Kinsmen Club

Kinsmen Club of Smiths Falls
Box 566
Smiths Falls, Ontario
K7A 4T1

President 1996-97
Rich Fowlie
124 Queen St.,
Smiths Falls, Ontario
K7A 3N6

Phone: (613) 284-4153

Club Chartered in February of 1969 by the Kinsmen Club of Brockville Today we have 37 members including 6 Life Members.

We meet every second Monday at the Lion’s Den on Abbott St. in Smiths Falls, beginning September 9th. Interested guests should call our President to book a meal as our meals are catered by Angelo’s Restaurant.

The goal of our Club is to better our community by promoting service, fellowship, family values and national pride. Our internal goal is to provide opportunities for members and clubs to develop leaders and to serve their community.

We have 4 major projects that are ongoing.

TV Bingo- held every Wednesday on Shaw Cable 10 at 5:45, tickets available throughout the area in 15 locations
TV Auction- held in April each year, merchants are canvassed for donations of merchandise and services which are bid on over a 3 night auction on Shaw Cable 10, proceeds are donated to Cystic Fibrosis
Trip Lottery- monthly draw from tickets purchased in September/October for 12 trips to various vacation spots, limited number tickets (250) usually 220 are sold
Bar-b-Que and Beer Garden during Settler’s Days- usually the gathering place for many during the summer community festival, involves every member of our club as this is a major undertaking.

Our Club also has many smaller projects ongoing like walkathons, hosting a hockey tournament, working the Santa Claus parades in Smiths Falls and Perth, selling raffle tickets and many others. Each member of the club has responsibility to make the club a united team.

We make many donations during the year, usually totally over $35,000.00. Our major charity, which all Kinsmen and Kinettes support is Cystic Fibrosis, but many donations are given out to over 30 organizations. Donations last year where to the Smiths Falls and Perth Community Hospital, Camp Merrywood, Smiths Falls and District Collegiate Bursaries, the Salvation Army Christmas Fund, Midnight Junction, Operation Go Home, Lanark County Food Bank, Interval House, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, Smiths Falls Fire Department’s Learn Not To Burn Program, and sports, dance, golf organizations. We also support all the national charities like Cancer, Heart and Stroke and many others.

Major donations over the life of our Club(not in any special order):

The Ultra-sound machine to the Smiths Falls Community Hospital in 1985
To the Rideau Canal Museum to assist refurbish the building
To the Smiths Falls Railway Museum
A Bilirubinometer to the Smiths Falls Community Hospital
To the Smiths Falls Fire Department to purchase Sparky and the Learn Not To Burn program for the children of our area
To the Smiths Falls Fire Department to purchase a Robotic Sparky to talk to the Children when teaching Fire prevention
Baseball Diamond, the Kinsmen Park behind the Youth Arena
Donation the Youth arena to build this structure
Participark built around Lower reach Park for all to enjoy as a walking path
Play structure in New Aberdeen School

Anyone interested in more information about the Kinsmen Club of Smiths Falls whether it be for a special request for a donation or if you are interested joining our Club please call President Rich Fowlie or our Public Relation person Chris Cummings at 284-0535.