2009 Annual General Meeting and Awards Luncheon
On Friday, January 22, 2010, the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
and Awards Luncheon for the 2009 Campaign was held at the Delta
Winnipeg. The AGM was attended by 75 Campaign Managers and their
Assistants along with members of the Management Board. Those in
attendance enjoyed guest speakers from five agencies -
A Port in the Storm, Art City, Behavioural Health Foundation,
Canadian Diabetes Association and Reaching E-quality Employment
Services (REES).
Following a "speed dating" format, each agency was
allowed 15 minutes to address a group of 8 - 10 people
... after fifteen minutes, a bell tolled and they moved onto the
next table. Campaign
volunteers enjoyed the opportunity to learn about a number agencies in a
more intimate setting.
Guest speakers (left to right): Canadian
Diabetes, Art City, A Port in the Storm, Reaching E-Quality
Employment Services and Behavioural Health Foundation
The morning meeting was followed by the Awards Luncheon - 128 guests
enjoyed a Mexican buffet. The formal program of the
luncheon began at 12:30 with Hugh Eliasson, Deputy
Minister,
Entrepreneurship, Training & Trade and Chair, 2009 Executive Board, as Master of Ceremonies.
The Honourable Peter Bjornson, Minister of Entrepreneurship,
Training & Trade, brought greetings on behalf
of the Premier who was unable to attend. Brenda Hasiuk,
Manitoba Government and General
Employees' Union, brought greetings on behalf of President Peter
Olfert.
Guest Speakers
Peter Bjornson and Brenda Hasiuk
Master of Ceremonies
Hugh Eliasson
The speeches were followed by the presentation of several
special awards. Two special presentations were made by
Debra Laturnus, Director of the All Charities Campaign.
The first was to Paul Holden, Chair of the 2009 Management Board.
Debra thanked Paul for his support, leadership and guidance
throughout the year. On behalf of the Executive and Management Boards,
Debra presented Paul with a plaque as a token of the Board
members'
appreciation.
Jim Potton (pensioner
representative on the Management Board) and Colleen Andreychuk
(Water Stewardship) were presented with
a plaque recognizing their ten years of service as members of the
Management Board.
Debra Laturnus and Hugh
Eliasson presented
special awards to Paul Holden, Chair, Management Board
(left)
Jim Potton and Colleen
Andreychuk, 10 Year
Service Award (right)
2009 Outstanding Achievement Awards
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Outstanding Achievement Awards for the 2009 Campaign were also
presented.
Departments of similar size are
compared and the criteria looked at includes year-over-year
increases in participation and pledges, holding of an event and
percentage of canvassers trained. Departments achieving
100% participation are also recognized. The awards were
presented by the Honourable Peter Bjornson, Hugh Eliasson and Brenda Hasiuk.
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100% Participation
Seniors & Healthy
Aging Secretariat |
Overall Winner
Entrepreneurship,
Training
& Trade
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Very Small Department
(1-50 employees)
Elections Manitoba
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Small Department
(51-300 employees)
Aboriginal & Northern
Affairs
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Medium Department
(301-1,000 employees)
Labour &
Immigration
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Large Department
(1,000+ employees)
Red River College
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Congratulations to the Winners! |
KICK-OFFS AND EVENTS
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Each year, many departments, branches and areas hold
kick-offs, events and fundraisers to increase awareness and
educate employees on the benefits of giving through the All
Charities Campaign. Many events are held over the course of
the year - bingo bowls, raffles, auctions (live, online and silent), barbecues, casual days, curling bon spiels, golf
and baseball tournaments - these
are just a few of the creative ways that departments promote
the campaign. The main kick-offs are held in the fall during
the height of the campaign.
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Aboriginal & Northern
Affairs (ANA) - Campaign Manager Angel Anderson
(photo far right) decided that their campaign needed a
boost. Angel
discussed the issue with Rene
Gagnon, Director of Financial & Administrative Services
(Thompson). In order to encourage employees to get
involved, Rene agreed to shave
his head if the department achieved two goals: first, ANA had to reach 50% plus in participation and
second, the department had to increase their pledges by $2,000.
Not a problem - participation increased from 34% to 51%
and pledges increased by $3,000 from $8,000 to $11,000!
Rene was a good sport and was true to his word ... he
allowed Angel to shave his lovely head of hair!
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Red River College
held several events including
Pop and Drink Day (all proceeds donated to All
Charities) and they raffled off the President of
the College for a half day!
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RRC President, Jeff
Zabudsky shows up (late!) for his duties as assistant to
the All Charities raffle winner, Kevin Rosen (left) |
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Meeting of Charitable Organizations
June 17, 2009, Winnipeg
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Eighty-seven
charities were represented at the annual breakfast
meeting held in Winnipeg at the Delta Winnipeg on June 17.
After a short presentation on "What is All Charities?",
those in attendance were allowed to ask questions about
the Campaign. Following the discussion, the
charities were presented with their cheques for donations collected in 2008 - more than
$800,000 was presented to the agencies in attendance.
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