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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday June 1M1 Seniors Volunteer drivers needed By FLORENCE WILKINSON Herald Special TRANSPORTATION POOL Anyone who works with Red Cross Cancer Hospital etc is quite aware that there are quite a few volunteer drivers already at work in Georgetown and District This article is about another volunteer driving group called the Transportation Pool which has just got under way this April a group which will serve people who are living on government subsidies These people cannot afford to hire a taxi and often do not have access to a vehicle and will be glad for the friendship of anyone who would drive them to doctors appointments grocery shopping special needs etc Following is some information about this service Tax assistance Seniors Municipal property Tax Rebate If you are years of age or more by September or a senior spouse of the house owner and are receiving the Guaranteed- Income Supplement to your Old Age Security Pension you may be eligible to receive this Tax Assistance amount of up to You must have owned your property for years and edinit Anyone who received this rebate in should have receiv ed an application form in with their tax bill If this is your first time to claim or you did not receive the application you can call Ext 244 The deadline to complete this application is September The form is easily understood and straight forward to com plete but if you do have any tions need an application or need help completing it please drop into the Acton Social Ser vices at 19 Willow Street North Acton or call us at Our office hours are Monday to 30to4 30 As mentioned above the vice is not for everybody only those with special financial needs The service is not free A ride one way is which of course makes a twoway trip within Georgetown and area The service will be available only during daylight hours for three days a week Tuesday Wednesday and day As the service gets more established these hours may change In the meantime it is hoped that those who may want to use the service will make ap pointments for which a ride is needed on those days People who want to use the ser vice should call the Distress and Information Centre at and leave their request The re quest will be passed on to a driver and arrangements will be made between the driver and the per son needing the nde Volunteer drivers should phone the Volunteer Centre at and give the information in to the person on the other end of the phone I suspect that no one really knows how much volunteer work gets done in our town There is certainly a crowd of volunteers who are hosted by the Town of Hills each year plus all those who do not attend that PHOTO SPECIAL reception There are also many who are just good neighbours and are present for someone who may need ndes or some little jobs done for them Perhaps it is hard for people in the senior age group to think of volunteers having to be organized in order to get a few neighbourly acts accomplished However in the urbanized society in which we five it is the only way in which families have become extended families not by blood relation ship but by geographical and need relationship and we can find the other members of our ex tended families through the telephone numbers which are listed above Both volunteers and those needing ndes may be from any age group However since volunteers are so often from the retirees and seniors it seems proper that this subject should be covered in a column which is primarily for seniors An earlier column talked about why the Transportation Pool had not yet been started This column is to let you know that it is now under way with earlier concerns all cleared I trust that those who are able or who have need will res pond giving this service a chance to become known and useful in our community STEVEN FOSTER BA LLB BARRISTER SOLICITOR 37 MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONT 3G2 8734961 fax 8734962 SUN TECH PATIO ENCLOSURES WE BUILD THE ENCLOSURES TO PROTECT YOUR EXPOSURES Our Patio Enclosure System will allow you to enclose your porch and not let you lose the screen porch concept Its tough durable shatter resistant light weight and easy to move or remove AU CALL US TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE 0rvilIeRd 8534869 ACTON BOB HAS MONSTER LOW PRICES PICNIC LEMONADE FROZEN 12 0z Tin 3aoo PRODUCT OF ONTARIO CANADA NO 1 R0MAINE LETTUCE J LITE SALADS Potato Cole Slaw or Macaroni 1 LB Grams GEORGETOWN FOOD MARKET MOORE PARK PLAZA Pleasure To Serve You STORE Monday to Friday am 900 Saturday a m CLOSED SUNDAY COUPON WITH THIS COUPON SAVE OFF The Purchase of ANY LITRE BAG OF MILK 2 HOMO Skim or REGULAR PRICE WITHOUT COUPON COUPON WITH THIS COUPON SAVE OFF The Purchase of ANY LITRE BAG OF MILK 27 Homo Skim or REGULAR PRICE WITHOUT COUPON Values Effective Saturday June through Saturday June 1991