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B4 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday November 26, 2003 Volunteers needed for annual food drive V o lu n teers are n e e d e d to h e lp w ith S a tu rd a y 's a n n u a l C e n tu ry 2 1 /S a lv a tio n A rm y F ood D rive. T he g o al o f the Nov. 29 d riv e - now in its 21st y ear - is to co llec t food to assist m ore than 1,000 fam ilies in O ak v ille, people w ho, at a tim e o f crisis, need help to put food on the table. To that en d , v o lu n teers are need ed on S aturday from 9 :3 0 a.m . to ap p ro x im ately 2 p.m . D rivers and co llecto rs w ill m eet at the S alv a tio n A rm y L ig h th o u se S h elter, 170 C ou n try S quire L ane, then fan o ut o v er tow n to pick up food bags from 4 8 ,0 0 0 hom es. T he bags w ill be in clu d ed in to d a y 's issue o f V olunteers w ill be p laced in g roups o f four, o r you can sign up as a group. F am ilies are w elcom e. F o r m ore in fo rm atio n o r to reg ister p lease call M ary K ay M cC oy at 9 0 5 -8 4 5 -9 1 8 0 or em ail h er at m a ry k a y m cc o y @ ro g e rs.co m . River 0aks collects suPP|ies for children in Afghanistan The Oakville Beaver. What's playing? 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"The story w hich hit hom e with m e w as that in the Kabul H ospital they have virtually nothing as far as basic supplies. M others w ipe their children's foreheads with w ater as a m eans o f relieving pain. There are few, if any, medicines. "M asonry & Fireplace Design Specialists " Even w orse, there are no supplies o f basic hospital band aids, bandage m ate Design & installation rial, neck braces, splints, sheets which o f gas, electric & we all expect and take for granted. conventional fireplaces: W hen M ajor W helan tours the hospital, · sto n e & b rick facings · b u ilt-in mothers put notes in his hand pleading · w ood s u r ro u n d s c a b in e try for him to help their suffering children," · c a s t sto n e m a n te ls wrote Veilleux. QUALITY BRAND NAMES GAS & ELECTRIC FIREPLACES AVAILABLE "All o f our offices replied with `How M A JESTIC . J can we help' e-m ails," said John. Major Steve Whelan G older offices are collecting school d l b (£ £ ) and m edical supplies, am ong other items. W helan provided Veilleux a list o f the m ost needed sup All types o f m asonry w ork & restoration: plies -- very sim ple item s -- including school, m edical, · chimneys · planters · patios clothing, recreation/sports, equipm ent and orphanage sup · walkways · stairs · tuck pointing plies. It was the school category that caught Fairs' attention. H ours: Mon.-Fri 10-6pm S a t 10-5pm Sun. Closed "W hat brought the w hole idea hom e was that they'd like (across from Rona Lansing) to build new schools and dedicate them to the Canadian sol diers w ho lost their lives, even as recently as one month ago," Q n r o o r r O f l d t i v is it t h e s p e c ia ij s t s m t /U 0 " 0 0 / * U O U SEE TIIE DIFFERENCE ____________________ said Fairs. A ctually a wing o f a new school and a wing o f a new hospital are to be named after each o f the soldiers, said cS/ . G tfn d r e w 7s G J2 u r c A Veilleux. Two o f three girls' schools already built have been bom bed by the O Taliban, said Veilleux. ^ " M ajo r W helan has his hands full," said Veilleux. r\ It w as also the school building that ^ caught F airs' imagination. "I use Ziplock bags every day r\ w ith my kindergarten students. It's an ideal w ay o f getting m essages back and forth to hom es," said Fairs. Tying the fundraising effort into Rem em brance D ay cerem onies. Fairs put her idea before River Oaks teach ers and then students. G rade 5 teacher Susan M acauley's class w rote letters and drew pictures to send to their peers in Afghanistan. " S tudents w ere enco u rag ed to w rite good luck m essag es," said Fairs, noting there was a lot o f discus sion about the situation in A fghanistan and world affairs that cam e out o f the fundraising effort, too. "The River O aks com m unity has c z /f- ^U o u i o fC oa±z±, ju st been wonderful. I've had nothing but p o sitiv e co m m en ts and real enthusiasm from the kids," said Fairs. < z£t. c z / f n d 'i z u j i d l i u i c l i £ r 'i P a 'iL ifi d z n i x s . The teacher now has thoughts o f doing a second Ziplock bag fundrais ^ z c o x a t s d j- o i t( s i . ^ L / u h t id s ing effort next spring for m edical sup plies. The networking is paying off. F airs' m other-in-law , M argaret Fairs o f London, Ont., got together 9 :3 0 am - 4 :0 0 jim w ith three friends and is donating hand-knit bears for distribution to the TICKETS: $ 2 5 AVAILABLE AT newborns. Fairs herself is friends with Abbey D owntow n O akville (East) O akville (West) .Lane Public School principal John Raymar Lighting Flippance & C arr (Bronte Village Mall) Pennyfather - where her six-year-old Upstairs Downstairs Tea Room son Jack is in G rade 1 -- so now that O akville (North) Bookers school, too, is on board with collect Upper Oakville Card Shop Finders Keepers (MapleGrove Village) ing items. 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