The Southwest Assiniboine Chapter

By Kel Smith, President

Mr. Jerome Brockman, Treasurer, and Mr. Kel Smith, President, represented the Southwest Assiniboine Chapter at the Annual General Meeting of RTAM in the spring. The Executive and Membership of the SWAC Chapter received an eight-page report on the Annual General Meeting from their president. It was sent via email to those members who have shared their email address with us.

For our Traditional Day Trip for 2023, we are taking in a walkabout tour of the Mennonite Heritage Village located at Steinbach. We are travelling there and back on an inter-city motor coach. Lunch is set to be had at the village upon our arrival and supper will be in Portage La Prairie. We plan on leaving early in the morning and being back before sunset.

Our first meeting for the new year will be on Tuesday, September 5 at the Virden Legion Club Room. We’ll be having two guest speakers. The Branch #8 will cater the hot luncheon. We will collect donations for the Virden & Area Food Cupboard. Usually, several members bring door prizes for draws, too. We have our business meeting after the draws. We shall also have elections for the SWAC Executive.

Our recognition of current educators in our area will take place before October. The cost of the project is $1,100.00. We applied for two RTAM Grants, and a member donated $600.00 to the project.