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MESS: Stouffville’s Comer House serves up hope BY AMANDA PERSICO apersico@yrmg. com Grab a fork, dig in and donate. The annual Taste for Life in support of community HIV/AIDS programs and ser- vices is April 28. You can enjoy an evening of good food and live entertainment at one of seven participating restaurants, where 25 per cent of the night’s proceeds will be donat- ed to the AIDS Committee of York Region (ACYR). “It’s dine and donate. There's nothing hard about it," event co-ordinator Jacqui Locke said. The Corner House Restaurant, 6403 Main St. in Stouffville. is again taking part WMIIHHCJIHD IM-IIMI... flotilla»? Mammmwldyouuhto MMMMuMIMImmm MMIMdesudmmhellbmy. Dine, donate and help those with AIDS Goal: Make Whitehall-SWIM. I cycle Mondly community. Spot!“ by tho lulmot patrol? mm a (homo to ontor dram. Volunteers and sponsors are needed to make this community initiative 0 success... Contact Barb Armstrong, Fitness Supervisor barb.armstrong@townofws.ca or 905-642-7529 ext. 328 for more information. Rent a Table -Saturday May 15 Stouflvillo Anna o 8:00..m. - 1:00 pm. Call 905.642.PLAY to reserve your table new mummmmmm Mays, April 12-May“ 10:30 - 11:00 am. AM! MD» M 24' 25 from " ‘ pom. Celebrating Drowning Prevention (omnkyemgchle "ht-(mankind! Mummmm. H Mulls avalhbk on the Tm alum > Nuts and Events Saturday April 17 o 10:00 am. â€" 2:00 pm. Stouffvilie Reservoir (Millard E of 9th line) A greet dey focussed on the environment - Free tree saplings - Intro to GEOcaching workshop (10:30 and 11:30) - Reservoir clean up - Birdhouse Building - Tree Planting - Take home a '3 Sisters Garden” - Bring used Bikes for Africycle - Reuseable Bag Giveaway filled with environmental info and tips - Display Area ‘ ~ Food (880) ~ Water fill stations Register your Neighbourhood Cleanup (for any day you would like), gloves, bags and garbage pick up supplied. (win a Pool Party at the outdoor pool) Free topsoil at Stouffville Clippers Sports Complex! lulu-18 mama-mo Villa Risi Ristorante in Newmarket and Jonathan’s Mediterranean in Aurora will also host a silent auction benefiting the AIDS committee. this year. New this year is the addition of two participating restaurants and live enter- tainment by local artists, including Jamie Miller and Craig Riley, at each eatery. In the past four years, the dine and donate evening has raised more than $15,000, which helps support client pro- gramming and services, outreach pro- grams and education campaigns. Although Taste of Life is a provincial campaign, proceeds from local restaurants help fund local HIV/AIDS programs, Ms Youth Week Activities May3-8 SHOP UK! “I! mm mm Thunday, April 29 - 7:00-9:00 pJII. MEDIUM PM WIS: EAST All IFS! Thursday, April 22 7:00-9:00 pm. With mediation instructor: Pn-regismflon h Mutred! Mum (mm/W Locke said. “It’s always a shock to hear there are people with AIDS in York Region, (but) they are part of the fabric that makes up 2009/2010 PROFESSIONAL SERIES GI Doors H vvvu a 2” volume rosnous £5952 smmmmsm Are you interested in local heritage? Are you interested in becoming more involved in your community? Doors Open WS is looking for Volunteers to assist at one or more participating sites during this community event. Volunteers will work in groups of 2 or 3 and will be directed by the Doors Open Whitchurch-Stouffville committee members and/or site organizers. Hosea-MW «fins-HIMMMW uprduhummummflu Wuammmhuq. ‘lt’s always a shock to hear there are people with AIDS in York Region, (but) they are part of the fabric that makes up this community! mmmmummm/(omuumams Marmwpdnmentsmystfllbepossibk mmmuammmzmmmmo. -p|easeafltoconfinnmflabflity. Experience the BEST in Arts 8: interninment! (Pop Jazz) "The most promising cabaret performet of her generation .” - Billboard $35 regular/$18 student ovum! "(lulu "null! I Friday, April 23 - 8:00 pm. PING! O'CMMGHAN Jacqui Locke AIDS Committee of York Region UPCOMING FILM SCREENING - Starlight Cinema Wed. May 12 at 7:00 pm. PRECIOUS (14A) Winner of 2 Oscars‘! $7.50 regular (at the door) o is believed to be the oldest brick schoolhouse (1857) outside of Toronto e was originally located on Vivian Road between Leslie 8r Woodbine o became the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum in 1971 - was moved to the present location in 1979 - is restored to represent a classroom at the turn of the last century Bogarttown . . . was named for John Bogart, Sr., who came to Whitchurch in the fall of 1802 ran a mill o Bogart means 'orchard" or "group of fruit trees' “There is so much stigma around AIDS. There is still a lot of caution in the area of coming out with the disease and seeking services. We don't want these people to live a marginalized life." this community," she said. For the committee, the focus is raising awareness and educating about of AIDS prevention and erasing stigmas associated with the disease. For more on the AIDS Committee of York Region, visit acynorg. For more on a Taste for Life, visit atasteforfifeorg You can call the Comer House at 9056408494. “Prevention is the only way to combat this disease. There is no cure," Ms Locke said. EARTH DAY FUNDRAISER for Nineteen on the Park Thursday, April 22 Doors open at 7 pm. Presented by the Stouffville Horticultural Society Speakers: Denis Flanagan Paul Zammit 530 (available at Box Office, Candlelight Memories and Stouffville Florist)