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16 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday May 11, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Volunteers grow community spirit by helping others Each year, the Town of Oakville recognizes community champions at the Oakville Community Spirit Awards. Submissions for the 2007 awards are in, and the selection committee is reviewing many excellent nominations. Prior to the June 13 event, we'll profile the 2007 nominees in all seven categories. This year's nominees for the Group Volunteer Award categories are: · Group Volunteer Award ­ Sponsored by Clarica: Recognizes a group of three or more who have volunteered time to a shared goal/activity or event involving leadership, innovation and creativity. Activities or events can benefit all ages. The nominees are: · Acclaim Health, Tele-Touch Volunteer Program ­ nominated by Anne King and Patricia Blakely, Acclaim Health to recognize volunteers who support isolated seniors and people with a disability via telephone reassurance calls. · Carousel of Nations ­ nominated by Paula Simmons. Created in 1999 by the United Way, the multicultural festival has allowed groups and visitors to celebrate multiculturalism by tasting food, arts and crafts displays, and observing traditional entertainment. The event fosters cultural awareness and understanding of the diverse nature not just of Oakville, but of all Halton Region. · Friends of the Oakville Public Library ­ nominated by Eleanor James, Chief Executive Officer, Oakville Public Library. Formally created in 1993 by a group of committed Oakville residents and Library supporters, the Friends' mandate is to foster public awareness, understanding and enjoyChristmas to remember for over 800 underprivileged children in Halton since 1999. · Oakville Literacy Council Used Book Sale Committee ­ nominated by Karen Majerly, Office Manager. This committee is a small group of dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to collect the books for the Council's biggest fundraiser of the year that supports adult learners in bettering skills, enhancing self-confidence, and improving quality of life. · Volunteers of the Fareshare Food Bank ­ Oakville ­ nominated by Dudley Clarke. This non-profit organization and registered charity that has been helping the needy families of Oakville since 1988 is run entirely by volunteers. · The Women's Centre ­ nominated by Andrea Rees and Norma Pennington. Over 80 volunteers who assist women in crisis or distress, providing services freely in the "spirit" of women helping women. -- Submitted by Louise Veres, Town of Oakville. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ATHENA OAKVILLE AWARDS The ATHENA Award is presented to an individual (man or woman) who is recognized for professional excellence, for providing valuable service to their community and for actively assisting women in the attainment of their professional goals and leadership skills. By honoring exceptional leaders, the ATHENA Award® Program seeks to inspire others to achieve excellence. Do you know someone worthy of the ATHENA Award? Think about the people in your life that may have mentored and helped you along the way. It could be a teacher, employer, colleague or someone from your faith community. They may fit the criteria and what better way to acknowledge their contribution than to nominate them for the Oakville ATHENA Award. Criteria for Oakville ATHENA Award Nominees must fit ALL four criteria: * The individual demonstrates excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession * The individual provides valuable service by contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life of others in the community * The individual actively assists women in realizing their full leadership potential * The individual either lives or works in Oakville (working more than 20 hours/week, paid or unpaid, in Oakville.) ment of the Town's library resources, and raise funds for special projects and enhanced services. · Halton Healthcare Services Board of Directors ­ nominated by Trish Carlton. This dynamic team is comprised of elected volunteer representatives from three community hospitals ­ OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital, Georgetown Hospital and Milton Hospital ­ who work together to develop the vision which supports the health of their communities. · Oakville Children's Magical Christmas ­ nominated by Hilary Sadler. For eight consecutive years, this group has been behind the scenes planning the annual Oakville Children's Magical Christmas Party ­ a celebration that has provided a DEADLINE TO NOMINATE: MAY 18TH, 2007 For more details and nomination forms, see our website, www.athenaoakville.com That dad & you will wish you had when you were kids! Your son or daughter is a 9 to 17 year old gamer who is good at math without working hard at it. Some day, s/he may even want a job programming video games. This summer, Real Programming 4 Kids can teach your child game programming using real programming languages such as Visual Basic, Java and C++. Finally a summer camp s that is not a camp! Young kids can use Visual Basic to create Pacman, Frogger, King Kong, Worms or Donkey Kong games. Teens can start in more advanced projects such as building a Mario game or creating their own 3D worlds in Direct X. The really advan use C++ to program RPG games, Half-Life Mods, or RTS games! T maximum class size is only 4 students per instructor. To schedule a FREE NO OBLIGATION TRIAL CLAS call Real Programming 4 KidsTM Phone: 416.469.9676 www.realprogramming.com First Recipient, Ann Mulvale At age 39, Ann became Mayor of Oakville, having been involved in municipal politics for several years. An active volunteer, she serves on the board of Wellspring and the Community Foundation of Oakville. She is an honorary member of the Steering Committee for ATHENA Oakville and for the past four years served on the ATHENA Foundation board of directors. Royal Mattress is having a HUGE CLEAR-OUT! 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