Kinsmen Club of Brantford

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Kinsmen Club of Brantford is a Canadian service organization that promotes service, fellowship, positive values, and national pride who does much needed charitable work within their community.

Kinsmen Club of Brantford Inc. Logo

[edit] Motto

"Serving the Community's Greatest Need". Our club raises funds and determines how to spend those funds in its community.

[edit] Kinsmen Club of Brantford

Brantford Kinsmen Incorporated was chartered on March 11, 1941 and on October 1, 1962 received its Letters Patent from the Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of the Province of Ontario.

[edit] Services

Brantford Kinsmen Club has provided many essential services to City of Brantford, Brant County & its Residents, these have and do currently include.

Amongst the first projects Brantford Kinsmen Club was involved in was the Milk for Britain (a project supported by all Kinsmen Clubs across Canada) and the publication of the Album of Honour for Brant Country Citizens who served in World War II.

Since that time numerous programs and projects have been undertaken by the Brantford Kinsmen Club such as the estalishment of the Brantford Church Hockey League, the establishment of the Brantford Minor Soccer League, the establishment of the Chiefswood for Children with Learning Disabilities (later to include Gifted children), the establishment of the Brier Basketball League, publication of the Brantford 1877 - 1977 "Remember" for the Centennial of Brantford.

Kinsmen Club of Brantford has been actively involved in their community, in the past as well as in the present time, through various projects some of which are: Elmer The Safety Elephant Program which today is the police Safety Awareness Van which instructs elementary school children on safety as well as substane abuse.

Here are many other projects that they have been involved in throughout the years:

[edit] Projects

[edit] Brantford

Brantford Church Hockey League
Brantford Minor Soccer League
Brier Basketball League
Brantford 1877 - 1977 "Remember"(book)
Elmer The Safety Elephant Program
Brantford Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada
Apnea Monitors for baby breathing difficulties
Brantford Minor Baseball & Minor Hockey
John Noble Home
Brantford Jaycees Santa Clause Parade
Brantford Canada Day Parade
Adult Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Persons
Brantford Branch of the Canadian Red Cross
Grand Woodlands Community Participaction Park
Brantford General Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Optimist Club of North Brantford
Seniors Bus Trip to Simcoe, Ontario for Christmas lights
Zellers & Kinsmen Moonwalk
Children's Aid Society (Canada) of Brantford
Participation House - Brantford
Youth Dance Program
Brantford Youth Council
Nova Vita
City of Brantford Parks & Recreation Center Summer Camp for Needy Children
Salvation Army of Brantford
Various programs for the Physically Challenged
Brantford Dufferin Players Theatre
Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts
Assumption College
Annual Charity Car show & Swop Meet (Paris Fair Grounds)[1]
George Cardin Circus; Classic Car Draws
Various Charity Car Washes
Brantford Police Omnichrome6000 finger print lifter
Children's Theatre (Aladdin)
Charity Nevada Tickets [2]
Charity Bingo nights[3]
Annual Zehrs Bar-B-Que for Cystic Fibrosis [4]
Families First New Years Eve Celebration[5]
Bellview Community Hall, operated by Kinsmen for the community[6]
Bellview Hall Children's Summer Community Crafts
Community Living - Annual Bus Pull
Charity Vending Machines[7]
Kinsmen - Bellview Seniors Club

[edit] Brant County

Chiefswood for Children with Learning disability - Ohsweken, Ontario
Album of Honour - Roll for Brant County (book)
Minor Baseball & Minor Hockey Brant County
Children's Aid Society of Brant County
Salvation Army of Paris, Ontario
Canada Day Parade Paris, Ontario
Willet Hospital Paris, Ontario
Figure Skating Club Paris, Ontario

[edit] Nationally

Milk for Britain
Canada 125 Voyaguers Program
Canada 125 school participation of signing the Canadian Flag
Canadian Cancer Association
Canadian Diabetes Association
Cystic Fibrosis
National Kinsmen\Kinsette International Relief Fund
Terry Fox Run
Rick Hanson ride for a Spinal Cure
Kin Canada Bursaries

[edit] Books

The Kinsmen Club of Brantford Inc. has published two books during it's existence.

The first was the Album of Honour for Brant County[8]. This book provides the names of the Brant County men and women who served in World War II, except for the casualty list (see the Virtual War Memorial). There are more than 3,500 photographs of these people submitted by family members; however, for many others only the names are listed. In addition, local companies provided the names of employees who served in this war.

The second is the book "Remember" a centennial book of Brantford, 1877-1977. The book provides the names of the first city council and the minutes of their first meeting. It also contains many photos of early Brantford, including: Mohawk Park, some of the early methods of transportation, and well-known buildings in the city. Brantford Centennial

[edit] Current Events

[edit] Fund Raisers

[edit] Membership

Kinsmen Club of Brantford is a volunteer organization made up of men who wish to make Brantford & Brant County a better place to live. Club members are proud to call Brantford & Brant County home and wish to make the community one of the best communities in Canada.

Kinsmen are looking for community minded males who want to make a difference in Brantford & Brant County. If you recently moved to Brantford or Brant County Kinsmen club is a great place to learn about your community.

Membership

[edit] Funding Requests

No request is too small!

Kinsmen try their best to help out individuals in the community as much as possible. Kinsmen understand that although there are hundreds of programs out there to help people in need, there are still people whose needs cannot be met by any of these programs. Kinsmen always strive to "Serve the Community's Greatest Need".

Funding Requests

[edit] Awards

Praise/awards that the Kinsmen Club of Brantford has received in honour of their work:

Kin Canada's Zone A District 1 - Service Shield Award for FFNYE, Yr. 2002 - 2004.
Kin Canada's George & Mildred Sinclair - Service Award for FFNYE, Yr. 2003 - 2004.
Mayor Mike Hancock (Canadian politician) award [9] for 65 years of outstanding service in the community.
Dave Levac - MPP Brant award [10] for 65 years of outstanding service in the community.
Dave Levac - MPP Brant award [11] for success of their 33rd Annual Car Show & Swop Meet for the community.
Lloyd St. Amand - MP Brant award [12] for success of their 33rd Annual Car Show & Swop Meet for the community.

[edit] Volunteers

Kinsmen Club of Brantford is a dynamic volunteer [13] organization enriching our communities through service while embracing national pride, positive values, personal development and lasting friendships. We are predominantly a male-only club, but we also accept all volunteers from the community who wish to help out at our events, while helping out us they help out their community.

[edit] Praised by

Kin Canada's Zone A, District 1
Dave Neumann - MP Brant
Chris Friel - Mayor Brantford
Dave Levac - MPP Brant
Mike Hancock (Canadian politician) - Mayor Brantford
Lloyd St. Amand - MP Brant
The many citizens of Brantford & Brant County

[edit] Organizational Structure

The Club's structure consists of an Executive Committee and its general members. All members have a vote to the club's decisions.

[edit] Images

Annual Car Show & Swop Meet.	A Car Show Entry.	Families First New Years Eve Celebration(FFNYE).	Elmer the Safety Elephant.
March Break Free Skate.	BTFD Kinsmen Club Members.	Kinsmen - Bellview Community Hall. Brantford, Ont.	BTFD Kinsmen's Inflatable Bouncer.