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\VHF1BY FRLE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1985, PAGE 3 Must leave familiar surroundings.. Seniors iii need of local housing: Brookli report By SUSAN LESJAK Free Press Staff For a young person, striking out from one's home town and familiar surroundings speils ad- venture. For an elderly person, it can mean isolation and loneliness. Every year, nuinerous Brooklin seniors are driven out of the community in which they grew up. When physical frailty or meager pension plans force them to give up their own homes, there is no affordable housing in the hamiet to which they can move. The search for senior citizen housing often leads themn as far frorn home as Beaverton or Port Perry. Even those lucky enough to secure subsidîzed housing in nearby Whitby, find their life-long pattern of attending the same church or shopping in the same stores shat- tered by the move. The forced exodus of Brooklin's seniors has concerned Brooklin United Church eider Bill Walace for a long time. A firm believer in an in- dividual's right to grow old in familiar surroun- dings, Wallace formed a committee to bring senior housing to Brooklin a year and a half ago. Recently the commit- tee, known as the Brooklin Senior Citizens Housing Project, released the resuits of'a housing survey which documents, for the first time, the need for senior housing in Brooklin. The survey, which in- cludes questions on in- corne, present accom- modations and desired accommodations, re- veals 52 seniors who presently require low- income housing. The number, represents fully 3 percent of the hamlet's 1700 residents. 0f those 52, 19 listed their "preferred ac- commodation" as a two- bedroom u nit while another 15 said they would prefer a one- bedroom unit. On the basis of the survey, the committee is hoping to persuade the Canada Mortgage and Housing Cor- poration (C.M.H.C.) to provide financial assistance (in the form of grants or Iow-interest loans), for at ieast 35 one and two bedroom units. The results of the, sur- vey have been forwar- ded to C.M.H.C. as part of the Brooklin Senior Citizens Housing Project's application for funding. federal housing funds these days makes grant money difficuit to corne by, however, and the comrnittee bias yet to receive confirmation form C.M.H.C. that,' its appljcation, will be £on- sidered next yegr.- C.M.H.C. has also notifled the group that there are no funds available for site ap- praisais, or the acquisition of" land, meaning the Broolin coalition will have to raise a consiaeraDie portion of the money for the project on its own. Wallace, whose ex- perience as Whitby's administrator makes him soberly realistic about the projeet, says it coWid take years to. get off the ground. While he's careful flot tu raise anyone's : ,hopes prematurely, Wallace remains confident that somne day Brookiin residents will not have to leave the community when they grow old. -7 WE'VE EXPANDED AN ADDITIONAL 1000 sq. fti. 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The colorful ceremony included an honor guard from the Canadian Sea Cadet Corps, police and military detachments and dozens of schoo! children who had been given time off school for the event. Municipal and regional candidates also took time off campaigning to attend with Mayor Bob Atter- sley laying the town's wreath. The Royal Canadian Legion was formed in 1925 by uniting various veterans' groups that had sprung up after the first war. Originally called the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Services League, it became the Canadian Legion in 1958 adding the word "Royal" only in 1960. Since its founding, the Legion has worked hard to see to the in- terests nf ail Canada's veterans, working to perpetuate their memories and care for their memorials, provide suitable hurials, keep memorial day and en- sure that veterans and their families receive proper care when they need it. 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