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SECTION A THE HERALD Miy4 Power meets The POWER resident group formed to oppose the proposed landfill site In the Acton quarry Is holding Its next regular meeting Thursday Ma School at 15 May at the Tickets for our upcoming fun dralsing dinner at Jack Tanner Table on June featuring en vironm en talist Jack Valentine of the Centre for Inland Waters In Burlington will be available at this meeting Everyone is welcomed to come out to this to learn how this proposal will effect our en vironmciit License hearing McCarthy Olde Tea is applying for a dining room license The Liquor License Board of On tario will hold a public meeting on the application Tuesday May 10 at 10 am In the Masonic Hall Main St E in Hamilton Principal retiree A retirement reception will be held Thursday May IB for Grant who has been teaching for years Mr is stepping down as principal of J M Denycs Public School In Milton The reception will be held the school auditorium Thomas Street In Milton Garage Bale United Church Sunday school and will be holding a garage and bake sale at the church on Saturday May Sam to Seniors tea The Golden Circle Seniors will hold a Spring Tea and Bake Sale on Saturday May at St Andrew Church Hall Mountain view Road South in Georgetown Among the featured attractions will be a white elephant table and tea leaves and card reading The event gels under way noon on May 14 and continues WHAM meeting The Women of Hal Ion Action Movement WHAM will meet this Thursday May 5 at Shell House 3506 West just east of Burl oak The evening will get under way with coffee at IS p m f olid wed Among the topics to be address ed at the meeting arc the issue of provocation and how It Is applied In criminal cases a followup on Meech Lake and the Festival update Anyone interested is welcome to attend WHAM meets at the same loco Hon on the first Thursday night of each month For more information contact at 8443901 Bargains galore St Andrews United Church Mountainvlew Road South will be holding a giant garage sale on Saturday May from Sam to A large variety of bargain priced Items will be available and refreshments will be sold Everyone is welcome at this com munlty event Teacher makes great volunteer By KAREN SLOAN Herald Special Childrens Aid Society volunteer Susan McCormack has found her work at the Agency to be a great learning experience in her per life over the past five years After resigning from her position as a teacher In 1681 to have a baby Susan realized she needed something to do outside of the house She did not wish to return to a full time job immediately so she turned to the CAS Volunteer Department Susan worked with the young mothers group in Milton and was able to take her son to the weekly meetings at which parenting skills ore taught Susan also participated in a STEP training course which proved helpful In raising her own son I ve learned a lot from CAS she says recently moved on to the Teen Mothers group where she a coleader She sees a great need for teen mothers to gain selfconfidence That the biggest problem she says Susan and other workers try to get the mothers to realize that they need help Presently Susan working as a case aid and volunteer driver as well as holding the position of proschool co in Milton She organizes programs and events for the area South Downtown APPLE win cms WINDSHIELD REPAIRS We Handle All Insurance Claims What am I bid and pulling Ihe auction Annual Art Auction bad a packed home at Auditorium night Total alee exceeded KB 000 and lie collect J Wendy ho exuberance and bear photo Volunteers with CAS Driver sees progress of young The Canadian Red Cross DISTRICT BRANCH La dc la Croix Rouge Box own LC jTi DONT FORGET THE RED CROSS BLOOD CLINIC AT Holt Cross Church Auditorium Monday May 9th Open from 1 to 30 Donors aged 1 are URGENTLY NEEDED to gfve BLOOD TRANSPORTATION and BABYSITTING at the cl available to donors If a Is needed phone Mrs Noreen 877 2697 or Mrs Erica Thompson 877 9866 On Clinic Day phone THIS CLINIC IS SPONSORED BY KINSMEN CLUB NOTE The following tide Has written by Karen Sloan car Journalism at Sheridan College In who on a work placement at After Ruth eld settled her three boys into school in she begun Inquiring about volunteer driving so she could help others These inquiries led her not only Into the Halton Children Aid Society but Into many other pro jects well Ruth has driven for the Mothers Morning Out program or six years first from to Milton then when the Milton chapter closed from Milton to Georgetown Mothers Morning Out involves weekly meetings of mothers of pre schoolers who hear talks on such subjects as budgets parenting dent prevention and Image enhance ment A group of volunteers cares or the children during the meetings Children Involved with the Socie ty need to be transported to medical appointments play therapy family visits counselling sessions and sup port groups Transportation is re quired daytime and evenings weekdays and The ad vantage of this role is Its flexibility Some driven prefer to at specified time week Heshe may drive one child to play therapy or transport mams and children to group Others prefer to be more flex Iblc and fit in the drive requests when convenient according to their changing schedules The volunteer driving policy is to keep you wilh one client After re in it for a while you notice the progress she says In fact Ruth has been driving one single mother to activities for three years She says she can see haw the group benefits- both mother and her children You sec changes she says They smile again and have fun Ruth has noticed the children who have been badly hurt usually have a chip on their shoulders and ore very suspicious When they see something stable in life a car coming each week faithfully they begin to open up Ruth has also been involved in the Society Volunteer and Resource Committee assisting with public relations work In the community She has worked as a volunteer and with the committee dealing with the Volunteer Incentive Fund for children who are clients of the Socie ty but not receiving financial help Hie money from the Volunteer In Fund goes towards bikes for paper routes gymnastics dancing or music lessons and many extra activities that the families cannot ford The committee also brings recom to the Board of tors on volunteer related projects Ruth is a member the Halton CAS Board or Directors and helps main lain contact between the volunteers and the Board munlty and Information Services which is starting a new service In the area called Information Milton a profit organization that pro vides the community with lion about coming events Ruth also participates in the annual Milton rail Fair She helps with the Junior exhibits between 12 and is years of age takes in entry forms and sets the prize lists In addition she is live in her community church For further Information about becoming a CAS volunteer call MILTON GEORGETOWN Vacuum Sanitation Supplies Sates fir Service To All 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