lot and assisting with their Annual Indoor Rodeo.
Donations have been made to: dance festivals; music festivals; Camp
Tamarack; local nursing homes; city recreational facilities.
The Kinettes hold their meetings on the First Tuesday of every month starting
in September and continuing to June. New members are always welcome!
Contact:
If you want to meet new people, help your community and enjoy yourself
at the same time, please give one of the following people a call.
Laurie Gansauge - 445-1980 (N.B.)
Corrinne Kjargaard - 446-0607 (N.B.)
Our mailing address is:
1212 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 0L9
Kinsmen Club of North Battleford
In the early 1920s a group of young men gathered to form an Eclectic Club.
Three other clubs and the Battlefords club joined the Kinsmen Association
in 1927. The Association of Kinsmen Clubs stretches across Canada in large
and small communities from coast to coast. The Association was founded
by Hal Rogers of Hamilton, Ont. He lived to see the Association grow and
become a truly important all-Canadian service club for young men with the
working motto “Serving the Community’s Greatest Needs”.
The purpose of the club has been to be actively involved in
helping their community and to assist in the personal development
of its members. The first large project was the construction of the
North Battleford Swimming Pool in 1930 at a cost of $10,000.
In keeping with its long tradition, the North Battleford Kinsmen Club donated
$60,000 to construction of the indoor City Kinsmen Swimming Pool. The Club
has also made substantial donations to dozens of other community projects
throughout the years, including the purchase of playground equipment for
Kinsmen Park and the purchase of the Kinsmen Van which is utilized by various
non-profi t organizations in the Battlefords for their transportation needs.
In addition, the club has contributed approximately $50,000 to construction
of the Band Hall. The North Battleford City Kinsmen Band has been a very
successful organization in promoting music among the young students in
the Battlefords.
For more than 25 years the club has been actively involved in Telemiracle in
Regina and Saskatoon with all of Saskatchewan participating to the fullest.
The club meets at the Wildlife Federation Building on the second and
fourth Monday of the month for a supper meeting at 7:00 p.m. Membership
requires a male to be between the ages of 19 and 45 and to be introduced
to the club by an active Kinsmen. New individuals interested in joining the
club should contact any Kinsmen member or the executive.
Contact:
Box 1735, North Battleford, SK S9A 3W2
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Page 9 Battlefords Community Directory 2012