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Play a Starring Role In Fundraising for.... Milton Centre for the Arts Goal: $2.2 million Be part of this exciting new facility. Help offset operational expenses, minimize financial impact on taxes and ensure that community user fees remain affordable. Buy a Piano Key 88 Keys - $88 each Strike a "chord" for the arts. Buy a Theatre Seat 500 Seats - $250 each A name plate will be a lasting memory for your family or group. Make a General Donation * No amount is too small * Make a donation in your family's name or in memory of a loved one. * Hold a fundraising event with your club, community group, school or business. And More... * $1,000 or more (plaque on recognition wall) * $2,500 or more (pledge over 5 years) Put Your Heart in the Arts! Donations over $25 are eligible for a charitable tax receipt. www.InvestInTheArts.ca investinthearts@milton.ca 905-878-7252, ext. 2787 (ARTS) Thi mesag .. . . . . . . . . .I b Qjj (llilpl MAJOR BOOST: Nancy Yarmel of the local branch of the Canadian Cancer Society (second from left) accepts a cheque for $32,000 from Mike Boughton of the Friends of Golfing 4 Cancer and Bob and Brian Hawley of event sponsor Bomar Bargain Barn. The money will be used for patient trans- portation services "DATELINE DRURY" With the cold air slowly arriving on the grounds of E.C Drury, students are getting prepared with warm coats, hats, gloves, and dancing, This past Thursday, on October 28th, E.C had its annual Halloween Dance On this eveiing music poured out of the speakers and on to the packed dance floor. With appearances from Lady Gaga Winnie The Pooh and gang, doctors, zombies. rabbits, and faines. From this event, portions of the ticket money went towards the school that E.C.D is building in Haiti. Other Halloween events included groups of students trick-or-treating on the 31st to collect donations to further along the efforts in Haiti. Another event that got stu- dents in the Halloween season was run by Link Crew who worked extremely hard to put on the annual Halloween celebration, Spooktacular. On this day senior students put together various Halloween events for younger stu- dents along with a full out haunted house. The previous week, students from the World Issues class ventured down 1o Toronto to see the Dalai Lama do a presentation on World Peace at the Rogers Center. One of the Dalai Lama's main messages was on the importance of achieving inner peace. Many of the students felt inspired with his words and motivated to act from his teachings. Another event held at the Rogers Center took place on September 30th, where thirteen students were chosen to attend the annual WE DAY in Toronto. Free The Children created this event to celebrate the power of young people to create positive change in the world. The event is held in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Down With Webster preformed along with K Naan Some of the speakers included Craig and Marc Kielburger who founded Free The Children, and Jacob Hoggard, the lead vocalist for Hedley spoke about his experience traveling to underdeveloped countries. As well as Alexandre Bilodeau who was the first Canadian Olympian to win gold on home turf spoke to the students about persever- ance. It was a day of celebration, and a day that the students will never forget. The event is now broadcasting on television, look for the E.C posters among the twenty thousand students. Moving from the social actions of E.C Drury towards the ecological actions, there is a new project that has started called the Safe E Waste Drop Off Site. It was created by three students who did a project on electronic waste disposal who found negative environmental implications mainly in underdeveloped countries, and wanted to help. Donna Taylor, the princi- pal, agreed to have a safe drop off site for students and staff to bring their old, broken electronics. The electron- ics are then transported to Toronto to an individually owned company that properly recycles the electronics right in the warehouse in Toronto. Soon within E.C.Drury, there will be many guest speakers, a documentary by the GayStraightAlliance group, and Spartan sport events. Stay tuned readers. E.C. DRURY HIn SCR06