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We aa at 10 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 18, 1993 GEOFF CARTWRIGHT Sales Representative * Service e Results e Reliability ETI MYR COUNTRY LANE Buia. REALTY LTD. 5 High Street, Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1H8 An Independenty Owned end Operated Member Broker of Coldwell Barker Attliales of Cenade, Inc.0 | FAX: 085-0870 RES: 085-8163 *24 hr. pager Twelve volunteers were recognized at {the Scugos Community Care and Information Scu- gog annual meeting held May 12. The volunteers were recognized for 15 years of service to the organization. Pictured are: Jean Adams, Carl Adams, Grant Bright, Roy Grierson, Mar- garet Ann Lamb, Marion Larmer, Dora Martyn, Diane McKinzey and Burnsell Webster. Ab- sent from photo are Florence Smith, Helen Jewell and Joanna Kersten. Community Care volunteers 8 ft. molded plastic floats. Ready to build. Call for your FREE literature. 15400 Old Simcoe Rd. Port Perry, Ontario LIL 1L8 fy Koll tows . Port Perry Sta PLASTICS INC. (416) 985-8479 Scugog Community Care vol- unteers made life a little easier for 379 residents during the past year. The 135 volunteers spent more than 7,800 hours helping Community Care achieve its goal, to delay or prevent the need for institutional care among seniors and people with special needs. The organization tries to provide the support and services to allow their clients to ~ remain in their own homes and ~I1n theirown communities. More than-100 clients, volun- teers and guests attended the Scugog Community Care annu- al meeting held May 12 at the Latcham Centre. The 15th anniversary meet- ing's annual report showed an increase in tasks provided by the organization in the past year. Volunteers completed 13,266 tasks, up approximately 200 from last. year. From March 1992 to March 1993, Scugog Community Care saw 74 new clients and 23 new volunteers. Eighty-two clients and 39 volunteers were dis- charged. The volunteers at Communi- ty Care provide a wide range of services for their clients. One of the most popular ser- vices is Meals on Wheels. In the GARDEN CENTRE PERRY FEEDS) sof as @ o LAAN? SHEERS Box Plants (most varieties)......... 95¢ FERTILIZER (with Killex) 20 kg. 11.95 We also carry SY=1=le [FH del fz] (o]=1:H Onions, Shrubs, Decorative \VE[do][=X." Topsoil -- (May) -- Monday to Thursday 8:00am to 6:00pm Friday 8:00am to 8:00pm Saturday 8:30am to 5:00pm Sunday Noon to 4.00pm COPE r some of the members of the executive for the coming chairperson, Joanne Blanchard, member at large, Sandy Emerson, member at large. Absent from photo are Barbara Bracken, past chairperson and resentative, Harold Hall, treasurer and members at large a Ongley, Jean Adams and Doris Grierson. past year 3,719 meals were de- livered, taking more than 715 hours to complete. While the. frequency of some tasks the volunteers provide were down this year, others in- creased. Transportation chores went down from 4,016 to 3,962. Tele- phone reassurances were also down from 2,137 to 2,031. Friendly visitor tasks, home maintenance and home help jumped dramatically. Volun- teers went visiting 214 times this year, up from 162 last year, volunteers' provided home. maintenance year, up from 130 a year ago and home help was required 175 times this year, up from 95 the previous year. , NE Other services included 1,7 18 information.and referral tasks, up from 1,317 a year a . Foot care services were provi ed 583 times, up from 516 last year. Ninety-five errands were completed, up from 54 the year previous and income tax and fi- nancial counselling increased to 51, ten more than a year ago. The 15th annual meeting was also a time of reflection. When nized, the objective of the volunteers was to help meet the needs of seniors and those with special needs. Its original ser- ice has been expanded to 14 219 times this " "instrumental in raising the lev- provide 7,800 hours of help different services in 1993. Fundraising is an ongoing chore at Community Care. Al- though it is both municipally and provincially funded, the need to support all the commu- nity programs still required an additional $12,000 to be raised ~ locally. To Gate the organization.has received $10,700. Forty-three per cent of these donations came from clients and volun- teers. Other donors included businesses, service groups and church groups, as well as mary individuals. The executive see this fundraising drive as being el of awareness in the communi- ty forits work. A number of individuals were __- honored at the meeting for 15 +. years of service to Scugog Com- munity Care. Jean and Carl Ad- ams, Grant Bright, Roy Grier- son, 'Joanna Kersten, Margaret Ann Lamb, Marion Larmer, Dora Martyn, Diane McKinzey, Florence Smith, Helen Jewell and Burnsell Webster were pre- sented with pen sets in appreci- ation of their years of service. Certificates were. also pre- sented to the Community Me- morial Hospital and the Com- munity Nursing Home. Entertainment at the annual meeting was provided by the Golden Slippers and the Cart- wright High School Choir. Scugog Community Care held its annual meeting on Thursday, May 12. Pictured are ear. From left are Stan Rickard, Cully, vice chairperson and Ed id Tansley, Joan