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r~-~ii I~uk1u~ to Acoess@' ~J~w Q auaburn QLIIamptou AJ on s Communhty Newspaper Sînce 1860 dmtton UpholsterY Re; 6IA Named Canada '.r Top Commurnty Newspaper www rpjltoncanadianohairipson ~ Wndshield Rei SPORTS Wheel-chair athiete shows great spirit NEWS Major growth plans approved 'reei~ r~1~ases debut albwn *0 - GRAHAM PAINE I CANADIAN CHAMPION Marisa Prada (Ieft), local Salvation Army Food Bank warehouse manager, and Jennifer Carter, Milton Salvation Army family services director, show the empty crates n the food bank Local food bank in desperate situation By Stephanie Hounseil CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF With just three packages of nce left on shelves - and some other essential groceries nowhere to be found - the Salvation Army's food bank is headmg into tise summer months in rough shape. Combine those bare shelves with the lact summertime is when tise fewest donations corne in, and the situation is looking desperate, said Angela Hunt, administrative assistant with Milton's Salvation Army Food Batik, which is looking to the public for help. "l'm nervous we won't bave enougb of some absolute staples to get us through to the next major clive at Thanksgivmg," Hunt said. Tise difficuit financial times and Miltons ever-increasrng population are addîng up to place a big straîn on the food batik, she said. In the first five montha of this year compared with the first five montbs of last year, there bas been an almost 25 per cent increase in the usage of the food hank, with 541 residents using it this year (January to May) and 435 last year. see ONE on page A2 Tired/Swollen Legs? Varicose Veins? NEW AT HCRC - Fashionable Compression Hosiery Covered under most extended health benefit plans. TON COMMUNITY REHABILITATIONCENTRE DontPyfof6MonUSofl5efrctedEqU'pmffltI~Dffl- Excellent Flnanolngand Goeat Ternis. Z * ~auusuca'suuoew9O5-844-2949 CO*IUU~Iu ~ Halton seniors better off living independently with care: CCAC ByTim Foran METROLAND MEDIA GROUF Ifs preferable to receive care at home in the commu- nity than be placed into a long-term-care home. Ibat sums up tise approacis to managing tise care needs for Haltons seniors and special needs people by the two comrnunity care access centres (CCAC) serv- ing the regions a MCTIOI.AIB SPICUL Rt~aRJ communities. -~ "CCAC î~ SITUATION primarsly about E19?CRITICAL supporting peo- I~.1Il Ihe au. gdoetg-turm care pie to live inde- pendently in tise communlty hy connecting thern wsth care," explaîned Barbara Busing, senior director of client services for tise Hamîlton Niagara Haldimand Brant (HNHB) CCAC, tise Provincial agency that over- secs tise cssy of Burlington. "Our empisasîs is on keepsng people in tise commu- nity,' added Rachel LePage, a spokesperson for tise Mississauga-Halton CCAC, wisicb covers Oakville, Milton and Halton Huis. Botis agencies say their caseloads are mostly geared around connecting tise elderly to m-home services - help witb daily tasks sucis as bathing or cooking - or services offered tii tise comrnunity sucis as aduit day prograrns. Tise CCAC esseworkers also provide infor- mation to clients on alternative living arrangements sucis as supportive housîng, seniors apartments or ps-t- vate, unaubsidized retirement bornes - accommoda- tions tbat provide a certain level of assistance but more independence tisan a long-terni care home (LTC). Busing said, of iser agencys annual caseload of 70,000 people, clients receiving services from tise CCAC wisile waiting to get into an LTC accounted for only 18 per cent. Only if ail available cornrnunity resources are see LONG-TERM-CARE on page A17