Kinsmen and Kinette Week
Kinsmen and Kinette Week was in February 2011.
Kinsmen Children’s Hospital Home Lottery
Lately the club has donated to the Alberta Children's Hospital to fund the Kinsmen Chair of Pediatric Neuroscience. Dr Wiebe took on the challenge of the position and has built a fantastic Neuroscience team that is working on a number of research and development projects.
A pilot project has also been funded through the Home Lottery
and
that was used to screen newborn babies for the Cystic Fibrosis gene.
The pilot project has been completed and the Alberta
Government now funds the CF screening on a permanent basis.
Alberta is the first province in Canada to fund the CF
screening for newborns. CF Screening Announcement
Visit www.homelotto.com
website to see if you are a big winner. In reality we are all winners - especially the children and for them we thank you for your support.
District 4 Convention - May 12 - 14, 2011
District Convention was held in Edmonton, Alberta. Kin delegates from all over Alberta descended upon the capital to enjoy the meetings and fellowship.