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25_V1_OAK_SEPT22.qxd The Oakville Beaver, Friday September 22, 2006 - 25www.oakvillebeaver.com www . j u l i a s r i s t o r a n t e . c o m Winner of 12Winner of 12 Reader's Selection Reader's Selection Awards!Awards! HOLIDAY PARTY BOOKINGS HAVE BEGUN! LET US HELP YOU CREATE A HOLIDAY PARTY TO REMEMBER! Great MusicGreat Music Great FoodGreat Food Experience itExperience it Cilantro Cuisines 305 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville (905) 845-9333 (Reservations & Go-Gourmet orders) Business Hours: Monday - Saturday • Lunch: 11:00 am - 2:30 pm • Dinner: 5:00 to 9:30pm Sunday - Closed (Except for Group Bookings) Cilantro "The Good Food, Love & Life Boutique Restaurant" - Feel the Difference!"The Good Food, Love & Life Boutique Restaurant" - Feel the Difference! Serving Italian, Thai, Serving Italian, Thai, Japanese, Japanese, Malaysian, Malaysian, InternationalInternational & "East Meets West" & "East Meets West" Culinary delights.Culinary delights. YOUR YEAR END PRIVATE AND YOUR YEAR END PRIVATE AND COME AND EXPERIENCE THE COME AND EXPERIENCE THE "TRULY EAST MEETS WEST" "TRULY EAST MEETS WEST" EAT PATIO.TIOIOAT PATIOEAT PAPEAAT PATOPATIOAT PATPP OT PATAND BACK SEAT PATIO. CHARLES AUSTIN SHOESS S 4th Generation in the Shoe Business 232 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville 905-845-5582 Give it the Boot...Gift giving is a powerful means of communicating our care for others. This holiday season, shoppers can give mem- orable gifts that make a difference by purchasing a Living Gift from Ten Thousand Villages. Not only will this gift be satisfying to give and receive; it will also enable families in developing coun- tries to raise animals, grow vegetables and send their children to school - all the basics in life that many of us take for granted, particularly during the holiday season. The Living Gift is a special holiday program of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), designed to inspire alternative gift giving ideas that meet simple human needs for good health and a decent living. Here's how it works: customers choose from four Living Gift projects, buying it for a loved one, col- league, teacher or friend. In return, they receive a handmade ornament and card to give to that person, detailing the gift given on his or her behalf. "More and more, people are looking for gifts that express the true meaning of the season," says Ingrid Heinrichs Pauls. "A Living Gift does just that. It shines through the glitz surrounding the holiday and reminds us of the simple ways to give the most important gift of all: hope for a better future." This year, projects include providing corn to help families in Burkina Faso farm through drought conditions; pur- chasing chickens for Croatian families returning home after years of political unrest; providing school uniforms and learning materials for children in Laos; and purchasing goats for a project that brings people together from different sides of the Rwandan conflict to build peace and community through agricul- ture. Project donations range in price from $25 to $40. "It's wonderful to see how a relative- ly small gift can make such a huge dif- ference in someone's life," says Heinrichs Pauls, store manager at Ten Thousand Villages in Oakville. "And it's a great way to buy for that person in your life who seems to have everything." Individuals interested in purchasing a Living Gift, and other fairly traded prod- ucts from around the world, are encour- aged to visit Ten Thousand Villages at 189 Lakeshore Rd. E. during the Living Gift Festival , Dec 1-4th , Thurs. and Fri 10-8, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-5. Make the season bright for families around the world who need it most. Together, we can make a global differ- ence. Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit, fair trade organization that provides vital, fair income to people in the devel- oping world by marketing their handi- crafts and telling their stories in North America. Located at 189 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville. For more information, please call 905-337-2377 or email oakville@vil- lages.ca or visit www.TenThousandVillages.ca Three school kids singing, two goats 'a grazing and some corn in a conifer tree!