{"id":5233,"date":"2026-08-18T10:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/club-life\/participatory-committees\/social-committee\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:14:53","slug":"social-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/club-life\/participatory-committees\/social-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Club Life<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Participatory Committees<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPartnership Committee\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSocial Committee\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCommunications Committee\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tParents \/ Mentor Athletes Committee\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\ud83c\udf89 Social Committee<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Club life, belonging & pride<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Number of members<\/th>5 to 7 volunteers<\/td><\/tr>
Lead<\/th>A committee lead and a co-lead, elected<\/td><\/tr>
Meetings<\/th>Before each event and 3 times during the season with the executive director present. Schedule submitted after the first meeting.<\/td><\/tr>
Term<\/th>1 year, renewable<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A lively club is a close-knit community. The social committee creates the gatherings that strengthen the bonds between athletes, families, coaches and volunteers. Happy members make a happy club.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mission<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • Plan and coordinate the club\u2019s social and festive activities throughout the year.<\/li>
  • Foster the integration of new members and their sense of belonging.<\/li>
  • Create an inclusive, warm and positive environment within the club.<\/li>
  • Recognize volunteers and highlight athletes\u2019 accomplishments.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Responsibilities<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • Organize a welcome activity.<\/li>
    • Plan team-building activities (outings, potluck breakfasts, etc.).<\/li>
    • Organize the annual gala.<\/li>
    • Ensure the allocated annual budget is respected.<\/li>
    • Coordinate the awards and recognitions with the executive director, coaches and communications committee.<\/li>
    • Run recreational fundraisers proposed by the partnership committee.<\/li>
    • Prepare a theme at local competitions in support of the communications committee.<\/li>
    • Report to the board at the end of the season.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Who we\u2019re looking for<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • Energy, creativity, a sense of responsibility and organizational skills.<\/li>
      • Strong ability to mobilize people and delegate.<\/li>
      • Interest in community life and collective well-being.<\/li>
      • Availability during events (evenings and weekends).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Suggested activities<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • Welcome for new members (September).<\/li>
        • Fall, winter, spring and summer activities.<\/li>
        • Potluck breakfast for all groups.<\/li>
        • Recognition of athletes and volunteers at the gala.<\/li>
        • Fun fundraiser (e.g. bingo, spaghetti dinner) in partnership with the partnership committee.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":4864,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5233","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5233\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}