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c2 economist suntribune april 23 1986 people didnt want my dad living in their neighbourhood if you knew my dad youd realty like him i cant understand why some people who didnt even know him didnt want him to live in their neighbourhood it just doesnt make sense to me lust about everyone agrees that support- v ive housing for people recovering from mental illness is a good idea no one wants to see anybody needlessly institutional ized wid all like to see these people helped back into the community in a supportive and supervised environment theres one other thing on which too many people still agree supportive housing belongs in someone elses neighbourhood and thats a shame its a shame because supportive housing provides that vital stepping stone between hospitalization and reintegration into the community its a shame because much of peoples opposition to supportive housing in their neighbourhood is based on fear and ignorance based on myths myths about who these residents are myths about plummeting property values and myths about increased neighbourhood traffic weve produced a brochure about sup portive housing that gives straightforward answers to these and other questions people have about supportive housing in the community m canadian mental health association on tario division ministry of health ontario acaring community is the answer fbr more information please complete and mail this coupon i would like to d receive your brochure neighbourst find out how i can become a volunteer in my community o know more about the activities of the cmha and how i can show my support name- address postal code telephone l canadian mentalhealth association ontario division 56 wellesley st w suite 410 toronto ontario m5s 2s3 united way president kent hill and kent kirkwood president of kirkwood communications display the ads that won the york region united way a gold award for print advertising at the united way conference in nashville tennessee sjoerd witteveen local united way receives gold award j the united way of york region was recently honored by the un ited way of america with a gold award for print advertising for their 1985 campaign newspaper ads the award was given at the 30th international communications contest dinner held recently in nashville tennessee in conjunc tion with the united way annual conference over 1700 united way professionals attended the winning entry was a series of four newspaper ads featuring united way agencies initiated to create awareness in the region of the work the agencies are doing the ads featured yellow brick house georgina community re source centre big sisters and york central association for the mentally retarded the campaign concept and crefltive was the brainchild of kent kirkwood president of kirkwood communications of richmond hill with input from writer dan leavey and photo grapher stephen jackson agen cy selection and editing was hand led by united way staff to com plete the team effort kent hill president of the un ited way said he was delighted with the recognition york region received in the us and praised mr kirkwood for the number of volunteer hours he put into the campaign last year not only in the promotion end but the fact that he was the richmond hill chairman as well mr hill said that the number of hours spent on the ad campaign by kent kirkwood were tremendous and those hours rep resented several thousands of dol lars mr kirkwood contributed everything free of charge to un ited way and we are happy that his efforts have been rewarded by the advertising agency judges in the us he said further that volunteers a like mr kirkwood and his com pany are what the united way j movement is built on total dollars raised in last years campaign in york region totalled 186 million n- r m m i j fj va v 13 era aajjgjgggsss m tram liil ijj luj lj a fitness club exclusively for women of all ages u u u u kjj