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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1984, PAGE 23 Christmas Seat icampaign raises $'64,629 to date By ANGELA TIBBLES 1Just six weeks into its fundraising period, the Christmas Seal Cam- paign in. Durham has raised $64,629 of its $115,000 goal. This represents a twenty-one percent increase over funds raised during the comparable 1983 Cam- paign period. "We're, still a long way from our objec- tive" says Campaign Chairman Tony Cowling, "but we hope that using the seals on Christmas mail and gif- ts wil remind people to send in their much needed donation. We have so rnany people depending 'on us for help.tt Respiratory diseases are among the leading cause of death and disability in Canada. One in five Canadians suffer frorn breathirig difficulties, and over 23,000 Canadians die each year from respiratory ailments. The Lung Association is unique among publicly supported health organizations. Historically, it has always devoted a large proportion of its locally raised funds to assist residents of the areas in which those funds were raised. Approximately 72 percent of the money raised in Durham Region is directed to local programming. 0f last year's $107,976 total, $32,959 was passed to the Canadian and On- tario Lung Associations for research projects and general support, with the remaining $75,016 used locally in programs for the relief and prevention of lung cancer, asthma, em- physema and oc- cupational lung disease. The Campaign closes officially on Jan. 31, 1985, and if you have lost your Christmas Seal reply envelope, donations can be sent to the Durham Region Lung Association, Rooms 464-6, Oshawa General Hospital, 24 Aima St., Oshawa, L1G 2B9. Ail donations are tax-deductible. Downtown event dates were m* error last week In last week's edition of the Whitby Free Press, we published a schedule of events for the Whitby Downtown Improvement -Area Board's Christmas festivities. However, soemistakes were made. The reference to ac- tivities on Thursday, December 29th, should hae read Thursday, December 20th. Satur-- day, December 23rd should have read Friday, December 2lst and Friday, December 21st should have read Saturday, December 22nd. The Whitby Free Press would like to apologise for. these errors and regrets any inconvenience they have caused. $300,OOO given for research at McGill M ississauga - Du Pont Canada President J. E. Newall today an- nounced a researchi grant totalling $300,000 over five years to McGill University's Ar- tificial Celîs and Organs Research Centre. The grant is being made jointly by Du Pont Canada and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Com- pany. Director of the Cen- tre, Dr. Thomas M.S. Chang, is inter- nationally recognized for lits work in artifical ceils and their ap- plication to medicine and biotechnology. lits staff includes 15 full- time scientists and 20 associates engaged in many branches of medicine and science. "The centre's ac- Tee,2 tivities are of special in- terest to us, " said Mr. Newall, "because the Du Pont organization is s0 heavily committed to the life sciences. This includes several growing businesses and a major research effort. "We believe the arrangement announ- ced today wiIl even- tually.lead to research collaboration on subjec- ts of mutual interest. "For example, the membranes 50 impor- tant in Dr. Chang's ar- tificial celîs in- vestigations are based on synthetic polymer technology. Du Pont has done extensive work in this field, beginning with the development of nylon, the first truly- man-made fibre." THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN OF WH ITBY WHMITBY TRANSIT NOTICE Nhtby Transit wiii flot be operating on Ci foliowing days: December 25th, 1984 December 26th, 1984 Januar lst, 1985 Transit wiIi be running on regular schedules for the remainder of the holilday season. R.A. Kuwahara Director of Public Works