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PAGE 16, WHITY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. FEBRTARY 28, 199 Imagine is a national campaign of The Canadian Centre for. Philanthropy to increase ICanadians' awareness and contribution to ll charitable and volunteer organizations,; We Ssupport their'goals and are contributing space for the Imagine ads on this 'and other'pages. To bring the campaign dloser to home, the Whitby Free Press is rnning a series of proffles of the, needs and activities of local organizations. Cail us if your organization could use a boost. Everything you want to Iknow about Whitby ByTrudieZavadovien Have you over lot your linger do the walking through the WVhitby phono book and corne up ompty handed? Who would you look up to train the now, exotic bird you got as a surprise birth- day present? Raffling rides ia hot air balloon would be a great fund-raiser, but who, i Whitby, has a hot air ballooný? Or maqybe your widowed mother has recently become very ili and needa help getting around, inside and out her two-story townhouse. There are services to help her; do you know what they are or where Information Whitby Pumrpose: to provide information to the people ofWhitby about their commumity and the services available Fundinr. part of the day-to-day services of the library. Ultimately funded by. the Town of Wbitby and the ]Mistry of Culture and Communication throgh the Library Cail 668-0552 to find them? A sure-fire w ay to àgetail the heip you need i al ths cases is not through the yeliowpae b ut through Infor- mation Wtby'. Information Whitby is a non-' profit organization, funided Iby the town to help conneet Whitby residents with. the services thojy need. "It's like one-stop shopping,» says Nancy Aiston, information ofcer for Information Wihitby. "The centre is here to serve, everone i Whitby and deal wit services and organizations that serve _Whitby. We try to connect individuals with the ser- vices the% reqwire.n aWe have information for seniors, parents, children, businesses, educators and other professionals.". Nancy and the two other staff at the information centre located i the lobby of Whitby Iàbrary care about the community and care about you. They care that you get the help you need. TIhey can connect y ou to socal and health services, local govern- ment services, educational and cultural services, hard to find services like, yes, exotie bird training or hot air balloons. «We usually heip people with things that are not at their fingertips,»" says Aiston. «We have, a courses file which i- cludes courses on arts and crafts and babysitting courses for teens. We also have a speakers file.» Theres, very littie information they can tprovide but if they don't have theiormation, they will direct you to someone .whio does. NANCY OISON, Informa- tion WhitbY's commumnty i-frmton officer, shows assistant Deborah Winn the 1990 edition of the directory of -comuity services. Fr.. Pn..photo In addition to givinqgpout infor- mation, Informaion Wbitby aiso provides a leglaid linic on the second Tue o, every month. they have handouts on a variety of community service organiza- tions, a bulletin board of coming events, a display case Of local arts and crafts two meeting rooms availablo ior rent by non- profit organizations, and the I- formation Whitby Comxnunity Services directory. Tho diroctory is a book. of about 800 services and ognm tions available mi the Whtby area. Thèe is a written descrip- tion of each service as well as an addross, phone number and con- tact name. Thie book is $15 plus $3 ihipping and handling It can aso be purchased at the Lbary. «We'rýe not just herefo certain people, we ere for everybody, n says Alston. «And the seMyce is free.» «We answer about 90 questions a day and that's increasing. Last year we log ed 16 400 calis.» Information Wiitby la open Monday ta TlhursdaLy from 9:30 a.m. ta 9 p.m., Friday 9:30 a.m. ta 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. ta 5 pm t 1heir phone number is 668- 0552. It may be the handiest number youll ever have. K isiew Church ,,,L offers Seminars on bereavement Kingsview United Church in~ Oshawa is offering a series of three seminars on death, dying and beroavement. I. gens wil- be held on 22nd, and 29th at 7 pm. The. first seminar entitled "Terminal iflness and viaiting the dying l be conducted b~y Dr. Gillian GîIchrist, . Médical Director of the Pafliative Car. service cf Oshawa General lhoe taI.on "The spiralof griefcpigwth yo1cwlllo be givonbyianaJ. Mcndroe, a pschoheraistand,,grief counselior. Funeral Home. 'The iast on "Tafldng ta Ibe >St for each sominr is $5 eblrnabout death" will beor$2fralte. cilren by Tom Easthope, or 2for athreefomtin.c death-eduoetor and p'n'e orfrhe norainoi Dirocto et McIntosh-Andermagi436-2000. How to b.e a Local Hemo Tllkà. When you think about ail the good causes that need your help, it can be a littie discouraging. But think what a real difference you can make to just a few of them. You can make giving a regular part of your budget and plan your donations so they do the most ,. good. You can use your special abîlities to help a group in your community. Thin k about it. Be a Local, Hero. A national pogrm encourage giving and vouterng A new spirit of giving