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28 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 29 1991 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" By Scott Anderson What used to be a problem in the more densely populated ar- eas to the south, is starting to affect the rural areas as well. Ed Goerz, executive director, of Hostel Services, Durham Re- gion, says more people from the rural areas, including Scugog, are depending on social servic- es such as food banks to provide a decent living. And this is alarming, he says. He says the people are mi- grating to the larger municipal- ities such as Oshawa and To- ronto because the social services are more accessible. Mr. Goerz says as necessary as food banks are in the short- term they just mask deficien- cies in society, while not pre- senting any long-term solu- tions. For years a poster used to hang prominently in Mr. Goerz's office which said "Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a life time." This poster is now not as prominently displayed in his second floor office on Simcoe Street Southin Oshawa. The reason is because Mr. Goerz, along with so many oth- ers concerned with social ser- vices, believe just teaching somebody to do something is not enough anymore. They be- lieve that society should pro- vide them with the tools to achieve things. As Mr. Goerz says "the fishing rod, the dock and the lake." Mr. Goerz says there is a common belief in society that if we teach people to "fish" all will be well. "But this is not the case," he says. He says more must be done to ensure that these people are Should be looking at long-term solutions More people dependent on food banks given the opportunity to not only eat properly, but to pro- vide for themselves without having to depend on food banks and other social services. "I have no fault with food banks, but we are transfixed feeding people instead of look- ing at the longer-term issues," Mr. Goerz says. Ed Goerz He says the longer-term is- sues such as why these people are using the food banks should be addressed. Although Mr. Goerz believes that people involved with food banks have the right priority in wanting to feed people, he says people should also reflect on why people depend on them. He blames the problem on November 7, 1991. -Access to stocks 576-4600. closing time and date. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL On behalf of the employees of the Durham Board of Education, invitations for written proposals for a "GROUP REGISTERED RETIREMENT PLAN" will be received by the undersigned until 3:00 P.M. (local time) Thursday, Your proposal must consider and include the following provisions and criteria: -Immediate access to a majority of mutual funds including no load funds -Access to guaranteed investment certificates -No cost to the Board to administer the Plan -Unbias professional servicing consultants -Ability to service 500-1000 employees -Availability to employees immediate family Any inquiries will be directed to the undersigned at (416) All bid submissions will be held in strict confidence and the contents of each proposal will not be available for public scrutiny or disclosed to other bidders. Please submit six (6) copies of your proposal by the R.R. Clark, Manager of Business & Financial Services The Durham Board of Education 555 Rossland Road West Oshawa, Ontario L1J 3H3 The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. the provincial and federal gov- ernments which, he says, have cut spending on social pro- grams. He says social service nding from the federal gov- ernment to the provinces has been capped at five per cent, but the spending has gone be- yond five per cent. Part of the problem with food banks is that instead of solving the long-term issues of why people are dependent on the service, we are only too willing to hand out the food. This is not solving the problem, but merely providing a bandage, Mr. Goerz says. He says people working on the food banks are becoming in- creasingly frustrated, and are "running out of energy." "For all the energy we burn up collecting and distributing food, we have no more energy to make change." He is worried that people will just continue to accept food banks instead of seeking change. Another frustrating part of involvement with food banks is determining who is entitled to the food. Mr. Goerz says it is frustrating to have to judge each and every person coming to the food banks, and deter- mining that one person is not as needy as another. Mr. Goerz says he "sees a lot of angry peo- ple who feel they are being judged." "We need to stop spending all of our resources on who de- serves our goodness and con- centrate on encouraging people tokeep going." Terry Dunn, director of ser- vice development for Hostel Services, agrees. He says it is frustrating and disheartening to see people face to face each time they come for a meal, knowing he must turn some ava "There's too many people, too little food," says Mr. Dunn. Mr. Goerz says instead of judging people, society must look beyond whose fault it is and come up with solutions. He suggests getting back to the grassroots, and consulting the people who are dependent on the services for input on how the situation can be changed. "It's far more important to work with the people to find their needs," he says. Then and only then will solu- tions to the problems be found. Hospital Auxiliary Christmas bake sale to be held Dec. 6 By Luella Graham The Port Perry Community Hospital Ladies Auxiliary held their meeting in the hospital on Oct. 21, 1991 with 22 ladies present. The president, Mary Cannon opened the meeting with all re- peating the Auxiliary prayer in unison. She then welcomed all, and was pleased to welcome Kay Thompson, a new member. The secretary was then asked for her report, which was then given and approved. Mr. Brown was then asked to speak, and he told us of some equipment we could buy, also very costly. All other officers gave their reports. We have had 13 boys and 10 girls born at the hospital since out last meeting. Ladies, I am so pleased to tell you that Isabel Wilson, Tuck Shop buyer told us she has or- dered new locks. The Christmas Bake Sale is being held at the hospital Fri- day, Dec. 6 was then discussed. Also at our Nov. 18 meeting, Constable Smith is coming to talk on ladies living alone, and The Board of Trustees of Scugog Memorial Library would like to thank all the individuals, 'merchants and volunteers who contributed to our gala fundraising evening. Because of the efforts of over 80 individuals, the evening was a grand social and financial success. Thank you also to those who attended and helped make the evening happen. PORT PERRY STAR OFFICE CENTRE introduces LAMINATING Add life to often used, important documents, identification cards or photographs by Laminating. Laminating preserves the life of any important document by heat bonding high quality plastic film to make tampering and wear next to impossible. Here are some examples of items you might like to laminate: * Business ID's * Security Cards ¢ Social Insurance Cards * Luggage Tags ® Price Tags * Promotional Flyers * Presentation Materials * Menus } * Certificates, Diplomas *Teaching Aids PORT PERRY STAR - OFFICE CENTRE 188 Mary Street - Port Perry - 985-7383 - Fax 985-3708 travelling alone. This will be very interesting, and the auxil- iary would be very pleased for any lady to come to this meet- ing. Janis St. John spoke to us about an idea that the kitchen staff has to help our penny pro- Ject. Watch for it, and don't for- get the Santa Claus parade Sat- urday, Nov. 30. As there was no further busi- ness the president moved we adjourn. Ladies our next meet- ing is Monday, Nov. 18. The following is a report on the Million Penny Project's progress up until Oct. 21, 1991. Another successful month! Thanks to everyone who is still contributing so generously to our million penny project. Since our September meet- ing we have collected 79,224 pennies. This is how it looks now: Port Perry 50,102 pennies, Cart- wright 23,622 pennies, The Is- land 13,482 pennies, Seagrave 10,952 pennies, Prince Albert 5,691 pennies, Greenbank 2,788 pennies, km. of pennies (Sept. 13) 103,185 pennies, challenge (Oct.10) 38,170 pen- nies, for a grand total of 247,892 penniesor $2,478.92. At out September meeting a challenge was issued to auxil- iary members and to friends of the hospital in the community. The hospital needs lots of equipment The penny project will help to provide it A challenge is issued by Gwe- nyth To members and community friends to contribute towards it By inviting some friends to a bash At her home for which they'd pay cash 200...400...600 pennies to be exact On Oct. 8 eight gals from the Carlan apartments held a luncheon/bridge/euchre at their apartment house. They had eight tables of bridge and seven tables of euchre and con- tributed 38,170 pennies to the project. We hope that others will have a table or two of cards, or a luncheon or some people in for dinner or to watch a movie or a Grey Cup party, etc., etc., to help us keep the interest in this project active.