The Summers Over, fall arrives, Issue #11
President rambles
The Paddlers would like to thank everyone both locally,
nationally and internationally for supporting us through the last year.
Each year we find is different and we're never quite sure what
we will acomplish or how we will get there. With travelling it is the trip and not the destination that matters most of all.
The summer went quite well we thought and much time was spend in
boats, always a bonus. We would like to thank all that attended our Fourth Annual "Sociable" as you made it our most successful
event to date. We were pleased to get new folks into new boats and to the gentlemen from Toronto, your first canoe ride I
will never forget thanks for the entertainment.
The Blue Canoe project took up a bit of my summer and we would
sincerely like to Thank Robert J Hungle (Bungle to those that knew him well) for donating the canoe that made this possible.
I was very glad that I managed to finish this project and get the pictures to Bob as he was very pleased with the results,
to quote Bob" the only canoe I ever got in that didn't flip over, thats a good canoe." The smile on his face made all the
sanding worth while and I would gladly do it again. Thanks Bob you can be sure that this boat will always sparkle and we will
think of you every time she slips into the water. We lost Bob to Heart diease on September 8th/07, but he did see the finished
project and was very pleased with the results.
Thanks to Margaret, Annemieke, Dave and Ian for the help with the
spring clean up and Margaret again for the great effort on the Olde Stope hill.
Greg managed to keep the paddling part alive with a solo two hundred
kilometer paddle on the North Arm of Great Slave lake, Yellowknife to Ft. Rae in a wandering sort of way.
Seems the Paddlers will be here for a while yet and we have a few
tricks left up our sleeves yet. See you at the pool on New Years eve. Greg
Paddlers Make a donation to the Abe Millar centre crew
The Paddlers decided to buy the crew at the Abe Millar Centre a little something and so made
a $100.00 donation to the Centre with specific direction that it was to be spend on the crew that mans the cafe and the kids
that work the Centre. We were assured that the kids would get full benefit of the donation. They are a hard working bunch, I
think we bought them lunch.
To date we have turned in1500.00 dollars to the Kidney Foundation through the coin boxes and
have issued 1500.00 dollars worth of Educational Bursaries through the Paddlers Bursary Fund. In a small way we effect the
lifes of a few different folks and that is a good thing. Greg
Paddlers Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation
The Paddlers mandate supports the Promotion of Organ and Tissue donation and we do this with
the distribution of Organ donation cards. Since we started we have helped distribute almost 11,000 cards across the north
and the cards are avaiable in numerous locations, just walk in and pick one up. We have a few hundred left and we will be
looking at printing a new issue very shortly. Should we be lucky the Government willl by that time have decided to go with
the Organ Donor bank and we would than switch to the promotion of this. Contact us for more information on this matter. Remember
it is election time and would be a good time to put this to your future represenatives.
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Paddlers host the Reel Paddling Film Festival
The paddlers are sponoring another spring Paddle festival and we now have thr Reel paddling
Film festival booked for April 5th, 2008.. These festivals book out fast and we need to book well in advance to get our chosen
time slots. This will be our sixth year for hosting this type of event. Folks seem to enjoy it and we like running it
should be enough reasons there to do it again.
Paddlers in Spirit
These are the folks that would be there if they could and that believe that the concept is
sound and worth the effort. It would be much harder to paddle, hike and bike the needed miles if these folks weren't sending
their thoughts our way.
To date there are only three of us that have made 1,000 mile journeys in support of the group
and I have been fortunate enough to do two. A thousand mile journey with us gets you a lifetime membership wether you like
it or not. Many folks have not the time to spare for long trips but contribute finanically and with heaps of moral support,
both of which go a long way.
To the Paddlers in Spirit everywhere we're willing if you are.
Should Heather Thompson be reding this Hello and how are you?
New Years Swim
I will be booking the pool this week for the Annual New Years Eve Swim. This event we
have done now for 3 years and as every one knows fourth times a charm. We believe that the paddling sports and
anything that gets you good and wet must be good for you and do our best to provide oppourtunities for Yellowknifers to use
the pool to improve their lifes. Not to mention how much fun it is catching kids that sneak into a free swim, old habits I
guess die hard. See you at the pool New Years eve and bring your friends.
Your here and we hope interested
We are pleased that you have come this far and hope that your enjoying your visit. Should
the concept behind the group interest you, perhaps you should consider joining and helping us.
We would like to have a large membership of folks willing to pitch in and paddle this
canoe. Should you or your canoe club wish to join as a chapter, this is also possible. We would like to help you help us and
so e-mail me at cominco@thedge.ca and we can discuss mutual benefits of membership. Thanks for stopping by. Greg
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