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Kincardine to set up Doors Open volunteer committee By Liz Dadson |
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Kincardine council has decided to set up a volunteer committee to run next year's Doors Open Kincardine event which had to be cancelled this year due to what municipal organizers said was a lack of volunteers. In committee-of-the-whole last night (Oct. 19), councillor Jacqueline Faubert opened the discussion, noting that there is plenty of misinformation circulating throughout the community, and council needs to figure out a plan to ensure the event is held next year. "We have to find a way to successfully reinstate Doors Open Kincardine in our community," she said. Councillor Maureen Couture said she has been a volunteer with the Doors Open event, at one of the locations, for the past few years. "It's a lot of work for the volunteers who work at each site," she said. "It's unfortunate that we left it to such a late date to cancel. Some places had enough volunteers to go ahead, so it's very disappointing for them since they were prepared." She said Doors Open was driven by a special committee that resigned after last year's event. It was handed to Heritage Kincardine which did not want to run it, so then municipal staff was told to help, and what happened, happened. "We need to advertise for a volunteer committee to take it on immediately," said Couture. "We ran into the same thing at the Legion. We needed volunteers to run the medical equipment program, nobody came forward so we closed it. We advertised for help and 14 people came forward. Now, we have two teams of seven to look after that program. "People will step up if they're needed. They do that in this community." "There is a lot of interest in maintaining this event," said deputy mayor Anne Eadie. "We should tap into that." Clerk and acting chief administrative officer Donna MacDougall said the deadline to be part of the program is the end of the year. Mayor Larry Kraemer suggested the municipality hold an open house to see if there is enough interest in proceeding with Doors Open. "The committee members who ran it before, would some of them come to such a meeting and discuss what's all involved?" asked councillor Ron Coristine.
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Faubert said the problem with an open house is there
has to be somebody in charge of the event so other groups can tie into
that leadership. "We need to strike a committee and get somebody in charge," agreed Couture. "Then they go out and recruit volunteers and contact the various sites that will be on the Doors Open tour." "We need to do it sooner than later," said Faubert. "There's a lot of enthusiasm out there right now, but the Christmas season is fast approaching." Council agreed to advertise for volunteers to sit on a committee and run Doors Open Kincardine in 2012. Last year's event allowed locals and visitors the opportunity to peak inside some historic homes and businesses throughout the municipality. Among the 30 sites were the Bervie Women's Institute Hall, the Bervie United Church, the Walker House in Kincardine, the Doll House on Huron Terrace, Knox Presbyterian Church in Kincardine, the Lime Kiln Resort in Inverhuron, Malcolm Place, the Kincardine Legion, and three municipal cemeteries - Kincardine, Tiverton and Port Bruce. About 4,500 people toured the sites. Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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