Desk of the Executive

Membership drive has been very successful with over 90 families purchasing their membership through the Harbour Store, with more to come from sports registrations.
Harbour Days 2007 – another huge success, very well attended and a great job again by the organizing committee
Winter Carnival 2008 – events such as trivia contest, fishing derby and children’s skating party well attended. Great new activities added as well including the “Mookie Show” and children’s magic show.
Various Sports programs offered include:

Children's Outdoor Hockey,
Minor Softball,
Little League Baseball,
Youth Soccer,
Tae Kwan Do (Can-Ki-Do),
Men’s and Women’s House League Softball,
Competitive Men’s, and Women’s Softball,
Men’s, Women’s and Old-Timer’s Soccer,
Ball Hockey
New Women’s Outdoor Hockey Night
Senior’s activities: shuffleboard (new), carpet bowling and bridge
New Fitness programs through the City: Yoga, Dancersize

Successful ball tournaments: Men's League tourney, Men's Competitive tourney and Little League Baseball Tournament.
Family Halloween Party & Children's Christmas Party were well organized and very well attended.
Spring 2007 Craft Fair was well run and raised funds for the FHCA
The hall hosted many special events including: teen dances and Youth Connexion meetings, 4 Putters Golf Tournament, the West Carleton Snowmobile Club Dance, Vacation Bible School, two scrap-booking events, St- Patrick 's Day Dance, St. George’s Antique show, St. Andrew’s BBQ Fundraiser, a fashion show, Ontario Federation of Agriculture banquet, Community Clean Up Day, 30 th Anniversary Party, Hydro Anniversary Party, and the Lupus Walk.
Purchased new chairs for the hall – much needed – at a cost of about $12,000 with money from fundraising events.
Renovation to the downstairs meeting room.
Improvements to the fitzroyharbour.com website, with more to come.
Started the “Peeper Sponsorship” program to involve local businesses. Very good response so far.
2007 FHCA Scholarship recipients: Ben Trainor and Cassie Eckford
New Year’s Party to be revived in 2008
Hyrd Gunz will be playing a show this spring at the hall. We receive a “free” show in exchange for providing them with space to practice when the hall is not in use.
Next project for the FHCA is kitchen upgrades, with a replacement of the island first on the list. We will also be getting specialized new bases for the ball diamonds with help from a Hydro One grant, and some trees from a City grant