13 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Living Oakville Beaver LIVING EDITOR: ANGELA BLACKBURN Phone: 905-337-5560 Fax: 905-337-5571 e-mail: ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com Working in concert to better serve kids T "The bottom line is helping kids. In Oakville, there is a he Kiwanis Club of Oakville is perception that there's not a doing things in a different way lot of need. We know it's not these days. true." OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF n By Angela Blackburn Its motto is Kiwanis for Kids and its new way of doing business should achieve more for the very kids it is trying to help in town. "About eight months ago, the club decided to take a look at the way it gives money to the community," said member Darryl Hall, who is also executive director of the Halton Trauma Centre. The Kiwanis Club of Oakville is very successful at raising money for the community -- it raises approximately $70,000 annually. To maximize the impact of those dollars, the club is trying a n Darryl Hall, Kiwanis Club of Oakville new business model on for size. It has earmarked a trio of top priorities -- local groups or agencies that will receive 70 per cent of the funds it raises. This year, that trio includes Kerr Street Ministries (KSM), Oakwood Public School and the Halton Trauma Centre. Next year, a completely different trio of priorities could be selected. NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER ALL ABOUT KIDS: From left, President of Kiwanis Club of Oakville Hans Kopp, Halton Trauma Centre Fundraising Chair Margaret McConnell, Oakwood SchoolKiwanis Liaison Carol Willems-Payne, Kerr Street Ministries Communities Development Manager Heather Panchyshn, Kerr Street Ministry-Kiwanis Liaison Bill Vickers and Oakwood Public School Principal Brian Van Wyngaarden watch as Amanda Mickleson and Kaleb Delaney play tag at Oakwood school. The new model then leaves 20 per cent of funds Kiwanis raises to go to half a dozen other local groups, including Morden Public School, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton and the Kiwanis historical mainstay in town, Meals on Wheels. The final 10 per cent of money raised will support Kiwanis' international efforts -- currently combating HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. According to local club president Hans Kopp, the narrowed focus means the club's cash donations will have a much larger impact on the groups it does support -- and no other groups have yet complained that a small piece of funding has been lost to them as a result. n See More page 15 Spring inTO SUMMER WITH ... Biggest Wine & Beer Sale gular batch at re cond Buy oned get the se price an Ein Stein's 5May 29, 30, 31 June 2 & 3 DAYS ONLY 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Price 1/2 09. Limit ervic,e ions apply ne 2 & 3 20 M 481 North Slid beay 29bi30,d31 Juh any other offer. Some restrict va it Offer com ne w Cannot ou on Site pared by Y Pre 337) E 825custom ER (2 05) tches per -B er. Road W. (9 4 ba 3 3rd Line 4 4th Line 481 North Service Road W. (just west of Dorval) HOURS: MON. CLOSED, TUES.-FRI. 12-8, SAT. 9-5, SUN. 11-3 Ein Stein is CLOSED Mondays Q.E.W. Dorval A trusted name in Oakville since 1992 EIN STEIN North Service Rd. NN 4 481