The Citizen, 2010-03-18, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010.Pinatas come in many shapes andsizes and colours. Filled with littlegifts, pinatas have become popular atcelebrations across North America,especially children’s birthdayparties. They originated in Mexicoand recently Bob and Janet Hulley
and their daughters visited a pinata
factory.
The Hulleys were part of a group
of 20 persons from the Seaforth
Bethel Bible Church and the
Waterloo Mennonite Brethren
Church who spent 10 days in mid-
February at Pan de Vida, an
orphanage one-and-a-half hours
drive north of Mexico City. Pan de
Vida is Spanish for “bread of life”.
Each person on the trip was
responsible for their own financing
of $2,000. The monies were pooled
and when the expenses for the tripwere met any remaining money wasdonated to the orphanage for futureexpenses. Bob and his daughter,Peggy, made the trip last year andare confident the money is usedwisely and the work being done
there effective.
Currently there are 135 boys and
girls aged 2 - 18 who call the
orphanage home. Many of the
children are true orphans and not
candidates for adoption. Other are
brought for care by the Mexican
equivalent of our Canadian CAS
having been rescued from
unfortunate circumstances. As a
result of the involvement of that
agency, the orphanage receives some
government funding.
The orphanage is a Canadian
mission project and relies on
volunteer groups to keep them
helping these children. For
approximately three months of the
year the orphanage welcomes
mission groups. They depend on
donations of clothing and books for
the children as well.
The playground equipment on site
was donated by a German company.
A permanent missionary couple on
staff, who surely give the children
some feeling of stability, has their
expenses looked after by their home
church in Nova Scotia.
Within the fence surrounding the
compound are an administration
building that also houses the
volunteers and some permanent
staff; two dormitories, one for boys
and one for girls; a school and areas
for shops and maintenance. All this
has been managed in 12 years.
All food is prepared on site and
potable water is brought in and
stored in several reservoirs on site.
However bottled water is used for
drinking. Once a week some staff
and boys make a trip to a farmers’
market and bring home donated
produce. In order to keep the
orphanage running smoothly, each
child has chores every day – laundry,
cleaning, cooking, etc. – before and
or after classes.
It is hoped that the young folk will
be prepared to leave the compound
at age 18 and the schooling they
receive is geared toward vocational
training - mechanical, shop work,
hairdressing etc. The fact that young
people from Canada come to work in
the orphanage also increases the
social and life skills of the children
at the orphanage.
Now getting back to the pinatas.
One of the workshop areas has been
turned into a pinata factory and the
boys involved are doing quite well
with the project as a resource for the
orphanage’s needs.
While at Pan de Vida, the
volunteers from Huron County
painted buildings, did some wiring,worked on repairs to the eco-septicsystem, completed work on a staffapartment and they paved. The siteintends to pave all open spaces withconcrete paving stones and manyhours were spent at this task.
Bob stated that not every day was
a work day. Everyone attended
church on Sunday morning and the
rest of the day was spent playing
games, socializing and having fun
with all the children. They even
broke a pinata! Language never
seemed to be a problem. Bob has
dozens of pictures and in all of them
the children looked happy and busy.
One evening they attended afootball game outside thecompound. Six of the boys play onthe team. They have gained some lifeskills as a result and a feeling ofbeing part of another group/family.The group also took a day tour and
explored some of the Mayan culture.
Pan de Vida has charitable status
in Canada and is connected to the
organization known as the Children
of Hope. The children at the
orphanage stole the hearts of the
Hulleys and they would be pleased
to pass on information to persons
interested in helping the orphanage.
Contact them at
bobhulley@hotmail.com.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
2010 Dog Tags and licences are now available
(Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm)
at the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Municipal Office,
41342 Morris Rd.
R.R. 4,
Brussels, ON
N0G 1H0
*** Tags can be picked up in person or ordered by telephone***
All dogs must be licensed in compliance with By-law No. 63-2004.
A copy of the complete By-law is available for review at the
Municipal Office. All dogs must be identified by means of a tag and
licence, issued for a (1) one year period by:
Friday, April 30, 2010
The fee schedule shall be as follows:
1/All Dogs (except those listed in #2)
- males, females, and spayed females $20.00 per dog
2/Pit bulls, Pit bull crosses, Staffordshire terriers $100.00 per dog
3/Kennel Licence Fee $75.00
(for a kennel of dogs that are registered or eligible for
registration under the Animal Pedigree Act)
4/Late Payment Charge $20.00 per dog
(Shall be assessed in addition to the licence fee,
if the licence and/or tag is not purchased by April 30th)
Excrement:
The By-law requires dog owners to forthwith remove excrement left by a
dog, from property other than the premises of the owner of the dog. Any
person contravening this provision is subject to a $50.00 fee.
For further information contact:
The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
Telephone: 519-887-6137 Fax: 519-887-6424
E-mail: morris@scsinternet.com
The Happy Gang Seniors hosted
an afternoon of cards to benefit the
Auxiliary to the Clinton Public
Hospital on Thursday, March 11 at
the Londesborough Community
Hall. There were 13 tables of card
players.
Persons scored their games on
either a yellow card or a blue card.
At the end of playing, Verna
Gibbings had the top score for those
with a yellow card. There was a tie
amongst the blue card players with
Susan Harman and Wilmer Glousher
scoring the same number of points.
An afghan donated by Josephine
MacGregor was won by Marie
Bromley. Mary Peel donated a box
of groceries won by Pat Hunking.
Kathy Driscoll took home one of
Milt Dale’s very special pens in a
holder. There were also a number of
smaller prizes.
Everyone enjoyed cake and ice
cream and socializing following
card playing.
The basketball teams from Hullett
Central Public School represented
their school at the regional
tournament held at Central Huron
Secondary School on Wednesday,
March 10.
The Grade 8 pupils are currently
selling chocolate covered almonds
and caramel chocolate bars as a
fundraiser for their year-end trip to
Camp Celtic. You could help them
out and treat your taste buds at the
same time.
On Thursday, along with all
schools in the area, Hullett took part
in “the great big crunch”. The health
unit supplied apples to all the
schools and asked them to assemble
all their pupils in the gym. Everyone
was to bite into their apple at the
same time to “sound” a great big
crunch. The idea was to promote
better eating habits and fresh fruits
and have fun with it.
The March movie night at
Londesborough United has been
changed to Tuesday, March 16 at 7
p.m. “Elephant Tales” is the story of
elephant brothers, Tutu and Zef,
searching for their mother.
This is March break and that
means the Sunday School will be
holding their annual crokinole party.
The church basement will be full of
noise and laughter on Thursday,
March 18. The games begin at 7
p.m. Be sure to bring along
munchies for after the playing and a
board if you have one. Everyone is
welcome.
Camp Menesetung is looking for
someone to cut the grass this
summer. Tenders for the job can be
submitted to Barb Knox at RR1,
Blyth by March 29. Be aware that
applicants must supply their own
equipment and fuel.
Pictures for a new photo directory
for both Londesborough United and
Knox United, Auburn will be taken
March 24-27. To book your
appointment contact Lynda
Horbanuik or Cathy Carter.
Hulley family helps Mexican orphanage
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