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:1 Te Canadien Champion, Tuesday, January 19, 1 OU --O United Way hoping to raise a bit more Fî your By KAREN SMITH donors who haven't yet made their annuai Ms Ramsden said it was ail possible SpOrtS The Champion contribution, no matter how small, to heip thanks to the "selfiess efforts of a large T'Me United Way of Milton is enjoying out," she said. number of volunteers. 1eo7* its most successful campaign in history Ms Ramsden said the campaign bas "We had a great team. Everyone worked o8 - but would like to make tise pot sweeter by been successful particuiarly due to dons- togetber. We had some fun. It was s good 4 4 reacbing its $275,000 goal. tions fromn the industrisi community. experience,' she said.49 3 Barbara Ramsden, co-chair of tbe local "We got s couple of new industries in The organization is also looking for P1izme United Way's 1998-99 fundrsising blitz town on board that made employee psy- someone to take over as chair - usually a wit hr hsbnd etr, ai anesimaedroll deduction donations," she said. one-yesr job - for the 1999-2000 cam-fa wit10h be bn Plete d aemte d A substantial suri was also raised paign. D tln $26100 as ben olleîedto dte. tbrougb the public service sector, a door- Donations can be msiled to: United :itI, It is tise moat money ever raised by the to-door csmpaign and a mass mail-out to Way of Milton, P.O. Box 212, Milton, items to organization. donors in the Milton ares. Ont., L9T 4N9. However, the figure only represents 95 As well, funda were generated tbrough "It wouid be reslly great if we could gel the saine per cent of the $275.000 target. special events sucb as s golf toumnament, a there," Ms Ramsden ssid. u b r "The agencies we support desperstely dinner-auction and a Christmas house For more information, contact the need tisese funds and we would urge any tour. United Way of Milton at 875-2550. Tour food store with a nutrition pro 1-àà ât,àït " ý q i By IRENE GENTLE The Champion Discovering new ways to est nigbt can 19 5B I C E A1 98 HR SE IN E D be an adventure. So wby not besd off on a Ar, tilt, cruise, PW Ar tilt, cruise, PW POL, Nutrition Expedition? asan moe1 In this expedition tbe territory is your Pcslk nw.white, 1 green & 1 local grocery store and your guidesa regis- Only 8 1, 000 kms. deep cranberry tered dietitian froin tbe Halton Regionaltu d. Healtis Department. Your mission, sbould you cboose to accept it, is to emerge witb new ways to make bealtby eating a natural part of daily Invest 90 minutes T iK~ 'It's'fun and you get to tslk witb otbé.r as you," explained Lia Mina, a registered dietitian at tbe regionat bealtis department.à Currently tbe depsrtment offers a 90- minute adult tour along with a separate 6- -.4 dr auto, PS, PB, 2 dr, auto, air, PS, PB, minute pre-achool oriented Nutrition cass, low, low kms. cass and more. Expedition Jr. Botb are aimed at heiping you make besîthier eating choîces in tise place wbere moat food faux pas are made - tise gro- cery aisie. "About 80 per cent of our'food cisoicesZI are made rigbt in tise store," said Ms Mina. Going on a guided tour with eight to 12 fellow food travelers can make ail tise dif- ference in breaking bsd habits and lesrn- -" Loaded with leather Air, AM/FM/cass, 2 to ing to est rigbt. ny2,0 m.O ecos fr . It's kind of like a crash course in label- rowner, like new. oeading, 101. "It's belping adulta choose lower fat, bigis fibre féoda," said Ms Mina. "We do it a lot tismugis labels."* Read the fine print19 7C R SE N R D197 TA US S Wben it comes to labels, insight isn't juat about tise big picture. It's about read- -Loaded, 3.5L engîne . V6, auto stick, PW PDL, ing tise fine print. artlcus.Lwks Take serving sizes. "ise serving sizes of different brands of crackers, for example, can be different," explained Ms Mina. "You can't juat compare fat grama, you bave to look at the serving sizes ai well." Serving sizes also comne into play wbenfo Wk tae&1ire.ssdlrfr eal. talk tumai to tbe four food groupa neededAd o Wcb.txs&osa5.tieroreal. for a bealtisy diet. T'Mat means al you wbo have ever tbrown your banda up in despair over tise ides of managing to stomseb five to 10 vegetable and fruit servings in one sotday can put tbem back down again. pl GOR DI I ab sriJo o Rlck Hl short hn.Claniar louer McG1ilvray DlUn r Se Gibson Deolveira Mari n Dodds "I tbink people perceive tise serving sizes to be bigger than tbey really are," W E - explained Ms Mina. 51 IIIIII STI M. To aid understanding, an expedition 1; IIj~I L~ O l#<A5OT leader will stroil slowly tbrougis tise î MAUi i ' *seTIPSon pagel16 §LO 0 M s s