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distress centre ei os n laws ria hhflrajihjwa weekender september 20 1986 p7 telecare urgently needs volunteers new zealand has life line the united states has contact and canada has telecare telecare is a distress centre open seven days a week 24 hours a day manned by volunteers and funded by dona tions the richmond hill branch of telecare serves the residents of markham unionville vaughan and richmond hill the branch receives 1000 to 1200 calls a food blitz being held at markville in an effort to reach the com munity of markham the har vest food bank is launching a food blitz at markville shopping centre next week donations of nonperishable items can be dropped off at the food bank depot in front of mira cle food mart on sept 26 27 and 28 serving york region and north york the harvest food bank is attempting to establish greater community awareness and understanding regarding the severity of hunger in sub urban toronto and york re gion it is the first and only food bank of its kind in suburban toronto helping to feed the hungry by collecting and sorting non- perishable food creates a sense of community awareness said founder and coordinator loren freid between january and july of 1986 harvest food bank raised 80804 pounds of food from a net work of food drives it also established a number of dis tribution centres such as the salvation army for further information call the harvest food bank at 746- 8483 unionville breakin two stores in the bridle trail plaza were broken into sometime between sept 15 at 650 pm and sept 16 at 755 am police said the north wall of tri- cia skin care was smashed to gain entry into the store and the next door veterinary clinic dam age is estimated at 1000 the tot al theft loss from both stores was 750 wriipap6r cntr1 buyonepp get one unseuctcdmtttlns continues on our largest selection ever saveupto 75 andmore ckmeowr country prints mini prints matching borders all th latest patlsrns at low low factory prices the ujaluwefl c6ntr6 optn thursday a friday nights until nine oshawal40slmcoosts just south oijgtti 5791 655 ajaxl313harwoodn gotweenhwy 2and40t 6860719 scarboro 793 markham rdl berween eflesmcfo 4 ulwrcnco r i 4314458 m i month more volunteers are urgently needed the telecare volunteer is a spe cial person he or she is possessed with caring love the ability to empathize with and genuinely care for the caller who is in dis tress but caring love is not enough volunteers also need a high level of skill and awareness all volun teers must first attend an inten sive training course the course covers a variety of topics includ ing active listening self- awareness sexuality marriage breakdown alcoholism depress ion and suicide in total attendees receive 52 hours of training over a 20week period attending the course does not obligate anyone to become a volunteer in fact classes are split between those who attend the course in order to become a tele care volunteer and those who are taking the course for their own be nefit there is a charge of 20 to cover the cost of materials the training course is offered once a year organizers hope to attract 50 people to each session this year the course begins on tuesday sept 23 at 730 pm it will be held at st mary immacu late church in richmond hill jill watts a telecare volun teer takes her turn on the phones each month as well as serving on the board and responsible for pub lic relations when asked why she became a telecare volunteer ms watts said i wanted to help in some way and ive always been a good listener its very satisfying when just one person says thank you for being there it makes it all worthwhile perhaps you also have what it takes to be a telecare volunteer perhaps you would like to takethe telecare course for its own value either way you are most wel come to attend the next training session for further information on the training program please call 884- 3000 weekdays between 9 am and 5 pm or 8818396 evenings and weekends m w cujj i r r 1 j l 1 i tw i iir of ljssfe for nonmembers from 1200 noon to 530 pm call for class schedule all memberships are on time stop 1 clus ahtut i pi fi m fw n n m m markham village lanes shopping centre m joilfe ri s6- markham village womens club we are temporarily located at the works department behind the markham village lanes 2947764 144 main st n markham monfri 730 am900 pm iiiih 1 r mw