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10 2 1 g Do you have children‘s bicycles lying around the & house that you don‘t use arffmore? Perhaps your ; children have outgrown their old bikes and now those bikes are just taking up space,in the baseâ€" ment, attic, or garage. 8 _ If so, Dave Kelly, owner of Cyclepath bicycle shop in Waterloo wants you to help make a needy child‘s Christmas a little brighter this year. _ For the past four holiday seasons, Kelly has been collecting unwanted children‘s bicycles from the community, fixing them up, and donating them to the Salvation Army for distribution to needy children at Christmas. Waterloo cycle shop owner makes Christmas brighter for needy children "By midâ€"December, I supply the Salvation Army with a list of the bikes 1 have, and they match the bikes up with families," Kelly said. "The Salvation Army has a list of families with a break down of the children‘s ages (and gender), and then they match a bike with the children if it‘s possible." _ Kelly said the project, in the pas(-. has turned kss s any over between 35 to 55 bikes to the Salvation Army, it . a but he usually receives more bikes than he‘s able mm to refurbish. Bicycles donated that are beyond ; 5 5 1 ) Dave Kelly, owner of Cyclepa Waterloo is collecting children repair are used for parts to fix other bikes. bikes, fl:nl;g them. :‘M(I: dout:g‘t‘km.:o the SBalva(ion Amd;fl saeed "For example, if we get a bike that‘s been in an _ ______ _ _ accident or something and one of the wheels is badly damaged we can take a wheel from one of the bikes that‘s beyond repair," Kzlly said. "We want to, obviously, make the bikes safe and make them roadworthy. So we do tuneâ€"ups, change the tires, and things like that." Kelly and his staff volunteer their time to refurbish the bicycles donated to the project. It‘s their way, he said, of giving back to the community. $ "I‘ve always been a big supporter of Salvation Army. I‘m origiâ€" nally from Toronto where there are a lot more noticeable homeless WLU program provides access to students with special needs Attending a university for the first time can be a difficult experience for any student â€" it usually involves living away from home for the first time, trying to map out an unfamiliar campus, and trying to make new friends and develop new interests. But for the student with special needs, such as physical or learning disabilities, the experience can be overwhelming, Thanks to the Special Needs office at Wilfrid Laurier University, students there can receive postâ€"secondary education without having to endure unnecessary inconvenience or hardship. Judy Bruyn, WLU‘s Special Needs coâ€"ordinator, says 250 stuâ€" dents at the university have better access to education through LIFESTYLES The Special Needs office offers services to students with any Chronicle Staff Chronicle Staff people and things like that, and the Salvation Army is a big help. So I wanted to do something here," Kelly said. “‘i Ju;slvzfio;ng_h-l -(i\;VQasc;omcthing we could do. Everybody likes to do their part." _ oo _ At the end of the holiday season, Kelly donates any bicycles that haven‘t been matched up with a child to the Salvation Army so they can be sold in the organization‘s thrift store. â€"Bmp off any unwanted children‘s bicycles (by midâ€"December) at Cyclepath, 2 King St. S., Waterloo. For further information, call the store at 725â€"2807. here at Laurier, too, is that the professors are amazingly accomâ€" modating â€" 1 have to give them lots of credit for that. They bend over backwards and often times they give me suggestions that I hadn‘t even thought about." In 1992, the Education Act was amended to guarantee access to education to students with disabilities, but WLU had already begun working towards that goal. WLU‘s special Needs office opened in 1990 when the provincial government gave funding to each university and college in Ontario to either set up or enhance such a program. Since then, the university has steadily been putting changes in place to assure access to education. "There have been a lot of changes physically on campus in the last five years," Bruyn says. "There have been a lot o phys ical accessibility upgrades, so the campus is much more acces sible than it was five years ago." Students with disabilities are responsible to identify themâ€" selves to the Special Needs office and must provide docuâ€" mented proof of their disability. Students with undocumented learning disabilities can arrange an assessment through the _A meeting with Bruyn determines a student‘s particular needs, and then services are arranged depending on those Services include peer support, such as readers, volunteer inâ€" class noteâ€"takers, tutors; alternative final examination accomâ€" modations; orientation tours of the campus; the coâ€"ordination (Continued on page 13) _____ AND THE UNITED WAY â€" 1995 sees the YMCA of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo celeâ€" brating 100 years of community service to the twin cities and surrounding areas! During that time, the YMCA has been an integral part of the United Way both a a funded agency and as an organization whose staff and members have assisted in making the United Way successful in our community. Over the years, this partnership has allowed many community members of all ages access to activities/programs to fulfill their needs. . As a nonâ€"profit charitable organization, the YMCA is committed to serving everyone who would like to share in the benefits v of a YMCA experiâ€" ence. That experiâ€" * ence could be in the â€"___â€" form of personal gs:s.fi:fi growth and developâ€" ment, social interacâ€" tion opportunities, healthy lifestyle options, family support, volunteer opportunities and more. As an organization that has been focusing for over 150 years on the spirit, mind and body, we offer a variety m of opportunities to produce /A‘:,\\ a wellâ€"rounded and healthy Activities include residential camping, environâ€" mental learning, day camping, swimming exercise classes, muscle strengthening and/or toning, running, walking, biking, canoeing, leadership development, volunteer development, special family events, teen programs, children‘s programs and on and on. Inherâ€" ent in all of this is the ability to interact with all difâ€" ferent kinds of people and the opportunity to develop friendships while reducing the stress of your life. Whether relieving the pressures of everyday life or feeling good about helping others, the YMCA is a community place where people can feel good about themselves â€" physically and mentally. The YMCA is open to everyone who wishes to parâ€" ticipate. Those who are willing but unable to pay the full fee can, through the support of the United Way and YMCA dollars, have a financial arrangement which is designed to met their needs as well as reflect their commitment to the YMCA. By providing chilâ€" dren and teens with camp experiences (group living skills, survival skills, personal interaction skills), proâ€" viding single mothers with the opportunity to have time for themselves to regroup while their children are in developmental programs, providing the unemâ€" ployed with the opportunity to relieve the pressures of continually trying to find a job in a tough market and other similar situations, your local YMCA hopes to make our community a. healthier, safer and more productive place to live. j 5 THE YMCA OF KITCHENERâ€"WATERLOO individual. We believe healthy individuals conâ€" tribute more to a healthy community and thus the community can only beneâ€" fit from this preventative