The Kinsmen are a Dynamic Volunteer Organization Enriching our Communities through Service while Embracing National Pride, Positive Values, Personal Development and Lasting Friendships.

Membership Interest ?

Historical Funding Contributions

Total contributions back into the community by the Kinsmen Club of Calgary.

This includes funding of various projects and organizations within Calgary and surrounding area and national organizations.
Including member nominated donations and small community projects and contributions. (Link to Some of the organizations)

Over $5.1 million re-invested over the last 18 years.

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Services Delivered

ACH Radiothon - 2018

Alberta Children's Hospital 2018 Caring for Kids Radiothon fundraiser - in conjunction with Country 105 - February 7, 8 & 9, 2018
There will be a Kinsmen Krew manning the phones to accept your donations - Friday Feb. 9 - 8:30 to 10:00am (in the Morning)
403-802-2700
Please call in with your pledge so we have something to do.

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British Pub Night - 2017

Friday November 24, 2017

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Kinsmen Wheels 2017

Join us at the Calgary Stampede - Kinsmen Wheels 2017 project. - July 6 through July 16, 2017
This is a Truck and Boat / Corvette / Truck and 5th Wheel / Harley / Truck and Toys / Special 1/2 Ton / 50/50 **** Bunch of Great Prizes Lottery(s).

We are down at the Stampede Grounds all day, every day - July 6 through July 16, 2017

Please help us out / Give us a hand by buying a bunch of lottery tickets OR by Volunteering.

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History - Kinsmen Club of Calgary

Calgary

(Excerpt from Galaxy of Gold (1979))

One day in last November, 1924, two friends met on a busy street in Calgary. Jack Gifford, who was visiting from Vancouver, began to tell John Ross about a new service club for young men. So enthusiastic was the young Vancouverite about this new organization, the aims of which were to promote fellowship among young businessmen between the ages of 21 and 40, that John Ross began to investigate the feasibility of a similar club in Calgary.

The following excerpt written in the language of Manley Edwards is taken from The March of Kin, published by Frank Allison in 1930:

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History - Stampede City Kinsmen

Stampede City

(Excerpt from Galaxy of Gold (1979))

History Number 1 (Al Black version)

The Stampede City club was chartered April 19, 1964 with sixteen charter members. The nucleus of this new club had come from a group known as the Jolly Fellows. With the intention of gaining notoriety as quickly as possible, the club concocted a little entertainment for the delegates attending the National Convention in Banff. A goose was released in the swimming pool of a local motel and after numerous complaints from hotel guests, National Parks personnel (for heaven’s sake) had to be called in to capture the honker.

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History - Foothills City Kinsmen

Foothills City

(Excerpt from Galaxy of Gold (1979))

(This club is no longer operational)

On January 12, 1974, Calgary’s third Kinsmen club, the Kinsmen Club of Foothills City, was chartered at the Kinsmen Centre in Stampede Park. Organizational meetings, under charter chairman Erin Kitzul, together with Bill Strand of the Stampede City club, and John Glans and Dave Sharpe from the Calgary club, were held beginning in May of 1973.

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Funds Delivered

Great Strides Walk 2015

Please consider joining Matt Mahon at Calgary’s Great Strides Walk on May 31^st at North Glenmore Park. It would be great to have you join Team Kin and fundraise. If you can’t make it - Donate!

We did it together again Calgary.... Team Kin generated $16,865 in 2015 going towards Cystic fibrosis (CF). Well done! Well done!