President’s Annual Report
WIBTA’s Mission Statement
To promote the development, improvement
and broadening of tourism, business and
cultural opportunities and the quality of the
environment of that portion of the
Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River and
the Lake Ontario Region within and
adjacent to Wolfe Island.
Goals
To stimulate tourism and encourage visitors to this
region by:
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-Creating and distributing promotional material;
-Operating the Wolfe Island Visitors Information Centre;
-Responding to enquiries;
-Hosting the www.wolfeisland.com website
- Organizing events and festivals.
To advance the residential, commercial and agricultural
interests of the community by all proper means.
To conserve the environmental quality of the region
through conservation and preservation of natural
resources.
WIBTA Festivals
 Art in the Garden
Festival
 Music Festival
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WIBTA Events
Wolfe Island
Classic Road Race
WIBTA Events
 Annual Photo Contest
Community Services
Manage the Wolfe Island Website
www/wolfeisland.com
Community Services
Manage the Information Centre
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Provide oversight
Ongoing maintenance
Cleaning services
Provision of brochures and literature
Telephone services
Student workers
improvements
WIBTA Projects- 2004
 Development of Birdwatching as a tourist
attraction to the island:
– Website link is established
– Needs more attention to realize its potential
 Development of a Wolfe Island Heritage site on
the internet:
– Interviews have been conducted with approximately
10 seniors
– Next steps are to transcribe the texts and put them on
the website
WIBTA Projects- 2004
Sponsorship for local organizations
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Donation to Music Festival
Donation to Horse Association
Donation to United Church
Donation to Firefighters
Information Centre Improvements
 WIBTA allocated $1000.00 this year to improvements
 Elise Huffman coordinated:
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new paint (herself),
new counter(Steve Roy),
new drapes (Sophie Angenent),
new display boards and bench, and
new awning ( Chris Angenent)
– Volunteer Appreciation High Tea (Brown’s Bay Inn)
 Beth Caldwell coordinated and recruited volunteers
 Linda Thomas coordinated HRDC students
 David Colburn coordinated CREC planters
WIBTA Fundraising
Raised $5852.00(when OSTAR reimbursement included)
Events completed:
– Sink the Van
– Wonderbird Raffle
– Book Sales(2)
Successes and Disappointments
Successes
 Art in the Garden Festival
 Information Centre
Improvements (10,000 visitors)
 Volunteer Cadre at Info Centre
 Wolfe Island Classic
 New By-Laws
 Involvement in Brochure
Swaps
Disappointments
 Mini Parks
 Inability to forge partnerships
New Initiatives
 Grant applications to CFDC:
– Marketing Campaign and advertising
• $40,000 grant - $10,000 WIBTA/Twnshp/Businesses
– Bicycle Rental
• $10,000 grant
– County Mapping Project
• $22,000 grant
 Cooperative Advertising Efforts
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WCNY Television Auction
Thousand Island Marketing Group
KEDCO
Ontario Premier Ranked Destinations Project
Challenges for Next Year
 Chairpersons for:
– Info Centre
– Brochure Committee
– Wolfe Island Classic
 Manage Grants if
Successful
 Continue Heritage Project
The Future for WIBTA
Advertise the Island
Explore cooperative advertising potential
Partner with like Organizations
– Thousand Islands Marketing Group
Partner with Other Island Groups
– Community Centre Board
– Big Sandy Bay Stewardship Committee
More Grants
– Trillium Grant(with CCB for Music Festival Venue)
Summary
 Another active year
 WIBTA has a very comfortable financial position
 New board will be experienced and more than
capable to move the association forward
 Must continue to emphasize committee work and
get more members to work on committees
 All committees should be very proud of their
achievements this year
 It has been very rewarding to have been the
President for the past two years