p 8 the tribune thursday august 14 1997 stux you woke up one morning to find your trust company was being bought by a big bank we should talk q ne morning in june all national trust customers opened their morning paper to find their financial institution of choice was being sold to the bank of nova scotia if youre one of those people and you still prefer the personal and respectful service of a only national independent trust company wl canada trust represents your best choice for the kind of service you prefer more than ever before our products and services are designed with the customer in mind letting us keep interested in just getting bigger were interested in getting better better at understanding you better at understanding what you need and when you need it to find out how easy not to mention reward ing it is to keep your business with a trust company and avoid any more rude awakenings trust company then wed things uniquely personal drop into your local like you to give us a call in todays financial branch or give us a call now that were canadas world because were not at 18005606383 for more information call 18005606383 o canada trust volunteers sought to aid foundation from page 7 is the opportunity to seek the best possible medical opinion but it also gave all of us a tremendous men tal lift jennifer ashleigh clements died of spinal muscular atrophy when she was six months old and her younger sister danica died of the same dis ease two years later their grandfather norm clements owner of the stouffville country mar ket wanted to help other families in similar circumstances by establishing an organization in memory of jen nifer and danica if any doubt existed that the founda tions contributions were needed it has long since disappeared there is a desperate need for a group like ours particularly in eco nomic times such as we are experi encing now sleep pointed out while other groups provide specif ic care or support to children in need our group tends to fill the gap that exists when people have exhausted all other possibilities that gap is grow ing larger every year with further cut backs of government services and more demands on families the registered canadian charity has one paid employee with the remain der of the work being carried out by a dedicated group of volunteers its major fundraiser is the annual sports memorabilia auction in april which raised more than 80000 in 1997 we were proud to be recognized by uxperience who made a donation of 4000 they are the major sponsors of our picnic this year the picnic is held at norm cle ments beautiful estate in uxbridge and activities include games fishing and hot air balloon rides funds raised cover a wide range of needs from transportation costs to therapy for sick children the founda tion welcomes donations from corpo rations and individuals and is also urgently seeking new volunteers last years picnic enabled helpers to meet many of the children and fami lies they have assisted over the years said sleep some we had already met but hot many it was just like a family reunion these kids face tremendous challenges in their lives and theyre really very special people it was a honor to get to know them if you would like to learn more about volunteer opportunities with the foundation or are interested in making a donation call jane sleep at 640- 5758 j newton bros custom log homes beautiful new log home hand crafted 1200 sq ft on large lot with trout pond located between lindsay and bobcaygen call newton bros log homes 7057932087 asking 179000 1 other homes available 1