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GDCI students need community votes to win competition
Dominique Milburn
signal -star staff
The students at Goderich District Collegiate Institute
are hoping to create enough online buzz to win thein a
new and badly -needed lighting and sound system, and
all they need from you is a couple clicks of the computer
mouse.
Members of the GDCI Global Village club have re-
cently put their cause up as part of the Aviva Community
Fund online competition. Aviva, a Canadian Insurance
company, has allotted $500,000 to fund projects that will
be judged on community impact, likelihood of success,
longevity and sustainability, originality and submission
quality.
"Through the competition, we're hoping to raise money
for a new sound system and lighting for our West Gym,"
said Global Village member Bailey Burgsma.
According to the group, students toward the back of
their largest gym have trouble hearing during assemblies,
presentations and performances. They say they would
also like to install a new and up-to-date lighting scheme
that will provide better output while saving in energy us-
age.
"For the competition, we've written up a summary on
the web that states what our goal is and how the current
lights and sound have been deteriorating," said Shelby
Clark.
Anyone registered with the Aviva Community Fund
can vote for GDCI (along with other ideas submitted to
the fund), by visiting www.avivacommunityfund.org.
The top 25 ideas will move on to the judging phase, when
a team of impartial judges will score the ideas, and the
highest ranked ideas will be funded.
With just two votes on Monday, GDCI needs to do a lot
of catching up before the end of phase one. The girls say
Photo contributed
Global Village club members (left to right) Bailey
Burgsma, Shelby Mann, Carling Mackenzie, Taylor
Lowe, Amelia Aitken, Shelby Clark stand dimly lit
beneath the school's lighting.
it's pretty easy to help them out. Simply visit the competi-
tion web site, register with an email address and search for
Goderich. You can return every day and cast your vote.
The club has also created a Facebook page that they hope
will encourage their peers at GDCI to join the cause.
"We're really trying to promote it," Clark said. "It's going
to benefit everyone who visits our gym. Hopefully, every-
one will get our message and go
on the site to vote."
The first phase comes to a close
Nov. 29, when the top submis-
sions will move on for phase two
voting from Dec. 2 to 16. The final
round with impartial judging will
take place from Dec. 17 through
Jan. 25, after which the top ideas
will receive funding.
Team headed to Barbados marathon
From page 43
with lupus type arthritis. Devastated, the
Holmesville-area resident and avid hiker
thought her active lifestyle was over.
In 2005, 75 per cent of Huron County resi-
dents reported having at least one long-term
chronic condition diagnosed by a health pro-
fessional, according to Huron County Health
Unit statistics. Arthritis/rheumatism was the
most common self-reported chronic health
condition in Huron County, followed by. high
blood pressure.
In the 12 years since Joan's diagnosis, the
mother of four has learned to live with an ad-
justed lifestyle that often is accompanied by
joint pain. It's all part of the reason her goal
to walk the half marathon is an important and
courageous one to meet. That's why her fam-
ily — husband Bill, sons Jim and Greg and
daughters Shelley and Kristen — will join her
every step of the way to help stamp out the
sometimes debilitating effects through re-
search and treatment by the Canadian Arthri-
tis Society and its Joints In Motion program.
The troupe of six has signed on to take part
in the year-end marathon as a fundraising ini-
tiative of Joints In Motion. The program al-
lows Joints In Motion team members to com-
plete a marathon, half marathon, trek, walk or
other event at destinations around the world
while raising money to fight arthritis.
Each member is required to raise $5,200
for research. But while their requirement to
take part collectively sits at $31,200, Joan has
upped the ante.
"I raised our family goal to $50,000," she
said.
To support the Crawford family's strides
toward Barbados, you can visit each of them
online to make a donation at www.arthritis.ca/
jim. Click "Support a Participant" on the left-
hand menu.
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