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Wednesdsay June 13, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A3 Group hopes to raise $250,000 to help local youth Community Foundation of Oakville launches Investing In Our Oakville Youth campaign B y A n g e la B la c k b u rn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF O akville youths may be the richest in the land -- that is, if the Com m unity Foundation of O akville (CFO) stays in business. The foundation was founded in 1994 and since has supported many projects to benefit the com m unity from health care, com m unity developm ent and arts, to social services, her itage and the environm ent -- including youth. The volunteer-based and donor-driven CFO m anages charity funds and awards the interest earned, as grants to local agencies. Now it's about to raise the ante in providing for youths. A highlight of the C FO 's first, public, annu al general m eeting, held at town hall Thursday, was its new Investing In O ur O akville Youth cam paign. The CFO aim s to raise $250,000 by M arch 2002, which w ill then be m atched by the Ontario governm ent to establish a $500,000 youth eiidowment fund. It will support opportunities for youths in sports, leadership, cam ping, education, arts and cultural program s. "We have $140,000 to date and we have less than 10 months to raise the rest," advised CFO executive director Mary Ellen Frederick. Helping out with the fundraising is the O ptim ist Club o f Oakville, which will collect loonies and twoonies with its Loonie Mile fundraiser. Donors will tape coins on a milelong tape that will be making the rounds of local events including the W aterfront Festival, M idnight M adness, Jazz F estival, Fall Festival, and more. O n-hand T hursday to testify about the rew ards o f investing in young people was Ron Shantz director o f Prince Charles Place and the Kerr Street M inistries. The m inistries began in 1996 as an outreach program o f the Chartwell Baptist C hurch's 1994 non-profit housing project. Then the m inistries drew in 15 youths. Today, it's supported by all o f O akville's Christian churches and will attract 200 youths to its weekday day cam p and its new camp pro gram for teens. "At the Kerr Street day camp my kids found friendship, nurturing, leadership and religion and it allowed me to work on a full-tim e basis to provide for my children," said Oakville resM arie ident Rizzuto. Now rem arried, R izzuto cam e to Oakville four years ago as a single m other to Jayke, now 15 and Cassandra, now 12. R izzuto was also on-hand T hursday to talk about the benefits o f the Kerr S treet M inistries where her daughter still attends and her Ron Shantz: Kerr Street son is a counsellor. Ministries a success in The m other-of-tw o part due to CFO support said on days when she finds a note from her children saying she's a #1 M om, she credits the Kerr Street day camp. With involvem ent from those across town, including visits from the m ayor, H alton Regional Police, and the CFO, the Kerr Street M inistries is a success story, said Shantz. "The police have told us that K err Street has changed dram atically. It's the low est crime area in all o f H alton," said Shantz, noting it also boasts 29 nationalities and 10,000 people in a small area. "You give because it's the right thing to do and you do it so w ell," M ayor Ann M ulvale, a CFO founder and fam ily fund contributor, told CFO m embers. "A child is form ed with the nurturing they receive before the age o f five. For every dol lar invested, there's a $5 return. For every dol lar not invested, you spend $5," said the mayor. There are more than 100 com m unity foun dations in Canada, which hold $1.6 billion in assets and dole out more than $75 m illion in grants annually. The CFO has $6 m illion in assets, which makes it am ong the top 25 in the country. Last year, the CFO gained $2 m illion in assets from new fam ily and corporate funds, its m arathon g o lf tourney, and the G reat Dream Home Lottery. Its upcom ing 7th G reat D ream Home Lottery will kick o ff in Septem ber 2001. M eanw hile, last year the CFO gave out $800,000 in grants for local projects. Last y ear's projects included the funding of the H eritage Trails project w hich still needs an influx o f $200,000 for com pletion. To reach the CFO call (905) 844-3562 GA R V E Y S Sidewalk Sale! STOP Ties Sport Shirts Casual Slacks Shorts From FOR $9.99 F ro m$29.99 F ro m$39.99 F ro m$49.99 Fathers Day Savings! You can't fix the roads. So fix the odds. M -C L A S S . There's a lot working against you out there. Potholes. Inclement conditions. 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IL CEMENT ST. LAWRENCE Invites you to attend our REGION OF HALTON NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT & PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE #1 Bronte Road (Regional Road 25) Improvements Class Environmental Assessment Study The Regional Municipality of Halton is initiating a Class Environmental Assessment to study transportation capacity issues in the Bronte Road Corridor from the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 407. The potential changes to be studied include widening of the road, new road alignments and improvements to intersections. This notice signals the commencement of the Class Environmental Assessment - a study which will define the problem, consider and evaluate alternative solutions and design concepts, and present the evaluation process to interested or affected individuals and agencies at Public Information Centres (PIC's). The study will be conducted in accordance with a Schedule C project as described in the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment by the Municipal Engineers Association, June 2000. The first of three Public Information Centres will be held to allow the public an opportunity to meet the project team, review the Study Outline and preliminary list of evaluation criteria and discuss the issues related to the project. You are invited to attend the Public Information Centre on: 45th Anniversary PLANT OPEN HOUSE Saturday. June 16th, 2001 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 2391 Lakeshore Road West, Mississauga, L5J 1K1 (905) 822-1653 C ^ r$ W s ****., Out History! L e m About Out Process! Meet Out People! Tuesday, June 19, 2001 Halton Regional Centre South Auditorium, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville Open House 5:30 - 8:00 PM, Presentation 7:00 PM The map below shows the approximate limits of the study and location of the PIC. Information requests or questions may be directed to the individuals below. « Mr. Edward Soldo, P. Eng. Project Manager Regional Municipality of Halton 1151 Bronte Road Oakville, Ontario L6 M 3L1 Phone: 905-825-6161, Ext 7475 Toll Free: 1-866-442-5866 (1-866-4HALTON) Fax: 905-825-8822 Email: soldoe@region.halton.on.ca Mr. Christopher Gauer, P.Eng Marshall Macklin Monaghan 80 Commerce Valley Drive Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7N4 Phone: 1-905-882-4211 Ext. 462 Fax: 1-905-882-0055 Email: gauerc@mmm.ca , For safety reasons, children must be a t least 7 2 years o f age to to u r the plant. Visitors are encouraged to wear slacks and flat shoes for plant tour. No open toe o r open heel shoes. Children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. www.region.halton.on.ca/ppw/roads FqTr m ore inform ation, please co n ta ct us a t (9 0 5 ) 8 2 2 * 1 6 5 3