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Community PAGE " . NAM C84rttmtthE,reEV8r, MAY 1.. "" It has never easy saying good-bye to someone you love. And it's just as hard closing the door and calling it quits to something you‘ve in- vested a lot of time and effort into. Last month, Don Foell had to do just that. As president of the Waterloo Young Men's Club, Foell was disappointed and frustrated to ac. knowledge the pages in the club’s minutes would not be filled after April 1988. Ink in the minutes book would stop there, like the activities the club has'been participating in since 1921. No more Christmas hampers, no more last-Tuesday-of-the-month meetings. “It's with considerable dismay that we have to give up," Foell said, as he flipped through pages of club history. The problem is numbers; the club could not attract tsufficient new members to fill the ranks and gradually the bodies dwindled from a high of 55 active members when the club was in its full glory to 12 active members and 40 to 50 associate members. "I feel remorseful because our kind of organization should live and should thrive but the overall circumstance is that it isn't going to," he said. With a motto, "for the good and welfare of Waterloo" the club organized many activities such as Santa Claus parades in the 1920s. In the depression years the club deliv- ered Christmas hampers to the needy, a tradition it continued for years. The club sponsored a scout troup and hired lifeguards for Silver Lake in Waterloo Park. It has always been a "low pror1le" group providing people with assistance on a anew-one basis, he added. The club had a unique 'beginning in 1921 Baseballhnsbeenasportlhavenotbeen actively involved in.0therthantophtyeataintherardandwatchmrehildren pur,forsomereaaon0avebeeuunalrletogetiniothe bassthailtstene.Iean'tdtewgumandyellatthesametime,I don’teven know the baseball lingo, and I'm ahaidto slide into thehag.0thmoren't,thoughiteullt-muinhtll mug. 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While club activities took s different focus over the years, Foell said emphasis were always placed on bettering the community and personal growth of dub members. It causes him some consternation that the club, which had such vitality and purpose, has fallen to the wayside. Unable to exactly pirr point the problem, Foell offered some of his own Changes to social assistance programs have had an impact on the club, he figured. In the early 1970s the club saw the state’s welfare system take over services for which they had tried to provide. Christmas hampers were organized through a centralized service so much of the individual service the club was used to providing was gone, he explained. Larger service clubs with national or interna- tional affiliations have come on the scene which affected membership drives, he said. As importantly, Foell added, is the competition for a persm's time in a mobile and technologically advanced society. Bill Shalinsky, a University of Waterloo professor who has made studies of small groups, said people join organizations for numerous reasons including making contacts for business purposes, to meet people in a new community and for socialization. To remain viable organizations have to be continually searching out what the member. ship wants to do and moving with the times, said Shalinsky. Membership recruitment is paramount. As president of the Kitchener-Waterloo branch of the Canadian Federation of Universi- ty Women, Lynda Gyorffy said a lot of empha- sis is put on offering programs the members "aeuudiideintoat-0mtertsotxatsioruillybuteanbethe moaterioustrfallirt'Nrie. Amsirisrieotxurwhentoingtothrmrtoofir,tetourd, too-tities-vel/nil-tattitudes, hoehar,tl-oftheannortditouldemhmnaitdeaetioetto umbuduincingmotionmyuunenomutnins. Iuturth-etingtodo"rottrhet"irtthefirine, aroaisetdtouldbemadetodevelmrthethrmringrnurelein tuitou1&r,t-toekanditd"tutto4rBrpraetiitng ,rith-tmrsttoufkirlreltm(d'mtanmofa-ri" ,vith-)gmhral1ri-thediatnnt-ottr16tnimtt* period-ith-ui-tdei-l-Frei-ttary Grmtuaettsrgr-ngthotmrt)ietarmtueuot theitouiar,aitattiGnnarupandhither. Fitness Forum Kathy Hammond want. Next year, as a response to concerns raised by members, the group is forming an environmental study committee. "We don't stagnate. We keep changing. Whatever is important today, we will deal with it,"said tlyorffy. The organization', strengths, she added, are the diversity of programs it offers as well as the wide spectrum of ages of the members, ranging from an 87-yearold woman to recent graduates in their early 20s The elub's membership roll has grown to about 290, with a solid core of about 250 members. "But that doesn't mean you can sit back and relax," said Gyorffy, a member since 1976. considering the number of female urfr versity graduates the organization has a lot of room for growth, she added. Gyorffy and Rod Hoddle, who is past-pred- dent of the Waterloo Jayme, agree being part of an international group is beneficial locally. Sometimes, Gyorffy said, the branch organiza- tion does not agree with the national ome, but at the same time there are the benefits of being You can also work on developing the strength in the forearms and wrists, a necessity for good strong swings with the bat. Wrist curls using weights or heavy books will help. With two hands hold along the spine of the book keeping your arms down in front of your body, and lift and lower the book using your wrists. You should see the forearm muscles reacting. Finger push-ups, either on the floor for the more advanced ball player, or on the kitchen table for the juniors, will strengthen the fingers, making for better control in the gloveandabettergriponthebatandball.Ambberhallis great to queue when you are watching television. (It's also a great tension reliever). One thing hall players try to do, especislly beginners, is to imitateproteaaionalsoradultsinthehittingstanoe.Weare all built differently and will all want to hit the hall dilheentlr. Finding your most comfortable stance may he beat domathomeawayfromtheotherteammemhenwhomay find your wiggling and girating at the plate while you find ymrpoaitionabittnomueh. Uaeefull lengthmirror.gripa bat(makemreywhavelotso{mom)andpractieeswinging. Itr-'ngrsurhmnrrrueartarmsetartrpoorito4rrrost'tion- Lynda Gyorffy Numbers are not always a criteria for a sumsful organization, explained Shalinsky, a professor in the school of urban and regional planning. Large membership rolls are not indicative of a lot of workers and sometimes a same core group of members does the majority of the work. Wheareas, he added, in small organizations more of a commitment is re quired as members get called on more often to help out. All kinds of people join organizations for their own tspecific reason. he noted. And there are those who like to carry the status of being part of an organization but rarely get involved. In large groups, he said, there are more people to hide behind. The Waterloo Jaycees, into. their 11th year, has about 25 members. During that time said Hoddle, who is now an associate member, the group has irucastf1lly hosted regional, nation- al and international conventions. recognized throughout the world and having communication links with other branches.