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Blood donors come to rescue of Red Cross Oakville blood donors have responded to an urgent plea by the Red Cross to alleviate a critical shortage at the Toronto and Southern Ontario Blood Centre. On Monday, a special Red Cross blood donor clinic collected 168 units from 181 donors. Clinic goal was 120 donors. "The clinic was a huge success," says Brenda Dunsdon, of the Oakville Red Cross. "People were lined up, our workers didn‘t leave until 9:45 p.m. It was the largest clinic in the Toronto area on Monday." The clinic occurred the day the Red Cross issued an urgent appeal, via the media, for more blood. The Kidcheck clinic at Lockwood Chrysler In an effort to further educate Oakville and Halton Region parents on the dangers of abduction, Child Find Ontario will hold a Kidcheck fingerprinting clinic at Oakville‘s Lockwood Chrysler, on Jan. 29th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lockwood Chrysler is located at 175 Wyecroft Rd., just west of Kerr Street. Child Find volunteers will be on hand to fingerprint children accomâ€" panied by their parent(s) or legal guardian, as well as, to distribute child safety tips on how parents can protect their children against the dangers of the street. The Kidcheck program is available free of charge, but donations are welcome to help cover our costs. Child Find Ontario Inc., is a non profit registered charitable volunâ€" teerâ€"based organization dedicated to reducing the incidence of missing and abducted children by assisting in the search and recovery process for missing children, as well as, by educating on the dangers of abducâ€" tion in an effort to minimize that risk. WWould like to thank everyone who visited our store in the past year and helped to make our year a successful one. We will be restocking the store with new cabinets and accessories in February, and as a result, all instore cabinets will be offered at 20% to 40% off regular prices. Cabineh 1 < fls o “ Custom Cabinets Accessori¢s Our best references are in homes all over Oakville. blood bank requires 10,000 units daily over the next two weeks to replenish its supply for 61 hospitals, including Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, and any amounts less than that may hamper surgeries, emergencies and patient care. "Major factors contributing to the decline in blood collections include the recent snowstorm and very cold temperatures; limited colâ€" lections because of the December holidays; a slow postâ€"holiday period PUD _( COMEON PAL ... AT LEAs %gTRYSKAflNe. £ c\ ITs (â€" PLEEASE? Thank You. In addition, any tables and chairs ordered during this week will be Please remember that we are a local custom cabinet maker with our factory located on Speers Road. If you don‘t see exactly what you need in the store, chances are good that we can make it for you. and the cold and flu season," states the Red Cross. "A chronic problem seems to be the state of the general economy. With many businesses restructuring and laying off employees, there are fewer staff able to donate or spare the time to help and promote comâ€" pany clinics." Locally, the monthly blood clinâ€" ics at Towne Chevâ€"Olds have been short of the 225â€"unit goal "for the last couple of months," Dunsdon noted. The Mayor‘s Clinic last pot the Winter values at Garvey‘s! On Wednesday, Jan. 19th, we are closing to fill our floors with values... starting Thursday, Jan. 20th at 8$:00 a.m. wale starts Saturday, January 15 until Saturday, January 22. SBMMY CA CATCH ME // A clinic organized by the Glen Abbey Residents Association on Dec. 30th at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre netted 125 units from 132 donors. That clinic is part of a challenge against the River Oaks Association of Residents and the Iroquois Ridge Residents Association which are joining forces to hold a clinic at the River Oaks Recreation Centre on Jan. December was attended by 204 peoâ€" ple from whom 197 units were colâ€" lected. Wedding Bells in your future? Have Your Gracious Wedding Celebration 2363 NORTH SERVICE RD. AT BRONTE RD. UAKVII.LE 847â€" 5555 Selfâ€"sufficiency through literacy in the developing world A special International Development Week project organized by CODE and the Canadian Booksellers Association For information, call 1â€"800â€"661â€"2633 International Development Week February 6 to 12, 1994 What is life like beyond our borders? Learn more about the cultures and people of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean at your local bookstore. The best fiction and reference books will be part of International Development Week displays at partucupatlng bookstores across Canada. >\ Together we can change our world "We‘re holding about four or five clinics in Glen Abbey, and we‘re looking at holding the same number at River Oaks,"â€" said Dunsdon. "It has the potential to become a more viable location thanks to the opening of the Upper Middle Road bridge." The next monthly clinic will be Jan. 27th at Towne Chevâ€"Olds, 1:30 21st, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. p.m. to 8 p.m.; and Menasco Aerospace holds an employeesâ€"only clinic on Jan. 31st. by Steve Nease