Bowling Day in Halifax 

By Stephen Murphy
   

On Sunday November 7, 2004, the Canadian Progress Club of Halifax hosted its annual bowling day with the residents of the Kingsmeadow Home.  The Kingsmeadow Home is a magnificent structure, containing 15 spacious rooms that are home to 10 mentally challenged adults supervised by three resident counselors.  The home is owned by the Canadian Progress Club of Halifax and is one of the main charitable organizations supported by the club.  Kingsmeadow offers residents all the easy-going seclusion and privacy of a rural setting yet is within easy walking distance of all the amenities and services of the Town of Windsor.  Over the years, Kingsmeadow has acquired an enviable reputation for providing a warm, family environment for residents and has become a model for similar facilities across Canada.

Every year the Halifax Club hosts a bowling party for the Kingsmeadow residents.  This year the party was held at the Bayers Road Bowlerama in Halifax, and it turned out to be one of the largest parties over the last several years.  A total of eighteen club members and their families, as well as six residents of the Kingsmeadow Home attended the party.  A great deal of fun, which included bowling and lunch, was had by all.  The party is anticipated all year by the Kingsmeadow residents and they enjoy themselves tremendously.

In addition, the party also offers club members a great chance to meet and intermingle with some of the people who the club helps to support.  The smiles on the faces of the residents as they enjoy the day certainly warms the hearts of club members and provides as with “the push” to keep doing the good work that we do.