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4- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 31, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Students discover it's better to give than receive on Halloween "There's going to be children in Oakville, who don't even have a Halloween," added Navabi. Since they aren't trick-or-treating this year, Thanks to these Grade 12 students, about 20 two Iroquois Ridge students are teaming up to kids currently at the shelter, who may not have bring Halloween to kids in need. had a Halloween, will find themselves with all Sheena Sharma and the treats this year. Anahita Navabi will be hand- "We've been watching The girls pooled their ing out costumes and candy resources ­ $25 each ­ to so many films about poverty tonight to children at Halton help purchase the cosWomen's Place, a shelter for and about how Oakville has tumes, loot bags and abused women and their poor areas, even though candy. They raised an dependent kids. additional $40 at school we all think Oakville is "We'll give them costumes this little bubble." by selling candy in variand loot bags, and we're going ous classes and received to have pumpkins, so we'll Iroquois Ridge High School another donation from carve them and the kids can student Sheena Sharma their music teacher help clean them out," said Kevin McConvey to help Navabi, 17. "This is going to the cause. be our first Halloween when we haven't been This is the first time Navabi and Sharma going trick-or-treating, so we thought we'd do have embarked on a fundraising project like something productive." this, and it sounds like it won't be the last. The loot bags they'll be handing out include The girls, who thanked their world issues the usual candy and chocolate goodies, as well teacher Monique Gazan for her eye-opening as Halloween pencils, rings ­ and even tooth- class, already have plans for future projects. paste, toothbrushes and dental floss to make "We were thinking about something like sure the kids are taking care of their teeth after spending time with seniors over the holidays," the candy consumption. said Navabi. The girls said they decided to help out after Other ideas include filling boxes of presents gaining awareness of what's going on around at the Salvation Army. them in their world issues class. "We're starting locally, and once we do that "We've been watching so many films about we're hoping to do things nationally," said poverty and about how Oakville has poor areas, Sharma. 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