Meadow Lake's making a difference!!

Well, it's been a few months since writing, but there's lots to report. Our chapter has been busy!

Two board members, myself (Kathy Gallant) and Alexis Loehndorf travelled to Scarborough, Ontario to attend the National Chapter Leadership Conference on September 27-29. It was a rewarding experience as always, and we both learned a lot about the organization and about ourselves that weekend.

Saturday, September 28 was the Awards Banquet. The Meadow Lake Chapter took home a pair of awards that evening! Devin Rowland won a Community Hero Award for calling the police on an impaired driver earlier this year! The Meadow Lake Progress also won the National Print Media award for coverage of MADD's events and promotion of its mandate to stop impaired driving. It was exciting to hear the name of our town called twice in one evening! :)

Aside from participating in 3 checkstops - 2 in Meadow Lake and 1 in Pierceland - since the beginning of the summer, we've been actively trying to promote the cause.

Steve Pollock and I travelled to Canoe Lake School on October 3 to participate in a youth conference. This was a special one, as it was facilitated, organized and implemented by a committee of students. We were invited by the students of the school after having lost one of their own in a crash involving alcohol earlier this year. Several members of the community approached us following the presentation expressing interest in the cause and their support for and end to the unneccessary heartache caused every day by impaired drivers. Our message was definitely heard.

MADD ABOUT MEADOW LAKE is a concert that will be hosted in Meadow Lake on December 6. Country recording artist and local girl Deanna Ouellette will be performing. This is an event geared towards family having fun together. MADD will be helping out at the concert and will receive a portion of the money raised from ticket sales, raffles, a 50/50 draw and concession. CJNS 102.3 Meadow Lake is helping kickstart and sponsor this event. Keep it tuned to the site for more info on this great event!

Well that's it for now. We'll be kicking off our Red Ribbon Campaign in November, so keep an eye out for us!

~kath