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Never be afraid to Residents urged to attend try to make a change Continued from page 1 Continued from page 3 7 · Thursday, April 26, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com ing it called "a failure of opportunity to affect real change." "I began to think to myself, `What if the cynics are right?'" she said. After arriving at the refugee camp, Nadia enrolled in War Child Canada's adult programming. The night before Nutt would leave Darfur and return home, she asked Nadia if anything they had done had ended up helping her. "She leaned forward on this mat on the sand and just wrote her name. And she turned to me and said, `Now that I know how to write my own name, I'm going to learn how to write my son's name'," Nutt said. "And it was a very powerful reminder to me that there is certainly more than a failure to affect change (out there). I think that we are just too often paralyzed by our unwillingness to try." Nutt concluded by telling students four things they could do to make a difference in the lives of those living in war and poverty. The first is to stay educated with the knowledge and information of what's going on around the world by reading at least one article on an international issue a day, she said. The next, to research and find out where to give to the global issues that are of interest and O R T H O T I C S , "... There is certainly more than a failure to affect change (out there). I think that we are just too often paralyzed by our unwillingness to try." Dr. Samantha Nutt Option 4 is similar with some modification of boundaries of western wards. It divides downtown Oakville along Sixteen Mile Creek and spreads Glen Abbey over two wards. In contrast to Option 3, however, the western portion of Glen Abbey is included in a ward entirely north of the QEW. Residents are encouraged to have their say on this issue and attend the May 7 meeting. Town Hall is at 1225 Trafalgar Rd. For more information, visit www.oakville. ca/townhall/ward-boundary-review.html. David Lea can be reached atdlea@ oakvillebeaver.com and followed on Twitter at @DavidLea6. the best way to do it, as well as become a socially responsible consumer and ask where products are from and if they were ethically acquired. "You may not get the answers you're seeking, but sometimes just asking the question can bring about change," said Nutt. The last, and most important way to affect change, said Nutt, is to "stop assuming the lives lost here are more important than lives lost there." For more information on Nutt's organization, visit www.warchild.ca. -- with Oakville Beaver files. John Bkila can be reached at jbkila@ oakvillebeaver.com and followed on Twitter at @ NewsHooked. & P E D O R T H I C C A R E TKR2642 TKR2642 F O O T W E A R Experience the comfort. Feel the difference. ALLEVIATE FOOT, KNEE & LOWER LIMB PAIN THIS WEEK'S FEATURED PRODUCTS Custom made orthotics at our on-site lab Biomechanical & gait analysis by Canadian Certified Pedorthists. Fashionable, orthopaedic-quality and therapeutic footwear. Full line of ankle and knee braces, compression socks and stockings. Covered under major insurance plans. Proud members of The College of Pedorthic of Canada. Helen (Wide) Solicina 6905 Hermina 8252 Agacia Custom Orthotics Compression Hose Braces Footwear 2427 Trafalgar Road, Unit A6, Oakville, ON L6H 6K7 (Located in the Winners and Homesense Plaza, just south of Dundas) 905-339-3678 | www.bioped.com | email: oakville@bioped.com