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On the computer screen will appear medical information about the caller, and phone numbers of three responders who live nearby. The operator immediately makes a return phone call and if no response is received she will call the other three When activated by a push, the box emits a signal activating a transmitter connected to their phone. An emergency call is automatically processed through the phone to a computer at the St. Mary‘s switchboard. Through Lifeline subscribers can be within moâ€" ments of a rescuing call, even though they are not near their phone. Subscribers wear a tiny box strung like a pendant around their neck. This box holds the key to aid. With these installed, at a rate of almost 10 per month, Lifeline manager Lorraine Bilyea anticiâ€" pates the project can be selfâ€"sustaining, supporting itself from the $20 per month rental fee charged subscribers. The majority of subscribers are more than 75â€" yearsâ€"old, explained Bilyea, however as the proâ€" gram becomes more popular younger people afâ€" flicted with physically debilitating diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis are subscribing. Advertising can _ save, shopping time. mitchener Conestoga Rotary Club initially pledged $140,000 for start up costs, including computer anwsering equipment and 150 home units. But Monday night at a small ceremony at St. Mary‘s the club committed an additional $62,000 for 100 more units. Rotary donation means expansion of Lifeline The latter is the case with Lifeline, a monitoring system between St. Mary‘s hospital and indepenâ€" dentâ€"living people. s The program, established 18 months ago, has 160 people onâ€"line, and announced an addition of 100 units, which will probably be installed in less than a year. Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Club initially Chronicle Staff _ . Some things grow slowly while others take on a life of their own. 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The growth of Lifeline is dependent to a great deal upon the number of volunteers assisting the program, she Bruce Scandrett, Lifeline advisory board chairâ€" man and a member of the Rotary club, said it was unusual for the club to provide two grants to the same project. However, Scandrett said club memâ€" bers were impressed with the program and recogâ€" nize its value. Roy Allen, Lifeline‘s first subscriber, feels the program has allowed him to maintain his indepenâ€" dence and, at 93, continue living on his own. "It gives you freedom that you wouldn‘t have if you are busy worrying about your health. Allen added that for the elderly the program should act as a "bridge" between living indepenâ€" dently and the time they must move to a facility where they will receive daily care. ; Bilyea isn‘t surprised the program has grown by such leaps and bounds, after examining area demographics indicating the increasing population of elderly. As well, Bilyea said, weekly speeches to local senior groups and churches cause a snowball effect for requests ‘"To me the most important part of this is that you can‘t go 24 hours without being detected," said the Kitchener resident, who remains active swimming 20 lengths of the pool a day. The transmitter must be reset every 24 hours by the subscriber or the switchboard computer sounds off. three years hence â€" it would also mean some logistical changes such as moving the project from St. Mary‘s Hospital switchboard. numbers of friends or family. Police and emergency equipment are dispatched from the switchboard. But the story isn‘t over yet, Bilyea foresees a need in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo phone exchange for another 250 units. At tl_tat point, â€" approximately 8./ CS{:/h(o[x 16 KING _ | Couintry Storer. is Arts, Crafts Artisans and Suppliers Show your quality handcrafted articles orgod_uas at the COE‘s new Carnival of Crafts. 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