The Provincial Conference that had been scheduled for May 4-6 has been cancelled. Toastmasters is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to developing effective communication and leadership skills. Today there are more than 8,000 Toastmasters clubs, world wide, with more than 170,000 members.
Toastmasters has a long history in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Hundreds of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians have benefited from the unique Toastmasters experience. The first clubs in the province were established, almost forty years ago, by the U.S. military at their bases in Argentia and Goose Bay. A club was also started at Pepperell Air Force Base, before that station was phased out. In 1960 clubs also existed at the Argentia Naval Station, Ernest Harmon Air Force Base and at the US military base in Goose Bay. The first civilian club, Terra Nova Toastmasters U-3192, was formed in 1960.