ecbnomisfsmsto 11 citizen on assignment sikh children run 582 km to ottawa to raise junds for the foster parents plan childrenon a mission by sukhdeep singh salra citizen on assignment je 5i- throughout the world sikhs are celebrating the300th anniversary of the sikh faith and in asmall comer in the world a group of 52 children arid youth celebrated this mile stone in their own special way these preparations started in may 1998 with a small group of children and youth and grew to 300 uniting across canada the sikh youth have joined forces and established a foun dation in the memory of their 10th guru hence the guru gobind singh childrens foundation to commemorate the 300th anniversary the children organized a relay runathoji from toronto to ottawa to portray the real message of sikhism which is to help those in iieed i the youth are raising money to set up sponsors for chil dren less fortunate than themselves the foundations aim is to help children in developing countries under the slogan children helping children the goal was to collect 100000 the foundation has col lected 92000 and more than 20000 has been pledged the foundation has already sponsored six children miguel from nicaragua emiligian from albania samia from sudan nirmaya from nepal hien from vietnam and geetha from india from the money collected a boy or girl will be spon sored for 29 a month the 582km run passed through toronto peterborough belleville kingston brockville and ottawa the run began on sunday july 1 1 and ended saturday july 17 at parliament hill the runners set off from dixie sikh temple in mississauga the first day almost 200 youth and children participated in the run the second day started at the scarborough sikh temple and continued on to peterborough fiftytwo participants ran from scarborough to ottawa in 4 relay format on the final day from ottawa sikh temple toparliament hill 300 partici pants ran along the rideau river tp parliament hill the children were inspired by terry fox and wanted to fol low in his footsteps they had a vision and finally that vision became a reality sukhdeep singh samra 16 is a markham resident who participated in the relay run amana high efficiency air conditloners step into the cool 1 with a new highefficiency r air conditioner install one today and youll save hundreds of dollars on your utility bill every cooling season not only will you be cooling your home youll be enjoying worryfree comfort the amana way i moneysaving efficiency quiet dependable operation lifetime of troublefree performance call today to find out bow you can start saving with a highefficiency prestige air conditioner for amana qhio amana mechanical service hwrttfrtffwft 2942089 ah 91 anderson unit 10 markham sheridan heatino a air conditioning call ajstoviudemdoorwejohbl 4714222 at left davina manhas walks toward parliament hill on the last day of the relay to ottawa at right a crowd of children gather behind their banner with politicians as they feake their way thrdughpeterborough to ottawa the local kids raised funds for less fortunate children sept 1618 23 26 27 28 5 says 599 denure tours lindsay ontario 18006686859 some we are waiting for that special picture submission from you showing us what makes york region special to you york region and york simcoe community development corporation with support from metrolands york region division of newspapers is producing a york region 2000 commemorative book that will be published next spring we want you to be a part of this gottahaveit book what are you waiting for either send us a picture that you already have or grab your camera get out there and start shooting send your submissions to york region at ro box 30 newmarket on l3y 4w3 you for further information call the york region 2000 hotline at 905 8985844 or visit our websiteatwwwyorkregion2000com submit your photos now and you might be the lucky contributor profiled in the economist sun fe ft ftte r r -ft- l4 44ltitmlll1t nw