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President’s Report – Highlights of 2007/2008
FHCA 2008 AGM
- 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
2008/2009 FitzroyHarbour Community Association Volunteers
Community Centre
- Summer Canteen Scheduling - Karen Taylor
- Winter Canteen Scheduling - Leigh Ann Kyte
- Canteen Stocking - Wendy Mayhew
- Event Security - Open
- Hall Bookings - Wendy Mayhew
- Bar Steward & Scheduling - Karen Taylor
- Barbeques - Adam Brown
Community Spirit
- Beavers/Cubs/Scouts/Guides - Open
- Children’s Christmas Party - Lynne Barr & Vivian Proulx
- Craft Fairs (Christmas / Spring) - Sonya Cathcart
- Clean Up Day - Cheryl Bourgeau
- Four Putters - Wayne Harris & Bert Reitsma
- Fundraising FHCA - Executive
- Fishing Derby - Brent Hemphill
- Fitzroy Yard Sale - Cathy McGuire
- Family Halloween Party - Lynne Barr & Vivian Proulx
- Harbour Days - Cathy McGuire & Committee
- Membership Drive - Cathy McGuire
- Memorial Park - Karen Taylor
- New Year’s Eve Dance - Karen Taylor
- Playgroup - Open
- Peeper Newsletter - Adam Brown
- Peeper Sponsorship Program - Cathy McGuire
- Scholarship FHCA - Executive
- Seniors Club - Bessie McGuire
- St. Patrick’s Day Party - St. Michael’s Catholic Church
- Antique Rural Road Show - St. George’s Anglican Church
- Vacation Bible School - All three churches in Fitzroy Harbour
- Web Site - Rheal Doucette
- Winter Carnival - Dan & Carole McCaskill
- Youth Dances - Sarah Hanniman & Kristen Campbell
Sports & Leisure
- Ball Diamond Scheduling - Adam Brown
- Ladies’ Softball League - Wendy Mayhew / Kelly Roper
- Ladies’ Travel Softball Team - Lori Campbell
- Little League Baseball - Carol Devine
- Men’s Fastball League - Geoff MacGowan
- Men’s Competitive Fastball Team - Adam Brown
- Men’s Junior Competitive Fastball Team - Nick Eckford
- Minor Softball - Leigh Ann Kyte
- Umpires - Laura Elliott
- Soccer Field Scheduling - Christine Kelsey
- Youth Soccer - Neil Findlay
- Adult Soccer - Gwyn Williams / Stuart Jones
- Rink Scheduling - Leigh Ann Kyte
- Minor Outdoor Hockey League - Robert Roesler
- Women’s Outdoor Hockey Night - Debbie Baker
- Women’s Ball Hockey Night - Debbie Baker
- Broomball - Open
- Carpet Bowling - Seniors Club
- Shuffleboard - Seniors Club
- Bridge - Seniors Club
- Can Ki Do Martial Arts - Derek Noppe
AGM Minutes - April 3, 2008 (PDF)