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R4R is reaching out by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff H A P P Y V A L E N T I N E ' S D A Y 11 | Friday, February 12, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Oakville residents who feel they can carry a tune, tell a joke or would like to see others attempt the same are invited to attend a Valentine's Open Mic Karaoke Night at the Church of the Incarnation Saturday (Feb. 13). The event, which runs from 7-10 p.m., is being held by the Oakville youth recovery group Resiliency 4 Recovery (R4R) to help raise funds for a Syrian refugee family being sponsored by the church congregation. "The church has been raising money for this family for quite a few months already," said Mikaela Ivanco, 22, R4R organizer. "They have around $20,000 raised for this family for them to come and live here, but as we know, $20,000 isn't that much for a family of four or five to live on for a year." Tickets to the event cost $10. Half of ticket sales will go towards helping the refugee family while the rest will go towards covering the event costs. The ticket price covers the cost of food and drinks (non-alcoholic) available at the event. The recovery group, previously known as Resiliency Through Recovery (RTR), was created by youths for youths between the ages of 16-24, who are struggling with substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Ivanco said R4R holds meetings for its youth members at the church every Thursday and meetings for parent members every other week. R4R is working hard to better connect with the community, which is one of the reasons it is holding Saturday's fundraiser. Helping others, Ivanco noted, also fits right in with what R4R is all about. "One of the main mottos of our group is that when we help each other, we are also receiving," said Ivanco. "When we meet every week, some people there need help and some people are there to give help. When we heard about this refugee family, we just thought that helping them is really in the spirit of our group." The Church of the Incarnation is located at 1240 Old Abbey Lane. For more information, contact 905825-2851. Karina Ronchin, 4, enjoys tea at an afternoon tea tasting held at Munn's United Church last Sunday (Feb. 7) afternoon in honour of Valentine's Day (Sunday, Feb. 14). Proceeds of the event will help support a Syrian refugee family of four being jointly sponsored by St. John's United Church in Oakville and Syeda Khadijah Centre in Mississauga. | photo by Jayson Mills - special to the Beaver Important ElEctrIcal SafEty factS Safety is our top priority. Be informed and stay safe at home and throughout the community. · If you see a downed power line, stay back at least 10 metres (the length of a school bus), call 911 and Oakville Hydro at 905-825-9400 immediately. · Contact with underground electrical lines can be dangerous. For a free locate call On1Call at 1-800-400-2255 ­ it's the Law! · Anything that touches a power line, including a pruning tool or your body, can give you a shock or kill you. Stay back 3 to 6 metres (10 to 20 feet). · Electrical equipment, such as locked steel cabinets that contain transformers, can have up to 27,600 volts of electricity inside. Tampering with these is very dangerous! · Power lines in contact with your vehicle can electrify the ground around it for 10 metres in all directions. Stay in your vehicle until power has been disconnected. For more electrical safety tips, visit www.oakvillehydro.com