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Program helps women expand their businesses Stretchâ€"nâ€"Grow Gradually Todd, too, returned to the fold with gentle prompting from Heather Jaschinski, franchisee of the Stretchâ€"nâ€"Grow program at St. Michael All Angels Day Care Centre. In a short time, Jaschinski has made great strides in estalishing her new business. In January, when the U.S.â€"based Stretchâ€"nâ€"Grow began offering its franchises in Canada, she applied for and obtained the rights to Halton Region. In the last month, she began her classes in three schools and has signed up 11 more for this September. (She is also considering approaching firms with offers of reprieve exercising sessions for their employees.) 3 Applications for the third ‘Step Up‘ program for women entrepreneurs are now being accepted. Step Up, devetoped and run by the Federal Business Development Bank (FBDB) and the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) is a yearâ€"long mentoring and training program that helps businesswomen Todd was more interested in watching the noisy construction on Grand Boulevard but the â€"rest of the 10 children were enthusiastically stretching arms, legs and torsos under the direction of their leader. Basically, Stretchâ€"nâ€"Grow is an exercise program specifically designed by its head office for preâ€"schoolers aged 3, 4 and 5, she explained. Each 45â€"minute "class" consists of warmâ€"up exercises woven through a story, followed by a short dispensing of information on such matters as nutrition, health habits or recognition of street signs. The session ends with a "locomotive time" (large motor movements). Although preâ€"schoolers run around a lot, Jaschinski said they don‘t get the stretching that builds muscles in the stomach and back. Keeping youngsters in good shape By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff "These exercises set good habits, build Proud . to call it Home! â€"BUSINESS expand. Although statistics show that women are starting businesses at a growing rate, expanding their businesses presents special difficulties. Studies by the FBDB show womenâ€"owned businesses tend to plateau at the $250,000 annual sales mark. To help women extend beyond this level, FBDB and MEDT Heather Jaschinski and some of her charges: getting children into good fitness habits early. selfâ€"confidence when it‘s time to start school â€" held. and let young children respond better to Jaschinski, 26, is a certified fitness sports," she said. "Besides that, kids have a instructor who said she "loves to work with chance to socialize with others their own â€" kids." age." "This is an age group that has been For $16 a month, parents of children already enrolled in day care centres can add a weekly Stretchâ€"nâ€"Grow session to their children‘s activities. Of the $16, $4 goes to the school or centre in which sessions are and yet another great attractlon*t 1at helps keep Oakville firmly on the map. On behalf of the members of the Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board we extend our warmest welcome and best wishes to Canadian Open participants. established Step Up as a pilot program and a second program run in 1992 were successful. The third program will start in October. It includes seven workshops which both the proteges and mentors attend, oneâ€"onâ€"one counselling meetings every month between the proteges and their mentors and networking â€" events. For more information on Stretchâ€"nâ€"Grow, call 257â€"2582. "This is an age group that has been forgotten," she said. "There are lots of things to do for 7 and 8â€"yearâ€"olds but nothing much for preschoolers." _ The Step Up program costs $500. Applications for proteges are available from Rena Blatt at MEDT, 325â€"6496 or Fiona Byrne at FBDB, 973â€"0053. They must be completed and returned by Sept. 15th. Proteges must be in business for two years and have a minimum of $150,000 in annual sales. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1993 PAGE 21 pVaccine supplies ® Dealer honored Smithâ€"Kline Beecham Pharma Inc., of Oakville, has won a $1.2â€"million standing offer to provide Supply and Services with Hepatitis B vaccines for provincial government vaccination programs. "I‘m very pleased that our health services can rely on an Oakville company like Smithâ€"Kline Beecham to provide the necessary vaccines for these important health protection programs," said Jelinek. A standing offer is an arrangement that allows government departments and agencies to deal with suppliers under set prices and conditions. A contract will exist with Smithâ€"Kline Beecham each time Government Services Canada orders goods under this offer. Downtown Oakville has a brand new event, happening in the Towne Square on Saturday mornings during August. Downtown restaurants are taking turns providing a low cost breakfast between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., and there will be some form of entertainment between 10 a.m. and 11 STIHL Limited, a distributor of outdoor power equipment, recently honored Cliff Carley of Cliff‘s Lawn Garden Equipment Ltd., with a gold award in the power tool category. Aug. 28th, Pasta Cuisine, Morningstar Tae Kwon Do. Each year STIHL recognizes its exceptional dealers across Canada on the basis of eexcellence in sales and service performance. Manulife Bank of Canada No Appraisal Fees on Residential Mortgages Sevice is U Posonn Sheet Oakville Town Centre II