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THE HERALD Wednesday May 1991 Page 21 Good Neighbors expands across province By ROB SAVAGE Toronto Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO Neighbors are learning to poke their noses into other peoples business a con ference heard Tuesday Roy Borley of the Good Neighbors Community in Sud bury said elderly people and others who may need help dont go looking for it Active com munity members who want to help must search these people out he said Theyre not going to signs in their front windows to tell you they need you Borley said Borley said conventional views that a good neighbor minds his or her own business no longer work Neighbors are learning he said that it is good to show an active concern for others made the comments to the first conference of Good Neighbors Communities There are 37 communities including Halton Hills that have started or are planning such programs Delegates from the various programs met in Toronto to share information about starting and running such programs The Good Neighbors Communj system which began about three years ago doesnt actually run its own programs Instead the system brings together community volunteers who work to identify the needs of people such as the elderly the disabled single mothers and others The volunteers then work with existing community pro grams and facilities to help ar range ways to meet those needs Some examples of how the system works include in Sudbury schools have ar ranged to have students shovel snow for some elderly homeowners in Thunder Bay church groups are doing outreach pro grams to people in homes in the Town of Newcastle library books are being taken to the homes of seniors Ellis Katsoff director of the Community Services Division for Regions Social Services Department told conference delegates that creativity is one of the keys to making a system work He said the style of a Good Neighbors Community program vanes from community to com munity Organizers should be in novative and willing to take risks on new ideas he said You cant create something perfectly the first time Janet Hardy Burke a representative for the Homings Mills Good Neighbors Communi ty in Dufferm County said her community has run such as a Historical Reminiscence meeting where the local curator brought a collec tion at old photos and artifacts to a meeting They event had a large turnout in the community which is very historyoriented Burke said It was just great she said an interview Everybody was so excited Looking at stuff and remembering things Other programs since the groups creation in November have included arrangments to take seniors out for a drive and social afternoon The Good Neighbors Program is now ex panding throughout County she said I White Summer Bloom mm save SUNSHINE IMPATIENS Loaded with Buds Blooms Idoal tor bright sunny locations Masses colourful blooms and variegated loaves a make these Ideal accent plants Will bloom all summer long LANDSCAPE EUONYMUS EMERALD GAIETY Compact but spreading variety has white etched leave 12- Tall FOR A COLOURFUL LANDSCAPE ALL SUMMER LONG AT LOW LOW WHITE ROSE MONEY SAVING PRICES HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION SKYROCKET JUNIPER Pyramidal plant tight bluish groy foliage Needs no pruning Tall HEITZI JUNIPER Sprouting evergreen with colour extra mo vigorous Tall YOUR CHOICE lite Rose CRAFTS NURSERY SALES LTD HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTrTIES NO PATIO FURNITURE SOLD AT KENNEDY THE QUEENSWAY STORES SALE ENDS MAY 30 1991