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Wow &attar Wednesday, May 2, 1!00—Pale $
Sergeants explain SCAW program at UCW thankaf#ening
Lite*now U.C.W. Spring Thankotferiug
was held in the fellowship yyr�oo t of thep�
church April 22• at / 430 p,ra, with men
and women bran tib churches
as gut*. . Marionn McFarlane entertained
at the *Ho as people arrived • .
The ,,president, Laura Leo Cayley
welcomedeveryone present then turned
the meeting over; to the 'werahip commit-
tee. Leis Walden chose as the tin "Suf.
fer the little children to cone unto me".
The scripture token from Matthew 18,
was read by Phyllis.Morrison. Mrs.
Walden gave the meditation entitled
"Children and Chance" stating that the
careand counsel of children should not
be left to chance. Each person has an
obligation to -counsel, control, guide and
safeguard our children. Mrs.. Morrison:
then led in prayer. Appropriate hymns
were sung during the service, The offer-
ing was received by Helen Todd and
Isobel Miller and dedicated by Mrs.
Walden. Members of the C.G.LT.
favoured with three songs "When I'm
Feeling Lonely,", "a Song written for the
C.G.I.T. Purpose" and "Seek Ye First
the Kingdom".
The guest speaker, Betty Sergeant and
her husband Jim of TilLsonburg, were in-
troduced by Mrs. Cayley. The Sergeants
shared their experiences and showed
slides of several third world countries to
which they have travelled at their own
expense to deliver bedkits to needy
children through SCAW,"Sleeping
Children Around,the Worl", organized
by Murray Dryden and his late wife
Margaret ofs ngton Ont. SCAW is 100%
volunteer. Broadly speaking, there are
three categories of SCAW volunteers;
1. Administration Volunteers who han-
dle the demanding fund raising respon-
sibility, accounting, label production and
other administrative functions.
2,, The Travelling Volunteer* who travel.
(at their OWn coot) to distant lands auper-
vnung the distribution of the bedkits and
taking the ' r : for the donors.
3. The • eeseas Volunteers in the
developing countries who manage the
complex task of assembling and
di*ibuting the bedkits. All ninths in-
cluding printing* stamPol ' :.aPhic
fit :and photofinishing are ted.
There are no personnel coats as thead-
ministration is handled 100% by
volunteers, The "office is the home of
Murray Dryden, again donated. With zero.
overhead, SCAW guarantees that 100% a.
every donor dollar reaches a third world
child,
To assemble the bedkits locally, the -
Overaeae Volunteers in developing and
underdeveloped countries arrange to pro-
duce or, purchase each component in
their own country, this results in;
• elimination et traneportatiee coats, provi-
sion of materials and labour at minimal
cost, provision of employment for Third
World families, assistance to the local
Upon salve], the Canadian team cheek
the bedkits to make sure the quality is
good and every in the kit that is re-
quired. Next bec is are transported,
normally a ample of days ahead of time,
to the distribution site where they are
loorives Onekit s equivp and alent to until the
months team e
salary in most. countries' and two months
salary in others. Bedkita are given to a
• family unit rather than a street person,
who would sell It and therefore it would
be money wasted. The SCAW work most-
ly
ostly out of schools, where the Sergeants
have never seen any books. The students
Kczirshea host 4 :H
ehievoren� 1�iht
A different Achievement Night was ..
held April 23 in the Institute room •itt
Lucknow Town, Rall. Formerly , several
groups participated but for this course
the sponsoringinstitute could plan tine..
event. Kairshea Women's Inwtitete nvited;.
Luclmow Women's'Institute and also the
Junior Women's Institute.
An exciting part of the Program was a
Reach for',the Top Contest. There . were
groups from the 4-11 Its.. Dough-
Nuts and one of Kairshea Vis. They
were tested on their knowledge of
bread -baking.
Muriel MacKenzie, _president of Kair-
rhea W.I. gave out he awards. There
were 10 girls taking the course. There
were awards for the number of courses
taken and a special plaque went to Bar -
bare Stein for .completing 24 courses. --The
leaders, Sharon Stein and Barbara de
Baer' were thanked and presented with
awards also.
The girls served delicious baked goods
for lunch. Then an super auctioneer,
Alesha Moffat,. auctioned 11 a. table of
tempting: breads, rolls. etc. The sum. of
$76.75 was taken in and is being donated
to the Easter Seal Fund.
bring one scribbler and cher
writes everything to be learrncned own the
blackboard.
In 1910, a total of 210,000 bedkits were
distributed in the following countries: In-
dia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Thailand,
Philippines, Honduras, Columbia,
Bang]adesh, and Mozambique.A sample
kit distributed in the Philippines was on
day
A donation of #M supplies one bedkit.
For further iniormattiion about SCAW,
contact Murray Dryden, 21 Pinecrest
Crescent, Islington,Ont. M9A 2A6.
Deanna. Reavie tanked the Sergeants
for sharing their experiences and
presented them with a toWl of apprecia-
tion. The meeting closed by singing a
bymn following which Rev. G. McFarlane
gave the benediction. A social hour
followed.
OBITUARY
.Isabel N.E. Rumen
Miss Isabel Nancy Elizabeth Russell,
former executive director of London, On-
tario; Regina and Kitchener Y,W.C.A.,
dies] in Toronto .on March 22, 1990 in her
79th year.
Miss Russell was the dear sister of Nan
Stent and her husband, .. Bert, of Sum-
merland, British Columbia; Jams C.
Russell and his wife, Mary; and sister-in-
law
ist r.lfl-.law of Cathleen Russell..
She was predeceased by' her. parents,
Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Russell and her
brother, Stewart.
A private family memorial service was
tobeheldatalaterdate;
We'll take anithing ...
Old cars; books; golf clubs; horses.
Our Auctioneers say they can sell anything
DROP OFF ALL ARTICLES AT THE
LUCKNOW ARENA ,THIS WEEK
or .
FOR PICK-UP
North of Main Street - Lucknow - Grant Famish - 528-2904
South of Main Street - Lucknow - Donald MacKinnon - 528-3043
Ashfield - Joe Van Osch - 395-2865
West Wawanosh - LeRoy Rintoul - 528-3812
East Kinloss - Earl Stever - 528-5643
ALL PROCEEDS TO.
COMMUNITY BETTERMENT
West Kinloss & part of Huron. Township
Allan McDougall . 395.2786
' Arena •. Bill Hunter - 528-2009