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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006 THE NEW TANNER 3 At the Acton Town Hall November 24 th 2006 6:30pm to 10:00pm Acton Rotary Clubs 8th Annual Wine & Cheese Featuring special live entertainment, a silent auction. Interesting Cheeses and Special Wines. In support of Rotary Band Shell in Prospect Park. Single $15.00 Couple $25.00 Tickets available at Halton Hills Furniture & Appliances Alexanian Carpet & Flooring & Rotary Members Vintners Cellars Acton 41 Mill St. E. Acton, Ont L7J 1H1 519-853-2255 Create your own Quality wine with the finest of grape concentrates and sterile juices. Ready for you your enjoyment in as little as five weeks! NOVEMBER 18 IS THE LAST DAY FOR STARTING YOUR CHRISTMAS W INE Wine Season Store Hours Sunday & Monday by appointment only Tuesday & Wednesday 10 am - 5pm Thursday 11 am - 7pm Friday 10 am - 4pm Saturday 10 am - 5pm Need people to tend kettles By Frances Niblock The Acton Corps of the Salvation Army is urgently looking for volunteers to man its traditional holiday kettles, the clear plastic balls that hang from metal stands in busy areas to col- lect donations for the less fortunate. Acton Corp kettle pro- gram co-organizer Reg Marsh is worried they may not get enough people to fill all of the shifts needed to raise $25,000, up $1,000 from last year, and find- ing volunteers is a repeat problem. Marsh said hes disap- pointed they didnt get any volunteers after sending out letters to Acton groups, churches, service clubs and organizations this year, ask- ing for help. Thats sad, I believe, because weve got to realize that this money is kept in the community and its to help, maybe your child, or some- one elses child, or someone who needs rent or to pay bills its not just Christmas money, its for a 12-month period, Marsh said. The Acton Corps will set up the kettles, beginning No- vember 24 at Sobeys, and will be at Sobeys and Giant Tiger on November 25 and 26. On December 1, they will add a kettle at the liquor store and, if they get enough volunteers, will man the three kettle locations daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until Christmas. Marsh said they are flex- ible with the shifts, many which will be filled by Acton Corps members. Maybe a group could take a day and break it up. We check on the kettle workers every hour. We bring them coffee and give them breaks and they have two cell phone numbers if the need arises, Marsh said, adding it would be good for high school students who need to accumulate their community hours. The Salvation Armys kettle program began in 1891 in San Francisco when an Army Captain collected money in a pot for a free Christmas dinner for the needy at a ferry landing. The idea spread through the U.S., Canada and around the world. Call Marsh at 519-853- 0113 to volunteer with this years kettle campaign. Program encourages students to value selves and others During the week of October 23 27, grade seven and eight students from McKenzie-Smith Bennett school (MSB) participated in a program intended to learn to value themselves and others. Lisa Sanchez and Gloria Garvey, program designers and instructors, led the students through a series of three workshops to help them understand how to bring light and hope into their personal world and into practice at MSB. Sanchez and Garvey are teachers who originally designed Light Up Canada as a values based curriculum for the Durham Board of Education. Their power- ful positive message has been delivered to numerous schools in Durham, the United States, Hawaii, and Argentina. MSB is the first Canadian school outside of Durham to participate in this program. Through games, drama, videos and per- sonal stories students gained insight into their own personal worth and the worth of others. Messages of kindness, tolerance, hope and peace were shared. MSB is grateful for the gifts shared with the school by Sanchez and Garvey and to Child and Youth Worker, Wilma Lam- mers who helped bring Light Up Canada to MSB. Thanks also to the Acton church which supported this effort. Light Up Canada will return to MSB for a second session later this year. LIGHT UP CANADA: Students at MSB participated in a program, Light Up Canada, last week with a series of workshops. - Submitted photo