Hi my name is Juliet Lafortune Prairie Region Director.I would like to welcome everyone to the Convention .Welcome to the Alberta, Saskatchewan Regions .Thank you to Dennis and Marlene for all their hard work in putting this Convention together .Thank you to all of the Volunteers who have worked so hard over the last year .We here in Manitoba keep on all year long with our Tea and Tidbits for the Widows and family of our Veterans .These are held every four months .We hold monthly luncheons the second Thursday of the month were we also conduct our board  meetings .We continue with the education of all who listen to keep the Memory of our Veterans I am planning to get together with Alberta and Saskatchewan hopefully in the spring to see what we can do with the two provinces to increase membership and interest . Thank you again