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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 16 Feb 1994, p. 3

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CRUISE" DARD THE ICESS * _7 :30 pm HENER 88 A FREE GIFT LINES We put the emphasis on them earning the money because we wanted them to feel ownership of the program," said Project Love this year, although MacEachern is the :,':J only school in Waterloo Region that is involved. On Monday, MacEachern students began bringing money to school to cover the purchase and shipping of the noteâ€" books, pencils, erasers and rulers they are giving to Malawi‘s kids. Many students even earned the $1.50 needed to buy one kit by making their beds, shoveling snow or doing simiâ€" lar chores at home. The program is coordinated nationally by the Canadian Organization for Development through Education, a charitable agency that supports literacy projects in Africa and the Caribbean. More than 300 embraced Project Love, a national program that sends kits of school supplies to children in developing countries such as the small south African nation of schools and groups across Canada are taking part in he students of N.A. MacEachern Public School have spread their love across the Atlantic to Africa in the form of badly needed school supâ€" plies for the schoolchildren of Malawi. MAKING A MacEachern opens its heart to Project Love Rhonda Lobb, the school comâ€" munity â€" has efforts of N.A. MacEachern Public School student Allison Orr pays classmate Ashley Weber for a kit full of school supplies and Elizabeth Goldsworâ€" thy hands her a kit â€" just three of more than 500 kids at the school involved in Project Love. oney . proud French immersion teacher Lobb. "The noteâ€" _ MacEachern students have been shown information and â€" tinue t presentations on the life of schoolchildren in Malawi, and Lobb said many of the students are very sensitive to the struggles of children in such countries, and were very eager to help them. "This is a small, but significant way they can do that," she larger nations like the United States, Canada has too many MPs "I don‘t want to see parliament grow anymore. We don‘t need any new seats." The changes are to take effect in time for the next federal election, unless it is held before December, 1995. Between now and then, the Federal Election Boundâ€" aries Commission will hold public hearings in all parts of the province The changes to the Waterioo electoral district and others in southâ€"central Ontario will be discussed at a public hearing at Hamilton City Hall, 71 Main Street West, Hamilton, on Monday, May 16 and Tuesday, May 17 at 10 a.m. Anyone wishing to address the commission at the meeting must send a notice in writing to: The Secretary, Margaret Ann Cain, Federal Electoral Boundaries Comâ€" mission for Ontario, Standard Life Centre, 121 King Street West, P.O. Box 2, Suite 1740, Toronto, ON, M5H 3T9. "You can be assured that I will be there," Telegdi said of the public meeting. "Tll be quite active about this." WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1994 â€" PAGE 3 "It gives the kids a real sense of how fortunate we are and it raises their awareness of another country." The students will be selling the kits until the end of next week. Lobb expects sales to hit 400. "They‘ve been really supportive, and as long as they conâ€" tinue to be, I‘ll keep doing it." _"I think it‘s wonderful," said viceâ€"principal Mieke MacEachern student Michelle Cayenne, who earned her $1.50 by vacuuming her house, said it makes her feel "nice inside" to know she is helping someone in need. Classmate Craig Lizun agreed, saying, "Families in Malawi don‘t have as much money as we do to buy pencils and erasers and stuff for school." Lobb first heard about Project Love from a classâ€" mate in teachers‘ college four years ago. She said when she began working at MacEachâ€" ern, "I thought it would be a really neat project for our school to be involved in, so I contacted (the forâ€" mer classmate)." Lobb said the effort and attitude of the students working on Project Love has been commendable. "It‘s encouraging to hear that they‘re earning money and they‘re proud of it and they‘re happy to be giving the money away." Lobb said many students have also included writâ€" ten greetings to the Malawese students in their Lobb said her school‘s teachers and principals have also been invaluable to the Project Love (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) tral plant following the spill passed David Churchill, the university‘s director of technical services with plant operations, could not be reached at press time for comment. In a prepared statement, however, he said corrective action is being taken to put alarms on the fuel Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9â€"5:30 Friday 9â€"9, Saturday 9â€"5:00 FREE PARKING AT FRONT & REAR OF STORE 35 Years of Dependable Service 46 King St. N., Waterioo 886â€"2040 CANADA‘S LARGEST A cleanup of the university‘s cen

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