Eastern Region

Halifax-Cornwallis
By Sharon Ward 

August.  What a month for misconnecting.  Vacations and long weekends are the main culprits.  I work for a regional business magazine (ironically, called Progress) and I suffer through the doldrums of August every year, making call after call to magazine advertisers to get their advertising material in on time to meet deadline.  I get voice mail messages telling me the party is on vacation and will be back in two weeks.  It is much the same with Progress Club reporters.  My email requests for reports resulted in but one response, from our newest club, Greater Moncton Women. (And a few lines from Halifax-Cornwallis, written by yours truly.)  Of course, we have a whole slate of new club presidents now, and few, if any, clubs meet over the summer—another contributor to Progression Lite.

Halifax-Cornwallis committee members are busy working on our Women of Excellence event for October.  Soliciting sponsorships, getting women nominated for the awards, and selling tickets take a great deal of time and effort and the event doesn't happen without that effort.  Knowing for a fact that our past efforts have helped to make a significant difference in the lives of young men and women of our community has been the inspiration for the club to persevere and ensure success for the last 13 years.