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  • Online (CST Zone)
     October 25, 2025
     10:00 am - 12:30 pm
A Toastmasters promotional graphic featuring an older man in a suit and tie smiling, with text reading “Why a 90-Year-Old Joined Toastmasters—Again. Tom Shindruk, Heritage Go-Getters Toastmasters Club

What prompted Tom Shindruk to join Toastmasters for the third time? Let’s go back 68 years. At age 22, Tom secured a position with Sunkist Growers Inc., a citrus farmers’ co-op in California. Living in Winnipeg, his sales territory stretched across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Western Ontario to Thunder Bay, North Dakota, and Northern Minnesota. This meant extensive travel and frequent presentations. But Tom was terrified of public speaking. Determined to improve, he found a retired school teacher in Elmwood (a Winnipeg …

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District 42 Toastmasters continues the time honoured tradition of hosting Speech Contests. Area winners are advancing to Division Contests.

District 42 Toastmasters continues the time honoured tradition of hosting Speech Contests. Area winners are advancing to Division Contests.

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  •  May 31, 2021
     7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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  • D42 Conference 2021 Success Summit
     April 28, 2021 - May 1, 2021
     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
D42 Spring Speech Winners

District 42 Toastmasters continues the time honoured tradition of hosting Speech Contests. Area winners are advancing to Division Contests.

If you feel you are ready for a new challenge, don’t step forward in Toastmasters – jump forward! The scariest speech for a Toastmaster to give is their very first ice breaker speech. Subsequently, it may tie your stomach in knots and cause you to perspire more than usual. That fear is a great indicator that you are doing something new and expanding your learning and abilities. As we become experienced Toastmasters and begin to master the 5-7 minute speech. There is …

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Stand Out From The Herd

Alas, it is still a while before we are all vaccinated and establish herd immunity. But those who continue with life, rather than collapsing under its weight, will stand out from the herd and be better prepared for the post-pandemic revival. Perhaps the biggest lesson from 2020 is the value of human connection. No, we cannot visit yet. But we can still connect via technology – Zoom, a phone call, even a hand-written letter (a lost art which stands to …

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  •  April 12, 2021
     6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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  •  April 16, 2021
     6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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  •  April 10, 2021
     1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fall 2020 Speech Contest Winners

District 42 Toastmasters continues the time honoured tradition of hosting Speech Contests. Area winners are advancing to Division Contests.

Circle of Gold

On June 30, 2020, Darlene Davies, DTM, stepped down as the D42 Circle of Gold Core Team Leader and announced a new COG leader for District 42. Darlene was honoured to announce Laura Chambers is taking on the role of D42 Circle of Gold Core Team Leader for 2020-2021. Please give a warm welcome to Laura. She is raring to go, enthusiastic and full of ideas about how Circle of Gold can continue to grow in our District and beyond …

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