I. MEMBERSHIP

The ACBL Charity Committee is a standing committee composed of two current representatives from each district. Each District Director appoints two members from his or her District annually to serve on the ACBL Charity Committee. These are lifetime appointments.

2024: Bernard Mongeau, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Gerry Callaghan, Bedford NS

2022: Christine Bourbeau, Laval PQ
Maureen Donovan, Chester Basin NS

2021: Diane Angers, St Gédéon PQ
Marilyn Bennett, St John’s NL

2021: Hervé Chatagnier, Lévis QC
Connie Bartlett, Moncton NB

2020: Jean Coutu, Chicoutimi QC
Kamel Fergani, Montréal QC

2019 Hubert Richard, Gatineau QC
Lydia Prange, Wolfville NS

2018 Sam Ghosh, Fredericton NB
René Pelletier, Quebec QC

2017 Carol Hamilton, Halifax NS
Tom Deri, Nepean ON

2016 Peggy Fixman, Westmount QC
Pearl Cooper, Cote Saint Luc QC

2015 Daniel Landry, Hubley NS
Sylvie Bélanger, Chicoutimi QC

2014 Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON
Janyne Provencher, Montreal PQ
Leo Weniger

2013 Heather Peckett, Nepean ON
Marius Moldovan, Pointe Claire QC

2012 Bill Wheeler, Ottawa ON
Douglas Hamilton, Halifax NS

2011 Roger Dunn, Longueuil QC
Bill Halliday, Halifax NS

2010 Mary cotter, Fredericton NB
Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC

2009 Claire Desmeules, Chicoutimi QC
Boyd Wells, Truro NS

2008 Kathy MacNab, Halifax NS
Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC2005 *Karl Hicks, Dominion, NS

2007 Eva Deri, Nepean ON
Jean La Traverse, Outremont QC
Peter Clark, Ottawa, ON

2006 Barbara Hastings, Pointe-Claire, QC
Raymond Lessard, Gatineay QC

2005 *Karl Hicks, Dominion, NS
Peter Clark, Ottawa, ON

2004 Barbara Bronstein, Westmount, PQ
Ann Hartop, Ammon, NB

Click here for all Charity Appointments 1960 to 2003.

II. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Members of the ACBL Charity Committee endeavor to promote ACBL Charity Program participation in the units and sanctioned club games of their respective districts.

The ACBL Charity Committee has those duties and responsibilities assigned it by the trustees of the ACBL Charity Foundation or the ACBL Board of Directors.

III. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

All members of the ACBL Charity Committee receive, and thereafter are entitled to wear, official Charity Committee pins, even after their terms on the Committee are over.

IV. DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS

Appointments are made annually by the District Director on the recommendation of the Unit presidents.  Preferably we would have one from the eastern half of the District and one from the western side.