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THE HERALD Wednesday November 29 1989 Page womens group prepares to set up food bank in town Take care when choosing Christmas gifts government says By BEN the Herald Acton Councillor Rick Bonnette plans to do whatever he can to sup port the Acton Women s Action group decision to establish a in the town Coun Bonnette said he is cur rently looking into finding group a storage spice at a reasonable rent He decided to support the group after he along with about 10 other people including Acton erald and the imnager of the Acton Mike Mints a representative from the foodbank tint about of the families who use it eome from the Act Georgetown and Milton areas he proposed foodbank would serve North Halton Paul Dennyson also told the dience that this number is ing every month He estimates five new families from North Halton use the every month Irene Baker the executive tor of the Ste Louise Outreach Centre a located in Brampton servicing Peel Region also told the audience that current ly eight families in North Halton use the centre The numbers have declined since the Oakville food bank opened she added The group which was founded earlier this year by women living in the Place area of Acton organized the public meeting to find out if there was community support for a food bank Kim Livermore a group member said we hoped more people would have attended but those who did were very sup portive Mr Manes said the group would be allowed to put food collection baskets in the store When asked if there were plans to do more he said we 11 see what they need when they get a lit tie more Sandra Snvder another of the groups members said came up with the idea of a foodbank because we know several people and have heard of others who sometimes run out of money near the end of the month to buy food The would serve people who have been laid off and have children to feed and clothe A lot of people especially low income earners what with kids and rent sometimes run into food shor lages Ms said the foodbank would make available dried and canned goods as well as fresh fruits and vegetables fresh dairy products and household items in eluding disposable diapers washing detergent and tooth paste Ms Livermore said since the meeting showed that people sup port the idea of a foodbank the group is going ahead with the next step They will soon meet with a lawyer to register as a chanty ByALANMACKIE the Herald With less than a month until Christmas many people will soon be in a frenzied search for children s gifts Dianne Rende of the Product and Toy Safety branch of Consumer and Corporate Affairs is sending Halton a familiar but important message buyer beware There are a lot of people out there who ire making toys but don necessarily know what they re doing Ms d Ms Rende cited one case that in volved a small stuffed toy dog be sold at the Cinadian National exhibition The dog was not flammable but its small eyes and nose fell off and easily be swallowed and choke a child she said Another problem this par toy faced was the use of metal wires in its construction to hold the dog together The wires were sticking out of the stuffed animal Ms said The toy was quickly the market its design and construe has been corrected and it has been reintroduced to the market as a safe product she noted It is tough to catch these unsafe products because manufacturers don make hazardous products on purpose Ms Rende said Chang laws test labs lack of and different regulations from importing coun tnes can lead to hazardous pro ducts she said We just try to educate the public she said addiqg how tough it is to go into someone s home who is making unsafe pro ducts The Product and Toy Safety branch will also act on consumer complaints Ms said We visit manufacturers and retailers every year she said adding the stores voluntarily recall most of their unsafe Ms said there are very specific regulations for made for children under three old Rattles can get stuck in i child s throat she warns We will not allow beins or plant seeds to be used as stuffing nutenals she said The reis m for this stop the small materials from entering enlarging and causing an infection in the child Eighteen per cent of toy related injuries are caused by foreign bodies entering orifices said Ms Rende The figure comes from a two and a half year accident injury survey Other results include per cent of toy related accidents caused by children falling off over or on toys Another 30 per cent came from children being struck or with toys and over five per tent cutting or piercing injuries Ms said There is a parental responsibility for parents to make children aware of the damage that can be done by a toy A good example of this is a bow and arrow Ms Rende would also caution in their travels from buy toys This stems from finding from Vietnam and Mexico that had punt being flamm ible or The one item that is not regulated arc ba loons Ms Rende said Babies can bite balloons and if thev re successful pieces 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