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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-06-22, Page 9Contributed photo David Hickman, volunteer Pauline Thompson, and CFS Coordinator Shannon Daniels displaying some fresh food. Clinton Salvation Army launches new initiative The Salvation Army Com- munity and Family Services in Clinton has recently launched a 'Fresh Food For Healthy Com- munities' initiative in thanks due to a $10,000.00 grant from the Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation. The Sal- vation Army is grateful for this one time grant that will be the seed money for this new and exciting community and family services program. "We have desired to provide households that access our food bankwith more fresh food, but due to budget limitations we have not been able to do so until now," commented Lt. David Hickman. "So we are very excited that we are finally in a position to do so:' After much discussion, the Salvation Army food bank has decided to provide the house- holds that utilize their services with a gift card in addition to the regular food hamper they receive. This way, they can go to the store themselves and use the gift card to purchase the fresh food thatwouldbe best for them. "We are always evaluating our practices and programs in an effort to empower and pro- vide dignity to the people who come to us for assistance and it was felt that providing a gift card was the best way to do so with this fresh food program; said Lt David. For households of one to two people, they provide a $10 gift card. For households of three to five members, they provide a $15 gift card. For households of six or more they provide two $10 gift cards. After receiving the $10,000.00 grant from the Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation, Lt David approached the Food - land grocery stores to gauge if there would be a willingness to support this new food bank initiative. They were very pleased with the positive response that we received from the manage- ment of Foodland as they were very willing to help by providing a discount on the gift cards purchased for this program. The Salvation Army Com- munity and Family Services is seeking further partnerships with service clubs, businesses and community members in order to make this fresh food program sustainable long-term. With the current number of households they are serving on a monthly basis, between the Clinton and Goderich Food Banks, the $10,000.00 in gift cards will not last long. The Salvation Army believes that each Canadian should have access to fresh food in order that they can live healthy lives. "Just because a family is in a situation where they are hav- ing too use a food bank does not mean that they should not be able to have access to healthy food like the rest of us. It's amazing how appreciative and grateful households are when they receive the gift card for fresh food." Consider helping a local family access healthy food by contributing to The Salvation Army's Fresh Food For Healthy Communities initia- tive to ensure that everyone in our communities have the choice to eat healthy. Wednesday, June 22, 2016 • News Record 9 Get to know your local town councillor Justine Alkema Clinton News Record This eight-week column features a different Central Huron councillor each week. This week's interview was with Councillor Alison Lobb. Where did you grow up? When and why did you move to Huron County? I grew up in Toronto. MargeretAtwood actuallywent to the same school I did, and my older sister knew her well. I came to this area when I met my husband. I was at the vet college in Guelph and helping on a horse farm; I had never been to a horse farm before. I got married and moved here since he was a Lobb. I was 18 and came to the farm, and I loved it. I loved the area and the people, the sense of commu- nity. Now I'm a farmer. I have five kids and one of them is at home part time running the farm. I do the books and stuff around the farm area. When and how did your interest in municipal politics originate? It originated at the time of the development of the mid - Huron landfill in Holmesville. I didn't think that was a good place for it to be, so I got involved in discussions and had someone knock on my door and say here's the appli- cation to be a councillor, sign on the bottom line, I'm rec- ommending you. I put my name forward and have been going ever since. I think it's been 23 years. I was with Councillor Alison Lobb Goderich Township to begin with and then Central Huron. I've loved it. What's your favourite thing about the position? I think meeting the people and being involved in various committees where you're work- ing orking with the people. It's com- munity development, and I've always felt very strongly about community development and economic development. I was the founding director of the Huron Business Develop- ment Corporation (HBDC) in Seaforth. I've been involved in a fair number of community organizations as a volunteer What's the most challenging thing about the position? The most challenging thing is you have people approach you who want to do something or want something done, and you agree with them quite often, and yet you can't do it. It's hard because you want to say yes, that's right, we supportyou. But then it moves on to the next level of government, and it gets turn down. There's stricter and more restrictions. There's a lot of down -loading, so the respon- sibility lies with the municipal- ity, but there's no money. So you feel powerless in some situ- ations. Not all, but some. nwmo NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION SOCIETE DE GESTION DES DECHETS NUCLEAIRES NWMO Learn More Centre The Municipality of Central Huron is one of nine communities involved in a process of learning about Adaptive Phased Management (APM), Canada's plan for the safe, long-term management of used nuclear fuel. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is working collaboratively with the community to advance preliminary assessment studies. Learn about APM, meet NWMO staff, ask questions and offer your thoughts. Drop in to the NWMO community office and Learn More Centre in Clinton. Everyone is welcome. NWMO Learn More Centre (Central Huron) 38 Albert Street, Clinton ON 519.386.6711 Monday Tuesday Wednesday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.