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Area ex-pat South Africans remember the late Nelson Mandela’s legacy. — Page SF1
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Canadian Blood Services came calling to Smiths Falls council in search of new partners to boost donation numbers. — Page SF13
News - Mayor Dennis Staples and Smiths Falls Police Const. David Rakobowchuk pause to remember women and children killed by domestic violence at the vigil hosted by the Lanark County Interval House last Friday, Dec. 6.
Healthy Living Festival looks for financial aid By HOWAIDA SOROUR hsorour@perfprint.ca
News - Looking to the town for a $10,000 contribution this year to support what turned out to be an inclusive and successful festival, Tracey Pankow, Chair
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community groups, over 60 vendors with hopes of even more this year, local media, youth in the community and a strong festival committee,” Pankow pointed out. According to their records, last year’s inaugural festival garnered 3,000 visitors downtown, raised $5,000 for Cardio Movea-Thon, attracted 80 Move-aThon participants, and earned $10,000-15,000 in income for vendors. The festival also involved more than 10 local community groups, and garnered some $7,500 in festival sponsorship by businesses invested in promoting Smiths Falls. “If we could get a sense of what the $10,000 will be used for it will help with our deliberations,” continued Cummings. Last year, the committee sought $5,000 and received $2,500.
News – Christmas food hampers, or Build a Mountain of Food… to which program is your food donation going? The two are different campaigns that take place at the same time in Smiths Falls and Perth, and there may be a bit of confusion as to where donations are headed. Major Faith Cameron of the Salvation Army says the kettle campaign is a big fundraiser at this time of year to prepare food hampers for the Smiths Falls, Perth and Sharbot Lake areas. In those hampers is enough food to get families (from single parents to five or more) through the holiday season. “Some food won’t come in until we’ve already packed the hampers, which means that we’ve got to go out and buy, so any food that is left over at that point goes into our food bank,” she said. The Salvation Army’s food bank has been in existence for some 50 to 60 years, says Cameron. It’s used on an emergency basis; once every three months or so. “In the past, it’s been just at Christmas. But this year we had to do a Christmas food drive because we went completely empty and we didn’t have the funds for buying anymore. And probably in the coming year, we’ll have to do a food drive in say, May or so.” One of the priorities of the Salvation Army, according to Cameron, is offering food to those in need on an emergency basis. “There are some who come to us once every three months. We are smaller, we don’t have the resources to serve everybody all the time. We served about 1,200 people last year.” It’s up from that in 2013. As for the hampers, Cameron says “There are about 400 we need to fill in the Smiths Falls
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area, and another 400 in the Perth and Sharbot Lake area.” Currently, they have filled just 20 boxes. “Most of the areas we pack hampers for are in Smiths Falls, Perth and Sharbot Lake,” she said. “We also assist financially with the hampers in Merrickville, Carleton Place and Almonte. Because it’s duplicating what they’re doing, but it’s part of our area (of coverage) so we do assist them financially.” Cameron says it will cost the Salvation Army about $9,000 to fill those 800 hampers, but adds that the toy drive is going well. Families will be given gifts for children as well as hats and mittens or gloves to go along with their food hampers. When asked about the Build a Mountain of Food campaign or if she’s approached organizer Hugh Colton or the Smiths Falls and District Community Food Bank’s manager Carolyn Barr, Cameron says they are planning to meet in the new year to discuss options. Barr, when reached at her home on Monday afternoon, said she’s more than willing to see how they can work towards a common goal. “We are feeding the hungry,” Barr said, and those who use the food bank in Smiths Falls can only do so once a month for a three-day supply of food. “I think that there could be confusion, and possibly at this time of the year, maybe a little donor fatigue too.” Feeding those in need is what drives Colton as well. “I’d love to see us all on the same page here,” Colton said. “This is not a competition. We are all feeding the same people. It’s important that those who are hungry, get what they need… it would be the greatest thing since sliced bread.” The parties are coming together in January to discuss the community needs and how they can work together to feed the hungry in the areas they service.
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