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Contact: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 email: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Please forward announcements of non profit and free events for Community Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4; Fax 905-337-5567; e-mail blokhuis@haltonsearch.com or call 905845-3824 Ext. 250; BEFORE NOON MONDAY to be included. Free listing. MONDAY D EC EM B ER 29 COMMUNITY UPDATE Weekly Walks by the Water along Waterfront Trail with the Bronte Bunch. Group walks every Monday year round for fun, fitness and friendship. Meet at back door of Coach and Four, Lakeshore and Bronte. Walk begins 7:15 p.m. Aprfes walk refreshments. Beginners welcome. Bring flashlights. Approximately 7K walk, 1.5 hours. Call Sylvia, 905-616-2330. TUESDAY DECEMBER 30 Halton VON Foot Care Clinic, Sir John Colborne Centre for Seniors, Tuesdays 1 - 4 p.m. Cost: $20. By appointment only. Call Q 05-R 1S-S Q 60 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31 Enjoy alcohol-free family fun at Bronte Creek Provincial Park in day-use area on Burloak north of QEW. Park and skating rink open extended hours, to 1.a.m. to wel come 2004 Join a Park Naturalist at 6 p.m. for a Coyote Howl hike where you will learn about this mysterious night animal and most likely hear them howling in the distance. After the hike everyone is welcome to gath er around the bonfire to warm up while enjoying a free cup of hot chocolate. At 8 p.m. ring in the New Year with a Countdown for Kids. Visitors can continue the celebra tion into the night, skating to music under a starry sky and warming up by the bonfire. Bronte Legion New Year' s Eve Dance, 79 Jones, 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. Dance with Jamie. Light buffet and party favours. Tickets $20 each available at the bar. Call 905-827-4722 for info - no telephone ticket reservations. Parents Without Partners New Year' s Eve Dance Party at Clarkson Community Wilma Blokhuis · Oakville Beaver CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Dr. Frank Invidiata, right, came to the Sir John Colborne Centre's annual Christmas party last Friday to present his present, a $10,000 cheque to its Colborne Endowment Fund. Accepting the cheque is Herb Boyd, president of the Friends of Oakville Seniors Centres. This is the second such donation Dr. Invidiata had made, and he plans to present $10,000 a year to the centre's endowment for as long as he lives. In return, he was named a life member by Earle Stobart, Chairman of the Operations Board for the Sir John Colborne Centre. more than 4,000 spectators. Oakville welcomes guest speaker David for the Blind is recruiting NOW for our SUNDAYJANUARY 4 Family Skate-with-Jake Day at Bronte Centre, 2175 Truscott Drive, Mississauga. Tickets cost $35 in advance only and include hot roast beef buffet served at 9 p.m., desserts, snacks, party favours, prizes and much more. Call 905-278-9561 or 905238-5789. 19th annual World Vision Polar Bear Dip Swim, Coronation Park. Registration 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Wear swimsuit and bring extra shoes, warm clothing and towels or blankets. Dip 2 p.m. Proceeds to providing clean well water in Nicaragua, Honduras and Tanzania. Goal is $20,000. Minimum $25 donations. Prizes for zaniest individual and craziest couple. Call Anna at 905-6074950 ext 24 or I-8OO-COURAGE (2687243) ext 24, or visit www.polarbeardip.ca.. More than 300 `polar bears' expected and Creek Provincial Park, 1 - 3 p.m. at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Ring in the new year with an afternoon of skating, a complimen tary slice of cake, and a warm open fire beside the rink. Bronte Creek Provincial Park on Burloak north of the QEW. Skating and cake free with park admission: $4 for adults, $2 for children or $12 vehicle maxi mum. Skates can be rented at the rink at $4 per hour. Call 905-827-6911. Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada, Confessions of a Weather Weenie, 10 a.m., River Oaks Community Centre, 2400 Sixth Line. For more information, call Rod Shepherd, 905-847-7670. Women' s Caring and Sharing Circle with Patricia Hurst. Spend an hour in the warm, accepting atmosphere of other women like yourself. Share your chal lenges, life experience and wisdom. Every Thursday, 1 - 2 p.m. No cost. Call Women's Centre, 905-847-5520. TUESDAY JANUARY < ? Oakville Seniors Camera Club meeting BULLETIN Are you caring for a loved one? Do you 7:30 p.m., at Oakville Seniors Centre, 263 Kerr St. Are you interested in photography, improving your photo skills? New members welcome. Cost: $3 per person. Enquiries: Mary Bastead at 905-827-0836. THURSDAY JANUARY 8 Combined Probus Club of North need a break? SENACA Seniors Day Program has openings in day program Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. SENACA funded through Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and is a member agency of the United Way of Oakville. Call 905-337-8937. CNIB - Canadian National Institute Focus on Crocus campaign - February 1- 8, 2004. We need volunteers to make flower deliveries and sell flowers at various loca tions in the community. Great opportunity for families and friends to volunteer togeth er. Students get a jump on your 40 hours of community service. Call or email Carolann Ritcey Coordinator of Volunteers, 905-2755332 X24 or carolann.ritcey@cnib.ca Grace House group home, 20-year-old local charity providing supportive housing and teaching independent living skills to adults with psychiatric and/or social disad vantages , requires a volunteer board mem ber. No fundraising. Also need help with inside cleaning and yard maintenance. Call Dave Klarer, 905-844-4772. Tetra Society of Ontario is looking for people with technical skills who can volun teer their time to help design and build unique assistive devices for people with dis abilities. Call 905- 332-4759 or email rlbaliko@cogeco.ca or visit www.tetrasociety.org. Kerr Street Ministries, 484 Kerr at Speers, has clothing available at $1 a bag (bags provided), the first and third Saturday of each month from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Help for Parents - Parent Support Group meets weekly, evenings. This nondenominational self-support group with trained leaders, helps parents of children who are in trouble at home, at school or with the law, abusive or taking drugs. A member of Association of Parent Support Groups in Ontario (APSGO). To locate group nearest you, Call 1-800-488-5666. www.apsgo.ca Classic Book Club (CBC) of Oakville is looking for new male and female members. The club was founded in 1993 and to date the members have read more than 60 clas sics. In order to continue growing and enjoying discussions from a broad range of participants, the CBC of Oakville would like to expand. Those interested in literature, particularly the classics, are invited to con tact Pamela K Spicer at 905-825-2495 or email pkspicer@look.ca. Do you feel your life is being ruined by someone else's drinking? Al-Anon and Alateen (for teenagers) can help. Call 416410-3809. Ontario March of Dimes is looking for volunteers to help fundraise during its January Door-to-Door Campaign. You can help raise the needed funds that provide essential programs and services to people with physical disabilities across the province. Become a canvasser in your neighbourhood for 2 to 3 hours of volunteer time, or a captain, encouraging canvassers and collecting kits. Call 1-800-263-DIME (3463) ext. 718, e-mail door-todoor@dimes.on.ca or visit the Web site at www.dimes.on.ca Falgarwood Badminton Club meets every Wednesday night from 8-10 p.m. Members accepted 16 years and older. Call 905-849-0159. Learning Disabilities Association of Halton has relocated to the lower level of the Rotary Youth Centre, 560 Guelph Line, Burlington. Call 905-333-1977. Mississauga Animal Rescue Service needs volunteers to provide temporary fos ter homes for lost and abandoned animals. Permanent homes also needed. For more information please call 905-855-0357 or email marscats@sympatico.ca or visit our website at www3.sympatico.ca/marscats/. Ridge Seniors at Iroquois Ridge Older Adults Centre looking for volunteer greeters and new members, at Iroquois Ridge Recreation Centre, 1051 Glenashton Dr., call 905-338-4255 ext. 3745. There's a lim it to how much you can give. Starting on January 1, 2004, new rules governing federal political financing will set out clear limits for everyone. · As a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada, you can give up to $5,000 in total per year to each registered political party, including its registered riding associations, nomination contestants and candidates. · You can also give up to $5,000 in total to the leadership contestants of a registered party per leadership race, and $5,000 per election to each candidate who is not of a registered party. · The maxim um tax credit has been increased to $650 for eligible political contributions. · Corporations and trade unions (with some exceptions) can give up to $1,000 per year in total to the candidates, nomination contestants and registered riding associations of each registered political party, and can give up to $1,000 per election to each candidate who is not of a registered party. · Corporations and trade unions cannot make contributions to the registered parties them selves or to their leadership contestants. For more details on these and many other im portant changes to the Canada Elections Act, click in the Political Financing box on our Web site at w w w .elections.ca or call l 800 463 -6868 . TTY 1 800 361-8935 for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing Elections Canada