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Need a wash?ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVERCARSTAR CLEANS UP: Michael Antram squeegees a car window at theeighth annual CARSTAR Soaps It Up for Cystic Fibrosis National Car WashSaturday. Two Oakville CARSTAR locations participated with others across thecountry. At the Trafalgar Road site, the Oakville A's AA Minor Peewee baseballteam members helped with the work. The fundraiser aimed to hit the $2 milliondonation mark in funds raised for Cystic Fibrosis Canada and beat the GuinnessWorld Record for the most cars washed.Program provespopular with pupilsContinued from page 17grated classroom.The kids enjoy it. They learn someAside from that, the students get tobasic life skills and kids get a chance todo something different in a school day.use some tools with supervision thatThey do things in other class-they may not otherwise get the chancerooms, but this is something theyveto, he said.never done before and I think they getTo run a program such as this,a lot of personal satisfaction out of it,safety concerns have to be addressed.Kosir said.There are two EAs for the four studentsFeedback, so far, has all been posi-and they use tools the students aretive.capable of handling.We started in the second semesterSafety is always a concern. Welast year with a few kids. It went off wanted to make sure the kids are safegreat. The response from parents wasand to have activities that were appli-great. The kids enjoyed it, Perusincable and curriculum based, Perusinsaid. Furthermore, school administra-said.tion has supported the program.He also hopes to grow the programWe talked about which studentsin the future.are suitable, what are some of theWe thought it would be neat toactivities that might be suitable, somehave all the kids from the Catholic highof the goals that would be life skillsschools come here and do a woodwork-building, Perusin said. Then hesing class, Perusin said. (Kosir) taken off and developed proj-That is maybe a long, long-termects and activities that keep themgoal that has a lot of variables thatinterested and are beneficial.would have to fall into place such asPerusin added the students get abusing and funding.sense of belonging, being in an inte-www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 15, 2011 18