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B4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 17, 2000 Find out about y o u r , A conference th at works for women! Find out about » your employment and career options b - training programs, computers, technology «· the best job prospects for the future ® balancing work and family PTIONS Participate in... «· panel discussions sr small workshops « information sessions and displays « internet demonstrations Whirlwind Disney vacation was a dream come true "Splash M ountain!" beam s O akville's C raig Harding when asked about the best part o f the day. His eyes light up and his smile widens. Craig suf fers from congenital heart disease and needs a heart/lung transplant. He spent most o f the flight and the day on oxygen. But, thanks to the efforts o f hundreds o f volunteers and hundreds m ore who donated funds, Craig was one of 197 special children who spent a whirlwind day last week at Florida's Walt Disney W orld as part of Air Canada's Dreams Take Flight. In M arch, The Oakville Field Hockey Club which held a fu n d-raiser for Dreams Take Flight in the form of a 12-hour m arathon indoor field hockey m atch at St. Thomas Aquinas School. It Six coaches aw aited the group at O rlando A irport and, after a short ferry ride, they w ere on M ain S treet, U SA , gazing at C inderella's castle in the Florida sunshine. The ch ildren w ere divided into 25 groups of 8, w ith attending adults. Picone and Di R ollo were put to work helping to care for the children o f G roup 11. The tw o hooked up w ith the N ow ak tw ins, N atalia and D aniella, both w ith C erebral Palsy and both in need o f w heel chairs for the day. As they ap p roached G oofy's Barnstorm er, their first ride, Picone suggest ed to N atalia that roller coasters made him a bit nervous. "That's Ok," she sm iled, "if you get scared or get a tick le in yo u r tum m y you can hold my hand." For N atalia "Space M ountain" was the best. "I was scared to death," said P icone. "N atalia ju s t yaw ned when she got off!" The trek back to Toronto was largely char acterized by ex h au sted kids - and adults - nuzzled in pillo w s, cu d dled in blankets, soundly asleep. It's the 11th A nniversary o f the Dream s Take Flight project. The first trip, April 18th, 1990, was started by a group of A ir C anada C u sto m er Service staff. 68 children and 32 esco rts clim bed aboard a DC-9 and headed for D isney World. Since then, the project has grow n to include flights from 8 C anadian cities each year, three to C alifornia's D isney Land, and five to Florida. M ore than 2000 children from the T oronto area have en joyed D ream s Take Flight since its inception. As for next year? Well, T he O ak v ille F ield H ockey Club will run the Second A nnual Dream -aThon. "I'd like to have a place on the flight for one or tw o o f our a d o lesc en t field hockey players," said Di Rollo. "I think it would make an im portant differ ence if a young person, blessed w ith good health, could journey as John and I did on this trip, becom ing intim ately aw are o f and helping children who are less fortunate." T he O ak v ille F ield H ockey C lub has been invited to share their expe rien ce o f D ream s Take Flight at the Town Council M eeting o f June 5th. There will be a short slide show o f both the D ream -a-Thon and the trip to Disney W orld, as well as a presentation o f the m oney raised to Sanderson. Tuesday, May 30 & Thursday, June 1, 2000 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Holiday Inn 3063 South Service Road, Burlington, Ontario Hear from women in your community! Register today Open to Halton women at no charge. Shuttle buses available. Deadline for registration, May 23 To register, or for more information, call: Halton Region (905) 825-6000 } extension 4177 Vinnie Di Rollo (far right) joins Daniella Nowak and Patricia Osinski on Goofy's Barnstormer roller coaster. raised more than $26,000 through player pledges and a silent auction. For their efforts, two members o f The O akville Field Hockey Club were invited to take part in the day: OFHC Founder and C aretaker, John Picone, and Vinnie Di Rollo. The flight was dedicated in honour o f Di R ollo's son C hristian . A lm ost seven years old, C hristian suffers from a term inal brain dis ease. U nfortunately, he has never been well enough to m ake the trip. D ream s Take F light President, Bill Sanderson singled out the efforts o f the OFHC prior to board ing the plane and present ed Di Rollo with a plaque for her son. The inscrip tion reads: To C hristian Di Rollo: For your continued courage, and strong will to live. You are an inspiration to all o f us. 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