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A4 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday December 18, 2002 C all fo r V o lu n teer Trainers Unibed Way of Oakville Leadership Development Program United Way of Oakville's Volunteer Leadership Development Program is looking for trainers to provide workshops and/or consultation services to non-profit boards of directors and/or staff. As a volunteer trainer, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills while gaining exposure to a diversity of com m unity organizations. Climber set to reach summit on birthday (Continued from page A1) Trainers and consultants with expertise in one or more of the following areas are being sought: * M arketing * B oard M odels * Financial M anagem ent * Policy D evelopm ent * Role of th e B oard * Evaluation * Team B uilding * Effective C om m ittees * F undraising * H u m an R esources * S trateg ic P lan n in g * Legal Issues QUALIFICATIONS * Non-profit board experience * training & facilitation skills * an understanding of adult learning and group dynamics * excellent com m unication & listening skills * support of volunteerism * knowledge of at least one of the workshop topics Volunteer Leadership Development Program is designed to help notfor-profit organizations work m ore effectively. If you have had experi ence in teaching, facilitating, or conducting workshops for adults, United Way of Oakville invites you to call for further inform ation. Please call Linda McCormick at (905) 845-5571 Kilimanjaro where climbers not only have to worry about the extrem e tem peratures (subtropical to wet to below freezing), but also Acute M otion Sickness (AMS) caused by the change in alti tude and air pressure. To com bat the AMS, Blanchard has been advised to take the herb Ginkgo Biloba and on the climb he will have to drink lots of water - eight litres a day. A nother way to ease AMS is to walk at a snail's pace in order to allow the body enough time to accli m atize. This means the group will gradually climb approxim ately 3,300-feet per day and descend 5,000feet, a total average walking distance of 9 m iles (4-6 hours). At the end of the experience, the group will actually have climbed one of the tallest free standing mountains in the world twoand-a-half times. "And here I thought I was just going for a walk," said Blanchard. Accom panying each Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver Andy and Andria Blanchard take regular hikes in prepa ration of the climb up Mount Kilimanjaro. climber will be a porter at a cost of $40 a week, who will carry their belongings up to 20 pounds. These types of adventure tours usually only accom m odate up to nine people, but this expedition will see approximately 70 people, including porters. Blanchard said the climb is being considered a major event in Tanzania. The clim ber is also advised to travel light, but that's an almost impossible feat with the long list of must-brings that are mandatory in order to successfully 8 |K '*v-: m IS Iv JL m M H %jn- # f r 'M® < / iH k make it to the top: sleeping bag, hiking sticks, a balacla va, glacier sun glasses, polypropylene t-shirts, pon cho, gloves, down jacket, parka, long underwear top, sweater, shorts, rain pants, thick and thin polypropy lene socks, hiking boots, gaiters and plenty of Ziploc bags to keep clothes dry (not the entire list!). N ever mind the bug spray, sunscreen, and toilet paper, which by the way needs to be burned after each use. The porters will also cook two hot meals per day and a packed lunch. No fire wood is used on the moun tain, so all meals are pre pared on portable kerosene and gas stoves. Blanchard is preparing to bring a cupcake and blow out the candles when he finally reaches the summit. 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