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Developmental ParentiligServicèýs Steve and Dienise Orton have a goal: to keep famiies together in a healthy and safe environment. Their two children taken awaty from them, the Oshawa couple and frienda from Belleville have formed a group called Develop- mental Parenting Services, te, help people who had- their chli- dre n taken away from them or who may lose their children. The or .niztioni, as yet infor- miai, seeka toprovide assistance in maxiy areas, including. mar- nage counselling, and support te, help parents who lost theïr chul- dren. Both before and after a baby is born, the parenting service pro- 305B:ckSt.N ..:b 68-47 CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY 1991 FINAL TAX NOTICE The fourth instalment of taxes for 1991 is due an pyable September 16, 1991. If paymnent is not reoeived bythedu dtée at ilbe addled on Uthe t day of default and the firat da o echcaedar month 80 long as non-payment continues, at of rte01-1/4% per mnonth or part therof If you have flot receuved a tax bill and you are responsible forgpyment. pleas contact thue Tax Depprent at 668-5803 to otin the neoessary information. Taxes may be païd at any Whitby bank vvithout bank collection chares, or at the Municipal Office, 575 Rossiand Road East, Whitby, inân11wewnt of posba luiU nupu4payments may b. depoas t eUi extedor cdrop box located et 9w front o,n fUne mMmb*aOffloe. LYNNE PIKE SUPERVISOR 0F REVENUE Homne 0f The "'8" LARGE" PIZZA Where a. large really is a large. Over 26% more Pizza than a 16" lamae. 113, BYRON -ST S. WHITBY --kt4'ooupot- per-order pleaser No expiry.-No-oesh valje. i poses professional training and counse ling for parents con- sidered high-risk. An- in-norne, support team would' supervise and document thepare 1ntsprogress. Denise and Steve wish that a similar prograro existed six years ago. When they lived ini Belleville in' 1985, their first child Christo- per was taken away*right after he was brought home from the hospital. Four years later, theçir daughter Melissa was born. She was taken before the Orteiis could even bring her home. Denise, developmentaliy hand- icapped and a co-dependant, was not -thought te be a suitable mother. Children's Aid also had qualms about Steve. Their attention is now focused on helping others te, avoid the hardship they have endured. Deveopmental Parenting Ser- vices came te life fromr a meeting held in March 1990 when the Ortons met with their friends from Belleville. There is a committee, headd quarters, budget and focus, but no government funding as yet. We sent out a survey te, agen- cies in the area,» he said. «But no one will talk te us unless we have professionals. But we caret get professional people. without money.» Their budget shows an estima- ted $229,000 one.-year operating cost for a Durham -Northumber- land office. That would include the $45,000 saiary of a program director and $153,600 for full- time staff. «We've had* a gzreat resonse from the Blleville area, 1 tn says. Orton is looking for a response from local parents and agencies. For those wishing for informa- tion about the service, write te Developmental Parenting Ser- vices 444 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. LR H4J6. DENISE AND Steve Orton are trying to help parents' tbrough their- group, Developmental Parenting Ser- vices. Chrlu Bovie photo ShareLife donations increase, In a year that hma challenged most non-profit organizations te meet even thoir previous year's resulta, year-end figures from Shareife reveal that the Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Toronto surpassd last year's donations by more than Ï200,000. Most of the success in collecting the $9.687 milion raised this year la attributable te the parish campaign, which benefits from the efforts of thousands of volunteers "These are dedicated ShareLife volunteers," commenteél Richard Garnett, executive director of Shareife.. "Iniistead of conenratnq on their own difficulties duigtese times, they remembered those in need, through the caring leadership of their pas3jtor.f In contrast te the paishes, ShareIàfe Corporato Appeal was more directly affected by the recession.- "Even a strong team -of corporate canvassers coDuld not mncrease donations from the corporate community te Share Life this year," said Garnett. "Mocre contacts than ever were made during the 1990/491 anvaas but corporate contributions did not reflect that." Shareife funds more than $6.7 million worth of social services ini Metro Toronto and the surrounding regions. The remainder of the money raisied in used te fund development and- missions in i the third world and the education of priests.* [BU OCA IH HPS -BU CANFS& HP