Joie de VivreInvite you to.. . 2010 OTMH Candlelight Ball Saturday November 7, 2010 We are pleased to partner again with Chef Michael Bonacini; celebrated Food Network host, CityLine guest, Restaurateur and co-author of the 3 chefs cookbook. Michael and his team of Oliver & Bonacini Cafrill chefs will develop a one-of-a-kind culinary experience dont miss out on this exclusive opportunity. To view the Parisian inspired menu, please visit www.otmhcandlelightball.com. www.otmhcandlelightball.com Presenting Sponsors: Net proceeds from this years Candlelight Ball will benefit the Intensive Care, Maternal Child, Diagnostic Imaging and Surgical departments at OTMH. MICHAEL BONACINI Saturday, November 6, 2010 6:30 pm at the Burlington Convention Centre ONLY 5 T ABLES REMA NIRE AINI NGNINREMAININ w w w . o a kv ill eb ea ve r.c o m O A KV IL LE B EA V ER Fr id ay , O ct ob er 2 9, 2 01 0 8 Palermo students collect food for Halloween By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF On Sunday most children will be out in disguise trying to fill as many sacks and bags as they can full of candy. The annual Halloween tradition makes for a wonderful day for youngsters, but most of them dont know the realities of hunger. However, a group of students at the newly opened Palermo Public School have come together to help fight hunger in the Oakville community. The goal was 800 items and we got more than 950, said Grade 6 teacher Brian Zuzek. This is the first charity thing weve partici- pated in at the school. Zuzeks classroom of 19 students worked together on the project, called Halloween for Hunger, and went around the classrooms at the school collecting non-perishable foods. The donations are to be handed over to Oakvilles Fareshare food bank Friday, Oct. 29, just in time for Halloween. Though the entire class took on the proj- ect, the quest was spearheaded by Zuzeks student Morolayo Illori. She attended a We Day event in Toronto in September, which is designed to celebrate and encourange the power of young people to create positive change in the world. I was inspired by the people who talked to me and they talked to the whole group of thousands and thousands of people, Illori said. They talked about doing small things and how it will make a big difference in dif- ferent parts of the world. She took the words to heart and initially planned to start collecting food donations around her neighbourhood, but then had a grander idea. She took the idea to school and it was picked up by her teacher, class- mates and ultimately the entire school. She said shes happy with the turnout, which could not have happened if the stu- dents had not brought the canned goods. I think everyone in the school actually wanted to participate, Illori said. The collection took place for a bit more than a week. Students in Zuzeks classroom were assigned hallways and then they went and collected the donations made by the stu- dents. I just think its incredible how a student is so motivated to make a difference and I truly feel she has done that, said Zuzek of his young student. I think she was a strong leader for this whole Halloween for Hunger food drive within the school. He added that this is a great beginning for a brand new school. This is great at any time, but its also great as our first fundraiser at the new school, he said. I think it really helps establish the com- munity feel and teamwork and the fact that we can make a difference. After having mobilized her classmates into successful action, Illori is not done yet. While children will be out trick or treating on Sunday, she will be out collecting more food donations. She, along with her mother and sister, have gone around their neighbourhood dis- tributing flyers informing people they will be doing that, so there should be no surpris- es when people find her smiling face asking for non-perishables instead of candy. DRIVEN: Palermo Public School students raised non-perishable food for Oakvilles Fareshare food bank just in time for the spooky season. Halloween for Hunger was spearheaded by Brian Zuzek's Grade 6 class (pictured). RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER