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New Member Inducted
Parade Float Awards Given Out
Santa Claus Parade Theme Chosen
This year's Santa Claus Parade now has a theme. A Super Hero Christmas will be the theme that we're going with and it's felt this will bring a great amount of innovation to the parade. "With this theme we're expecting to see all sorts of interesting interpretations", says Jeremy Voss, the 2008 Santa Claus Parade chairperson. "I think the time was right for this theme and the kids are going to love it".
The 34th Annual Santa Claus Parade takes place on Saturday, November 29, 2008 in downtown Brantford.
JCI Brantford Senators Unite
Two of JCI Brantford's current Senators (Syd Bolton, Paul Oddi) share a moment with two former members who are also senators - Bill Jones and David Boyle. Jones and Boyle attended the January 10th dinner meeting where awards were handed out to the Santa Claus Parade winners. Everyone remembered their number, so no forced drinks were purchased.
2007 Parade Results
- Best Overall Entry - Micki's Dance Connection
- Most Enthusiastic - Wilfrid Laurier University
- Best Elementary School - Bellview Joseph Brant
- Best High or Post Secondary School - Mohawk College
- Best Theme - Talk of the Town Productions
- Most Original Float - Brantford Engineering & Construction
- Best Service Club - Brant-Lyn Optimist Club
JCI Brantford Member becomes CLT
In order to qualify, a member must attend JCI Prime (soon to be replaced with JCI Presenter & JCI Trainer) and conduct a minimum of 25 hours of JCI specific training.
Bolton has been working on this since 2002. "It was a lot harder than I expected to get 25 hours of JCI training. I found it easier to do training outside of the organization, but it really helps motivate you to help out your fellow members" he commented. "I'm happy to receive this designation and will now work on getting my CNT (Certified National Trainer) status."
JCI Brantford Raises $717 for Heart and Stroke
JCI Brantford members raised $717.00 to support Heart and Stroke in their annual BIG BIKE RIDE which took place on June 24, 2007 at Montana's. More information on the team (and other pictures) can be found on the project page. Two JCI Brantford Members Receive Senatorship
JCI Brantford members Paul Oddi and Syd Bolton both received JCI Senatorships during the 2007 Spring Conference. A JCI Senator is the highest achievement you can receive from the organization and less than 1% of the members worldwide actually attain this goal.
Oddi and Bolton have both been members of the Brantford chapter for roughly 10 years and were President in 2000 and 2001 respectively. They have also both continued to be active members in the organization, contributing to a variety of projects.
Pictured here (from left to right) are JCI Senators Ken McNamee, Matt Hutcheon, Syd Bolton, Ralph Machon, Blaine Field, Ron Underwood, Paul Oddi and Jim Elliott. Photograph by Ross Forsyth.
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2007 High School Scholarship was Awarded
The JCI Brantford Annual High School Scholarship has chosen its Award recipient. This years Winner of the JCI Brantford High School Scholarship Award is Chaela Dawson. This year's runner ups were Jessica Sullivan and Amanda Saville, whom both received Honorary Memberships into JCI Brantford.
Pictured in photo (from left to right): John Fleming, Michelle Prest, Chaela Dawson, Amanda Saville, Jessica Sullivan.
Photography by Ross Forsyth
2007 Santa Claus Parade Theme Chosen
Planning has already begun for this huge event and if you would like to learn more, check out the project page for more information.
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JCI Brantford Receives 7 Awards
JCI Brantford was recognized and honoured this evening among other volunteers in the Brantford area at the 21st Annual Ontario Volunteer Service Awards program.
Over 200 people were in attendance, and the following JCI Members received awards as follows:
- Brenda Curtis 2 year youth award
- Michelle Miller 5 year service
- Paul Oddi 5 year service
- Syd Bolton 5 year service
- Rick Sopko 10 year service
- Jim Elliott (not present) 10 year service
- Tony Leone 15 year service
Team Building March Meeting
Instead of a traditional dinner meeting, this March we had a special team building night. External Vice-President Syd Bolton delivered 4 different exercises that had us running relays, juggling tennis balls, using our best communication skills and avoiding some major traffic jams. Everyone had a lot of fun and learned a thing or two about working together as a team. Make sure you check out the scrapbook from the evening. Next month should be just as interesting! JCI Brantford Supports Heart & Stroke
JCI Brantford is a proud supporter of the Heart & Stroke Foundation. This year, we helped out with taking donations at public venues. We're also going to be doing the Bike Ride for Heart later this year. This picture shows Great Lakes Region President (and Brantford JCI Member) Jeremy Voss helping out. New Website Launched!
15 members watched a presentation at Wilfrid Laurier Brantford in the Odeon building as Bolton fielded questions and accepted feedback. The meeting was almost 2.5 hours.