The Saint John Board of Trade is very pleased to announce the recipient for the Outstanding Business Achievement “Big Heart Award” category. The 26th annual awards dinner and presentations will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24th at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre.
The Big Heart Award, established in 2003, recognizes those who are working to make this community a better place to live through their support of charitable or other community causes. This award is open to non-profit or charitable organizations, or to companies for their support (through time and money) of those organizations.
The independent judging panel has selected Saint John Kiwanis Club as this year’s recipient of the Big Heart Award.
Originally chartered in 1926, the Saint John Kiwanis Club was the first Kiwanis club in New Brunswick and, over the years, has had an impact on the community far out of proportion to its small membership numbers.
The 30 current members of the Saint John Kiwanis Club raise the funds necessary to carry out the club’s many service projects through two major fundraising initiatives each year, the Kiwanis Cash Calendar and the Christmas Gift Wrap station at McAllister Place Mall. Proceeds of the calendar go directly to children in the community through such programs as the Saint John Kiwanis Orthodontic Program, Regional Hospital Pediatric Care Unit, Juvenile Diabetes, and Key Industries, a facility that provides supported services, community connections and meaningful employment for individuals with disabilities. Among many other local projects supported by the club are the Saint John Milk Fund, the Kiwanis Playground at Rockwood Park and the Kiwanis Youth Leadership Program.
The Kiwanis Club of Saint John contributes not only to youth programs in the local community but to many causes on the international level as well. The core of the Kiwanis mission is the belief that the most effective way to enhance a community is through its children; that when you give a child the opportunity to learn, experience, dream and succeed, great things can happen. Today the Saint John club is part of a global organization of over 600,000 volunteers in 15,000 clubs in more than 90 nations, all dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
Previous recipients of the Big Heart Award were The Greater Saint John Community Foundation in 2003, the Irving companies in 2004, The United Way of Greater Saint John in 2005, the Saint John YM-YWCA in 2006, the Carpenters Training Centre in 2007, Canaport LNG in 2008, and Key Industries in 2009.
The Saint John Board of Trade is a nationally accredited business organization dedicated to fostering an economic climate that enhances growth, prosperity, and an improved quality of life in the community. With more than 1,000 members, representing 600 small, medium, and large businesses and organizations and therefore, the interests of more than 30,000 citizens, the Board is a dynamic advocate and the principal voice for the business community of Greater Saint John. It offers a variety of programs, activities, services, and networking opportunities designed to enhance the business prospects of members and the overall business climate of the area.
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