MULTIPLE BIRTHS CANADA/NAISSANCES MULTIPLES
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INFORMATION CIRCULAR
BO-05-02-05-#1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2,
2005
News & Information from
Multiple Births
Chapter
Representatives: Please forward
the information below to your Chapter Executive and members.
Information Circular Contents:
1.
New MBC Chapter in
2. Good-bye
& Thank You to Carrie Johnston
3. Website
Updates
4. There’s
Still Time to Register!
1. New MBC Chapter in
Multiple Births Canada is pleased to
announce the formation of a new chapter in
In the spirit of supporting
each other in meeting the needs of multiple-birth families everywhere, I would
like to inform our new chapters and remind our existing chapters that many
resources are available to you and your members. MBC is always happy to
provide information, advice and suggestions to help our chapters provide the
best programs they can, in addition to having a number of resources at our fingertips
that we can send upon request. Be sure to make use of these resources,
and pass along any helpful suggestions you may have from your own chapter's
experience. It's through working together that multiple-birth families
get the best support that can be provided.
Please extend a huge welcome to our
newest chapter. They can be reached as follows:
Congratulations
and welcome to Multiple Births
2. Good-bye
and Thank You to Carrie Johnston
Unfortunately
for MBC, our long-time volunteer, past Chair, and Board member, Carrie Johnston
has made the very difficult decision to step down from the Board of
Directors. Carrie has given an enormous amount of time and energy to MBC
and the former POMBA
Carrie has been able to assist MBC move
forward all these years while handling a very busy household, a full-time job,
a home business, other volunteer commitments and quite often lone parenting
because of her husband’s military postings. She will continue in her role
as Past-Chair, advising when necessary, continuing to manage MBC’s Policies and
Procedures manual, and assisting the Business Office on an as-needed basis with
technical information management issues.
On
behalf of all MBC members and volunteers, we would like to wish Carrie and her
family all the best and hope they enjoy some new found ‘spare time’
together. Best of luck Carrie and thank you for making a difference!
Note: Effective immediately, Director-at-Large Jennifer Dawson,
has taken on the role of Director of Finance – financial@multiplebirthscanada.org
3. Website Updates – check it out!
Don’t forget to keep coming back to the
MBC website www.multiplebirthscanada.org
as updates are continuously being made. Some of the more recent updates
can be found at these links:
4. There’s Still Time to register!!!
There is still time to register for the 2005
Volunteer Retreat! We have left the prices at the early bird rates
and encourage you to find a way to send someone from your chapter if not
yourself to attend this year. As the very first Volunteer Retreat for
MBC, this year will be like no other, with the focus being on you the volunteer
and the chapter, making the value of spending chapter dollars to send a
delegate all that more meaningful.
Is your chapter struggling to keep meetings on track? Do you feel as if your chapter could be more organized? Are you unsure of ways to get the word out into the community that you are there? Are you struggling with what MBC does for you? Do you simply want to learn from other successful chapters? Do you need new and innovative ways to raise funds...besides chocolate bar sales and bake tables? Has you chapter struggled to find ways to train your volunteers on how best to serve your membership? Then this is the place to be! Make the extra effort and you will not be sorry! You will find yourself surrounded by a number of very knowledgeable and willing to share volunteers, who have worked for many years on behalf of multiple-birth issues.
By attending you will also become part of
the national celebrations of the National Multiple
Births Awareness Day in
We are waiting to share the weekend with you! We want the opportunity to get to know you better and hope that you can make that last minute decision to meet with us in Mattawa.
National Multiple Births
Awareness Day is May 28th
Celebrate!!
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 28th,
2005
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