Summer Fun in Pictou County

Submitted by Debbie VanSickle 
  

The days of summer fun are winding down and it is back to business.  Our club volunteered at the New Glasgow Music Jubilee in late July.  This is a non-profit event that celebrates our home grown artists, Nova Scotian and national talent.  George Canyon of Nashville Star fame and J D Fortune from Rock Star INXS are home grown boys from our county.  We had a good turnout of Progress members to assist in the bar area and a good time was had by all!

The next weekend our girls showed up again to volunteer at the Dragon Boat Festival; another non-profit fundraiser that supports cancer survivors, Special Olympics and the NS Amateur Sports Fund.  It was an exciting day.

Our September meeting will be held just before members head off to our National Convention in Saskatoon and we have a full agenda.  The Pictou County Progress Club is preparing a bid to host the 2nd Eastern Regional Convention next spring that we will present to our region representatives at National.

We begin preparations for our Chair Affair Fundraiser and are planning a New Members night and a club social to start the fall season.

We are all looking forward to a successful year.