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Clubs and Organizations
[edit]Golden Age Seniors Club
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The Golden Age Seniors Club is a still active organization. The club was founded in 1973[1], and most of its activities take place at the Seniors Hall[2], or Seniors’ Centre[3]. The organization uses all volunteer labor, and board meetings are regularly held[4]. The Seniors Centre members are also proud of their free coffee service, since they are the only place that provides public coffee service in Montmartre.
Activities and games such as pool games, bingo, cribbage, and shuffleboard are provided at the Seniors Club[5], and there are more other exercises, gatherings, and even monthly birthday card parties held. There are picnics held in summer and Christmas dinner in winter.[6]
The Seniors Centre building is a one-floor house with an activity room, a kitchen and two washrooms. On one side of the activity room, there is an exhibition commonly called Mini Museum that showcases the rich history of Montmartre.
Lions Club
[edit]Montmartre and District Lions Club is subordinate to the Lions Club, which is a global organization that consists of volunteers working in their communities.[7] The motto of the club is “We serve.” [8] The Montmartre Lions Club was originally sponsored by Regina Central Lions in 1964. It has numerous fundraisers since then. Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays every month[9].
Lions Clubs in general are best know for working with the blind and visually impaired[10], and its branch in Montmartre helped in raising donation for a local kindergarten, Boy Scouts, Heart and Stroke Foundation, and an eye centre in Regina. The members sold tickets on a hog, a side or a beef, held dances, and even masquerade balls[11].
Farmers Market Co-operative Limited
[edit]The Farmers Market is also a non-profit organization founded in 2002[12]. It has a seven-member-Board of Directors, and the members host two events on the first Saturday of May and third or fourth Saturday of November every year[13]. The events are held in the Community Hall. They started economic development promotion of “make it, bake it, grow it” items. Later on, home-based businesses joined the event.
At the Market, there is a special section called the Kids Store where children can shop for their friends and family, with no parents allowed in that section. The commodities sold in that section are evenly priced under $5 with free gift wrapping service.[14]
Saveagoose Wildlife Federation
[edit]Saveagoose Wildlife Organization is a branch of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation established in 1929, which is “a non-profit, non-government, charitable organization of over 33,000 members in 122 branches across Saskatchewan representing every walk of life”[15] and the largest per capita conservationist group in the world[16]. The organization helps acknowledging “first and foremost that the wildlife of the province is a public resource belonging to all Saskatchewan residents, and to ensure the resource remains equally accessible to all residents of the province,” promoting “conservation, fishing, trapping, hunting, the shooting sports, and wildlife-oriented activities,” practicing and promoting “wise management and use of our natural resources,” acquiring and enhancing “habitat for wildlife” and so on.[17]
The branch was founded on December 6th, 1981 at Montmartre High School. It particularly provides a $500 bursary to students who choose conservation or the environment as their careers. It also sponsors students between 14 and 17 who would attend a weeklong conservation camp every July.[18]
Army Cadets
[edit]Montmartre Army Cadets, fully named Montmartre Legion Army Cadet Corps, was formed on November 1st, 1982 and is still active.[19] It's a charitable organization [20]formerly sponsored by Murray's Sales and Service[21] and Montmartre Lions Club, and by Royal Canadian Legion, Montmartre after October 12th, 1984.
The organization is a youth group, focused on education. [22]On 2009, its programs included indoor air rifle range for weekly practices, transportation and meals for shooting competitions, biathlon competitions and cadet training exercises in a building that’s also used for regular meetings, training and exercises.[23]
- ^ Weichel, Theresa (2012), “Montmartre Golden Age Seniors Club,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 627-628, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://www.montmartre-sk.com/Community.html, “Community,” Montmartre: Paris of the Prairie Saskatchewan, Date retrived: 10 November 2015.
- ^ McLennon, David (1961), Our towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park: 270, Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center.
- ^ http://www.montmartre-sk.com/Community.html, “Community,” Montmartre: Paris of the Prairie Saskatchewan, Date retrived: 10 November 2015
- ^ http://www.montmartre-sk.com/Community.html, “Community,” Montmartre: Paris of the Prairie Saskatchewan, Date retrived: 10 November 2015
- ^ Weichel, Theresa (2012), “Montmartre Golden Age Seniors Club,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 627-628, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://www.sklions.ca/index.php/what-do-lionsdo, “What Do Lions Do?” Saskatchewan Lions: District 5SKN & 5SKS, Date retrived: 10 November 2015.
- ^ Johnston, Diane (2012), “Montmartre & District Lions Club,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 623-625, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://www.montmartre-sk.com/Community.html, “Community,” Montmartre: Paris of the Prairie Saskatchewan, Date retrived: 10 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.sklions.ca/index.php/what-do-lionsdo, “What Do Lions Do?” Saskatchewan Lions: District 5SKN & 5SKS, Date retrived: 10 November 2015.
- ^ Johnston, Diane (2012), “Montmartre & District Lions Club,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 623-625, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ Brown, Sandra Lee (2012), “Montmartre Farmers Market Co-operative Limited,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 626-627, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://www.montmartre-sk.com/Community.html, “Community,” Montmartre: Paris of the Prairie Saskatchewan, Date retrived: 10 November 2015.
- ^ Brown, Sandra Lee (2012), “Montmartre Farmers Market Co-operative Limited,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 626-627, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://swf.sk.ca/who-we-are/, “Who We Are,” Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, Date retrived: 10 November 2015.
- ^ Fournier, Robert (2012), “Saveagoose Wildlife Federation,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 631-632, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://swf.sk.ca/who-we-are/, “Who We Are,” Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, Date retrived: 10 November 2015.
- ^ Fournier, Robert (2012), “Saveagoose Wildlife Federation,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 631-632, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://www.armycadethistory.com/Cadet%20Corps%20DB/db_cc_2988.htm, "# 2988 Cadet Corps," Army Cadet History, Date retrieved: 10 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.opencharity.ca/charity/872978358RR0001, “Montmartre Army Cadets Inc,” Open Charity, Date retrieved: 10 November 2015.
- ^ Waller, Catherine (2012), “Montmartre Army Cadets #2988,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 636-638, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.
- ^ http://www.opencharity.ca/charity/872978358RR0001, “Montmartre Army Cadets Inc,” Open Charity, Date retrieved: 10 November 2015.
- ^ Waller, Catherine (2012), “Montmartre Army Cadets #2988,” Montmartre: History of the Village and RM 126: Vol. 2: 636-638, Montmartre: Montmartre History Book Committee.