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s Orono Weekly Times - 5 Wednesday November 16; 2005 Kirby United Church Fundraising for chuich-move begins The fundraising drive to move the Kirby United Church across the highway was launched at a public meeting in the church Monday night. "We didn't have a lot of people turn up at the meeting," stated Clarington Museums Administrator Administrator Martha Rutherford Rutherford Conrad in a phone interview interview with the Times on Tuesday afternoon. "The message I received from people people is that they are ready to get going with the fundraising, fundraising, they don't require too much more information." The fundraising team which is made up of museum board members, Kirby Church trustees and community community members, have named this campaign, "Preserve Kirby Church; Our Community Community Effort." The key fundraising component component will be, a metre drive. The distance from where the church is today and where it is going is 1,000 meters according to Rutherford. This route is over the overpass. overpass. People can sponsor the move at $200 per metre. Sponsors will have their names - inscribed in a brick, according to the size of their sponsorship. These bricks will then be use to build a walkway out the front door of the church at its new location location beside the Clarke Museum on Old Kirby School Road. The Committee is also planning to hold a fundraising fundraising dinner around Valentines Day, and a benefit benefit concert hoping to use local musicians and à big name band. "We do need funding from private donors for the actual move," said Rutherford. "The physical move of the building is an area that foundations foundations and grants will not fund." There will be other smaller smaller fundraising efforts taking place according to Rutherford, things such as bake sales, craft sales and 50/50 draws. Rutherford said they would like to be moving the building next summer. "As soon as we have a commit- ! ment level of $350,000 we will proceed," she stated. The Minister of Transportation, Transportation, Mr. Harinder Takhar, has written a letter to the Museum Board stating his support for the project, says Rutherford. "They are engaged engaged and will work with us." & Qafee Safe presented by Friends of the Museum Wonderful selection of unique hand-made crafts including: • Tree Ornaments • Christmas Gifts • Knitted items • Baked Goods • Homemade Jam & Jellies • Gift baskets for that special person Saturday, November 19 11:00 am - 2:00 pm (after the Santa Claus Parade) Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre 62 Temperance Street, Bowmanville Proceeds support Clarington Museums For more information call the Museum Office 905-623-2734 Now available in Clarington only at FRED'S AUTOBODY 163 Baseline Road, Unit 1 cctimatpc r7mr e 62 3 6353 1C ^ : =0m"tES ÏÏÜESXSÎS 8 • INSURANCE CLAIMS E-mail: FAB@on.albn.com Complete Collision Repair, Pf£il DoVrlos, OWNER Restoration and Refinishln$ Orono Scout leaders installed a couple outhouses at Camp Kingley two weeks ago Saturday. Easing the structure into place are: (front to back) Jamie Cowan, Dan Adams, Jeff Hegarty, Marty McRae and Tracy Adams. « ^**y!y¥yyS5£5S!i!5555S£5M5555555iS555S355!5555£5SSS5!5S5SSS55S£55535£SSS55S5S£55M55S55SSSS£S5!££5SSSSS£555 Schools amaze with community fundraising Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board's students students and staff continue to show their care for their community, community, raising more than $282,000 thus far in this year's. Terry Fox Runs alone. Some of the Board's 98 elementary and secondary schools are still wrapping up their fundraising efforts in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. At the same time, students staff and school communities communities also are supporting a wide variety of additional charitable causes. For example, KPR schools have raised about $3,800 for hurricane relief in this school year, and donated bags upon bags of clothes for hurricane victims. They are also busy this fall collecting funds and other donations in support of earthquake victims in south Asia, local United Way drives, UNIFEF, Operation Christmas Christmas Child, children of evacuees evacuees from Kashechewan, local food and clothing drives, individual individual students facing life- threatening diseases; the list is endless. This is in addition to more than $115,000 raised last winter winter and spring for tsunami relief, thousands were donated to Cops for Cancer, and other fundraising drives. "We are extremely proud of our students, our staff and our school communities," says Board Chairperson Diane Lloyd. "This has truly been a terrible year for global disaster disaster and upheaval, and our schools have stepped forward to show they care for individuals individuals around the world. At the same time, they have not lost sight of the needs of our local communities. Their continued generosity is both heartwarming heartwarming and astounding." Nominations are now being accepted lor the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards The strength of our community lies in solid citizens. Today's youth ore tomorrows leaders. If you know o young person, aged 6 to 17, who is involved in worthwhile community service; a special person who is contributing while living with a limitation; a youth who has performed an act of heroism; or a 'good kid' who shows a commitment to making life better for others, doing more than is normally expected of someone their age - help us recognize their contribution - nominate them today! Nominations w* be accepted until November 30. Contact this newspaper or the Ontario (ommonity Newspapers Association at www.acna.org or 905.639.8720. ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE - H0MIHATE SOMEONE T0DAYI A X * ONTARIO JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS Spomored by: Coordinated by: limbec PIMI ••••» tsssu WWW.MM.Ofl