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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-10-31, Page 17Imes dvoc Serving South Huron, North Middlesex ' ' ' : '' • • ' • October 31, 1979 & North Lambton Since 1873 Page 1A a. AWARDS FOR FOSTER PARENTS — Special awards were presented to a number of foster parents at Wednesday's annual banquet of the Huron County Family and Children's Services, Above, vice-president Verona Snider presents a five year cer- tificate to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Klass, R,R. 1, Brucefield and Mr. and Mrs. James Wilkinson, R.R. 3, Exeter. T-A photo VOLUNTEER AWARDS — At Wednesday's annual meeting of the Huron Family and Children's Services a number of volunteers were honoured. At the left Marian Hindmarsh presents five year certificates to Molly Burke as Christmas co-ordinator in Exeter and to Rox- ie and Charles Adams of Goderich as volunteer drivers. T-A photo RIGHTS OF CHILDREN — During a Wednesday assembly students at Exeter Public School depicted the United Nations declaration of 10 rights of children, Back, left, Heather Jamieson, Jennifer Mason, Montaha Osman, Nancy Durand, Darlene McBride and Dean Murray. rront, Jay Davison, Jody McBride, Michele Aunger and Lori Dalrymple. T.A photo FRIDAYS 9 a it it ner FURNITURE 20" Color TV It's the finest 20" color -TV to bear the Pancisonic name. Calor Pilot electronic color control system. ° 1,1CORIPAPPARACCONLICR Called gems of community Huron foster parents honoured odel $i :1600•C with 10" woofer, 10" passive radiator and .2 V2 tweeter with maximum power.Inplit 40 watts. 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Those were the opening remarks of Dr. Orm Stanton who was speaking to Wednesday's annual meeting of the Huron County Family and Children's Ser- vices. Dr. Stanton who is direc- tor of social work at King's College at the University of Western Ontario was com- menting on the attendance and enthusiasm shown by foster parents and volunteers. To' the foster parents Dr. Stanton said, "When the go- Ping gets rough, remember, there is hope. You are the jewels of the community. You are the experts dealing with in many instances products of one family homes." Need help for families The Christmas season is ur o County's' Christmas Bureau under •the auspies of Family and Children's Services (formerly Children's Aid Society) would like to appeal to all residents of the county to be aware of the special needs of some of our children. In 1978 over 150 families were assisted, with an ap- proximate total of 416 children. Not all families required financial aid with meals but those that did received as follows.: A basic $15 per family for food purchases, plus another $3 food subsidy for each child and $5 per each child to be used to purchase a small gift or pyjamas. In addition to the above, depots in five centres in Huron County, manned by volunteers, supplemented the above with gifts, new and used clothing donated by individuals and groups The cost of this effort was $8,316, however, only $6,000 was raised. This is a big job for Santa and we rely solely on the generosity of local residents, businessmen, service and church groups to meet these expenses - no government funds are available, there are no ad- ministration costs. The Christmas Bureau is a county wide project and as a registered charitable organization, donations are tax deductible. With the efforts of our volunteers plus the generosity of concerned citizens, it is to be hoped that not a single child in our county will be without a good meal Christmas day and that their eyes will light up when that special parcel is opened. Donations may be for- warded to the coordinator in your area or directly to Family and Children's Services, Christmas Bureau, 46 Gloucester Terrace, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 1W7. Please include your ad- dress on personal cheques, The depots are as follows: Goderich :• Mrs. Dianne Armstrong, 264 Shore Crescent, Goderich; Clinton: Mrs, Wyn flomuth, 70 Wellington Street, Clinton; Seaforth: Reverend Robert Roberts, Egrnondville United Church, RR 4, Seaforth; Exeter: Mrs, Molly Burke, c o Exeter United Church, Exeter; Wingham: Lieutenant fain Trainor, Salvation Army Citadel, Wingham, Dr. Stanton continued, "You are providing the op- portunity to children to ex- perience the feeling of being accepted as a human being." The King's College professor said there are 2,- 443 one parent families in London with one or more children under 18, Of these 2,200 are motherled on an average income of $6,000. He added, "We must face the fact that there is not enough money going around for these people." The money problems for social work was stressed by Huron-Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell. He said, "Family and Children's Services are working under extreme dif- ficulties. Here in Huron the budget increase for this year has been cutback to 1.5 per- cent. Several special presen- tations of awards were made to foster parents and volunteers. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Blanchard, R.R. 4 Walton were honoured for com- pleting 20 years as foster parents. Awards for 15 years of service went to Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Durnin, R.R. 3, Auburn and Mr. and Mrs. Paulus Van der Spelt, Ex- eter. Mr. and Mrs. James Wilkinson, R.R, 3, Exeter received 10 year awards and certificates for five years service went to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bruinsma, R.R. 2, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kloss, R.R. I. Brucefield; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Knechtel, 11,11. 2, Bluevale; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Steckley, Bluevale and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stover, R.R. 1, Wingham. Volunteer awards were given to Charles and Roxie Adams of Goderich for 10 years of service as volunteer drivers, Molly Burke, Exeter and Wyn Homuth, Clinton as co-o•rdinators of their respective Christmas programs for five years, Mrs. Vernice Stanbury, Goderich for 10 years volunteer service and Mrs. Dorothy Scott, Goderich for 20 years as Christmas co- ordinator. Mildred Marwick who has completed 20 years as a social worker in Huron received a pin from Hensall reeve Harold Knight, who was representing the county in the absence of warden Jack Tinney. Miss 'Marwick has been forced to discontinue her duties because of health problems. During the past 20 years she has been involved primarily with the protec- tion of children living with their families and assisting foster children in the care of the agency. The volunteer and foster parent awards were made by Family and Children's Services president Charles Thomas, vice-president Verona Snider and Marion Hindmarsh. Agency director John Penn was chairman for the program. International Day of Child Probably every school child in Canada was studying the same thing at the same time on Wednesday, October 24 which was International Year of the Child Day. The purpose of the Day was to focus on the rights of the child and to foster in- ternational awareness among young Canadians. At Exeter Public School a special assembly was held and a number of pupils played the roles of "visitors" from other countries. Each told' about life in his or her country andgaveexamples as to why the rights of the child are important to children around the world. The program focused on three main elements, knowledge - about how people live, the problems they face and how we are interrelated through our everyday activities, em- pathy - for the human con- ditions that must be coped with in everyday life across the world, and action - which was demonstrated by the Student Council an- nouncement that it has decided to adopt &child for a period of at least one year. The foster child will have over 500 individuals in his or her new family. What the world will be like in the near future will depend greatly on the willingness and ability to perceive, to evaluate and to make decisions with a global perspective. It is the task of all of us to help develop that awareness and sense of responsibility in the "global citizen" of the future. 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