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ioi dith Pnd â€"ablimimtiidbidbamticmtdtsAukd o We have had some response â€" we have a sales rep from one the compames that donates on a monthly basis," says Murray Jose, ACCKWAs positive approaches coordinator. "We also want to get health care professionals involved in helping us to provide general nutmtonal information, and to actually help us set up the vitamin distmbution program. We‘re still working out how the distribution will work, but the idea is that we‘re going to provide some real resources and some concrete information about which vitamins to use and how to use them." _ Jose, who was diagnosed as being HIV positive five years ago, attnbutes his lack of symptoms to his vitamin/mineral regimen. I ve been diagnosed for about five and a half years, and I‘ve never had any problems, so for me its more a maiter of mainteâ€" loast, in a pastry shell, or right out of a bowl. If your leftovers turn into a large batch of twice gravy. Beyond that, anything goes. The meat can be ground beef, leftover roast beef, pork, turkey chicken or anything else lurking in the refmigerator. Mushrooms, peppers, parsâ€" ley, herbs, or anything you like, can either join or substitute for the old standbys of carâ€" rots, celery, and onion. Potatoes can be replaced or complimented with pasta or rice or beans Gravy when it comes right down to the final touches can become a cream sauce or a tomato sauce. Needless to say, at my house, hash seldom tastes the same way drive is to further increase the program‘s vitaâ€" . ‘ min/mineral inventory. "We‘ve also contacted (vitamin) manufacâ€" turers and retailers, and we‘re trying to get them to donate as well oA §ACCKWA Vitamin Drive to assist ; people living with HIV and AIDS port its Vitamin Drive during the month of October Last October, ACCKWA held its first vitaâ€" min drive to provide vitamins to those in the area living with HIV and AIDS. During the past year, the committee has been establishing a vitamin support program which will disâ€" pense vitamins to those in need. This year‘s drive is to further increate the mesxmeserlill Hash is the ultimate oneâ€"dish meal. Hash, generally, is a mishmash of chopped meat, potatoes and vegetables that are browned, sautéed, and then baked or simmered in a gravy. Bevond that. anvthing anes The mesr But because vitamin and mineral suppleâ€" ments are not drugs and thereby not covered under drug plans, the costs of such treatments can btsugg:nnglomedAIDSpl'tlu For that reason, the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and Area (ACCKWA) is asking the community to supâ€" kmmmmmhmn- i Cmcmmwmmwhmpu‘" individ ualslesaxhzboshwuhpeopkbi‘wihmnd.&ms canmnunwdbundlivelovmhcfihnlvgbymm- amin and mineral supplements. Hash is a good use of leftovers Vitamin Drive during the month of HEAVENLY HAMBURGER HAasH (Serves 2â€"3) 1/2 pound lean ground beef nidensinjsisniye Gnpprccmcces xregiie Chronicle Staff memmeract _ Prithi dubaha 5. C Heat the oil in a large frying pan and - 4 brown ground beef. When meat is dry and * | pan is browning, add onions. Cook till "' 4 owh::mnfl'lupmnuhcnmmovcpanfrom o g ## 006 + Combimcormlzxchandwacrinasmll bowl and pour into frying pan. Mix well. Return pan to medium heat and add tomato sauce, mou,cclnyandcabbage. Simmer for 30 minâ€" utes. Mu]csmmemgaddnhpcppcr thyme and basil. Add a trickde of water if hash becomes too thick. When vegetables are tender sti in rice Throughout the month, Vitamin Drive drop boxes will be disâ€" played at close to 40 pharmacies and health food stores throughâ€" out Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, and residents are encouraged to donate quality, unopened bottles of vitamins and herbal remedies (a list of helpful vitamins and remedies is posted on each box) to assist the estimated 300 to 400 people in the region living with HIV or ame were going to set up the program, people wh throw $25 or $50 a month back into the program a sense of contributing to the program, and it . don‘t have to kick out $200 that they don‘t have vitamins will be available to people who can‘t affo even $25 or $50." # "I probably was spending close to $200 a m month on vitamins because I‘m taking about 21 a day," Jose says. "Even with a regular job, 1 don‘t have $200 a month to throw in for vitamins But the way we‘re going to set up the program, people who have jobs can L__ khe" Caenl ies 1 nance and preventing deficiencies from occurring, I‘m not doing any drug therapies, so I‘d like to think that part of the reason that I‘ve had no problems in that time is the vitamins. Enough studies have been done to find that with HIV/AIDS, we‘re deficient quite quickly, even asymptomatic people who are still quite healthy, are showing deficiencies in vitamins and minerals. So what we‘re tryâ€" ing to do with this program is either prevent a deficiency from occurring or to try and boost it back up to a - normal level again â€"’A%W-\VMM}A + » HHNeentecnenmermrmerancy... 22028 2 4 Heat the oil in C a month back into the program. That gives them ibuting to the program, and it also means they ck out $200 that they don‘t have. And of course, available to people who can‘t afford to contribute 1 medium onion chopped 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1 172 cups water 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 14 ounces tomato sauce 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/2 teaspoon basil 2 medium carrots sliced into thin circles 1 large celery stalk finely chopped 1 cup chopped cabbage 1 cup cooked rice Jose says that before the program was estabâ€" lished, he was spending hundreds of dollars monthly on vitamins, and the found the expense difficult to manage. For others, howâ€" ever, it‘s impossible "Some of the symptoms of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the (HIVâ€"free) body are similar to those of someone with HIV/AIDS â€" nausea, fatigue, even dementia. So we‘re trying to get the vitamin levels of people with HIV/AIDS back up to a baseline level that‘s more normal so we can have a more accurate picture of whats happening with the virus." Heat through and T.* 2.% » a Lnkc(heumwwfiekdl‘wammy b&drumblmy“ nnmbw“ hvcmacmnmy"llismyw‘uw : and other nonâ€"profit organizations. _ 3 Bywmnbuinuolluumvhym.flwaw , 55 participating agencies meet the food, shelter, clothing 9 counselling requirements of our Mm hn ~B Please give to the United Way, and help us, to help each other in 1984 as a nonâ€"profit, registered charitable org;nlm-um The current mission of the Food Bank is to "work to elimiâ€" nate hunger in Waterloo Region" and this is accomplished by: procuring, warehousing, and distributing food to 31 member social service agencies; promoting appropriate alterâ€" natives to food bank use, and; educating society, and advoâ€" caling on behalf of, and with, the hungry. When statistics first started to be compiled the Food Bank _ distributed 200,000 lbs. of food in $988, during 1994 the Food Bank distributed more than 1,500,000 lbs. of food That translates into a staggering 750% increase in 7 years. During 1996 the food bank‘s member agencies are on track . to supply emergency food hampers to over 60,000 diffcrent _ people, of whom 46% are children under the age of cightcen. . Two parent families are continuing to increase their emerâ€" j gency foodungcandmnceaamfoodmmunglc parâ€"\ ent families. The working poor are increasing in ranks so that they comprise almost 10% of emergency food users flnpeoplewhomflnekodhdmflmm are mostly decent, hard working members of our community who through no fault of their own find themselves in the breadline. in 1984 as a non: The current miss Soon after the Food Bank of Waterloo Region was founded Womeasneg. 1 m D1 O L 0002 T22 00 2C PPERCC Up, 1t Could be passed on to the rchef agencies, who would in turn distribute the food io the people who needed it. The community response to this initiative was encouraging. Many local food suppliers were willing to see their food go to a worthy cause rather than be wasted. The nonâ€"profit groups were able to spend less time and resources searching for food donations thereby being able to focus on program Jelivery and prevention. And community volunteers came forward in abundance. e C C000 BE in the number of people who require emergency food. The largest one year increase in the food bank‘s history. From the beginning, the Food lfihbaacommumcy based organization striving to build effective partnerships within Waterloo Region. The Food Bank was initiated in 1982 when the recession began to take its toll on our community, Local nonâ€"profit organizations such as the House of Friendship, Salvation Army, Anselma House and $St. John‘s Soup Kitchen were faced with unprecedented requests for food. After several community meetings the nonâ€"profit groups decided to work on forming a "Food Bank". They thought a system could be initiated to access the vast amounts of food : discarded by the food industry every day. Overproduction, mislabelling, damaged packaging or approaching expiry _ dates meant that perfectly good food was thrown away If the food could be picked up, it could be passed on to the Saep o 004 u; i s Unfortunately, with changes to welfare benefits and unemâ€" / ployment insurance, many local families find themscive; wy» ing to make do with a lot less. E This reduction in income has contributed to a 30% increase ‘I Region have in common? _ They are your friends, neighbours, coâ€"workers, and they need your help! ‘"Although many believe that poor families are poor largely because of their lack of work effort, it is clear that poverty can persist even with a high degree of labour force participation. ‘The inability of many famiâ€" | ) lies to escape poverty even when they expand their work effort reflects the growth of partâ€"time, low payâ€" ing, unstable jobs in which the poor are caught," The Vanier Institute of the Family, Profiling Canada‘s What do 60,000 people in Wate Cup t ud t i~ describe this week : think, last week was e Activities are takir ously. Sport teams are day. Practices take p there is almost alway every afternoon. Life v though, now that ou been distributed. Are y I‘m wondering? 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