2017 LAKE STEWARDS NEWSLETTER | 3 Youthful Energy in Lake Associations Catchacoma Cottagers’ Association is Growing a vibrant association! FOCA received the November 2016 Catchacoma Cottagers’ Association (CCA) Bulletin, which began with these words: “Welcome to our first newsletter which will be published twice annually. Good news: Our membership grew 53% in 2016, to 100.” Fantastic! How did they do it? Lots of elbow grease and great volunteers. Here’s the newsletter recap about their Dockfest 2016 event, with some good hints for fellow associations: This year we marketed Dockfest as a community event, not a member event, and held the event in the afternoon rather than evenings,aspreviously.Itwasahugesuccess.‘QueenElsa’was greeted by many children, face painting was a hit, and other activities too. To our surprise we sold out on the food, but were rescued by the Marina store. The best part was to meet people we had not seen before. The CCA Newsletter also featured FOCA updates about invasive species prevention and cottage country utilities; thanks for sharing FOCA news! A call-out in the CCA Newsletter added: “Our desire is to learn and share with other associations on our chain of lakes who operate a website, water steward program and buoy master roles.” FOCA can put you in touch with them. Read more, here: http://www.catchacomalake.com/wp-content/uploads/ CCA_Newsletter.pdf The Aylen Lake Community Association just got younger! Congratulations to Aylen Lake Community Association who have recently added a twenty-something member to their volunteer team. The March 2017 edition of their e-news announced that member Adam Ravenhill has agreed to serve as their social media publisher, planning and maintaining the Association’s digital platforms including the website and Facebook page. With a family history on the lake spanning fifty years back to his granddad, and degrees in Media Studies (University of Guelph) and Media Communications (Humber College), Adam reported that he gets away from the day-to-day stress of life at the lake, enjoying the serenity of nature and hanging out with family. In his words, Adam said: “I can bring a youthful voice and perspective … and a new fun/energetic way of connecting those on Aylen Lake together.” Thanks also, Aylen Lake CA, for including lots of call-outs to FOCA resources in your e-news! Find newsletters here: http://www.aylenlake communityassociation.ca/Newsletter.php. Dockfest 2016, courtesy CCA Bulletin, November 2016 Adam Ravenhill, Aylen Lake’s Social Media Publisher