April 13, 2011 Volume 7 • Number 15 50¢ Newsstand Price
north shore
INSIDe
Storm spring hockey camp – page 3
North Shore Sidewalk Sale Saturday, april 30 Tranquille Road
Also
Our city gets a Spring clean – page 5
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Dinner fundraiser supports Swaziland children We as Canadians are Here at home, the some of the luckiest peoawesome staff at ASK ple in the world. Not only Wellness on the North are we close to the largShore work hard everyest country in the world day to make sure that measured in terms of land Canada remains as a mass and have the most place where everyone square miles per capita has access to their basic than anywhere else in the necessities if they want world, but we are one of or need it. In order to the eight most influential develop a healthier comcountries together with munity, they provide the United States, Japan, awareness, education, France, Germany, Italy, advocacy, housing, and Russia, and the United support related to HIV/ Kingdom. In most cases AIDS, Hepatitis C, marwe as Canadians have ginalization and persons food to eat or a food bank at risk. Knowing that to access, clean water to there is much work to be drink, a school to go to, done around the world, clothes to wear, and medthis year 13 staff memicine to take when we are bers and social workers sick. Every day people from ASK are going are working to make sure global and will be headthat we as Canadians ing off to Swaziland to Pictured here is the enthusiastic and dedicated group of ASK Wellness staff members and have access to all of these work with children with social workers who will be going to Africa in August: (L-R) Harp Theara, Ken Salter, Bob essential services and HIV/AIDS. necessities. What we fail Hughes, Cheryl Doolan, James Carr, Bruce Churchill, Joann Brenton, Tammy Churchill, Dan “We are going to to think about are all the McGowan, Kira Gosselin, and Carmen Carr. Missing from photo are Shaun Doolan, Dr. Africa,” explains Kira people in the world who Robert Baker, Ryan Khungay, Kristi Schwanicke. Gosselin of ASK. “We do not. are going to share and Imagine what it would be like if you had absolutely no access to compare on a global scale. We have all been preparing and fundraising anything you needed let alone desired. Imagine having to pay for clean for this outside of work hours. We are not taking anything away from water, having none, or having to walk miles to get it. Imagine saying ASK or what is happening here. ASK will be partnering with SOS ‘I have nothing to eat’ and it really meant you had absolutely nothing Children’s Village in Mbabane, Swaziland to interact with the children to eat. Imagine watching loved ones die because there was no access of SOS Children’s Village and provide hope and compassion. We will to something as simple as antibiotics. This for many, many people is a also assist in some building projects.” reality all over the world. – continued on page 2
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