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5 Thursday , D ecem ber 23, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m 9 Friday , D ecem ber 17, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m Christmas spirit TEDDY BEAR DONATION: Marissa Orsini collected donations at her 14th birthday party on Dec. 4 instead of gifts. She purchased seven teddy bears and 30 coloring bears to give to the patients at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. She donated them to the hospitals maternal ward on Tuesday afternoon. MAY COURT DONATION: The Oakville Salvation Army thanked the May Court Club of Oakville for its assistance in funding for a new service van at the Light House Shelter. Pictured here (l-r) are May Court Club president Charlotte Riddell, vice president Suzanne Allen, Salvation Army Major Dan Broome, Salvation Army family shelter co-ordinator Carol Willems and residential program facilitator Bonje Habanyama. NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER TO FARESHARE: SupperWorks donated two of its traditional holiday meal packages con- sisting of turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, pumpkin cheesecake pie and more each of which serves six to eight people to the Fareshare food bank. Each of the freezable meals, which retail at $150, will be ready just to heat and serve and are to be distributed by the food bank. Here, Joni Lien, co- founder of SupperWorks, Nancy Bromley, president of Fareshare food bank and Chris Wood, co-founder of SupperWorks deliver the meals to the Speers Road food bank. RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER STUDENTS UP TO THE CHALLENGE: The 45 students of Wildwood Academy helped collect 600 pounds of food for the Kerr Street Ministries by issuing a challenge to their teachers. If the students collected more food than their teachers, they would earn a dress-down day. In the end the students collected 450 pounds of food to the teachers 150 pounds. In addi- tion, the students and staff donated $500, raised through hot chocolate and used book sales, to Kerr Street Ministries. Pictured here are Nic Butorac, Josh Iarocci, Griffin Barnicutt, Caelan Iten- McGrath, Deandra Eyk, Luke Medd, Claire Porter, Jordan Luca, Robyn Derynck, Paul Casey (Teacher), Rachel Semler and Madeline Delle Donne. NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER