A6 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 PINION This spring countless Milton residents - armed mostly with garbage bags and gloves - have been working diligently across the town or will be in the coming weeks for some outdoor cleaning. Through their volunteer efforts, town parks, school * yards, creeks, forests and roadsides are being revital- ized temporarily for anoth- er year. * But then what? Are annual spring clean-ups enough? I t's definitely a good start, but there's so much more we should be doing 10 raise society's awareness * of how simple lifestyle choices can have a pro- found impact on our envi- rotiment. * While Halton residents have embraced thc reccntly DEAR EDITOR: Someone once observed, 'Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer." Those may only be words, but they certainly express my sentiments. Every year, during National Volunteer Week, the Ontario Trillium Foutndation (OTF) makes a special point of cele- brating volunteers for the tremendous difference they make to the organization and the coninninties they serve. As chair of one of Canadas lcading grant-nmaking founda- tions, i feel strongly about the importance of v olunteers lise b F oard of direcrors and oui1 16 Grant Revicw i-canis mort, c han 300 p)coîic in total launchied (GreenCart pro- gram iii record numbers, are we giving eringh thoughit to wherc garbage goes after being picked up at the curb? Only by truly uandier- standing the volunme of household waste we pro- duce, where ail the garbage, recycling and GreenCart byproducts go and the impact landfills and varions wastelrecycla- lIe processing plants are having on our environ- ment, can we begin to appreciate the quagmire our over-packaged, over- fed, disposahie society finds itself in. We think you'll agree that we need far more than annual park clean-ups. Werve got to dlean up our act as well. Readers Write E-mail yous letters to msltened@haltenseaoch. om Hornby dean-up gets another strong showing DEAR EDITOR. Apnil 19 was a perfect sunny day for the Hornby Association of Ratepayers'annual dlean-up day Nearly 100 volunteers trmed out te, dean the garbage from creeks and roadside ditches in the Hornby ares. Our volunteers, including extras provided by Bahr Saddiery and Recovery House, collected almosî 300 bags of garbage as weli as 22 tires, car parts of every description, 12 gallons of used ou, a freezer and many other itenms. At tise barbcte aftervard, Hialton His Councillor Biyaîi Lewis took bis usual possiticon as chef, tookiiîg sansages, lsarrrh)urgcrs andc lsordsigs for tise x'olutirtcrs. ttc wîîîiid lirkc tri i saisi ilalisir uixl \Ia tr Rs1l, Boilsiscîic suid lu' ssii xliii irilicîri assiiflcc iii 1iisîsuig tOrs cxciii arrî l ii pciii Ssii ii iii Lise ii-lihx' Par k ixas slisra rci \\c xvilsl ,iso iik-C tos slil ihls.is OTr 111011SOi --i s Mislt55flý .tgrars li s & toal'lcsîgcsssx n Ilsiiniiyý lcli oulfu sîsîss, \111111r t sîcgc lrrss I>cl)s xr-ipcrisoi (,lssc arroi Tiru 1 lsrîssîs lfoi uncr corsîrîs tîCcI SUI)l i sl h lcliscd tus iri,i,c thec cvciii a n ociiscrdoîs suis sx. PETER VAUGHAN, CO-ORDINATOR HORNBY CLEAN-UP DAY - show rernarkablc dedictnon to serving their communities across the province. Volunteer tine is unpaid, and that makes it especially valuabie. 1 wish to thank OTF's Grant Review Team in Halton- Peel for its continued hard work and dedication under the skilled leadership of chair Lindsay Williams. lî's reassuring thai there arc s0 many others also giving their time and talents to the community Last year in the Hialton-Peel area alone, more than 31,000 volunteers contrihntcd approx- iniately 565,000 hotus o- tier uie iii suipport or gan izaions thai rcccived funding li-oin mir lounldaion Il wvc IIa ,inlaic DEAR EDITOR: A', ar snicrihcr ol thec liî sloii grsstrp) aird as irother cr1 aî casdet loi- li 29)()0 i or uc Acois \rnryi. Cadets hcrc ru Mlion, i \vosti irkc îo coisurnd tisc Tovi n sd locailssrc,-- loi liscîr supporti of tihc Ar rs Cadelt T ag Divý Rcscîrrîx, tisc corps xv ,îs ousidc o i rrousi fiirssc oi a Iiridrirssrrg xv ckcrslilc ov grai ,ict pcermsission loi tise cadets Io lie aroutisd rov) n d ririsn cil risc liisrieses vvcrc x tirsci- itri cli opcratîv c ansd encoîrragiîg te the cadets. aîîd tise piublic was stililortive and grvlng. Ail risc fr.ids rarsed go dirrectly tovvard cadet their efforts loto a dollar vainc. it tomes o usure ihan $9.6 mui- lion of giving. Ail of us arc îouched and enrîched by the work of volun- teers, whether we volunteer ourselves or benefit iu some way fromn the volunteer work of others. So take a moment duning National Volunteer WAeek, April 27 to May 3, to thank volunicers for generously donating their tie, talents and passion 10 tssuntless causes atross thc provirncc. Thanks te, their corurinsleni, oui tour- mîrinities arc hcitcr platces 10 lîve. HELEN BURSTYN, CHAIR ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION ,iiiviiics. V, rlsîssit thii s.ppsîr 5 lir.i L;(11 i gratoisl bxsldslc ,îilc IolnircipalcsIl no !Immil i)cýslirc iîciiig orsi il] [lie lrc, loi 1 -) loIstII o\ ci tu h ie iiio isc xvcis- i ic r- adcîs, \x ý,I xx ,cllirsn r ccd IIL Is cxCci tsi \\c îiii cccx nl' liii iil s ssj)l)(Is i îi ,is-isinice. Nsol ois ciii Miltil b plx. irs(l oils Aisîx ( adcie ii i lle ricae cdcor x s iii sîsili ti lic a iirt sl iii irio KAREN SINDEN 2990 LORNE SCOTS ARMY CADET CORPS Lots more to do UNITEDWAY OFMILTON TV AUCTION MILTON SANTA C LAUtS PARADE sowcase-Mill ,Il s r-,. zbr~j Qaîablan Ctjaîîipion MiltoiCmruiv Os, 5 s pasisr..s 5i,160 555 Industrial Dr., Milton, Ont. L9T 5E1 905-878-2341 Editoriai Fax: 905-878-4943 Advertising Fax. 905-876-2364 Ciassified:905 875-3300 Crculation: 905-878-5947 wjww.miltoncanctranchampion.com Publisher Neil Oliver General Manager David Harvey Editor in Chief J3l1 Davis Managing Editor Kasen Misvfli Advertising Director Ws ridy McNab Production Manager 'l'l co0-s Circulation Manager Clia i Office Manager sandî' pale The Carradran Champion, pabiished every Tuesday and Friday, is a division of Metroland Media Groap Ird. - Group Publisher Ian Oliver As 5 1ý n1 odto ht , h .,r ,1 1 ri i 5 CCAB Audited ô5~l AS Ontri loimis 5y ~yJ.ilNesspapAx ssciatio CNA (assisr Aossociatio Haio Hiha i )N Let'si recognize ail of Milton's terrific volunteers this week Support of Army Cadets' fundraiser was great