The Citizen, 2009-12-03, Page 34By Emily Warwick
I am completing my co-operative
education program at the Huron
Women’s Shelter in Goderich. I am
pursuing a career as a child and
youth worker and felt it would be
beneficial to acquire some
experience in this field before
applying to a post-secondary
program.
The Women’s Shelter of Huron
has been helping women in distress
and their children for over 24 years.
They provide residency to those who
are not safe at home or are in serious
need of financial support. The
shelter provides resources for
women to help them get back on
their feet as well as counselling for
themselves and her children if
necessary. Residents of the shelter
usually stay for about six weeks.
Women are offered applications
for rent-geared-to-income housing
in a county of their choice. This iscalled Second-Stage housing andthey work together with the shelterto ensure that women are able to livesafely.You don’t have to be asking forresidency to utilize the shelter’s
help. There is a 24-hour crisis line
that women can call for advice, to
build a safety plan, to get support or
validate concerns or just to talk to
someone. No problem is too small.
This is proving to be a valuable
learning experience for me and I
appreciate the opportunity to have
been allowed to complete my co-
operative education placement at the
Huron Women’s Shelter.
By Aryn Kikkert
Getting dirty while keeping
animals is what we do at Blyth
Veterinary Services, where I amdoing my co-op placement.The veterinarians, Lavern Clarkand Phil Garriock work primarily onlarge animals and service a lot of thefarms in the area.Our days start out around 8 a.m.
and we go to any calls or
appointments there might be. The
appointments usually involve
checking herd health at dairy barns
where we pregnancy check the cows,
burn the horns off calves, and look at
any sick cows or anything that needs
to be done.
Pregnancy checking is really cool
to see because you can see the little
tiny calves in the ultrasound. You
can pregnancy check as early as 25
days and even when they are that
tiny, you can see their hearts beating
which I think is really neat.
We do a lot of other things too, as
there are a lot of things that can
happen with animals. I’ve seen
calving, cows with displaced
abomasums that we have to operate
on, sick calves, cows that are down,
milk fever, and the list goes on and
on.
My co-op experience has been
really great so far. My supervisors
are really great people and I am
learning so much from them. I am
very glad I chose to do co-op here
and I would recommend it to
anyone.
By Reba Jefferson
I am a Grade 12 co-op student at
F.E. Madill Secondary School. I
have a “split” placement at CKNX
and Town and Country Support
Services, both in accounting. Having
both placements has allowed me to
receive lots of good experience at
two different businesses. I plan to
become a chartered accountant and
this practical experience will help
me achieve my career goals.
On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings I go to CKNX,
where I have learned how to process
the accounts payable by getting
them signed, then sending them tohead office and entering them intothe computer. As well, I have gotprizes ready to mail.I have also worked where Iorganize the accounts receivable andenter them into the computer. I then
check to see if it balances and get the
deposit ready for the bank.
On Tuesday and Thursday
mornings I walk down to Town and
Country Support Services. I sort the
cash and cheques received from
clients and check to be sure they
balance with the invoices. When
they balance, I get the cheques and
cash ready for bank deposit. I then
enter this information into the
computer.
I have also filed and got invoices
ready to mail.
PAGE 34. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009.Madill students enjoy learning in co-op program
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Eleven-year-old Emily Stennett,
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for needy children around the world.
Starting as a small school project
for her SOAR class in Seaforth,
Emily was asked to find a way to
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community. Emily had hoped to fill
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of Knox United in Belgrave became
involved, donations poured in.
Emily and some friends and her
family sorted the items and delivered
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for Operation Christmas Child in
late November.
Emily’s class will be working on
the Nobody project again this year
and look forward to new
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Belgrave girl fills 22 boxes
The Nov. 2 meeting of the
Auxiliary to the Clinton Public
Hospital was held at the Queensway
Nursing Home in Hensall.
Speaker Julie Grimminck
welcomed 33 members including
Esther Wright and Beth Knox who
reside at the home.
Grimminck spoke of the
differences between nursing and
retirement homes including costs
and access. She encouraged those
present to plan for retirement living
changes including making a power
of attorney for personal and for
financial care. As well she advised
them to discuss their wishes with
family members. Grimminck
answered questions then invited
members to tour the home and to be
on their newsletter mailing list.
The auxiliary business meeting
informed members that the Ruby
Haddy Award was presented to
Aaron Gross at CHSS graduation on
Oct. 9 by Doreen Nogalo.
President’s Day in Exeter was
attended by Linda Dunford and Ann
MacLean.
Penny sale profits were $6,200
and the annual draw raised $1,454.
The next fun event will be the
annual Gift of Light ceremony on
Friday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the
hospital. Members and The Little
Nook gift shop are selling lights.
The Dec. 7 meeting will take place
in the CPH conference room at 9:30
a.m. followed by a silent auction and
seasonal decorating of the hospital.
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FARM SAFETY FACT
Did you know?
((NC) – Cows cause 33 per cent
of animal-related injuries and 16
per cent of animal-related fatali-
ties on Canadian farms. The calv-
ing season of January to June is
the primary times of incident
occurrence.
Canadian Agricultural Injury
Surveillance Program.
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