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i crcf-j- ksta ri ietin i e hu iv p- i i s irctrnin economist sun stoufiville tribune thursday sept 16 1999 31 r- citizen on assignment ken and wilma coates are celebrat ing their 60th year of marriage bells still ringing after 60 years by carolyn coates citizen on assignment wilma and dr ken coates recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniver sary sept 2 and his 85th birthday sept 9 with family and friends in their home with an afternoon tea given by daugh ters carolyn of markham and lyndi i mcdonald of greely ontario wilma and ken were delighted to have their two grandchildren home for this special occasion ryan brett mclhries who has been living in british i columbia for three years since hisgrad- uation from york universitys environ mental studies honours program and aaryn lee mclnnes who has been trav eling and modeling in germany france arid italy since her graduation from the recreation and leisure studies at brock university in st catharines residents of thomhill for 30 years wilma and ken were happy to have about 50 guests with them to share their memorable event relatives from out of town included jack coates of abbotsford bc grace coates and karen barteaux of brandon manitoba phyllis and john morrison of hartney manitoba lyndi and george mcdonald and sylvia mcdonald of greely ontario jim andjean galloway of burlington were present and jim toasted the couple and their family with a lovely speech they have been good friends- since camp bordenyears in the 1950s when they served together in the rcamc aridjcen was chief commanding officer of the medical school in camp bordenv wilriia and kefi also received con gratulations from queen elizabeth prime minister jean chretien and governor general romeo le blanc tiraamcnywotvyoubrtli 30 off office supplies 10 off furniture only with rc t information interchange weicrfejs five draws every week for ee movie passes passes courtesy of amc interchange 30 theatres only with for a ftta information ft gym econotsun 29 stoufiville tribune 64021 00 bluebagit a heres how your clothing helps to build new lives were all familiar with blue bags theyre for recycling newspaper but this blue bag is different its for clothing linens and shoes and the money that is raised through the sale of those items will help beat addiction hunger and abuse when on july 31 the salvation army kicked off its bluebagit campaign delivering over one million blue plastic bags to households throughout the greater toronto area recipients were asked to fill the bags with clothing linens and shoes that can be sold in the salvation army smart shopper thrift stores the bags could be dropped off at any of the participating malls in the city until the final day of the campaign on august 28 after matdate the following mall locations have generously agreed to keep a clothing bank to make it easy for you to continue donating to the salvation army sherway gardens fairview mall woodbine centre hillcrest mall erin mills town centre don mills centre oshawa centre while individual malls have helped the salvation army with its bluebagit campaign in the past this is the first time that so many malls ten in total in the greater toronto area alone have participated together in a campaign the blue bags can also be returned to any salvation army thrift store or clothing bank across the city for more information on drop off locations call 1877bltjgiye did you know that the salvation army is the largest independent nonprofit agency of social services in canada that in the greater toronto area the salvation army operated approximately 200 of its own communitybased social services meeting a variety of social needs the salvation army meets the needs of the community 365 days a year that in the past year in toronto over 32000 beds and 97000 meals were provided at the emergency shelter and in excess of 21000 contacts were made with street youth and 18000 meals provided by me mobile van team over 52000 days of care were given to hundreds of people in all phases of community mental health services over 305000 meals were served through the community feeding program i 3500 children attended camp at jacksons point divisional camp camp wabana and camp rainbow nearly 1000 women from 1660 years of age were given shelter at the evangeline residence together we can write more success stories lite these 1877blugive 1 over 600 tons of clothing collected sherway gardens square one shopping centre erin mills town centre don mills centre participating malls fairview mall woodbine centre ffiucrestmau 1 oshawa centre- w iik tinphl