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Page 14 The Clarington/Courlicc Independent, Bowman ville, Saturday, September 5, 1998 Literacy Project Launched In the fall of 1998, the 1500 branches of the Women's Institutes across Canada will be hosting literacy literacy workshops, using a workshop kit developed through a partnership of the Consumers' Association of Canada Top Three The Small 1. Developing a product product or service without researching the. market. You have a great idea, and you create it according to what you think will sell, without seeing if there is a potential market and what the market is for your product or service. To avoid doing this, it is crucial crucial to know exactly who you're selling to, what their needs arc, what their problems are, and what their priorities are, before you develop your idea. 2. A second common problem is not marketing continually. When you're working on current business, business, you should always be looking for new customers and clients. If you're having having trouble fitting this into your schedule, set aside a couple of mornings a week devoted exclusively to looking for new business. 3; And the third mistake is not. investing in technology technology or other materials to make yourself appear professional. professional. This means you have business cards with scribble on them, or your clients are getting a busy signal because you haven't invested in enough phone lines, or you don't have a separate phone dedicated to a fax. (You don't want your clients to have to work any harder to reach you just because you work at home.) For more information on starting your own small business visit Chivas Society Honours Former Bowmanville Lion At the 76th Annual General Meeting of The Easter Seal Society, Ontario the 1998 Meritorious Service Award winners for outstanding volunteer service were awarded. In recognition of his services, The Easter Seal Society was pleased to confer the Silver Meritorious Service Award on Robert Lawton of Cambridge, Robert Lawton is a founding member of the first Kiwanis Key Club in Canada, when he was still in high school in Ottawa. He held officer positions in both the Brockvillc Kinsmen, and in the Bowmanville Lions. He was also the President of Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce and followed that with membership in the Galt Rotary. Today, he is a long-term member of the Cambridge Rotary where lie has held the responsibility of Chair of their Easter Seal Committee for many years. Robert is also a member of Kiwanis, Kinsmen, Lions and Rotary Clubs. Over the years, Robert and these wonderful organizations organizations have worked to support many worthy causes, causes, especially children with physical disabilities. He lias ait excellent knowledge of the needs of local Easter Seal families, and he is truly an active contributor in his community. Robert received The Society's Bronze Award in 1991. For 76 years, The Easier Seal Society, Ontario has benefited from the diligent efforts of individuals like Robert Lawton, Their commitment commitment to Easter Seals continues to help provide essential programs and services services to children with physical disabilities and their families through financial assistance, parent support, teen programs, advocacy, summer camps and respite, and research funding. (CAC) and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC). The literacy project has two goals. The first objective objective is to make rural communities communities more aware of the problems faced by Canadians who have few Pitfalls of Business Regal's Career Toolbox web site at www.carcer- tooIbox.com. There you will find advice on getting started, networking, marketing, marketing, time-management and handling various work-related situations. There are even cyber workshops to test your entrepreneurial skills. literacy skills. The second is to help design future projects that will make life easier for those Canadians who have difficulty understanding understanding and using written information. The workshop kit includes a video produced specifically for the project and introduced by the well-known CBC host Peter Gzowski. In the video, two Canadians with low literacy skills tell their stories. One is a New Brunswick woman who learned to read at age 50. The other is a 36-year old Ontario farmer who discusses discusses the problems of running his dairy farm without proper skills in reading, writing and numeracy. Gzowski challenges challenges WI members to come up with ideas for improving literacy awareness awareness in their own commu nities. The Consumers' Association of Canada is an organization of volunteers volunteers who devote their time to improving the marketplace marketplace for Canadian consumers. consumers. For several years the CAC has been working to promote literacy awareness, awareness, plain language and other consumer literacy projects. The Federated Women's Institutes of Canada is dedicated to providing leadership in the promotion of community living in rural areas and to developing responsible citizens citizens through the study of issues of national and international importance, including literacy. Contact your local Women's Institute for more information about this project. An Artist And Her Work The work of Peterborough artist Jeanne Marie McAdam is on display display at Clarington's Town Hall this month. McAdam has shown her work several times in Peterborough, but this is her first exhibition exhibition in Bowmanville. Her art will be on display display until the end of September. To Advertise Phone 623-3303 ACCOUNTANCY Brad E. 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