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10 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday January 7, 2009 www.oakvillebeaver.com Ringing in the new year Helping out a tough job Continued from page 8 PHOTOS BY LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER NEW YEAR'S LEVEE: Oakville Mayor Rob Burton (left) serves up a slice of cake to Irma Oliver at the New Year's Levee in the South Atrium at Town Hall on Sunday. Oakville Town Crier (above) Chris Pederson Brown officially welcomed everyone to the levee. executives left for Kenya where Flynn visited the Mully Children's Family Foundation. Flynn has been aiding it as it strives to provide food, shelter and education to orphaned children -- most recently teaming up with the Union of International Operating Engineers to raise funds to purchase a bulldozer for the foundation. It allows organization founder Charles Mulli to clear more land to expand operations and help more children. Mulli's work had a profound impact on the Apotex executives. "They were so impressed, Apotex agreed to provide the Mully Children's Family Foundation with the drugs they need, as well. That's going to impact on the lives of about 2,000 kids immediately." While such humanitarian work brings immeasurable gratitude to those who receive it, it's also immeasurably difficult to pull off. Apotex had to struggle through bureaucratic red tape for years before being allowed to ship its AIDS medication to Rwanda. Flynn hopes the process will become easier. "It has to be sustainable, humanity has to make it sustainable," said Flynn.