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14 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday August 8, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Children embrace others across the globe Continued from page 13 a week and they stitch together clothes for themselves, their family and friends, as well as crafts and quilts. When the kids arrive with no project to work on or they finish early, they sew squares to make the charitable quilts. However, in the past year, students were driving the charity work. Now, Gilby has not just one or two quilts, but 20, to deliver to South Africa when she returns again this year to visit her parents and celebrate her dad's 75th birthday. "We have some really good kids who care about other children," said Gilby, whose husband is a principal in Golder, a global company specializing in ground engineering and environmental services. The firm organized a fundraising contest to celebrate the global nature of soccer during the World Cup and raised $8,000 for the Golder Trust for Orphans. "It was one big, wonderful circle with everybody helping everybody." Erica Gilby, Erica Gilby Sewing School It was that cheque that the Gilbys delivered last summer. In addition to financial support, Golder employees and associates offer WWW.NIGELCOMPUTERS.COM BURLINGTON'S BEST COMPUTER STORE! NIGELCOMPUTERS COMPUTERS www.nigelcomputers.com knowledge in the fields of agriculture and rural development. Walk in the Light (www.walkinthelight.org.z a) is a project supported by the company's trust fund and it focuses on the village of Hanniville, near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. "During our visit John handed the cheque to this organization. This ministry is doing great work in a village of about 10,000 where every family has been affected by AIDS," said Gilby. Walk in the Light, a Christian charity administered by a man and wife team, sees children orphaned by AIDS, not sent to orphanages, but supported so that they may remain in their home village. If they're put in orphanages, they're turned out once they reach age 18 and are then not supported, explained Gilby. Walk in the Light supports families who take in the orphans and the families are held accountable for providing for the children, said Gilby, noting the system offers accountability and a chance for the children to grow up in their own village where they are known and loved. "This is a great effort in our community for those less fortunate than ourselves and the children have embraced this project and will continue to do so in the future. We are sure that those who will benefit from this will be thank- 11th Anniversary Sale OPL and OPCC COME EARLY! DON'T MISS OUT! One Day Only! Sat. Aug.11 · 9:30 am-5 pm DOOR CRASHERS! BACK TO SCHOOL PKG. NC100 · 3000 AMD Semp. CPU · 1 GB Ram · 80 GB Hard Drive 7200RPM · USB in Front · O/B Video Card · 17" LCD monitor · Keyboard/Mouse · 18 DVD-RW · Speakers · Canon MultiFunction Printer · Windows XP FREE 19" LCD Monitor Upgrade! 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Currently, OPL also provides in-house programming space for Halton Health Department Calling New Parents program and the Nobody's Perfect parenting program. "Our goal is to encourage Our Kids Network partners all those organizations in Oakville whose mission is to ensure that `All children thrive in Halton' -- to consider the benefits of using OPL locations; locations that might help them reach a larger community. We help them; they help us to deliver the programs/services/messages that will support Oakville kids, parents and caregivers," said Sharon Yates, Children's Advocate and Manager of the Iroquois Ridge branch. The library also worked with OPCC, the Ontario Early Years Centre in Milton and Burlington and other children's services agencies in Halton, to develop the Community Services Inventory (CSI), which is available through the Our Kids website. 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