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A 4 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday November 26, 2003 Hopedale Shopping Centre owners incorrectly identified A story in the- Friday, Nov. 21 edition o f the O akville Beaver, Salvation A rm y Christm as Depot fin d s new home , incorrectly identified the ow ners o f the H opedale S hopping Centre. Vicki L oftus is the ow ner o f the H opedale Shopping C entre and M ichael L oftus is the pres ident o f the H opedale Shopping Centre. The Oakville Beaver regrets the error and apologizes for any inconvenience it m ay have caused. Volunteers still needed for food drive (C o n tin u e d from p ag e A 1) Bigger & Better Than Ever! bonuses, m oney the fam ily had counted on in its house hold budget. A proud man, N atalie's husband has been reluctant to ask for outside assistance, but has had to, including support from the fam ily's church in o rder to prevent eviction. " We need h elp ," said Natalie. For M iller, w ho recalls "This is such a tangible, wonderful way of making a difference." · Wendy Perkins, Salvation Army spokesperson his ow n fam ily needing food w hile grow ing up, the drive is also personal. "1 know how it feels," he U n ite d W ay · Huge selection of party supplies · Helium balloons & bouquets available · More than you would believe... for less than you would expect! N o w O pen Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 1011 Upper Middle Rd. East C h allen g e U p d a te W ilson C o rp o rate C hallenge: $73,573 of a possible $200,000 raised Sprott L ead ersh ip C hallenge: $97,049 of a possible $150,000 raised C r'0 / v O f 905.842.1011 H opedale M a ll 1515 Rebecca St. 9 0 5 .8 2 7 .6 8 3 7 ___ ,n **Edu W e Accept Call U n ite d Way at (905) 845-5571 an d tak e u p th e C h allen g e today! 2003 Campaign goal - $3,456 million. F r id a y & S a t u r d a y o n ly for the team Extra-capacity washer with 5 cycle and 3 temperature options. #1420 2. 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Major Appliances Department excludes vacuums and sewing machines Sale prices in effect Friday, November 28 and Saturday, November 29, while quantities last QUALITY, VALUE, SERVICE, TRUST Sears Oakville Place Mon.-Fri. 10 am-9 pm. Sat. 8 am-6 pm. Sun. 11 am-5 pm. Sears Furniture & Appliance Store Mississauga Mon.-Fri. 10 am-9 pm. sat. 10 am-6 pm. Sun.11 am-5 pm. 0 NEI15M103 © 2003. Sears Canada Inc. said. "W e've never used this as a pro m otional tool, never blow n our h om to get business from it." A dded M cCoy: "T h ere's no giving back w ith a catch. T h at's w hat charity w ork is all about." P erkins said she is pleased that C entury 21 has involved countless high school students o ver the years, not to m ention Girl G uides, Scouts and a host o f other volunteers -- pro o f that this is w hat "b u ild in g co m m u n ities is all about." T he problem is, som e people rem ain disconnected from the true need that exists in the com m unity or, as she says, "how they can help today to help som ebody tom orrow ." "T his is a such a tangible, w onder ful w ay o f m ak in g a d iffe ren ce ," Perkins said, adding that all food co l lected stays in O akville. The w ay the C e n tu ry 21 M iller/S alv atio n A rm y F o o d D rive w orks is sim ple: look for the red, w hite and black plastic bags (courtesy PCL Packaging) in today's Oakville Beaver, fill it, or any other labeled bag, with food and leave jt outside y o u r hom e visible from the street before 9 :30 a.m. on Saturday. A ppropriately identified volunteers will be around o v er the next few hours to collect them. Last y ea r's drive netted a tractor trailer load o f food, o r a staggering 95 per cent o f w hat the Salvation Army foodbank collects all year, said Miller. M ore than 1,000 fam ilies will benefit. Perkins m aintains that giving to this food drive is a true "act o f faith," in that residents sim ply put food in a bag and leave it outside, know ing that it will soon find its w ay o nto som eone's table. Sounds easy enough, but pulling the effort together is anything but - espe cially w hen you consider the logistics o f collecting from the 4 8,000 hom es that will receive bags this year. K ey to the d riv e's success are v ol unteers, and it's not too late to sign up to help this Saturday from 9 :30 a.m . to approxim ately 2 p.m . D rivers and collectors w ill m eet at the S alv atio n A rm y L ig h th o u se Shelter, 170 C ountry Squire Lane, then fan out o ver tow n to pick up the bags. Subsequent d rop-off locations are the Salvation A rm y C om m unity C hurch, 1225 R ebecca St., and the Lighthouse. Any students w ho w ould like to vol unteer as drivers o r collectors w ill be given four C om m unity Service C redits for donating their tim e on Saturday. Volunteers w ill be placed in groups o f four, or they can sign up as a group. Fam ilies are w elcom e. F or m ore infor m ation or to register please call M cCoy at 9 0 5 -8 4 5 -9 1 8 0 o r e-m ail h e r at m ary kay m ccoy @ rogers.com . Volunteers now range from the sales and office staff at C entury 21 M iller, the staff and fam ilies at the Salvation Army, church groups, high schools stu dents, fam ilies and groups o f friends to single individuals w ho w ould like to spare som e tim e to help. T he origin o f the food drive traces back 21 years to w hen C entury 21 M iller was located on R eynolds Street. A n agent, w ho fell on hard tim es, was helped by the S alvation A rm y and w anted to say thank you. W hat they cam e up w ith w as a sm all C hristm as food drive in w est O akville during w hich M iller, plus his team o f sales asso ciates an d th eir fam ilies, w ent d o o r to door collecting food. They used a van equipped w ith a loud speaker plus children in their fo lk s' g old C e n tu ry 21 ja c k e ts sleeves dragging -- w ho fanned out to g ath er d o n atio n s. A m azed at the am o u n t o f food th ey n etted , said Miller, they decided to conduct a food drive the follow ing year - and every year after that. O n one occasion in the early '80s, after C entury 21 M iller m oved to an office on Speers R oad, a m ountain o f food w as brought back to the second floor unit, only to have an alarm ed g ro u n d -flo o r ten an t w arn th em he heard serious structural creaking. " In the '80s it w as such a big event that it alm ost becam e like running another corporation," said M iller. Fortunately, the com m unity support kept pace w ith the cause and in 1989 the first groups o f volunteers -- Girl G uides, Scouts and C ubs - cam e on b o ard . S om e, like th e T elep h o n e P ioneers, w ho jo in e d as d riv ers in 1991, still help every year. O thers assist in their ow n unique way, said M cCoy. "A t m any hom es, teenagers gave us food they d id n 't like," she laughed. In 1995, T.A . B lak e lo ck H igh School teacher Jim M atz jo in e d the team o f organizers and eventually all local high schools becam e involved. "T hat w as beautiful," said M cCoy. A dded M iller: "T he food drive ju st exploded after that." W ith each year as the volunteers kept grow ing, said M cCoy, the pickup area expanded but a way w as needed to get the bags out to the public and so in 1992 the Oakville Beaver agreed to deliver the bags to designated areas free o f charge. By 1999, the drive had spread across O akville and today it rem ains a m am m oth undertaking, but one well w orth continuing. Just ask N atalie.