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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 4 2003 11 school supplies needed for iraqi children jbyjoanransberry staff writer an urgent appeal for school supplies for children in wartom iraq has been issued in york region individuals families service clubs classrooms and churches are invited to take part in the drive to help return chil dren to school in iraq about 50000 school tats are needed hie drive is being coordinated by the mennonite central committee mcq ontario with the collection spot for york region at stouffvilles care and share shop at 6240 main st care and share manager annette reesbr said the local shop is always eager to act as a collector of compo nents of health and relief kits as well we are always willing to help raise awareness of the ongoing global needs mrs reesor said as children in york region returned to school tuesdays so too did chfldreriiri iraq but this year because of war and economic hardship school supplies are hard to find in iraq said arli klassen mcc ontarios executive director families in iraq are not able to afford to provide their xhildren with the basic school supplies she said also schools in iraq cant open in september instead school openings have been delayed until late october whats the point of opening a school if there are no books paper or pencils ah mcc school kit is made up of four notebooks or notebooks with perfora tions measuring 21 cm by 27 cm or 85 inches by 10 inches and 70 to 80 sheets each four unsharpened no 2 pencils one ruler 12 inch flexible plastic one box of coloured pencils 12 to 24 and one large eraser contents could be placed in a fabric doubledrawstring bag we have school classrooms sunday school classes and residents turning it into a neighbourhood project some collect the paper others the pencils to make up the kits it helps build a community locally as well as on a global scale she said the care and share shop is open monday to saturday from 930 am to 5 pm the schoolkit project will run until mid september for more information goto wwwniccorgschoolkits special this week presto fr0 presft sweet corn 2 dozen ontario peaches field tomatoes other seasonal fruit vegetables just north ofsfouffvinecounliy market 12875 10th line north 195 main st south newmarket criminal law family law warren seiner barrister solicltdr in practice since 1986 stouffville office hours now available 9058954571 9058302367 24 hour mobile you are invited to stouffville community policing centre community safety open house lebovic leisure centre 30 burkholder street stouffville b wednesday september 10 2003 7pm9pm k representatives from stouffville community policing centre town of whitchurchstouffville 1 york regional police york region public health displays and information include kids ident kit fingerprint identification stouffville community policing centre volunteers bicycle registration forms car seat information healthy lifestyles york regional police recruiting york regional police auxiliary victim services of york region r drugs vice grow houses major frauds internet fraud 1 speed measuring alcohol detection devices traffic services l bylaw enforcefneht for more information please call the scpc office at 905 6404248