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Q - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday May 29, 2002 Community partners important to intellectually challenged Community partnerships make community living hap pen. Without support from a variety of community part nerships, the lives o f the intellectually challenged would not be as rich. Every Friday night the spirit of community partner ship is alive and well at the local YMCA. Funded by the Civitan Club, organized by Com munity Living Oakville (CLO), hosted by the YMCA and co-ordinated by Neil Nickelson, Friday Night Drop-In provides diverse activities ranging from games, music, special events such as basketball games, and movies followed by refreshments. The drop-in is frequented by a mix o f people, some requiring intense one-to-one support, some independent and some still at home. For the over 18s, the Friday Night Drop-In may be the only social outing they or their families have in a week. A variety o f valuable resources are available through Special Olympics. Athletes com pete at a local, regional or national level in such sports as bas ketball, floor hockey, swim ming, golf and baseball. Three years ago, athletes from Oakville took the gold medal in floor hockey during the Spring games. Many of the athletes receive financial support to attend Special Olym pics through the work o f the Auxiliary o f Community Living Oakville. Spiritual needs are attended, too, through the generous support of volun teers from Trinity United Church. SALT (Sharing and Learning Together) fellow ship meets twice a month. This wonderful program offers Bible stories, songs and get-togethers specifical ly aimed at helping the intel lectually challenged under stand the wonders o f God. Some com m unity part nerships are not ongoing and occur only once a year. Tim Hortons supplies CLO with a bus. This allows for special events such as taking a group to a Toronto Rock lacrosse game, or the annual picnic. W ithout this support, attending these events would be impossible. Small events can grow into large events. Sixteen years ago, the late Gord Rhodes started a 60. With prizes galore, many of which are donated or pro vided at cost, this completes the perfect day. This year the golf day was held yesterday (May 28) and another success was anticipated under warm, sunny skies. CLO has recently been successful in achieving part nerships with two other Halton Region agencies to create a youth planner posi tion. This unique community partnership works to pro vide early intervention and support for families strug gling with an intellectually challenged individual within the school system. Partnerships create more options and the liaison between adult organizations and schools is no exception. Without community part nerships, the diversity of the programs could not be achieved. Without community part nerships, community living would not be achieved. Thanks to all the commu nity partners who contribute to enrich the lives of the intellectually challenged and to welcome them into full participation within our community. O A K V IL L E Golf Day Fundraiser at SawWhet Golf Course. This has now grown to be the major fundraiser o f the year for CLO. It is made possible through generous support by people like Ray Patterson, Saw -W het's owner, who closes the course to the pub lic and donates it for the day to CLO. With the help of his two children, Michael and Jennifer, who volunteer to organize the carts and tee off times, this tournament runs with Masters precision. At the end of the fun day, Tom Kays and his crew of volunteers from the Oakville G olf Club put on a steak din ner that would rival Harbour Peter C. McCusker · Oakville Beaver THUMBS UP: Kelly P e rra s, left, and K atherine Thom pson give M ayor Ann M ulvale the thum bs up for proclaim ing M ay as C om m unity Living M onth. 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