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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, O ct ob er 29 ,2 02 0 | 26 PenTACOSTAL UnITeD DIRECTORY If you'd like to advertise your place of worship in this feature please email Kelli Kosonic kosonic@starmetrolandmedia.com or call 289-293-0691 PenTACOSTAL kk Worship Tel: 416-892-8123 Fax: 1-866-281-5983 Bishop M. Brissett (Pastor) Email: mjbrisse@yahoo.ca Jesus is lOrd Oakville PenTecOsTal aPOsTOlic cenTre 454 Rebecca St (St. Paul's United Church) Oakville, ON Sunday Service 12:30 - 3PMWorship Service Sunday Evening: 7:30-9PM (Via Zoom Virtual Platform) *Covid-19 Safety Protocols Strictly followed.* 1469 Nottinghill Gate, Oakville 905-825-5292 www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com GLEN ABBEY UNITED CHURCH REV. TED VANCE EPIPHANY SUNDAY! Your Best New Year Resolution? ...Come to Church! THIS SUNDAY, January 5th: 9:30am Coffee, Tea, Hot Choc, Cookies and Conversation 10:00am Worship Service and Fun Day Sunday School Message: VERY WISE GUYS Matthew 2:1-12 Here you will find Church the way you wished it could be! Friendly people, Great Music Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit! In times like these, a Church service can help provide some normalcy and hope! and search Glen Abbey United Church OR Click on www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com To help your Church survive the pandemic, please send e-transfers to: donations@glenabbeyunitedchurch.com Thank you and God Bless you! It's your choice: LIVE SERVICE at 10am Sunday. Please register by Friday at 905 825-5292 or info@glenabbeyunitedchurch.com OR ONLINE CHURCH SERVICE available later on Sunday GO TOYOUTUBE.COM This Sunday, November 1st WE ARE OPEN! All Saints Day Service Let's Haunt Hunger! OakvilleReady and the Town of Oakville are hosting 'Let's Haunt Hunger' a Halloween-themed, safe, contactless food drive to collect non- perishable items for Kerr Street Mission. Join us this Saturday for a great way to help others while having fun at the same time! When: Sat, October 3st, 9 am -1 pm Where: Longo's @ 469 Cornwall Rd and Towne Square on Lakeshore Rd. Wear a costume and/or dress your car up and to be entered in the costume contest with the chance to win some great prizes! Join us and give back to the community as we 'haunt' hunger! KSM. 485 Kerr Street, Oakville. 905-845-7485. Charitable Reg. No. 897106845RR0001 An Oakville native, currently living and working in Dubai, has co-founded a multi-national com- pany that produces a COVID-19- inspired product he believes cus- tomers will find functional even after the pandemic. Assuage Travel produces seat protectors that are "designed to put an extra layer between you and the bacteria, viruses, and ick on public seats." The seat protectors, which come in a one-time use recyclable version or a plush reusable/ washable model, are for use ev- erywhere from waiting rooms and restaurants, to airplanes and trains, even schools and offices, said TJ Wronski, who co-founded the business along with girl- friend Amelia Gundersen-Her- man. Once the idea was formulated -- after a casual comment by his mom -- the couple visited fabric stores and worked with a tailor to experiment with prototypes, then contacted dozens of manu- facturers to produce samples of their design. "It was important to us that our products and their packag- ing were either reusable or recy- clable, and we actually delayed production when we found out the material one of our manufac- tures had suggested for one of our packages wasn't easily recy- clable. We wanted to make sure that our customers could conve- niently drop the packaging in a nearby recycling bin," said Wron- ski. Outside of coming up with the idea for Assuage seat protectors, his mom has been involved al- most every step of the way, said Wronski. "She is always the 'third opin- ion' that we seek in everything from major business decisions to less important aesthetic choic- es." Wronski said you become a jack-of-all-trades quickly when starting a company, albeit their educational backgrounds cer- tainly bolstered their journey: Wronski has an MBA with a background in logistics and Gun- dersen-Herman, a Masters of In- ternational Business with a background in marketing. "From understanding textile regulations to building a website, designing the packaging and product to marketing, every step has been bootstrapped by us." Assuage is the company's name, because it aims to do pre- cisely that -- assuage peoples' fears about returning to public places, he said. "A lot of our customers have also told us that they have actu- ally always been a bit uneasy us- ing public seats and they would have loved to have an Assuage seat protector long before the pandemic." The couple has included their blog, 'Adventurously', on the As- suage Travel website. "When we started work on As- suage, we instantly knew our travel blog would be the perfect addition to our business, and hopefully help to inspire some of our customers -- many of whom will use their seat protectors for travel. We'd love Assuage to help people travel clean, and Adven- turously help them plan their travels (or at least start to fanta- size about them). Both Amelia and I love (and miss) travelling around the world, and the blog is a way to share the feeling we get from travelling with our readers and customers." Assuage seat protectors are sold as single-use models in a pack of two which are recyclable, and a reusable/washable model that comes with a carrying bag, for $12.95 and $24.95, respectively. For more information, visit www.assuagetravel.com. BUSINESS REAR-END SAFETY LOCAL NATIVE PRODUCES SEAT PROTECTORS THAT PUT EXTRA LAYER BETWEEN USER AND GERMS ASSUAGE TRAVEL Assuage Travel is a multi-national business, accessible online only at www.assuagetravel.com. Operations are in Toronto, Lewisburg and Dubai Founders of Assuage Travel, Amelia Gundersen-Herman and Oakville's TJ Wronski with one of the seat protectors. TJ Wronski photo KATHY YANCHUS kyanchus@metroland.com