Official Launch Sponsors & Winners

Carp Chapter 25 Kitchener-Waterloo and Area held it's "Official Launch" on September 29^th 2010 at St George Banquet Hall in Waterloo. The Guest Speaker was Mozes Znaimer, President of CARP, Canada's Largest non profit, non partisan advocacy association for the 45plus with 350,000 members nationwide.

 

Thanks to CARP Chapter 25 "Benefit Partner's and Sponsors who donated the following:

 

National Home Health Care - Gift Basket - Corrine Chenier Manager

Winner - Doreen Shantz

 

Fitness with a Purpose - Gift Certificate one month membership for two - Lloyd Fridenburg Owner

Winner Jurgen Walter

 

Boston Pizza - Gift Certificate value $50.00 - Murray Haase

Winner Kathy Walther

 

Puslinch Lake Golf Course package for 4 - Murray Haase

Successful bidder - Mark Whaley

 

House Seats Ontario - Free membership for all who attended "Official Launch" - Jim Eagle Managing Director

Winners "300 plus" in attendance

 

CARP Chapter 25 Has Arrived

After weeks of planning we – CARP Kitchener-Waterloo and Area Chapter 25 – held our formal launch on September 29. Initial thoughts were that we might expect around 200 members and guests at the meeting but in the end we had over 300 in attendance.

CARP President Moses Znaimer captivated the crowd with his new vision of aging for Canadians, namely the Zoomer philosophy, and explained how it is unwise for governments and business alike to ignore the wants and needs of older adults.

Many local dignitaries were on hand for the meeting including Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran, Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr, and Regional Chairman Ken Seiling. The launch attracted a significant amount of media coverage including articles in the Waterloo Region Record, the Waterloo Chronicle, CTV Southwestern Ontario, a segment on Province Wide with Daiene Vernile (October 3 – Part I), and a follow up story in the Waterloo Regional Record.

Thanks to everyone that helped make the formal launch of Chapter 25 a resounding success; with special thanks to Moses Znaimer for his invigorating presentation.

If you would like to get more involved with our dynamic growing CARP Kitchener-Waterloo and Area Chapter 25 please attend one of our two upcoming Volunteer Fairs.