Times Advocate, 1997-11-26, Page 5On the
Street
• by Jim Beckett •
The gift of time
can really
benefit
Joanne Dinncy'of Country
• Flowers believes one of the most
valuable things anyone has tci
• offer is their time. •
'She isn't out to save the
World and she stressed she is not
looking•for publicity for herself
or her husiness....all she wants to
do is try.and get more people to
think about how they i:an make a
contribution to their
'community.
"Investing time
-gets the donor
involved"
• Many people believe the only
way to help is to donate money
. ' 10 one cause or another_ Dinney
says this. is important but with a
little thought there are many
equally important ways to make-.
a difference. -
Investing a.little time gets the-
-'l donor far more involved than
writing a cheque ever will. it
.gives an individual a chance to
h.►ve a "hands on".involvement:
One example is something Bruce
Shaw is -going to he doing -tont
few hours a week during the' busy
Christmas season. ,
He will he making deliveries and
donating whateyer he earns-ui
his favorite charity. Dinney will
also add to Shaw's contribution
. s itha donation .of her own. ,
,1 Shaw, Iike,hundreds of others
'in the T -A readership area., has the
time. Northally he would have
just gone ahead with the deliveries
withoutany fanfare because he
believes the hcYst eontributionsrak
those whiyh are done without
recognition: 1
Of course. Dinney.lbyes the
idea and feels strongly that a little-.
.publicity in this area could
convince Others to invest -a bifida
their time and'make a positive
contribution theinselves. "Getting
• involved could he fun." she
says., . •
"Take the time to think about
a way we as individuals can help
out in the community and pretty
soon the multiplieveffect will kick.
in and the benefits will really .
add up." •
Flower delivery could be an
ideal way to generate another
benefit to the community. , .
"As the delivery person is
already at dozens of -homes
each week; w<iuldn't'this be a great
. time to solicit a donation for the
loud hank". Dinney adds. There's
no extra work, it's just a really
effective time to take advantage of..
an -opportunity to help. • •
Many people in our community
are helping already using
whatever time they have to assist
uth:rs. One example 1 heard of,
recently is an excellent example,.
A young family has been
devastated with a serious illness
where constant medical
attention is required. Neighbors
have pitched in with a variety
of ways to show they care. .
Gardening. snow removal. lawn
cutting. child care. etc. etc. are all;
things practically anyone can
contribute. All it takes is time.
Annual parade
Exeter's annual Salta Claus
Parade is this Saturday at noon.
The parade will be followed by
the Optimist Christmas Party at the
South Huron Rec. Centre •
beginning at 1:30 p.m.
- Children will have it chance
to meet Santa and get a free candy .
hag.
' There also will be free skating
from 2-4:00 p.m.
The parade is one way the
Business Association has of
thanking the community for their
support during the year.
Lighting show
The Exeter Lions and Lioness
clubs arc sponsoring the Lighting
of MacNaughton Park Friday •
evening from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. As
well as having a chance to sec
how beautiful the park is this time
of year, those who take in the
event will hear some pretty good
carolling. Rumor is there's also •
Ike refreshmetys,
IT'S YOUR BUSINESS
Huron Health Expo
The third annual Huron
Health Expo was held on
. Sunday afternoon at the
South- Huron Recreation
Centre in Exeter. Presenta-
tions and displays showed
-a wide variety of health in-
formation including: mental
health, self awareness, re-
petitive -injury attention der.
icit disorder, nutritional
products, Reike, reflexology
and massage therapy. Da-
vid Barth (above) demon-
strated air filtering equip-
• ment and Michael Rayner
spoke on mental health.
New Dashwood correspondent
writing for the Times -Advocate
DASHWOOD - •A -Dashwood
correspondent is coming! ti► ,the
Tunes -Advocate.
Mindy 'Gough will he filling
Times -Advocate
readers. in on :
• Dashwood hap-
penings:
Gough huff
lived in • Dash-
wood for:he past
three years. She
wprks -as a social
worker in Clinton
as well as out -of
her • home. Her
writing back- r
' ground is ,mostly Mindy Gough
academic, as she has contributed
to -a1 few hooks in social work .
through grief counselling.
While Gough has only lived in
the area for a•short time she•has a
lot of,farnily in the arca and visit-'
ed Dashwood often . as a child.
She said her, father grew up in the
area thus giving hcr,a connection
to Dashwood.
What Gough said- she enjoys
must about' Dashwood is the
peace and quiet and the connec-
tions residents 01 Dashwood have
- with each other: She grew ' up in
Lopdon and when 'she moved here
•she said - every9ne
she met was kind
and welcoming.
Gough' intends. to
cover church
events, concerts, the
Friedsburg parade
along with •a num-
her of other activ-
ities for the Times -
Advocate.
"Becadse we
thought Dashwood
wasn't. 'being. repre-
sented
epresented we thought it would rhe
good to- st:e Dashwood in the
paper." said Gough.• udmiiting
someone- -gave her the idea- and
said that with her •background in
writing she would be a.gobd cor-
- respondent for the arca.
If, newsworthy items come to
your attention call the, Times -
Advocate Dashwood . cor-
respondent Mindy Gough at 2311 •
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3892.-1.
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Times -Advocate, November 26,1997''':
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rich Nursery
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the Sugar and
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