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Becker wins volunteering award
Dashwood's Nancy Becker
Circle of OutstandingVolunteers award she received
for her 12 years of volunteering with the VON
Palliative CareVolunteer Program. She dedicates the
award to her late friend, who inspired her to volun-
teer. (photo/Scott Nixon)
holds the June Callwood
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
DASHWOOD — Nancy
Becker says her recent
June Callwood Circle of
Outstanding Volunteers
award is a tribute to her
late friend.
Becker, of Dashwood,
has volunteered for the
Victoria Order of Nursing
Palliative Care Volunteer
Program since 1992. She
recently won the June
Callwood award for her
outstanding volunteerism.
Becker says her experi-
ences with her late friend
Bernice inspired her to
become a volunteer with
VON. Diagnosed with
lung cancer, Bernice
passed away in March
1992, after a three-year
battle with the disease.
During that time,
Becker and Bernice spent
much time together.
"She never gave up, and
with her amazing sense
of humour lived every day
to the fullest," Becker
says.
After Bernice passed
way, Becker decided to
attend a VON Palliative
Care class in the fall of
1992 to see if she could
become a volunteer.
For her volunteer work,
Becker visits clients in
their homes, long-term
care facilities and hospi-
tals. She also does
bereavement visits and
has co -facilitated VON
bereavement support
groups.
Becker dedicates her
June Callwood award to
Bernice's memory.
"It was an unexpected
wonderful honour to
receive this award," she
said, adding volunteers
don't do their work for
recognition.
The June Callwood
Circle of Outstanding
Volunteers award was
established in 1994 by the
Hospice Association of
Ontario to honour hospice
volunteers. It was named
for Callwood, a volunteer,
founder of the Casey
House Hospice, communi-
ty activist author and
recipient of the Order of
Canada.
Becker said she will
continue to volunteer for
VON.
Be wary of
online
buying and
selling
HURON — A Goderich
woman recently contacted
Huron OPP after receiving
a fake money order dur-
ing an online sale.
Police say the woman
received several e-mails
from someone in Zurich,
Switzerland who wanted
to buy some drums she
was selling on the
Internet. The customer
sent the woman a postal
money order form for
$6,000, well above the
cost of the drums at $350.
The man told the woman
his wife was in the hospi-
tal and a mistake had
taken place. He wanted
her to send the drums to
his shipping agent and
send the rest of his money
to his doctor in Lagos,
Nigeria. He said his wife
has developed breast can-
cer and the money is
needed for her operation.
A check of the money
order at the local post
office confirmed the
money order was a fraud.
According to police, this
is another twist to the
Nigerian Scam. If the
woman had not looked
into the money order by
the time it would have
come back to her 30 days
later she would have been
out $6,000 and the set of
drums.
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Funding increase for GBACHC
By Pat Bolen
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND — The
Grand Bend Area
Community Health Centre
(GBACHC) received a
financial boost from the
provincial government
Nov. 5.
Huron -Bruce MPP Carol
Mitchell and Lambton-
Kent -Middlesex MPP
Maria Van Bommel
announced the centre will
be receiving an investment
of $292,961 this year.
The funding is part of
the additional $21 million
in funding for the 54 CHCs
across the province,
Break-in
EXETER — On Nov. 1
shortly after 9 a.m. OPP
attended a break-in at the
State Farm Insurance
Office on Main Street in
Exeter. Sometime
between 3 and 4 a.m.
someone forced open a
window to the building. A
safe was attacked and
pried open in one corner.
The person then stole
approximately $350. The
total loss to the company
is approximately $1,400.
Huron OPP is continuing
the investigation. If you
can help solve this crime
call the Exeter OPP office
or contact Crime Stoppers
at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).
according to a statement
released by Mitchell's
office, which added the
funding will increase to
$30.9 million by 2005-
2006.
GBACHC executive
director Dan Steinwald
said the centre was
advised about two weeks
ago the additional funding
would be coming.
"It's partially new fund-
ing and partially not," said
Steinwald. "Of the
$290,000, about $100,000
is earmarked for the
salary administration pro-
gram the Ministry started
to fund two years ago that
goes to revising salary
levels for existing staff."
The remaining
$190,000, according to
Steinwald, will go to pay-
ing for a new physician to
be hired, "which we
argued for about five
years ago and it has finally
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Another $7,500 will go
to operating cost increas-
es.
Steinwald said the fund-
ing will have no effect on
the services the centre
provides to Zurich or
Dashwood.
Regarding the funding
for a new physician,
Steinwald said GBACHC
has to submit additional
information to the Ministry
and it would probably be
January before it sees the
money although they are
advertising for a physician
now.
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