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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Nov 2012, p. 7

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WATERlDOCIm‘Wednuday.NovamberM.20lz'7 ' ° ’ GRAND OPENING Braid bill hopes to tweak charity deadline B“ mm mar mm A“ am snort Br Innis liaison are financially stretched and charity decreased but charities have seen I v Chronicle staff organizations are also stretched. an increase in the needs for servic- A N VEMBER 17 and by increasing the window we es. That is the backdrop for why I SATllllf-‘gxz, ODe if i . 1" he drop in charitable giving hope to provide Canadians with an decided to pursuethis initiative." ‘ e to coratc by l by Canadians combined increased opponunity to give to the The private bill arose from an Open daily 9 ' 3 -"' (is with the rising demand for charities that are important to early motion he tabled in 2010, M- Free Apple Cider& Cookies "‘ a charitable services since the feces them." 559, which triggered a study into Chm,“ Tm“, Gunny WNW,“ @ ‘ _ _ sitiii has prompted Kitchener In the two decades before the examining ways to increase charita‘ Um Fillers. Brigham/Gift he,” ‘ ' . ' Waterloo MP Peter Braid to take recession. charitable donations blegivinginCanada. “mfmmwebflsL N, i , ' t 10 ' action. almost tripled in Canada from $2.9- It was during the discussion of “New” on Benjamin Road ‘ if . liarlier this month. he tabled a billion to $8.6-billion per year. that motion that Braid heard froma 519‘699-5000 A g, . private members bill, (1-48. which according to Stats Canada. in 2008 tax lawyer who suggested a simple ‘A W would push the tax deadline for and 2009. those donations fell by change in the deadline to prompt charitable giving from Dec. 31 to almost $1 billion, Braid said. Today. more giving byCanadians ' the last day in February and declare about a quarter of Canadians me motion will have its second WWW-water'OOChron|CIe-ca the last week of February National account for85 per cent of all giving. reading in the new year and Braid Charities Week in Canada, “it’s been a double impact." said said should it “ 9 “Charities are vital to the well- Braid. who has volunteered locally be passed it 279 Weber Si. N‘ Suite ‘7 9.1" " being of society and to the strength with groups like the United Way. the could be imple- . ’ if of communities." Braid said. MS Society and the House of mented in time W0lel|°0, ON N213H8 f, ‘ “ “December is a time when families Friendship. “Donations have for20l4. 5 I 9 884 4200 , ., a Out of the Cold organizers frustrated K °°t k f .. . . w ool.tom (, -~ _ - ~ (Jontlnuedfmmpagel Organizers are frustrated involved. It takes hundreds a} f» a 1 a , with the lack of government of volunteers to run Out of f j . y, _ I , _ . '< ,'r l a} “if i. ’ y i Out of the Cold providesa response to the growing the Cold already, meaning UV-â€"“»-" v-‘JJâ€"J‘w twi' "v ', , place to sleep as well as din~ need. saying it is wrong for they would need hundreds net. breakfast and lunch if the federal. provincial and more to expand. . ' requested. municipal governments to Those limitations also CUSlom‘OrlhOlICS / Knee Braces "It's frustrating because download the responsibility mean it isalmost impossible . [3ij Feef / High ArChed Feet nothing is changing." said ofcare for the homeless onto to run Out of the Gold year~ . . Margaret-Anne Tannassee. the volunteers who run Out round'said Tannassea 0 Heel Pain / Plantar Foscil’rls / Bunions coordinator of the Thursday ofthe Cold. "By the end of the six . . night site at St lohn's hither- “It's the passing of the months, everyone is 0 Laser TheprY for chn and lnflqmmcflon - an Church. buck." said Savage's wife. exhausted." she said “To go "We see all-new condos Cathie. all year round, wfe'dhneeld a 0 Laser Thefcpy for Fungal NGllS,WerS and coms being built. but what is hap- The people who use Out whole new set 0 c urc es , , pening to the affordable of the Cold are not the and volunteers and co-ordiA ' Nail PfOblemS (fUflgOlJnngWfl) housing?” stereotype of a homeless per nators." St. lohn's fed 26 people son, said Tannassee. mean- "We do not have the . WOrTS, COfnS, COllUSGS and slept 40 on Nov. 1. the ing many had or still have desire or the capacity to . . first night of the year. and jobs but have fallen on hard expand.” added Cathtijelilwht} ° DlObe'flC FOOT cafe those numbers jumped to 80 times orbad luck. said it is the responsi ' "ty o - I and 55 respectively just a “We have peoplewhohad socifity asla wholejto herl‘p . senlOf S FOO? cafe & more week later. The program good jobs but who just can't the ome ess. not ust t e . receives no government supv cut it anymore,“ said churches or volunteers. E. ._E VlSlf kaOOl.C0m port and Tannassee said it Tannassee. whose own job “i feel like the churches '° |eqrn me Of ca" costs about $20,000 to run with the City ofWaterloo was are being used (by politi< her siteâ€"allofit donations "phased out" two years ago ciansl.” she staid. “if there E 519-884-4200 1 "The community has and is now unemployed after was a greater ocus on pro- . Q 1 , ‘ been very good to us.“ she ”years with the city. viding affordirble ltiipusing ‘rm‘?’ 00091?le "fl. . .’ » if; said. "You'd be surprised how and more she ters. e gov- it . v f ‘ . A similar rise in demand many have jobs. but some ernment could reduce the adenda/fiea/tfi/dtwu f\. . \ . I; t/ was seen at First United over are just part-time and pay burden those people have ‘ ' t f the same span. lt's first night, just minimum wage.” added on hospitals and other .. _ .. ' if i .' Nov. 2. saw 72 people eat and Savage. emergency services.” I A ’ ) ‘ ' 36 sleep in the church. but a The perceived lack of con» For more information on P. . I" ~, g: a, week later 110 people were cern at all levels of govern- Out of the Cold. or to help. 5010. "we 4 [it , it h fed and545pent the night. ment is troubling for all visitwww.kwootc.ca BSC,DCh,CNopodlsl “1,55 if in” “ l i is £2! LASIK MD cy , . all m o W l l . “i a, A Ff , ~ * “ ' 1 fl em were an. 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