B2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday May 24, 2000 TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO SAFE! Y .Y , The world can be a potentially m dangerous place for a child, but as a * parent it's often difficult to find the right materials to help teach your children about personal safety. Now there's help. Caribbean association honours student By Karen Robbins SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Allison Tyrrell is on the right track. The Canadian Caribbean Association has recognized her achievements by presenting her with an award recently. Allison has always been an over achiever. In high school she was a track star; at the University of Toronto she was captain of the track team and received the Silver Tea Award, which is given to the most outstanding athlete. However, athletics is not her only strength. This twenty-something woman, whom her mother describes as a "very hard worker," just recently graduated with a Medical Doctorate from Ross University School of Medicine in the United States and now she is going on to specialize in pedi atrics. She has also done a lot of volunteer work over the years for the organiza tion. At one point Allison was chair of the youth group. `T his is a way for us to say congrat ulations on your achievement," said her mother Veronica Tyrrell, who is also president of the association. Veronica said every year an award is given to someone in the community who has done good work. Last year it was given to the Halton Regional Police for their community policing. Allison received her plaque at the association's 23rd anniversary dinnerdance held Saturday May 13 th. Veronica said every year, they try to include some cultural elements into the evening; this year a steel band per formed. The association has over 50 mem bers in Halton Region. In the 1970s, it started up as a social club for Caribbean domestics who came to the community. It became incorporated into a non profit organization in 1981 and began promoting understanding of the culture through various community activities such as Black History Week, Hands Across the World and the Oakville Waterfront Festival. LA-Z-BOY FURNITURE GALLERIES AT THE BURLINGTON POWER CENTRE, in partnership with the OAKVILLE BEAVER, are proud to introduce the BE SAFE Program. The BE SAFE Activity Kit invites families to join two adorable raccoons (Wendall and Al) and a schoolroom full of children on video, as a child expert teaches everyone how to avoid or deal with dangerous situations. This fun and entertaining video helps children leam not to accept gifts and rides from strangers; how to use a family code word; how to handle inappropriate behaviour from adults; and ways to avoid other harmful circumstances. Along with the video, the Activity Kit also includes colouring book(s) reinforcing the learning points from the video, and sticker(s) to celebrate your family's completion of the program. Allison Tyrrell Host families needed for visiting Spanish, French students AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNER FILM ADVISORY BOARD "The Be S tfe Video stresses to children that they are the o nly ones w ho can keep them selves safe. It's very w ell done and a m uch-needed educational tool - it should be seen again and again as a positive reinforcem ent fo r children ! " E la y n e B lyth, P re sid en t, Film A d v iso ry B oard BEST O F ALL, T H E BE SAFE P R O G R A M IS OFFERED T O Y O U R FAMILY ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! It's o u r w ay of giving back to o u r com m unity an d saying thank you for your support. PICK UP YOUR FREE!!! BE SAFE ACTIVITY KIT AT: t e a c h i n g k id s h o w t o LA-Z-BOY FURNITURE GALLERIES BURLINGTON POWER CENTRE be SAFE! Q.E.W . &B RA NT S TR E E T (905)331-7600 L A -Z - D O Y ^ S T he Oakville B eaver A student exchange pro gram is looking for 10 host families. During the months of July and August, Red Leaf Student Programs will be bringing Spanish and French students to Oakville. These students are between the ages of 13 and 21 years of age and attend English classes every morn ing. The afternoons are filled with fun activities such as bowling, swimming and sports. Evenings and week ends are spent with their host families. Once a week, there are major excursions to places such as Niagara Falls and Canada's Wonderland. Families with teens, young children or couples who are `empty nesters' are all welcome to act as hosts. Families are given a remu neration of $540 a month to offset expenses, and every attempt is made to match the teens with families based on personal habits, hobbies and interests. Many lasting friendships are made, and Oakville fam ilies have travelled to Spain to visit their students' fami lies. "Our family was in Spain last year and was made very welcome by Pablo's family," said one participating host family. "Pablo had stayed with us for the past five years. The Spanish are very friendly people." ' If you can host a visiting Spanish or French student this summer, call Veronica R ichards-M iller at 6370879. M issing Children's D ay May 25th is National Missing Children's Day in Canada. Over 60,000 cases of missing children were reported in Canada last year, enough to fill every seat in the SkyDome. That's one child reported missing every nine minutes; 40% of those cases, representing approximately 20,000 children and teenagers, were recorded in Ontario. Child Find Ontario's 9th Annual Green Ribbon of Hope Campaign, taking place in May, brings public attention to the issue of missing children and the need to educate families and children about safety. The Green Ribbon symbol was granted exclusively to Child Find following the Green Ribbon Task Force investi gation into missing high school student Kristen French. Last year, over 300,000 Canadians wore green ribbons during May in support of missing children and child safety. Child Find Ontario urges people across the province to sup port the Green Ribbon of Hope Campaign by wearing a green ribbon. For more information call Child Find at 842-5353. A p a r tn e r s h ip in th e s e r in c c o f o u r c o m m u n ity . v o e tu n ia s white ? hosted by the Community Advisory Committee to Petro-Canada Wednesday, May 3 1 , 2 0 0 0 5 :3 0 pm PETROCANADA OAKVILLE REFINERY a t R o b a c c a A M iw iw q g q S tr e e ts - fe llo w s ig n a g e to fa rm h o e s e · REFINERY TOURS will run every 2 0 minutes beginning at 5 :3 0 pm · DISPLAYS on odour control initiatives and the refinery's environmental efforts · HEALTH experts available to answer your questions all w o o d e n hooks ^ ·o n special! A la rg e 'selecgjj · MEET the volunteer members of the Community Advisory Cmte. who work on your behalf For more information, please call your Ward One Councillors: Cmte. Chair Kevin Flynn at 845-6601, ext. 3710 or Vice Chair Ralph Robinson at 8277659 or view the committee website at www.region.halton.on.ca/refinery/ LOOK F O R T H E G arden Centre INTERNATIONAL! 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