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34 Oakville Beaver Weekend Sunday, October 17, 1999 R ed C ross 60 th A nniversary Services the Red Cross provides (Continued from page 3) P ro g ra m s a n d s e r v ic e s th e R e d C ro s s o ffe rs to d a y A assistance in the Balkans and the B alkan refugees in C anada." F u r t h e r .ch an g es w ithin the Red C ross include their expansion into shelter m a n ag e ment. D uring the ice storm o f `98, Red Cross, sent a team of four O akville em er gency service v olunteers that w ent to K ingston, to assits in shel ters. T he A buse Prevention Services, a new program sp o n sored by Sheldon K e n n e d y (F o u n d a tio n ), whom after rais ing m oney for abused children, realized his plans w eren 't feasible and donated the proceeds to the Red Cross for the creation o f A buse Services. c ro ss th e W o rld , A c ro ss th e S tre e t', th is is the im a g e th a t th e m o d e m R ed C ro ss p o r tra y s. C o m m itte d to u p h o ld in g th e ir se v en p rin c ip le s o f h u m an ity , im p a r tia lity , n e u tra lity , in d e p e n d e n c e , v o lu n ta ry se rv ic e , u n ity an d u n iv e rsa lity , th e R e d C ro ss w o rk s to w a r d s o n e s tr a te g ic g o a l: " to im p ro v e th e situ a tio n o f th e m o st v u ln e ra b le ." T h e O a k v ille D iv isio n is p ro u d to o ffe r 12 p ro g ra m s an d s e rv ic e s to O a k v ille an d s u rro u n d in g are a s w ith th e se id e a ls at heart. T h e se p ro g ra m s, run by th e 3 5 0 v o lu n te e r s a n d se v e n s ta ff, a re d e v e lo p e d in su c h a w ay th a t th ey p ro v id e a full ra n g e o f se rv ic e s fo r all a g e s in th e c o m m u n ity . Y o u n g p a r e n ts a r e g iv e n th e o p p o rtu n ity to e d u c a te th e m se lv e s o n p ro p e r c h ild c a re in th e C h ild S a fe P ro g ram . T h is p ro g ra m te a c h es in fa n t/sm a ll c h ild C P R , an d ho w to sto re u n sa fe p ro d u c ts to c re a te a s a fe e n v ir o n m e n t in th e h o m e . P e o p le S av ers, a p ro g ra m d e d ic a te d e n tire ly to c h ild re n , e d u c a te s c h il d ren on w a y s in w h ich th ey can h e lp in an e m e rg e n c y . R un w ith in th e sc h o o ls, th is se rv ic e re a c h e s the m a jo rity o f e le m e n ta ry stu d e n ts in O a k v ille . p r o fita b le e v e n ts fo r in te r n a tio n a l d e v e lo p m e n t, tra in in g and reu n io n s, so cial ju stic e an d d iv e rsity , an d o th e r w o rld iss u e s. In te rn a tio n a l S e rv ic e s n o w c a lle d `g lo b a l e d u c a tio n ', an d fo r th e la st 10 y ea rs th ey h av e been b rin g in g a w a re n e ss on issu es lik e the w a r in R w a n d a to th e c o m m u nity. In a d d itio n , o th e r p ro g ra m s o ffe re d in c lu d e A c tiv e C h o ice s fo r E v e ry o n e (A C E ) fo r th o se w h o fall in to the 5 0 + ca te g o ry , T ra c in g and R e u n io n is a v a il a b le to a n y o n e w h o w ish e s to fin d lo st re la tiv e s , a n d th e ir w ell PHOTO BY RCTF.WO VERTOLLI Lyell B achelder-volunteer Transportation, M ike G reenw ood-staff Transportation, H elen Shore-volunteerFront D esk Reception,G race W ilson-volunteer/Creations a n d client H .H .E .S.(H om e heathcare equipm ent services),N ancy Spence-staff F irst A id Coordinator, N ancy F eatherstone-staff H.H.E.S. M any program s within the R ed Cross have been increased in response to the com m unity k n o w n W a te r S a fe ty p ro g ra m . L ik e w ise, o v e r 1200 p e o p le w ere train ed in th e p ast y e a r alo n e in F irs t A id a n d 173 c la sse s w ere held. T h e C re a tio n L a d ie s , ru n by A n z iv L ochan and N ancy G ro o m b rid g e , is o n e o f th e o ld e st p ro g ra m s o ffe re d by th e R ed C ro ss. T h ro u g h th is p ro g ra m , h an d m ad e The Global Youth Program A lso o ffe re d is a p ro g ra m g ea red to y o u th in v o lv e m e n t, m o re sp e c if ic a lly stu d e n ts a g e 14 to 25. T h e Y outh C o u n c il lo o k s at th e g lo b a l p e rsp e c tiv e . T h e ir g o al is to raise m o n e y th r o u g h c o f f e e h o u s e s , g a ra g e sa le s, c a r w a sh e s an d o th e r g o o d s are p ro d u c e s an d so ld at th e ir an n u a l bazaar. T h e m o n e y raise d fro m th e se b a z a a rs is m a tc h e d 3:1 b y th e C a n a d ia n I n te r n a tio n a l D e v e lo p m e n t A g en cy , an d u se d fo r in te rn a tio n a l d e v e lo p m e n t. T h e ir annual bazaar w ill be h e ld N o v e m b e r 6 th at th e R ed C ro ss, fro m 10 a.m . to 2 p .m .. M an y o f th e p ro g ra m s ru n by th e R ed C ro ss h av e b een in c re a se d in th e p a st few y ea rs in re sp o n se to th e co m m u n ity . D u e to th e in c re a se in th e e ld e r ly p o p u la tio n , T ra n sp o rta tio n se rv ic e s an d H o m e H e a lth c a r e E q u ip m e n t S e r v ic e s (H H E S ) h av e d ra stic a lly in c re ase d . T h e re also is th e a d d itio n a l b u rd en o f th e in c re a se o f p e o p le su ffe rin g fro m te rm in a l illn e ss, an d req u ire c h ro n ic care. " P e o p le are b e in g re le a se d fro m h o sp ita ls e a rlie r," e x p la in s D o n n a M c D e rm o tt, " an d m o re are re q u ir in g aid , e s p e c ia lly fro m th e H o m e H e a lth c a re E q u ip m e n t S e rv ic e s." S im ila r c o m m u n ity s u p p o rt is g iv e n by th e V A C , v u ln e ra b ility a s s e s s m e n t c a p a c ity , w h o a sk s th e q u e s tio n " A re th e re g a p s th a t th e R e d C ro s s c a n b e fillin g ? 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