Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), December 6, 1986, p. 12

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p12 weekender december 6 1986 unionville lad gives peace prescription by steve houston staff reporter twelveyearold matthew wes- tendorp of unionville wants the worlds peoples to get it right this time such was his prescription for a better world in the christmas peace book dear world the canadian childrens project it earned him a trip to ottawa to promote the book and to meet prime minister brian mulroney thirtyone other children rep resenting all the provinces and territories and whose work appeared in the book also made the trip matthews drawing of a conduc tor standing before a musical note that surrounds earth was chosen along with 400 other submissions for the book the colorful caption accom panying the illustration has the conductor commanding the musical note and world to get it right this time several smaller notes cham pion other characteristics he be lieves are missing in todays soci ety tolerance kindness forgive ness unselfishness cooperation aiming for 700000 the thought of harmony that came to me quite quickly said matthew at his village park way home recently dear world the canadian childrens project is the brain child of methuen publications in canada the firm hopes to raise 700000 for torontobased char ity global edmed supplies inc gems methuen will donate 7 from the sale of each copy to gems for health care projects in haiti jamaica and liberia gems founder doreen wicks and internationally syndicated cartoonist husband ben sug gested the idea that canadian children be used to produce the book when approached by methuen last january the results are more than satis fying global prescriptions the book blends humor in spiration and childish innocence in its pages all with prescriptions to cure global woes the children cover everything from water and air pollution to nuclear arms of the 20000 entries submitted by children across canada for the book during the year 400 were culled and published a panel of judges that included mila mulroney and author mar garet atwood chose the 32 chil dren for the trip to ottawa it really was exciting said annette westendorp matthews mother a lot of major people pulled together to help the project out she also said gems is count ing on canadians to buy the book and allow for the health care re lief projects to materialize matthews next undertaking is to get out into the neighborhood to sell as many copies of the book that he can given his 12yearold energy and drive chances are hell be a bestselling seller get it right this time is matthew westen- dorps entry into the christmas book dear world the canadian childrens project the 12yearold unionville lad just returned from ottawa to promote the book j f expire 24th dec 1986 or while quantities last tram niceys food mart vtlcy s i afejut indian groceries 54a morecambe gate 7180 airport road 2nd light north of derry road 6732072 4999500 4979717 5868 morecambe gate off victoria park ave north of finch each item limit 6 per family double smoked xmas hams fresh sorrel dried sorrel sorrel drink ginger fresh gungo peas frozen gungo peas cow foof cassareep and duck bread will be available

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