"A Family adiion for 126 Years" ~~" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 16,, 1995 - 9 Community Care reviews '94 numbers Volunteers logged 6,300 hours this past year By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Volunteers with the Scugog Community Care Home Support Program spent more than 6,300 hours over the past year making life easier for their clients. Meals on Wheels and 'transportation were again the services most used by the clients this year, ac- cording to the associa- tion's year-end report, re- ceived at the annual meeting last week. Volunteers spent 815 hours delivering 3,538 Meals on Wheels last year, up more than 200 meals from last year. Transportation calls were down slightly to 4,434 trips, compared to the pre- vious year's 4,508 tasks. Scugog's Community Care currently has 136 volunteers, who spent 6,303 hours performing 12,682 tasks over the last year. The number of tasks performed by the volun- teers was down from 12,949 the previous year. Fifty-seven new clients used the services of the lo- cal association this year, leaving the total number of clients on file at 371. Other servites used by the clients included 563 Scugog Community Care held its annual general meeting last week at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry. The volunteers of the association spent more than 6,300 hours helping area residents last year. Pictured are the members of the new executive. Back row from left are: Ed Emerson, Joanne Blan- chard, Marjorie Preston, Mary Harrison, Sharon Barton, Stan Rickard, past chairperson, Joan Ongley, chairperson and Anne Wanninkhof. Absent from photo were Sandy McCully and Gretel Cameron. Please see story for more details on the meeting. Wheels to Meals calls, 236 tasks for home help, 149 home maintenance calls, 51 errands, 135 friendly visitor calls, 1,377 tele- phone reassurance calls, 666 toot care calls and 70 calls to prepare forms. The annual Uxbridge/ Scugog COPE program provided service to 70 cli- ents in one-on-one sup- port groups over the past year. Proceeds to Rotary Charities Dance To The ¢ Saturday June 3rd, 1995 Ol d [a 8:00 pm Scugog Arena Tickets: Featuring... CHFT's Erin Davis Tickets Available At: Port Perry IGA Or Call: (905) 985-1933 (905) 985-8163 $20.00 Per Person In Advance $25.00 Per Person At the Door NN DC A total of 2,641 hours of service were provided by volunteers for support ser- vice and an additional 324 hours were spent facilitat- ing support groups. Golf for March of Dimes Ontario March of Dimes is holding its sixth Annual Golf Classic and Silent Auction at Glenway Country Club in Newmarket on Tuesday, June 20, with a noon shotgun start. Participating golfers have a chance to win a 1995 Lexus ES300 courtesy of Don Valley Lexus Toyota, and meet our celebrity guest John Derringer of The Fan, Sports Radio. For more information, or to register, call Maureen O'Leary at Ontario March of Dimes, 1-800-280-7505. Township B of Scugog FI Public Notice Victoria Day Holiday May 22, 1995 Re: Garbage & Blue-Box Collection - Holiday Schedule Change Monday May 22, 1995 garbage and blue-box pick-up (Scugog Island and Caesarea Residents) will be picked-up on Wednesday May 24, 1995. All other pick-up days will remain on regular scheduled days. Earl S. Cuddie AM.C.T., CM.C. Administrator-Clerk foo Far... It's not fair that too many Durham residents have to travel outside the region for hospital care. An Educational Program of [[]oSPITAL COUNCIL OF DURHAM REGION Your Hospitals Working Together CEE WERT a Ww Ee We SE A EE EE EE GA ES ET ER SE a FEES |