BACKGROUNDER

The Kiwanis Club is sponsoring this group with the approval and good wishes of the Interlake Regional Office of Family Services & Housing in Selkirk and of the administration of Heima Er Best Inc. in Gimli. 

It is mainly their clients who comprise the Aktion Club of thirty-four members. 

This group formerly functioned under various names, the most recent being the “Funseekers Shuffleboard Group”. 

Garry and Wilma Anderson and Joan Sterkell  will continue to coordinate the activities of the Aktion Club, but with  financial support and help from members of Kiwanis.  Jack McQuade, Past President of the  Kiwanis Club (holding banner below) serves as the current Kiwanis Advisor to the Aktion Club.

The Aktion Club received their charter, club banner, and individual member pins at a brief ceremony on October 13, 2005.  Greetings were received from Bruce Berven, past Governor of the Western Canada District of Kiwanis, from Heather Snadden, administrator of Heima Er Best Inc., and from John Fjelsted, member of the Board of Heima Er Best.

Aktion Club members socialize among themselves, play shuffleboard, do a bit of dancing, celebrate birthdays on the last Thursday of each month, celebrate Hallowe’en, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter with special activities and often a dinner.  With the support of the Kiwanis Club, the members will be able to continue with even more of the social and recreational activities that they need. 

Kiwanis will also get them involved in a variety of services for the community such as park beautification or assisting the Kiwanis club with their projects.  The object is to disregard the disabilities, brighten their lives and help each one to reach his/her potential as a member of our community.

The Aktion Club meets at the Royal Canadian Legion in Gimli every second Thursday evening.