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Wednesdsay October 27, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D7 Business KnitFor Kids program sponsored by Lewiscraft Knitters across the country have donated more than 165,000 hand-knit items to needy Canadian children over the past 13 years in the Lewiscraft Knit For Kids program. What began as a community project in Ottawa has grown into an annual countryw ide cam paign. Lewiscraft joined forces with the Salvation Army to gath er and distribute the hats, scarves, and mittens knit by vol unteers every Christmas. Lillian Shoihet, who in 1986 was a craft consultant for the Ottawa Rideau Centre Lewiscraft store, started the pro ject when she decided to knit and donate some mittens to the local Salvation Army for distribution before Christmas. Today, staffers and customers at all 75 stores across Canada donate their time and talent to the annual Salvation Army/Lewiscraft Knit For Kids program. Participants purchase their yam from a Lewiscraft store, knit the articles with patterns provid ed free o f charge by Patons Yams, and return them to the Lewiscraft store with their sales receipt for a full refund. Many stores collect well over 200 hand-knitted items each year. Lewiscraft has refunded more than $100,000 since the program began in 1987. Last year alone, customers and staff provided over 15,000 assorted mittens, hats, scarves, sweaters, and more, all lovingly hand-knit for Canadian Kids. Many people see this as a perfect opportunity to make a worth while contribution to the com munity. Anyone who knits is invited to participate in this year's "Knit For Kids" program. All contribu tions are welcome. The cam paign runs from October to early December. More information is available at the Oakville Lewiscraft store, 2501 Hyde Park Gate, 829-3226. 1 Innovation Centre gives customers tools to learn about products (Continued from page D8) At the heart of the store is a com puterized "Innovation Centre" where custom ers can plug into all of the inform ation available on the full range o f prod ucts. In the future, it will also be possible to order parts on-line as well. "W e're trying to make this anything but a typical shopping experience," says A lm eida. " A pproxim ately every q u arter w e'll be show casing a new, innova tive product." The M aytag Store also has its own parts depart ment and has created its ow n d eliv ery service as w ell, D ependable Care Delivery, which is staffed by factory-trained person nel w ho know how to install and operate the appliances. "D elivery is the last opp o rtu n ity we have to rem ind custom ers o f what this com pany is all about," says A lm eida, "so it's im portant that it be done properly. 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