Baffle with briliance? Or buffalo with BS? (January 23, 2010)

Here's the speech I drafted just now for Monday. I bounced it off Rob to see what he thought and he felt with more reading it will come out more natural.

What do you think of what I said?

Friends, serving the community's greatest need has been the mission statement of the Family of Kin and the Palmerston Kinettes are no exception. Today is a day of celebration in our community.

First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Trillium Foundation for working with us on the application and in the end, providing us with this grant, which will help the Kinette Club of Palmerston & District fulfill our dedication to serving the greatest need of our area.

With this grant we can realize our dream of purchasing a portable concession trailer and related concession food equipment. With the purchase of this trailer, we will be better enabled to provide food to various events in Palmerston including, but not limited to, the yearly Fall Fair, Tractor Pulls, Christmas Parade and certainly many more events that make Palmerston popular. We can also be better prepared for events outside of Palmerston such as the Town of Minto Redneck Games held every year, as well as other area events like Canada Day celebrations in and around town. These events turn into dollars raised for our community, that turn into funds for playgrounds, the area food bank, donations to school organizations and recreational sports, and other organizations in need. We are truly thankful for the Trillium Foundation, and it's recognition in supporting community service clubs such as Kin Canada.

I would also like to thank fellow kinette Tanya Hartung, who worked tirelessly on the application on our behalf. Thanks also go to fellow kinettes Sandy Mitton and Brenda Dineen who met, along with good kinette Tanya and myself, Trillium Foundation staff to answer their questions and ensuring all their requirements were met. Our club could not have done it without you.

I would like to further thank everyone who came out to support us in all the events we have attended to support our club as we continued fulfilling our club motto of Serving the Community's Greatest Need. We could not have made it this far without you.

In closing, I would like to say that for the Palmerston & District Kinettes, the sky is the limit and we look forward to better serving you at events, thanks to the Trillium Foundation. Thank you.


Jenn :D