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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1985, PAGE 3 Moving to group homes.... F*rst 17 residents discharged from DurhamCnr The first phase of the home on Annes St. in chased four bouses to be and two in Pickering. volved in community group homes while a people. closure of the Durham Whitby later this month. used as group homes. Ail of the residents work programs family with a develop- Ail residents accepted Centre for the MacDonald said that They are located in being entrusted to the operated by the mentally handicapped by the A.P.W.A.M.R. Developmentallv Han- the association bas pur- Ajax, Pickering Village A.P.W.A.M.R. are in- association. MacDonald child bas given the .will receive educational rni,,ê,.1, that the. onlv assc.ia.tion another, social, -vocational and Inez Curl of Brooklin, vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Ajax-Pickering-Whitby Association for the Mentally Retarded is seen bere accepting a cheque for $8,000 from Bill Graham, vice-president of the Kinsmen Club of Ajax. The money will be used by the A.P.W.A.M.R. as a downpayment to purchase a house to be used as a group home in Ajax. Living at the home will be former residents of Whitby's Durham Centre for the Developmentally Handicapped. Free Press Staff Photo That grant, she said, was given "'with no strings attached. " MacDonald said that she bas hired the 30 fuil-tinie and part-tusse staff people needed to run the group homes which brings ber total complement up to 85 well as medical care. She also noted that four- of the new staff people were hired away from the Durham Cen- tre. "And not just because they came from Durham Centre, they were hired because of their abllity." dicapped is expected to be completed by May 13 when 17 of its residents move into group homes operated by the Ajax- Pickering-Whitby Asso- ciation for the Mentally Retarded. According to A.P.W.A.M.R. execu- tive director Gwelda MacDonald, the first eigbt Durham Centre residents were to bave moved into group homes last Monday morning. Four more will move May 6 and another four a week later. The 17tb resident will move into the association's group junior firemen The Whitby Fire Department will be conducting its l3th an- nual Junior Fire Depar- thnent programn for boys and girls aged il and 12. The program 1*5' designed to educate and train these youngsters on the proper actions to take in case of fire and on fire prevention methods. The programn will be run in for sessions, those being: -fromn July 2 to 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 n oon, -from July 2 to 12 from 1 to 4p.m.; -fromn July 15 to 25 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon; and, -from July 15 to July 25 fromn 1 to4 p.m. There is no registration fee for this program and each par- ticipant will receive a certificate. Each session will be limited to 4o students 50 early registration is ad- vised. Application for- ms are available at Whitby area schools or fromn the Whtby fire department's main hall at201lBrock St. S. .-,.., McALLISTIIRS P resent, The Barrymore "Limited Editions" Custom SAVINGS 0F Cover Sale 201% -web coul construction, to stand the test of time -cush ions that are resiliant yet soft -tailoring, beautifully matched, by a master craftsman -a select ion of styles and fabrics to suit your taste McALLISTERSIr ~ 70 ROSSLANO RU. W. OSHAWA 576-6465 Mon., Tues., Wed. 10-6, Thurs.-Fri. 10-9, Sat. 10-5 L~! t. 'ýýW1ÀAAAA *4.4.4.f.4.4.4.if.$ 44, . * .... 44f,444f44t,.e 44 4 4. ..... . . ...44........,...,~..~ 4 4 4 major change in their lives will be their place of residence. The association lias also received an ad- ditional $400,000 in operating grants for the homes from the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. This will bring their an- nual budget toabout $1.8 milion. MacDonald also said that the operating grants for the homes will be renegotiated every year. The .cirector also noted that while the association bas been asked to assume responsibility for another 14 Durham Cen- tre residents, no cbildren are involved. " We won't be ser- vicing cbildren because we don't have any children's residential facilities,"1she said. MacDonald also believes that the com- munity is coming out in support of the de- institutionalization of residents of Durham Centre. She points out, that the Kinsmen Club of Ajax has donated $8,000 towards the downpayment on the purchase of one of the Contractor Special Good until May 3rd 3"1 Standard Ardox Nails 131w95 150 lb. keg Call and build it botter ai: hiOLLANd I buiLdiNG CENTRE 1277W! sond.N.. mThureri. arn,. .. 725-4709 :CZ M Sat.rdays 8a.r.*5 .sp.