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Huron Expositor, 2009-07-01, Page 19CubsCare groupralses $i''�7 for or 94116 HbndolEspoa•i m : *JM 209 No Dan Schwab 411111111.11110 • On the stage in the gym of Seaforth Public School, Shawn Allen held an oversized cheque worth $1,037 and choked back tears as he addressed hundreds of students. A group of youngsters at the school known as the Cubs Care group started raising money in September for the Ronalee Allen Memorial Or- phanage Fund. Her husband Shawn thanked the group and all the students at the school for their commitment to the fund in memory of his wife. "I'm very proud of this community and each of you," Shawn told them. "This money will go toward help- ing children who have so much less than us in other parts of the world. This means so much to us." The Cubs Care group raised the money through a number of fund- raisers, from a week-long frozen. yogurt sale to a school -wide penny drive and other initiatives. Their donation brings the total funds raised for the orphanage up to approximately $10,000. Land in Kitale, Kenya, has also been purchased and Shawn told the students he hopes construction on anage in Kenya Shawn Allen accepts a cheque for $1,037 from Jull Hany, representing the Sea- forth Public School's Cubs Care group which fundraised for a Kenya orphanage. the facility will begin this fall. "As the money comes in, we'll build as we go," Shawn said. He says the orphanage will cost about $25,000 and have accommo- dations for 23 children ages five to 15, as well as for several caretak- ers. Shawn says the reason he and Ronalee's children Breezey, Olivia, Makaylie and Josiah continue their commitment to building the orphan- age is because the children are des- perately in need. "They have nothing," Shawn says. "They are living on mud floors with no running water." Shawn also says their efforts are to keep alive the passion Ronalee had for helping less fortunate chil- dren when she was alive. "My wife's whole life was dedicat- ed to children," he says. Ronalee was killed in a car crash on Highway 4 in Kippen on May 30, 2008, at the age of 42. Before she died, Ronalee had tak- en in more than 150 children, from foster kids to others who needed temporary shelter, over a span of 18 years. our new website is up & running! book your ad now! IT'S TO Why? Website advertising works!' FAST FACTS... • Our site is accumulating over 16,000 viewers per month! • There are over 5, 200 pages viewed on our site per month! • Each advertisement is shown at least 2,600 times per month! • You can place an ad on our site for as little as $2.41/day. • It will cost as little as $14.42 to have your ad exposed 1000 times! ADVANTAGES... ANIMATION: an animated advertisement will be created for you, which will draw a lot of attention. FREE UPDATES: do you have any monthly promotions you would like to advertise? We can update the text on your advertisement monthly as a free service. 468 x 60 pixels $150/month The banner ad appears at the top of all news pages of the site, with a link to your website or c page Call Max Bickford to book your spot! 527-0240 or email seaforthads@bowesnet.com Ws l60x80pixels $ 75/month The tile ads appear vertically down the centre of all news pages of the site with a link to your website or contact page.' There are a total of 36 the ads which t•on tinually rotate within the six tile ad spots. ti