MULTIPLE BIRTHS CANADA/NAISSANCES MULTIPLES CANADA

PO Box 432, Wasaga Beach, ON L9Z 1A4

Toll free: (866) 228-8824

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 11, 2005

Monthly Activity Report

Wasaga Beach, ON: Multiple Births Canada (MBC) is pleased to provide ongoing updates to its members, chapters and colleagues. Your commitment to Supporting Multiple Births Together is of great importance to Canada’s multiple-birth community.

Chapter Representatives: Please forward the information below to your Chapter Executive and members.

This Monthly Activity Report is designed to inform MBC members on the work being performed by the Board of Directors on behalf of all multiple-births individuals, families and supporters in Canada. Our brief review of March 2005 does not include the many activities coordinated in the business office by our Business Services Manager; however, much of the work listed below is done as a team with her valued input and assistance.

Focused on building relationships with our chapters. Telephoned 20 chapters for a 30-minute survey/conversation about the relationship between MBC & the chapter. About 2/3 of the chapters were reached and many valuable comments were shared. Followed up on several chapter conversations with email and discussion with the board.
Began discussions with non-member chapters about how we can work together to support multiple-birth families and celebrate the first annual National Multiple Births Awareness Day.
Finalized partnership presentation with CAPPA Canada for a presentation given by Dr. Harvey Karp in April in Toronto.
Received a request from a group of families wishing to create a new chapter in the Toronto area and have begun work on its formation.
Sent letters to key supporters of Ontario Best Start program, offering to be involved and contribute to future planning of the program, so that it includes a multiple-birth perspective. Responses were well received, and have presented the possibility of a face-to-face meeting with the Minister of Children and Youth Services.
Attended regular business meetings on alternate Sunday evenings.
Continued negotiating with a potential corporate funding partner.

National Multiple Births Awareness Day:

Continued working on the media kit for National Multiple Births Awareness Day. This will be part of the Event Planner Package described in the April 6^thIC-BO-04-06-05-#1 - Time Sensitive Response Needed - re National Multiple Births Awareness Day
Ran a pre-test of the Multiple-Births Challenge in South Temiskaming. The first newspaper article supporting this initiative is attached.
Made contact with the Federal Government to have the National Multiple Birth Awareness Day recognized as an official “day” in Canada and listed as such on their communications website-still waiting on replies from them.
Completed drafts of letters of invitation to federal government officials. They are currently with the MBC Board for review before being issued.

Volunteer Retreat:

Attended bi-weekly organizational meetings for Back to Basics via MSN.
Continued working on the programming and logistics of Back to Basics.
Continued registering delegates for Back to Basics – we’re over 50 now!
Sent out approximately 30 national fundraising/sponsorship requests requesting donations for Back to Basics and encouraging sponsorship of MBC activities including more discounts for our members.

Received many donations for prizing and the silent auction at Back to Basics! (Books, food, clothes, you’ll be in for lots of surprises if you’re coming to Mattawa!)
Received donations of literature for Volunteers/Chapters (If you attend Back to Basics you’re going to go home with great information on fundraising, volunteering, etc)

Planned an April face-to-face meeting of the Board to finalize all planning and programming elements of National Multiple Births Awareness Day, Back to Basics, the Annual General Meeting, and the Annual Report. Scheduled to take place April 15-17, 2005.
Handled all MBC correspondence.

We don’t want to spoil the excitement for our April report, but we’ve got lots more exciting news, including money for MBC, high profile figures attending the North Bay lead event for National Multiple Births Awareness Day, and international work being done by our Advisory Board in preparation for our media blitz on May 28^th. Stay tuned for details!!!

Multiple Births Canada/Naissances multiples Canada

Toll-free (in Canada): 1-866-228-8824

Tel: 705-429-0901

Fax: 705-429-9809

http://www.multiplebirthscanada.org/

mailto:office@multiplebirthscanada.org

2005 Back to Basics Volunteer Development Retreat – May 27 – 29, 2005 – Canadian Ecology Centre in Mattawa, Ontario

National Multiple Births Awareness Day – May 28^th, 2005

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