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NOTICE
The municipal office
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DECEMBER
26Th TO 30TH, 2005
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3-Coliday
Collection Schedule
The BCuewater Recycling .Association and aCC its staff
wouldtike to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and
a happy New year. During this holiday season, we
postpone the regular collection of waste ancfrecyc(abfes
in order to allow our staff to savour this joyous holiday
season with their family.
Since Christmas and New year's day are on a Sunday
this year, they will not affect our regular service.
Monday, December 26th is a regular collection day for
us except for the Town of Watford-, and the oderich
and 9luClett area of Central Huron, which will -not be
collected until Monday January 2nd.
If your collection day is Monday, please ensure that
your material is set out by 7:ooam as the driver may be
there earlier than usual. The regular collection schedule
will -resume on Monday, January 2nd.
We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have any
questions or concerns please calf 1-80o-265-9799.
'Thank you and have a great holiday.
1 O -year-old McGavin collects 81
coats for homeless in Toronto
Susan Hundertmark
For the third. year, 10 -year-old
Abby McGavin, of Walton, has col-
lected 81 coats for the homeless in
Toronto.
The annual project began after a
family trip to Toronto to a perfor-
mance of the Lion King when Abby
began to ask questions about the
homeless people she saw on the
city's streets.
On the night following her visit to
Toronto, she had a hard time falling
asleep knowing that there were peo-
ple homeless and on the street.
"She was all upset about what she
saw and collecting coats is just
something she wanted to do," says
her dad Brian. "She's just a compas-
sionate person."
The McGavins connected with a
minister at Emmanuel Howard
Park United Church in Toronto,
who used to preach in the
Brucefield area, to see if they could
use the winter gear.
As it turned out, the church oper-
ates a drop-in centre for the home-
less on Sunday and accepted the
coats.
After collecting 72 coats the first
year, Abby collected 79 last year
and is hoping to continue gathering
more next year.
"When I take it to the place, the
people are smiling," she says.
Abby collects coats and winter
gear through her church and her
hockey team.
"We get a lot of people calling
through the year," says Brian.
Father and daughter spent a day
in Toronto recently, making the
drop off of this year's coats.
However, he says his family strug-
gles with the idea that there are
needy people closer to home who
also need coats but he realizes that
various organizations collect for
local people in need.
"We just do this on a small scale
through word of mouth. We don't
want to take away from the local
campaigns," he says.