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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A 3Wednesday, April 14, 1999 Donations overtook household (Continued from page 1) "The response has been tremendous; more than we hoped for," said Kelly. Her sister Sarah said people were even going out and buying things new from the store. Nineteen-year-old Steve Hayward, one of the students who has been assisting the Vogts with collecting, said a teacher at Maple Grove school handed him a little jar of apple sauce and a granola bar from a grade two student. The seven-year-old had taken them out of his own lunch to give to the Kosovar refugees. Kelly witnessed this generosity time and time again as she found herself making as many as four trips a day to the various schools to col­ lect donated food and clothing items. Each time she would drive away with her van loaded to the hilt. Parents, like Judi and Jim Whiting who have children attending OTHS, dropped off some items Saturday to support the effort and were grateful to the students for organizing the collec­ tion drive. "I think the community in general and the school should be really proud of them. It is nice to see that the kids are participating in something like this," said Judi. John and Carol Kys heard about the relief effort from her mother, who read about it in the Beaver, and drove all the way from Burlington to donate some items. "Our hearts went out to the them (the refugees). It is great to feel like you can do something," said Carol. The idea of doing something for the refugees started when the Vogt girls and their family searched through their house collecting eight, garbage bags full of items for the Kosovar refugees and wondered how much more they could get if others became involved. Photo by Peter McCusker Kelly Vogt examines one of thousands of items of clothing donated to the Kosovar refugees at OTHS on Saturday. They quickly found out. "We have completely filled my garage, living room, dining room and family room with boxes and bags," said Kelly. On Friday night, the Vogts, along with 15 of Kelly's friends, sorted, folded and packed for over six hours and they did not even get half of it done. For the past week, her parents, Shirley and Heinz Vogt, have surrendered their home to their children who turned it into a headquarters for the relief effort and a store house for the donated goods. With the addition of the goods collected on Saturday, there was not one space left uncovered in the Vogt's spacious Oakville home. Their parents, however, did not mind. They felt it was a small sacrifice to make when so many people have had their homes and belong­ ings destroyed. As the donations continued to flood in and threatened to overwhelm her house, however, her mother felt it was time to call in some rein­ forcements. "I called my friends this morning, woke them up and got them out of bed and they all came over and pitched in. It is just great that every­ body is thinking of these refugees," said Shirley. Kelly figures she has put in at least 60 hours organizing and collecting the items this week and has had to put her school work temporarily on hold, but feels it is well worth it. "I feel wonderful, it feels so good to be part of something that is going to help so many peo­ ple." Meanwhile the Vogts will soon be getting some relief from the congestion in their house. An Armed Forces truck will transport the goods to CFB Borden this week and from there they will be flown to the refugees. The Vogts want to thank everybody who donated items and helped them make the relief effort such a success. "It is pretty wonderful what happened," said Kelly, "What an incredible community we have." If you have a news tip or story ideaf call the Oakville Beaver at 845-3824. ...............- ............. -..................................... ................... ....... 'f<y b u r f i t t i n g T j q j e r t s " A B C D E F G H 107 Reynolds St. at Lakeshore Rd. E. Downtown O AKVILLE 845-1210 W hy Inside Story bra fitting? • Evefy woman is shaped differently • Every bra fits differently • Many women wear a wrong size Are you comfortable in your bra? Come for your best fitting bra, a fitting specialist is available anytime. B est S e rv ic e , B est S e le c tio n . . . E v e r y D a y ! Red Cross accepting cash donations only for refugees The Canadian Red Cross still needs financial donations for Kosovo refugees displaced by the conflict in Yugoslavia. The Red Cross is only accepting cash donations, since cash donatiqns are the quickest and most efficient way of providing the aid needed as the situation quickly unfolds. The Red Cross had collected $1.6 million from Canadians towards a national goal of $5 million. "The needs of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Europe will continue indefinitely, so every financial dona­ tion we get will help supply basic food, shelter and medi­ cines to people in the most desperate of situations," said Red Cross Security General Pierre Duplessis. A cash donation of $30 Canadian will feed a refugee for one month. The Red Cross is now on stand-by alert to assist the Canadian Military should the plan to airlift Kosovo refugees to Canada be reactivated. The public is urged not to collect any goods until such a plan is confirmed by the Federal government. Donations can be made over the phone, call 845-5241, by mail to Canadian Red Cross Society, 167 Navy St., Oakville, ON, L6J 2Z6, or in person. 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