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V a Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, September 25,1991 9 TOPS Rated As Safe and Effective In a recent national diet advertisement, advertisement, TOPS has a rating of 90, second to another diet program which was rated as 100. TOPS is under the heading, heading, "Safe and Effective", which is very correct. But, TOPS is not a diet. It is a weight control group that stands for, "Take OFF Pounds Sensibly". It is an international club, TOPS Club, Inc., with the headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. There arc TOPS clubs spread far and wide all around the globe, which attests to their success. Any member joining TOPS starts off on medical supervision, supervision, by their own doctor. A book titled "A Nutrition Monograph Monograph for Taking OFF Pounds Sensibly", can be purchased. This book contains information on sensible eating, caloric counts, low caloric recipes, the diabetic exchange system of food consumption, and stresses the importance of good eating habits for your health, and how important exercise is to weight control. There arc so many diet plans and gimmicks advertised with "flash and pizazz", that it is hard to turn a person's head to a sensible way. Common sense eating, and the will power power to stick with it, arc what make weight loss possible. It's not just an overnight miracle, and for many it is a long, hard struggle. Exercise is an all important factor, and there tire many routines that can be suited to each individual, individual, according to ability and health. Fad dieting is just as it states, a "FAD", a flash in the pan. Your health, your body in general, deserves the respect of you using your common sense to "Take OFF Pounds Sensibly." Sensibly." Hampton TOPS #ON850, is ohly one club of many in the Durham Region. The meetings arc held in Hampton United Church every Tuesday evening. evening. Weigh-ins are at 6:00 p.m. to 6:40 p.m., with meetings meetings at 6:45 p.m. On October 9, 1991, Hampton Hampton has been invited to attend a meeting of the Bethany TOPS WON4251. This group is a newer newer chapter. October 22nd, 1991 is the Hampton Clubs 21st anniversary anniversary and it will be celebrated with an Open House. Visitors are quite welcome. October 27, 1991, is the TOPS Area Rally Day, being held at Bowmanvillc High School. A TOPS Club is where "To Lose is To Win"! Yours in TOPS Barb Arnburg Hampton TOPS UON850 623-5201. Foster Parents Plan Helps Needy Kids Local residents arc making a difference in the world. Exchanging Exchanging thoughts for action, Ronald and Sue Hayes of Hampton, Ontario arc now making an impact on the lives of Ariel, his family and com- . munity in far-off Philippines - without ever leaving home. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have chosen chosen to sponsor a child through a small monthly contribution to Foster Parents Plan of Canada. In so doing, they are helping to change the world - one child at a time. Foster Parents Plan is an international international human development development agency that links sponsors sponsors here in Canada with needy childicn in the developing countries of the world. The sponsor's . contribution of $27.00 a month is used to help not only the child, but an entire family and community as well. PLAN'S programs offer medical medical care, education, technical training, counselling, income generation, and much, much more. PLAN docs not offer handouts. The families participate fully fully in their own development - one half of a true partnership of hope, that ensures that projects projects will carry on, long after, Foster Parents Plan is no longer longer needed. The contribution sent by a family's sponsor enables enables them to participate in whatever programs arc applicable applicable to their own development needs. At the same time, the sponsor sponsor here in Canada is able to .share in the family's accomplishments, accomplishments, through regular letters letters and reports. Over the years, ' the Ilayc's and Ariel will be able to gradually build an understanding, warm relationship relationship that crosses the boundaries boundaries of distance, poverty and nationality. Foster "Parents Plan is a non-profit, non-sectarian, non- political international development development organization, officially registered with the federal government. government. As such, all donations are eligible for tax credits. 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