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Health groups need volunteers Literacy Guild offers new adult upgrading opportunity The Georgetown Hospital has a volunteer opportunity waiting for you. Volunteers are needed for positions such as coffee kiosk, lobby desk and lunch program. For more information please contact Janice Cowen, co-ordinator of Volunteer Services at 905-873-0111, extension 8153 or by e-mail: jcowen@haltonhealthcare.on.ca. *** Acclaim Health (formerly VON-Halton) needs caring men and women to visit seniors for as little as two hours per week. Volunteers are matched on a one-to-one basis. For further information, please call 905-827-8800 ext. 2317, or e-mail: volunteering@acclaimhealth.ca, or visit www.acclaimhealth.ca Local residents looking for academic upgrading now have the opportunity to do so. Literacy North Halton in partnership with Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is offering evening classes in Math and English upgrading. · Do you need extra courses to gain admission to a college program? · Do you want to register as an apprentice but did not finish high school-- or completed high school Literacy Matters 905-873-2200 some time ago and need to review · Do you need your "Grade 12 equivalency" to be considered for employment advancement or promotion? The sessions starting January 16th, will be offered in the evenings from 7 to 9.30 p.m. at the Literacy North Halton office in downtown Georgetown. Applicants will be asked to take an admissions test. Those applicants who do not qualify for the ACE program may have the opportunity to access the Read*Spell*Write literacy upgrading program. For more information on how to access these programs, call 905-873 2200.