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1 / 'êèM&ÿtëi Y--" ed truckloads of 1 trucks and Air-conditioning or Automatic ^Transmission v 11,12,13 and 14 FREE! with every car and truck sale... Sinn 00 Certificate rsicas i. No. 2 at Courtice I Telephone 436-2222 22 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 12,1989 Community Care Welcomes New Assistant Pines Students Visit Parliam ent Buildings in Ottawa worked at the medical centre, centre, she said she would expect expect to have completed all of her work at the end of each day. At Community Care, she helps the administrator, Roxy Barnes, manage 250 volunteers in the services they provide to seniors and co-oroinates the Meals on Wheels program. She is responsible for calling the hospital to ensure ensure meals will be ready, to find out if things are running running smoothly for the volunteers volunteers and to handle, any problems that might arise. Helping to manage the Meals on Wheels program and her close interaction with volunteers has been, what Mrs. Barrie calls "a refreshing refreshing change." Here, she said, volunteers volunteers don't want anything. "People give so freely," she added. During the 10 months Mrs. Barrie has been working working at Community Care, she said she has learned many things about her job and the community from Roxy Barnes. She says Mrs. Barnes has taught her about management management skills and about how ; Sally Barrie (right) has been the administrative assistant at Community Care since last September. Along with Community Care Administrator Roxy Barnes, slie helps manage the 250 volunteers who work for Community Care and organizes the Meals on Wheels program. In the photo above, Mrs. Barrie is helping Lorraine Filiatrault, an office volunteer, with her work. • I by Andrea Adair ; -When Sally Barrie decided decided jit was time for her career to move in a different direc- Van Belle Floral Shoppes ...much more than a flower store! | 4 STORES .tfghwyNo.2 A -King St. W., f( Oshawi --\ • SlmcoiSt.N., Oshawa •100DundasSt.W. l VM BELLE Whitby Trêdtmarkt of Van BWfr Gardtns Lid. tion she made the move to Community Care. She has been with the Newcastle office since last fall and says that although She decided last fall that if she were ever going to move into a different field of work, this was the time to do it. Although she was enter- her role as an administra- ing unknown territory when tive assistant differs from s h e decided to apply for the her previous job, she has no position in the ' administra- regrets about the move "I really like it," she said. "I enjoy working with the volunteers and I enjoy working working with the clients." Up until 10 months ago, Mrs. Barrie had spent 14 years working at the Glazier Medical Centre in Oshawa, tive field, she wasn't entirely entirely unfamiliar with Community Community Care's" programs. Prior to accepting the position position of administrative assistant, assistant, Mrs. Barrie had served on the board of directors directors for six years. But it was a change for doing operating room book- her all the same . ings for an orthopedic surgeon surgeon ' and working in the labs. Many thinking people are pre-arranging funerals At quiet times, along with their own private thoughts, many people --both young and elderly --are making the sensible decision to pre-arrange their funeral. Their wishes are made known well before time of need, removing stress from surviving relatives. Call or write for our selection of brochures on the various aspects of funerals and pre-planning. 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She has taken that knowledge and has looked at areas where she thinks Community Care should expand. expand. "I think we should promote promote the program further in rural areas," she said, adding adding that "because Newcastle is so vast it is difficult to reach the little edges." She said she would like to utilize the active communities communities such as Solina and Tyrone Tyrone and see programs starting starting there. A rural lunch-out was one such program she mentioned. Another idea was to coordinate coordinate interaction between between schools or youth groups and seniors. Whatever changes may take place at Community Care, there is one part of Mrs. Barrie's job that will remain a constant: the rewards rewards she derives from her work. "The most rewarding part of the job;" she said, "is to see someone that might have to be institutionalized being able to stay in their home and enjoy that independent independent way of life." Near the end of the school year is a very popular time for student visits to Ottawa to see the capital of Canada and its Parliament buildings. While on Parliament Hill, this class from The Pines Senior Public School, Newcastle, were recently photographed photographed with Durham M.P. Ross Stevenson. He new job meant she didn't have to. travel so far to go to work (she lives on a dairy farm east of Bowmanville). Bowmanville). It also meant she would likely be working with people she knew from the community. "It's more like a way of life," she said. For instance, she said last Monday was a holiday, but Meals on Wheels still had to be delivered. delivered. "The work doesn't stop when the door closes at 4 p.m." she observed. 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