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Mary Medjuck: volunteering next? (Photo by Peter McCu Oakville Place Senior‘s, this Tuesday, May 3rd is the Bay‘s 65 Plus Day! It‘s the perfect opportunity to shop for Mother‘s Day on Sunday, May 8th. You‘re sure to find something special for mothers and grandmothers alike, and all senior customers receive 15% off* dadkKkVIIIe PIdte $42.4811 almost every purchase! The Bay offers regular, sale and (Photo by Peter McCusker) vesday, May 3rd At The Bay‘s YOUR BETT SAVE 159 A graduate of Dalhousie University, and armed with a Master‘s degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto, the New Brunswick native landed in the big city with a youthful zeal and idealism unbounded. "I really believed I could help, I could make a difference," she said in a recent interview, "I could save at least a small part of the world â€" or 32 years Marilyn F Medjuck was enmeshed in the heartâ€"wrenching busiâ€" ness of "Children‘s Aid," at first in Toronto and more recently in Oakville. She was a child of 23 herâ€" self when she started out in this business of protecting children from neglect and abuse. Never a dull moment in social worker‘s career E* *T $ 134E3 clearance merchandise, as well as a discount in the Beauty Salon, Bay Optical and Portrait Studio! Just bring in proof of your age (Senior Citizen‘s card, driver‘s license, birth certificate, etc.) and shop to your heart‘s content! *Check the list of exemptions posted in your local Bay store Medjuck retired earlier this year, as Supervisor of Adolescent and Family Services at the Halton Children‘s Aid Society, and while her idealism has been dragged through the mud a few times, her youthful zeal and energy are very much intact. She plans to spend the summer on the golf course before seriously considering her future as a volunteer. In the meantime, the In retrospect she said, "I think I was involved in some pretty couraâ€" geous and wonderful things along the way. We also did some pretty awful things. But we learned. One thing about this business is you never stop learning. You do what you think is right at the time." and that gave me an energy." Bay Company Mon.â€"Fri. 9:30 a.m.â€"6:00 p.m. Sat. 9:30 a.m.â€"6:00 p.m. Sun. 12 Noonâ€"5 p.m. Enroliment is limited for Spring Courses and Summer Camps including the new Storybook Maker, There were a few tearyâ€"eyed moments and cynical laughs as she recalled the ups and downs of the last three decades. Medjuck started as a case worker (on the frontâ€"line, as they say), in the Child Car Department of the Catholic CAS in Toronto. It was here that she develâ€" oped a real expertise in adolescence and began to combine her frontâ€"line diminutive 55â€"yearâ€"old had a few things to say about her eventful career in the CAS, featuring â€" amongst other memorable episodes â€" catâ€"swinging drunks, babies in filâ€" ing cabinets,and passionate pleas to the local television station. Sports classes. Call today! Robotics and At FUTUREKIDS, leaming computâ€" ers is an adventure in fun that could guarantee your child‘s future success. Our blend of handsâ€" on teaching and high technology helps boys and girls from 6 to 13 years old master computers and learn to love learning. By enrolling now, you could be giving your child the most excitâ€" ing spring or summer of their lives. Call us at 847â€"5437 ollment is d for Spring urses and mer Camps ling the new >ook Maker, otics and ts classes. ill today! 50%) â€" "It was an incredible time. Drastic circumstances called for drastic measures," the social worker said. "Today‘s Child" became a regâ€" ular feature in the newspaper and CTV did a weekly show on the kids, trying to find them families." (See ‘Move‘ page 21) According to Medjuck kids were "hardâ€"toâ€"place" for a variety of reaâ€" sons â€" age, sex, behavior or medical problems, sibling groups; even the religion of a baby had significance. "There were a tremendous numâ€" ber of children in are at that time," she said, "and we were feeling great pressure from the province to place these kids in adoptive homes. It was a fascinating time because it was the first real push to find homes for what we called then, ‘hardâ€"toâ€"place‘ children." case load with supervisory duties. In 1970 she moved into the Adoption Unit. Steeles Ave Queen Bovaird