By Mark Squibb
The City of Mount Pearl declared Thursday, February 20, as Kin Canada Day and February 16-22 as Kin Canada Week during a recent public council meeting.
Kin Club members, and members of the all-female Kinette Club offshoot organization, participate in a wide variety of community events, including the recent Frosty Festival, during which members helped organize events, sell tickets, clean up and more.
More recently, the club marked February 22 as the Kin Club Day of Kindness, and the club hosted a number of initiatives to show kindness in the community.
“One of our goals this year was to make ourselves known in the community,” said lifelong member Donna Collens. “Because a lot of times, I’ve told people I’m a Kinette and they’ll say ‘Oh, you’re a cadet!’ And I’ll say, ’No, I’m a Kinette.’ So, we want to get our name, the Kinette Club of Mount Pearl, out in the community so everybody knows.”
Both councillors Chelsea Lae and Isabelle Fry are proud to call themselves members of the club.
“What drew me to the club was the motto, ‘Serving the Community’s Greatest Needs,’” said Fry. “And when you have 22 women come together just for the sole purpose of volunteering and making the world a better place, that’s a pretty special thing.”
Lane, meanwhile noted the club is always looking for new members.
“In order to keep organizations like this going, we need new members to join,” said Lane.
This year marks the 105th anniversary of the community service group, which was founded by Harold A. Rogers in 1920.
From left are councillor and Kinette Chelsea Lane, Kinette Donna Collens, Kinette Sanra Milmore, councillor Jim Locke, Mayor Dave Aker, councillor and Kinette Isabelle Fry, Kinette Sandra Anstey, councillor Bill Antle, and councillor Mark Rice.
Members of the Kin Club were unable to attend.
