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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-05-06, Page 5IT'SX0111iBL A fresh approach to community fundraising • Katherine Harding • TA -Reporter ST. JOSEPH •When.St. Joseph's area.resident Jamie McGowan's job as an account manager fell victim to company restructuring, he de- cided the time was ripe to strike out on his own. •. . . McGowan, armed with 30 years, of sales experience partnered .up with his wife Hanna and -Reverend - Gerald and Anne Wilson t� create Creative Funding • Resources In- corporated. The company helps schools-,' churches, hospitals and other-corn- munity-based organizations fund- • raise through their line of products. • "I had seen the chocolate bar and pizza people had been out there and. I thought this wuuld be a- a good market to pursue," said McGowan. • McGowan and -Wilson did their homework, attending gift shows in. Toronto, New York and Chicago ..and by gathering volumes of read- • ing material on the products avail- able for.fundraising endeavbrs. Finally, they managed to narrow - down their product line -to three cat- egories: list • pads, three -pack 'sa- chets and four all natural soup mix: es. McGowan and Wilson also made a concerted effort.. to pay attention to the little details.- - - Of the six list note pads available, one pad's design has a local . Con- • nection. In memory of the Smokey Hol- Iow school _house that once existed • •• in . the area, they desikned. • a *Srliokey Hollow 'Bears' note pad using teddy bears with the same namesake from Twigs, Floral:Com- pany in Grand Bend.. The -partners also .nriade a con- scious decision to distribute only Canadian made -products. . . "We wanted to get Canadian products because we: thought it • Would be agt-T,1 -selling feature ...I: want to se.e..as many local ser- vices as w::.11 as: I can 'because then - the money- going hack in to the cornmunit,'. explained McGowan. , He also has .devised a long term plan to expand; the company'. Not oily is he investigating other product lines to keep the selection fresh and cutting edge, but he • would also like to hire five corn- -mission based employees by the end of the. year.. . While Creative Funding Re- sources Inc. is only four employees strong. right now, McGowan has a dream of employing 100 people .by 2000. "I think.it is important to be giv- ing back tothe cOmmunity..1 want to -reach out and help- others gain employment in the area" said McGowan: • . While Creative- • Funding Re sources has only been in operation for a -month, so far the 'response from customers has been positive _ In the area • it. has been. good.. we MS() have received or: ders as far away as ,13,C•, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Texas." said ' McGowan. • • From McGowan's pc' Tech ve, the success of this venture is "a win- win situation for the local groups Around here as well as helping de- velop a much . needed business in fundraising." During the company's initial start up, the. founders of Creative Fund- ing Resources Inc. had a lot of sup- port from their friends. .McGowan was especially ap- preciative .of the assistance they re- ceived from friends when they Un- dertook the monumental task oI mailing out 18,000 -cOmpany hro- chures all across North America. McGowan also received guidance from the government • funded Self Employment Assistance Program.• • • "They offer professional seminars four times a year and they set you up. with an advisor to help you along in the right -direction," explained McGowan. Times -Advocate, May 6, 1998 Page 5 Iceculture visit Below freezing. St. Marys resident Gladys Petty Smith makes a recent visit to lceculture, braving the 20 degrees below freezing temperatures of thebig freezer Studio to watch ice carvers. Her 100th birthday is just a few months away. The Petty _family emigrated from _Yorkshire in the United Kingdom andsettled in Huron County to establish the village of Hensalt. Moore's Flowers • Creative fundraising. Jamie McGowan displays his company's fundraising product line which includes natural soup mixes, list -notepads and sachets. - Lion fire power Generous Lions on the loose. The Lucan Lions'Club donated $3. CVO to the Lucan: Biddulph Fire De- partment last week. The money will go to- wards the de- • ' partment's drive to refurbish a 1928 REO Speedwagon. FP0m left are Jim Young, Lucan-Biddulph Fire Chief John Riddell, Clarence Haskett and Gary McFalls. , CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT EXPANSION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY REPORT The existing Town of Exeter sewage treatment faciiities are hydraulically and organically overloaded. To address this, and to accommodate future development. the town is proposing a project which will increase capacity and provide an upgraded level of treatment. The project involves the expansion of the lagoons onto Lot 25, Conc. 2, Twp. of 'Stephen, Which is immediately' north'of tr)e existing facilities: the deepening of existing Cells 1 and 2, the addition of Intermittent Slow Sand Filters: improvements to the phospnorus removal system and the upgrading of pumps at the main sewage pumping station. The town has planned the project under Schedule C of the Class Environmental Assessment for Municipal Water and Wastewater Project (1993). An Environmental Stuciy Report has been completed and by this Notice is being placed in the public record for review. Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice and the receipt of necessary approvals and.financing. the Town intends to proceed with the construction of the works. The estimated cost is approximately $6,450,000. The Town has requested provincial funding assistance and intends to finance -their share through increased sewage user rates and development contributions and charges. The Environmental Study Report is available at the following locations: Town of Exeter Exeter Public Library Municipal Offices 322 Main Street • Exeter, Ontario • Phone: (519) 235-0310 Exeter Branch , 330 Main S,treet Exeter, Ontario P'ions.: (519) 235.1890 Further information may be obtained from the Town's Consulting Engineers, 6.M. Ross and Associates Limited, 62 North Street, Goderich, Ontario. , N7A.2T4, Phone (519) 524-2641, Attention: Steve Burns, Project Engineer. . Please provide written comment to the Town Clerk within 30 calendar days from the date of this Notice. If concerns regarding this project cannot be resolved in discussion with the Town. a person may request that the Ministry of the Environment "bump -up" the project to an individual environmental assessment -Bump -up' requests must be receiVed by the Minister at the address below by May 22, 1998. A copy of the "bump -up" request shall be sent to the Town Clerk. 0 there is no bump-ur request by May 22, 1998, the expansion of the sewage treatment works may proceed to construction es.putlined in the Environmental Study Report. Minister of the Environment 135 St. Ciak Avenue West 15th F1001, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1P5 t This Notice issued April 22, 1998. Mayor Ben Hoogenboorn Town of Exeter ' 322 Main Street . Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S6 itBrian, Mary -Ann and Family Annuals and Perennials Hours: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sundays 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Bring us your empty containers for custom filling Located at #35739 (Hwy. #4) just South of Dashwood Industries 228-6838 Have a news tip? 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