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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 20, 1994 - 5 PORT PERRY STAR <<] MUNITY United Way closing in on $3.2 M goal By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star With the calendar year wind- ing down, the local United Way is closing in on its fundraising goal of $3.2 million for 1994. As of Dec. 15, $2.9 million in donations and pledges had been collected during this year's fundraising drive for the agency, which provides funding to dozens of organizations in the area, said spokesman Bob Howard. "There are some campaigns still going on, and there's still some mail coming in," Mr. Howard said from United Way of Oshawa Whitby Clarington offices last Thursday. "If all things materialize cleanly, we'll go to $3.1 million." United Way began its 1994 campaign with an ambitious goal of $3.2 million. There have been numerous events through- out the region aimed at raising money, and the charity has relied heavily on contributions made by employees of local com- panies and municipalities through payroll deduction pro- grams. The theme for this year has been offering recession-battered Durham residents a "hand up, not a hand-out", said Mr. Howard, and it has struck a chord with people here, making them dig into their pockets for whatever contributions they can make. ) Durham residents gave a strong indication of their sense of caring and community in helping United Way collect the $2.9 million that has already come in, he said. "It restores a sense of faith, as corny as it sounds," said Mr. Howard. He went on to tell a story of an unemployed laborer who had walked into the United Way's Oshawa offices that after- noon: "He walked in about 90 minutes ago and gave us 20 bucks," he said. "He said, 'I just wanted to do my part.' "We've had more walk-in business than we've ever had before, which tells us the mes- sage 1s getting across," Mr. Howard added. Some fundraising efforts will continue after the calendar year has elapsed, and contribu- tions raised during the cam- paign, which began in earnest this fall, will be spent in 1995. United Way in Durham Region has financial obligations to some 40 agencies, including everything from youth groups to the YMCA, Salvation Army, and Red Cross. It's estimated 80,000 people in the region are served by those agencies. Cowm Children from the Schoolhouse Playcare Centre at S.A. Cawker were the very special guests of residents at Community Nursing Home in Port Perry Friday. Here, little Valerie, 2, accepts a candy cane from resident Margaret Charland. The fun morning was just one of humerous Christmas-related events occurring at schools, and throughout Scugog as the big day approaches. | A little Christmas cheer i : JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY STAR Fasting for World Vision Students at Cartwright High School took part in a 30-hour fast last week as they attempted to raise money and aware- ness of world hunger. The kids collected pledges, then went without eating for a 30-hour period, bunking down for the night in the gym at Cartwright Central Public School. Orga- nizing members of the OAC Georgraphy class were: Liz Bre- din, Genevieve Kendall, Tricia Young, Shannon Lazure, Mike Pashley, Jaime Humphrey, Kim Willetts, Heather Chapman, Mike Leach, teacher Craig Morrison, Shad Wonnacott, and Erik Hudson. Unable to make the photo were Dana Lee, Todd Moore and Jocelyn Agnew. Cartwright holds 'famine' Event raises money, awareness of world hunger Do you know what it is like to go for days without food? To sleep on a dirt floor? Share a dump - with seven hundred families as living space? These are problems that oc- cur in other parts of the world. These people need help such as a decent meal, clothes and edu- cation. The OAC Geography class of Cartwright High School recog- nizes this problem, and decided to help. On Thursday and Fri- day, Dec. 15 and 16, the class held a Thirty Hour Famine, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. the next day. The whole school was en- couraged to participate, and help raise money that would aid children across the world. During the 30 hours the stu- dents who were not in the geog- raphy class attended regular classes and the students put- ting the Famine together went to Cartwright Central Public School and Cartwright High School to teach students from Grades 4 to 8 about the famine and about the problems that our money can help solve. "We wanted the students to understand that the children that are dying do not have to. They are dying from illnesses as common as an average cold be- cause they don't have money, education or the medicine that they need to live. I feel kind of guilty that we have so much," explained Shannon Lazure, one of the students of the OAC Ge- ography class. During the night of the Thirty Hour Famine the students slept in the public school gym, super- vised by Mr. Morrison the geog- raphy teacher, and Mrs. Ellis, one of the English teachers at Cartwright High School. The students joined in activities like volleyball, games, and listening to music. Though not much sleeping took place the students had a very good time and raised over $1,000. One o'clock Friday brought good food and many tired people. Joe's Pizzeria and Pizza Delight are thanked by the school for their donations of the two party pizzas for the stu- dents to eat. KF'C and Metro Video are to be thanked also. We are grateful for the juice do- nated by Gatorade and Valu- Mart, which helped the stu- dents through the long hours during the famine. The money will go to World Vision, where it will be used for food and clothing for children across the world. Students who did not participate in the Fa- mine helped out by bringin non-perishable goods to school which will be distributed throughout the community. The school is glad they could help. We want everyone to have a Merry Christmas, especially those less fortunate than us. - Submitted by CHS students By Liz Bredin The students of the World Issues Geography class of Cartwright High Zchool were touched by the plight of the less fortunate inhabitants of the world. We felt we had to act in the spirit of the unofficial slogan of our class, which is "Think Globally, Act Locally." We were unsure how to help until our teacher, Mr. Craig Morrison, suggested that we organize a class project, a Thir- ty Hour Famine, to raise mon- ey for World Vision. After much planning and discussion, it was decided that the event would be held on Dec. 16 and 16. Because we would need to stay somewhere overnight, the staff and stu- Think globally, act locally dents of Cartwright Central Public School donated the use of their gym for the evening of the 15th. We elected to raise money for World Vision because they help people in many countries such as Mozambique, Haiti, Bangladesh, Uganda, Brazil and Canada. By fasting for 30 hours, and feeling what hun- ger is like, we hope to gain an understanding of their plight, and help them at' the same time. We didn't do this on our own. We would like to thank KFC, Joe's Pizzeria, Pizza Delight, Valu-Mart, Metro Video and Gatorade for their generous support of our project. | | | | |