IMPulse Volume 4, Issue 3 - Summer 2013 - IMP Group

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Summer 2013 I M P u l s e Volume 4, Issue 3IMP Community VolunteerGrant ProgramOn behalf of the Kiwanis Clubof Gander, Terry White, Treasurerand IMP employee wouldlike to take this opportunityto thank IMP for providing theCommunity Volunteer GrantProgram donation of $250 totheir club.Above: Kiwanis sponsored spelling beeBelow: Terry White, Kiwanis Treasurer and IMP EmployeeKiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated tochanging the world, one child and one community at a time.In 1977, twenty five citizens of Gander got together andformed the Kiwanis Club of Gander with a view of youthdevelopment through music arts. The first Gander and AreaKiwanis Music Festival was held that year and has been one ofthe premier annual music events in the area ever since.The Gander Kiwanis club is now comprised of 22 volunteermembers, holding general meetings on the first and lastThursday of each month.The annual Gander Music Festival on average has an overheadof $27,000 to run. More than $7,000 is distributed inawards and scholarships. This year’s 36th Annual Festival involvedover 2,500 young people and several adult participantswhich made up 511 entries in Choral, Vocal, Piano, Instrument,Band and Ensemble classes. There were also competitiveand non-competitive Solo and Choral Speech classes.In addition to the Annual Music Festival, the Kiwanis Clubof Gander has developed into an organization that also lendsfinancial support to many local projects, such as GanderAcademy School Breakfast Program, the Children’s WishFoundation, the Gander Middle School Spelling Bee, GanderAcademy Activity Bags, The Central Northeast Health Foundation,the Gander Boys’ and Girls’ Club, the Kiwanis SummerMusic Camp and the Gander Food Bank.The Kiwanis Club of Gander is also supporting an initiativein conjunction with Kiwanis International through UNICEF,to eradicate Maternal Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) in third worldcountries, known as the “Eliminate Project.”In 30 countries around the world, maternal and neonataltetanus (MNT) can quickly turn the joy of childbirth intotragedy. MNT kills one baby every nine minutes. Its effects areexcruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsionsand extreme sensitivity to light and touch. There is littlehope of survival, and tetanus kills mothers too.The club has brought community awareness to this diseaseand in 2012, raised $2,300 to help support this very importantcause.Without the financial support of individuals and businessesby way of donations, the Kiwanis Club of Gander would notbe able to run the annual music festival or provide the localcommunity support it has become known for.On behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Gander, Terry White,Treasurer and IMP employee, would like to take this opportunityto thank IMP for providing the Community VolunteerGrant Program donation of $250 to their club.6
Queen’s Diamond JubileeMedals AwardedBruce Sutherland of IMP Aerospace,and his wife Jill co-founded theMake-A-Wish® Foundation of theAtlantic Provinces in 2001. Whileraising two teenagers and bothworking full time, Bruce and Jillspent countless additional hoursestablishing and then running theday-to-day operation of the Foundationfrom their kitchen table. In2008, the organization had grown tothe point where an Executive Directorcould be hired and, over time, most of their efforts havebeen assumed by others. Make-A-Wish® Atlantic is a thrivinggrantor of magical wishes today as a result of their efforts.For their labour of love, tenacity and dedication, the Make-A-Wish® Foundation nominated and received Royal Approvalfor each to be awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.Bruce and Jill’s first wish child, Harry, represents the hundredssince, and demonstrates the power that a wish canhave, and has had for many children. Harry’s wish was tomeet Keiko the Whale.Harry was undergoing cancer treatments for leukemia.While in the hospital, he watched and was inspired by themovie Free Willie and very much wanted to meet the whalethat the movie was based on. Bruce and Jill, working with asmall budget that would never have matched the need if fullprice had to be paid, gained support from Iceland Air, theRCAF detachment in Iceland, and the government of Icelandto coordinate an incredible wish. Harry and his family wereflown to Reykjavik, had lunch with the President and wereboated to an island off Iceland where Keiko was making histransition into the wild. Harry touched and hugged Keiko.Fortunately, Harry recovered and is a healthy 18 year old today.His family continues to support Make-A-Wish® AtlanticProvinces.The Certificate in each of their names reads as follows:On behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, I am pleasedto award you the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal,created to mark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s accessionto the Throne.In granting you this honour, I thank you for your dedicatedservice to your peers, to your community and to Canada. Thecontributions you have made to our nation are most commendableand deserve our praise and admiration.I wish to convey to you the heartfelt congratulations ofyour fellow Canadians, to which I add my own.Signed: David Johnston, Governor General of CanadaTop: Bruce SutherlandMiddle: Jill SutherlandBottom: Harry and Keiko the Whale7Summer 2013 I M P u l s e Volume 4, Issue 3
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