Dear Editor:
Last month my Kiwanis club made $20,000 of disbursements to worthy charities in our community. This is something that just a mere handful of active members are able to do a few times a year!
However this is not what I wish to draw your attention to. What I want to point out is that small service clubs and other organizations contribute a heck of a lot to our community (often almost invisibly) and many of these groups have memberships that are waning.
It would be a crying shame if the amazing community contributions these groups make cease due to lack of active members when there are so many remarkable and talented people on the North Shore. Please consider joining such a group. It doesn't have to be my Kiwanis club (although you would be very welcome!). There are many worthwhile organizations from Lions, Rotary, Legion, etc. that support any number of worthy causes from youth sports to the local hospital and everything in between.
If you know just how much these organizations contribute to our community you will realize that we cannot afford to lose any of them.
Scenery Slater
West Vancouver
