Creemore Cadets get $500 donation from Stayner Kinsmen
The cadets of 1944 RCEME in Creemore received a visit from the Stayner Kinsmen Club recently.
The Kinsmen assist local youth organizations with donations and this has become an annual event for the cadets. The President of Stayner Kinsmen, Bill Roskar, vice president Scott Tapley and treasurer Bob Brown came to present us with a donation of $500 to go toward activities that the cadets do like shooting or orienteering or biathlon. These activities are organized by DND for the cadet program but not everything is funded by them, sometimes the cadets must raise money for additional expenses. As we are a not-for-profit organization the cadets do fundraising activities such as tag days or car washes in the local communities. With the assistance of groups such as the Kinsmen it allows the corps to give the cadets a wider range of activities than what we could do on our own.
1944 Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers is an Army Cadet Corps based out of Creemore for youth between the ages of 12 and 18 years. 1944 RCEME parades every Monday night from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with no joining fees. As a cadet unit we are affiliated with the RCEME School at CFB Borden. Through the cadet program, cadets learn skills like self-confidence, self-discipline, teamwork, leadership and citizenship that will last a lifetime. As a cadet there are plenty of opportunities to interact within their local communities, for example the cadets of 1944 were out on Remembrance Day paying their respects to the many servicemen and women. Training at the corps consists of physical fitness, bushcraft, orienteering, learning about summer training opportunities and history of the cadet corps and the military. Marksmanship as well as biathlon is one of the most popular and appealing aspects of the Cadet program.
The cadets of the 1944 Rifle team have done well over the past few years winning medals in various classifications at different competitions. Cadets on a local level succeed through strong community support and involvement and 1944 is glad to have the Stayner Kinsmen’s support.
Victoria Banks is a chief warrant officer with 1944 RCEME RCACC Cadets.
