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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1983-03-30, Page 22The : ' executive of the Exeter Broach of the Canadian Cancer Society was named recently. ek row, left to right, Velem Huff, transportation; Wilda Baynhara, I Memoriam; Cart Cam, special events; i':>W Mickle, era:impala, chairman; and Loretta iger, epectnl education. Front row, left to right, are Marjorie Deibridge, patient ser- vices; Leone Brock, president; naaaB4 Joyce Black, treasurer. (T -A photo) EX ter has special events BY CART CANN ecial events are a very important part of the campaign for Bands to meet the budget demands and requirements of the Canadian Cancer Society. The mane special events for the Exeter Branch are the sale of daffodils by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, the Ladies' Great Ride for Cancer conducted by the Exeter Lioness Club and the biannual fashion show sponsored by the Merry Rags Fashion Boutique of Grand Bend. The daffodil sale is the "kick off" of the annual cam_ :ign for funds. For eight years the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority has sold thousands of daffodils for the Cancer Society. This year 12, 1, arrived for sale on Friday, March 25. The flowers are shipped from B.C. via air carrier, f:J 1 in a box looking like stacks of asparagus; but when they are brought out of cold storage and placed in fresh water, they open out into gorgeous yellow blooms. Local industry, com- mercial businesses and the South Huron District High School have purchased hundreds of blooms for distribution and display purposes. The balance are sold to private pe 4•;•le on the streets of Exeter and the surrounding community. Last year the sorority sold about $2,_ I 1 worth of daf- fodils and expect to increase that amount this year. On Sunday, May 1 Exeter will hold its third annual Ladies' Great Ride for Cancer sponsored by the Exeter Lioness Club. There have been two very suc- cessful events in the ' st ver 200 v lun tcanvass Sout During the month of April, volunteers will be can- vassing South Huron for the Canadian Cancer Society. The Exeter +xranch com- prises an area 's,::,t contains the rural towns 'ps of Hay, Stephen and Usborne and the urban communities of Centralia, Credi i n, Huron Park, Dashwood, Zurich, Hensall and Exeter. The goal is $19,4a�11. Each challenge has been met in the past and campaign chairman Bill Mickle feels confident that this year's will be met as well. The hard work of the volunteers and the support and generosity of the citizens is a winning combination. Based on a recent ten year average for each dollar collected, your donation is used as follows: 61 cents for research, 16 cents for patient services, 14 cents for raising about $4,600 each year. The public has very generously supported the rides and in the past two years there are now con- testants who have joined the "Hundred Dollar Club" raising $100 or more from the sponsors of the ride. There will be prizes of ladies' wearing apparel from Merry Rags for highest amounts collected this year. The very successful fashion show held every second year and put on by Merry Rags has raised about $5,1''1:,1- each year on the previous three shows. Notable personalities such as Bill Brady and Jim Swan of CFPL Radio and Jan Tennant of the CBC have contributed their time to this success. Another such event is looked forward to in 1984. Huron education, six cents for fund raising and three cents for administration. The Canadian Cancer Society benefits from the services of thousands of volunteers, private citizens like yourself who are in- volved' in public education, patient services and this came.,ign. Your support to their call for donations will add to the research and programs required to "Beat Cancer." nstructi a diti t e is well u Lo f2 meswood er ay Construction of a $557,000 20 -bed addition to Thames wood Lodge in London is well underway and an August completion is possible. The addition will bring to 50 the number of beds at Thameswood Lodge available for ambulatory patients from outside London who are undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy at the Ontario Cancer Foundation's London Cancer Clinic. The expansion will alleviate overcrowding which has led to nearly 190 patients being placed in hotels, nursing residences and elsewhere between April 1, 1 ,v and January 24, 1983. Although it is expected that 10 beds will satisfy short- term needs, the four to six per cent annual increase in the number of patients served at the Lodge means the other 10 beds will soon be needed. It is expected that the expanded Lodge will be sufficient until at least 1990. In addition to the 20 new beds, louege and recreational ureas for patients are being expanded, as are kitchen facilities. When construction is complete, the entrance to Tharneswood Lodge and the Cancer Society offices will be on the western side of the building facing the Clinic. Visitors will enter into a new lobby -reception area and then can go left to the Cancer Society offices or right to the Lodge. Three new bedrooms are being added to the southeast corner of the building. Three new bedrooms will be situated above the three new bedrooms on the first floor. An additional three bedrooms will be placed above the lobby -reception area. A lounge, sun deck and TV room are being added above the present general office of the Cancer Society. Some alterations will be made to existing facilities in order to create improved kitchen and dining facilities, a trend room and a passive lounge. The expansion of Tharneswood Lodge will lead to a more efficient Canadian Cancer Society office, predicts district director Bob Montgomery. "When the construction is finished, we won't have a great deal more space, but the space we do have will be better utilized which will lead to greater efficiency," Bob said. He add..: that tne ad- ditional bedrooms will prove beneficial to patients, since none will have to be ac- commodated elsewhere. In the past, those who were "boarded out" missed out on the beneficial socializing, crafts, games, volunteer programs and "peace and serenity" of the Lodge. The contract for con- struction has been awarded to Bronnenco Limited of Hyde Park, Ontario. Education has three thrusts Norm Lang of London, chairman of the south western district education committee, spoke at a Huron County Unit meeting of the Canadian Cancer Society recently. He said the three main thrusts upcoming for branch and unit education committees will be in the areas of: smoking cessation programs; occult blood test for colo -rectal cancer; and breast self-examination teaching clinics. Lois McGill, education chairman for the Goderich Branch, reports a busy year in education for that branch which is probably fairly indicative of some of the work the other county branch education com- mittees do. Kits and other materials have been supplied for the local schools. A display was set up at Suncoast Mall in co - Norm Lang operation with the Huron County Health Unit during National Non -Smoking Week. Small group discussions have 'peen held for local women who have Know the signs -lump in the neck, groin or armpit -open sore that does not heal had mastectomies. Pam- phlets have been given out at Rotary and Lions Club meetings and pampa Pets and posters have been distributed in doctors' of- fices, the hospital and luewater Centre. Bus arrangements were made for those local women rtici;s..ting in the breast screening program at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. And a four -night discussion group on Coping with Smoking was held at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. Upcoming education events include a display at Suncoast Mall April 7, 8 and 9 on the prevention of cancer and a breast self- examination teaching clinic April 13 with Dr. Bruce Thomson at the Assessahent Office in Goderich. -blood in urine or stool -prolonged indigestion -unexplained weight loss -persistent cough -trouble swallowing -change in a mole rm aa/S w, elikt I l ;n MO, am Ontario St. Clint La 482-34,.7 t ai? he rough( to y;nt with th c TON C MM !TY UNION LTD. 374 ain Ste Exeter 235-u`I .40 ®®® BATA 222 C4am, S�• . E c Wx. Ontv?a NOM 96O Au n 11=111 TOLL FREE lass -yam EXETER AREA 235-2000 kind co -o r ti n f the foil win<! o Paul Hohr er 235- 3 2 kirk Coalman 235-1950 FUNERAL HOME F'Hl1Caiis STORa 23S 'COO FUN( I441 ,t'VE:35 '220