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Roscoe’s Journey leads him to Whitehorse Guide dog trained in Toronto’s east end is bringing joy and helping autistic boy JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com East Toronto residents Melissa Tapper and Corey Fruitman will never forget the time they spent fostering a black lab named Roscoe.

The couple, who has lived near Greenwood and Danforth avenues for three years, was considering getting a pet, but decided to first do a trial run by becoming foster parents to a dog from the Lions Foundation of Canada (LFC) Dog Guides program, which specializes in training guides for the blind, hearing impaired and those with medically or physically limiting disabilities.

“We were thinking about getting a dog and this was a good way of trying it out and doing a nice thing for someone else,” said Fruitman, whose wife Melissa had never had a dog before.

“Dog Guides of Canada gives you training, support and they provide experts you can rely on.”

Roscoe joined Tapper and Fruitman’s home at the end of February 2010 when he was five weeks old.

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Left, Melissa Tapper and Corey Fruitman, with their son Zachary and Roscoe, the black lab who is now a guide dog for Brendan, an autistic boy who lives in Whitehorse. Above, grandpa Doug, Roscoe and Brendan Nash take part in the Purina Walk for Dog Guides in the Whitehorse area.

The Nash family organized the walks to give back to the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides.

Love “I’d never had a dog before so I didn’t know what to do with him, but I quickly fell in love. He was very sweet,” said Tapper, a health co-ordinator at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre.

The couple was charged with socializing the pup by exposing him to as many environments and situations they could.

“We literally went everywhere with Roscoe. He was a local celebrity,” said Fruitman, who has his own computer software business.

“We took the dog on the airplane two times to B.C., to the ROM, to restaurants, on camping trips, to the ACC for sporting events, to coffee shops and on the subway.”

The couple even held a whimsical farewell “Bark-mitzvah” for Roscoe and about 50 of his closest canine pals at PawsWay on Queen’s Quay.

After about nine or 10 months living with the couple, the charismatic lab entered a training program

to see if he had the aptitude and right temperament to become a guide dog.

Dog for Brendan And while Tapper and Fruitman were sad to see their new ‘best friend’ leave their home, they were ecstatic to learn a short time later he’d been selected as a guide dog/companion for Brendan, an autistic boy from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

“We were really excited and we wanted Brendan to know the story of Roscoe’s first year,” said Tapper of the idea for Roscoe’s Journey, a colourful children’s book she and Fruitman wrote together.

“There’s something special about Roscoe. Everyone loved him. He’s a true gentleman. People still ask about him all the time and we’re

thrilled he’s helping improve a little boy’s life.”

Originally, they just wanted to do a copy for Brendan, but the story about Roscoe’s first year was so inspiring LFC Dog Guides supported them in having it published.

Roscoe’s Journey is now available for purchasing for $19 (plus shipping) by visiting www.dogguides. com/giftshop Proceeds from the book go back to the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guide Program.

Tapper and Fruitman have since fostered a second potential guide dog, a black lab named Jovie.

“It’s really a beautiful story,” she said of their book.

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Chris Nash, who took part in basic command training with Roscoe before bringing him to his new home.

Tapper and Fruitman still occasionally keep in touch with the family.

“We are very honoured and grateful to have Roscoe in our lives,” Nash wrote in an email to The Mirror, adding his six-year-old son is a much happier, relaxed and safer child because of Roscoe.

“He (Roscoe) has helped us a great deal with dealing with some of the hardships that come with having a child who is dealing with autism and all of its idiosyncrasies.”

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“Roscoe has a big heart and loves life and playing and being out and about with the family. These are all qualities I’m sure were instilled while he was a foster puppy with Corey and Melissa and with the great trainers at LFC Dog Guides.”

Inspired to give back, the Nash family started organizing an annual Purina Walk for Dog Guides in the Whitehorse region.

Tapper and Fruitman, who are now the parents of a toddler, Zachary, both said they’d happily take on other foster dogs once life settles down a little bit. “For us to see the impact these dogs have on an entire family is very special,” Tapper said.

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here is an infinite number of ways to improve and progress our communities.

The secret is to actually get out and do it.

Your actions don’t have to be big. They don’t have to be time-consuming. They don’t need to command the spotlight – although some are very public. To borrow a phrase, just do it.

In today’s newspaper we’ve compiled a simple list of possibilities.

A few meetings. Some great phone conversations with community members – it wasn’t hard to find 50 ways to improve our community.

These thoughts, of course, are only a sample. If you visit bit.ly/TCN_50ways, you’ll see the 50 ways as expressed in each of our nine community newspaper neighbourhoods throughout Toronto.

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Your East York Mirror reaches See pages more than 35,000 homes. And our website, wwweastyorkmir10 & 11 for ror.com, reaches many more community members. It’s been ways to help a year where our Facebook and Twitter feeds have had a more prominent role in our quest to provide you news and information about your community in a format you desire.

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It’s all meant to give you increased access to community information and to grow community involvement and commitment.

East York isn’t Scarborough. It isn’t North York. It isn’t Etobicoke. There is of course common interest for all communities that make up Toronto. But there’s a deep richness of community life and spirit that is uniquely East York in flavour.

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Thanks to all those community groups who participated in this project. We look forward to your feedback and future ideas on building a better East York. As always, we encourage you to share your thoughts with us. And we wish you all a safe and festive weekend as we inch closer to 2013. Together, let’s make 2013 The Year of the East York community. newsroom

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The city has begun to install electronic water meters, which will transmit water use data wireless every few hours through some type of antennae installed for the purpose.

Why not transmit such data once a month or every three months?

Such convenience for the city bureaucracy brings a convenient but intrusive use of technology right into our homes.

I am worried about the health and safety aspects of ever-growing electromagnetic radiation.

There are pregnant moms and babies in the households.

They are exposed to such radiation all for the convenience of city bureaucracy.

We have heard enough about radiation from cellphones and now we add more of it to the ever growing load of harmful radiation that we are being exposed to in our daily living environment.

This kind of pollution is not welcome.

K. Chandra

Local hockey tourneys well worth watching

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or those of you used to being immersed in NHL hockey and the world juniors over the holidays, ‘tis not exactly a season to be jolly.

The only NHL games being played at the moment are off the ice. And with the junior tourney taking place in Russia, if you want to catch Team Canada you have to get up at 4:30 a.m. which is too early for even an early bird.

So what’s a fan to do to take care of his hockey fix?

Go cold turkey?

Heavens no. Just the opposite.

Go double double.

Pick up a coffee and head to the nearest arena and go see the kids play.

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entertaining hockey right around now are the annual minor hockey Christmas holiday tournaments in and around Toronto. And there are plenty to choose from between now and Dec. 30.

Marlboros Classic One I go to year after year is the Toronto Marlboros International Holiday Classic held at four complexes in the city, Canlan Ice Sports Etobicoke, Canlan Ice Sports York, Chesswood Arena in Downsview and Westwood Arena in Rexdale.

You’re immersed in the game from the moment you

arrive.

The cars in the parking lots are always packed in like sardines. You’re greeted by the de rigueur colour collage of vintage team jackets and jerseys inside.

There are long line-ups for the skate sharpener.

Line-ups just as long at the snack bar. It’s elbow to elbow in the pro shop.

You’ll likely catch a glimpse of the ubiquitous Don Cherry. You’ll no doubt also see a familiar former NHL player or two behind the bench coaching teams from all corners of the globe.

And to show that you’re a real team player you’ll probably buy a ticket for a raffle or a 50-50 draw.

Then you’ll settle in next to nervous parents and friends in the stands on the edges of their seats. Or stand beside rink rats hanging over the railings watching games from dawn till dusk.

And best of all?

During the entire time, wherever you go, people will be talking hockey.

Not lockouts. Hockey.

Not collective bargaining.

Hockey.

Not collective bargaining.

Hockey. Not lawsuits. Not disclaimers of interest. Not decertification, not a bunch of legalese you can’t understand. Just hockey. Strictly hockey. It don’t get any better than that sports fans.

And now if you’ll excuse me, I see a slight break in the snack bar line.

There’s a double double waiting there with my name on it, baby.

If I don’t see you at the rink, have a happy New Year.

We’ll talk again in 2013. n Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. Contact him at jamie. wayne@sympatico.ca

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or city hall columnists, the lateDecember spot in the paper is customarily reserved for a look forward at the coming year at council.

And if this were more ordinary times, it would be fairly easy to predict some things.

One might write about how council will make a decision on whether to invite a casino resort complex into the city’s downtown, or how the city will come to terms with the need to fund transit infrastructure at the expense of funding services to the community, or vice versa.

For 2013, though, much of what comes to pass will hinge on what happens in the days following Jan. 7, in the matter of Mayor Rob Ford’s appeal of a judicial order demanding he be removed from office.

If the decision is upheld, the repercussions are seismic.

They are also unpredictable.

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or appoint a new mayor for the remainder of the term.

Should council appoint, it will have to decide what direction it actually intends to take. Mayor Ford has spent the past two years attempting to fulfill a right-wing agenda at city hall — and has had some success in doing so. But council has not consistently shared that view, frequently rebuffing Ford’s more controversial initiatives.

Usually when council considers appointing for a vacancy, there is some effort to make sure the appointee reflects the politics of the person they’re replacing.

Under this council, that rule of thumb may or may not apply. It is up in the air.

If there’s a byelection, Ford has every right to run in it and at least as of late this month, every intention of

doing so, and given history — a very good possibility, all things considered, of being elected.

As does federal New Democrat MP and former city councillor Olivia Chow if she decides to run for mayor.

One thing we can predict, or at least observe, about 2013: in the next year, Toronto Council is going to have to finish the messy process of growing up and learning how to govern itself.

It’s done well enough so far, coalescing around what its members deemed unacceptable cuts in the 2012 budget, and solidifying around a consensus in favour of light rail instead of a Scarborough subway.

But next year, the challenges will be big: council will have the city of the future in its hands like it never has before. Alternatively, if things go differently on Jan. 7, council will have to learn to work with this mayor again. n D a v i d Ni c k l e i s t h e Mirror’s City Hall columnist.

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Bring back high school extra-curricular activities To the editor: In light of the situation concerning teacher’s basic rights, I felt it appropriate to write from the often forgotten perspective of a student.

This year, we learned about children’s rights. I was surprised at all the different rights children have because, most of the time, we are the ones who are being ignored and neglected.

In Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, it is stated: “All children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities.”

Article 12 states: “Children have the right to say what they think should happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their opinions taken into account.”

I understand many of my teachers do not agree with Bill 115.

Even though teachers may consider giving up

extra-curricular activities as a good strategy, it is not fair to the students who have to suffer.

I do not think it is fair for students in elementary, middle or secondary schools to have to go to school and only focus on academics.

Balance For many students, extracurricular activities help them balance their schoolwork, issues that may be going on at school or at home and take a break.

With a lack of these activities, parents might have to enroll their kids in out-ofschool clubs.

This might not be as comfortable for the child because they would have to meet new people; the parents would also have to pick and drop off their child.

Did you know that school clubs can also affect a child’s academic progress?

Studies show students who are enrolled in clubs initially do better in school than children who are not enrolled.

Universities do not only look at grades, but also look for a well-rounded person who is involved in extracurricular activities.

If you were a high school student applying to university during this pause, your overall image might not look as appealing to the university as you might have hoped.

Another reason Bill 115 is not fair to students is because it limits their social circles. It is easy to make friends and be social in extra-curricular clubs.

There are many disadvantages associated with the teacher’s fight for Bill 115. I am hoping that this pause comes to an end and students no longer need to go to a school without any extra-curricular activities.

Mariyam F. Khaja

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Kaleidoscope Kids Holiday Camp WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre, 86 Blake St. CONTACT: Deborah Knight, dknight@dkpr.ca COST: $250 Dec. 27, 2012 to Jan. 4, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed on Jan. 1. Aftercare available 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. until-6 p.m. at an additional charge.This year, Kaleidoscope Kids is working in co-operation with The Eastview Boys and Girls Club to offer a more comprehensive program in a larger space at the Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre. Each age group will enjoy different programs daily such as field trips to Todmorden Mills, the ROM, arts and crafts and sports activity.

New Years Eve Gala WHEN: 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch #11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: J. Haden, 416-264-6466, bjhaden@rogers.com COST: $25, main floor, $15 Clubroom Dinner and dance. on main floor.

Music by The Par 3. Main floor opens at 6 p.m. roast beef dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets $25.Clubroom music by Bill Dunn, cold buffet, tickets $15 each person, tickets at bar.

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New Year’s Kids Club at Leaside Presbyterian Church WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton Ave. E. (north, west corner of Hanna) CONTACT: Phyllis Spence, 416-422-0510, www.leasidepresbyterianchurch. ca, admin@leasidepresbyterianchurch.ca COST: $30-$125 Jan. 2 to Jan. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For children in JK to Grade 7 with youth in Grade 8 and up appreciated as helpers. There will be music, crafts, baking, outside play and more. To volunteer or to register, please contact Rev. Angela or Phyllis. Cost: $30/child per day or $75/child for 3 days; $50/family per day or $125/family for 3 days. Special assistance and subsidized spaces available with srict confidentiality kept.

General Meeting...Cancelled WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch #11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: J. Haden, 416-264-6466, bjhaden@rogers.com COST: Free Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11`s General Meeting has been cancelled for January.

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The Inposters WHEN: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch

#11, 9 Dawes Rd. CONTACT: J. Haden, 416-264-6466, bjhaden@rogers.com COST: $20 advanced tickets per person $25 at door.

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Monday Night Cribbage WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416425-1714 COST: $6.00 Monday night cribbage. Everyone welcome.

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Leaside Garden Society WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Public Library, 165 McRea Dr. CONTACT: Nora Campbell, 416481-8919, www.leasidegardensociety.org COST: Free Guest speaker is Sonia Day: Incredible Edibles to grow in your garden. Guests and new members welcome. Annual membership $25 and family $30.

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PARTY TIME: Lorna Price practices in preparation for New Years Eve celebrations on Monday night with some party favours at I t ’s M y P a r t y o n Danforth Avenue.

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Free rides on TTC on New Year’s Eve On New Year’s Eve, the TTC is offering free rides from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

The TTC is also offering free parking on Dec. 31 at all of its station lots after 3 p.m.

The extended schedule means trains on both the Yonge University Spadina and Bloor-Danforth lines will depart shortly after 3:30 a.m. giving revellers nearly two hours extra than normal to ride the subway. Service resumes at 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day. GO Transit is also offering free service after 8 p.m. on Dec. 31 on all of its trains and buses.

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Residents of East York are invited to welcome in the New Year with your elected representatives: Councillor Janet Davis Councillor Mary Fragedakis TDSB Trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher TDSB Trustee Cathy Dandy

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Please join me on January 1st from 1 pm-4 pm at Leaside Gardens for my annual New Year’s Day Free Skate!

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Deliver meals to east-end seniors through the True Davidson (www.tdmow.ca) and East York Meals on Wheels programs 416-4243322).

Strap on your skates and hit the ice this winter. Visit http://bit.ly/XLj0hG to find a rink near you.

Join the local chapter of a service club such as the Toronto East York Rotary Club (www.eastyorkrotary. org)

Stuff envelopes, assist in training and help any way you can for East York East Toronto Family Resources.

Email volunteer@eyetfrp.ca

Get to know your local police officers by contacting 54 Division at 41 Cranfield Rd., 416-808-5400.

Give one-on-one homework help to students in grades 7 to 12. To find out more about volunteering at your local branch, visit www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/support-us/volunteering/

Start a Neighbourhood Watch in your community: contact the Crime Prevention Association of Toronto (CPAT) at www.cpatoronto.org or 416-225-1102.

Become a scouter and help various Beavers, Cub Scouts, Girl Guides, Venturers, Brownies and more earn their merit badges. Visit www. scouts.ca and www.girlguides. ca for a list of volunteering opportunities.

Coach in local youth sports leagues like the East York Baseball Association: www.eastyorkbaseball.com and the East York Soccer Club: www.eastyorksoccer.com

Tutor adult readers in literacy at a Toronto Public Library branch, such as S. Water Stewart in East York. Contact adultliteracy@torontopubliclibrary.ca

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Support your library.

Libraries in Toronto have a range of programming from movie nights to peer tutoring and live music nights. Visit www.torontopubliclibrary. ca for details on what your local library has in store for you and your family.

Express community concern over local issues via local ratepayers’ groups like the Leaside Property Owners’ Association (www.lpoa.ca).

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Improve educational opportunities for aboriginal students living in the far north by donating to Frontiers Foundation 416-690-3930.

Form a group and volunteer for at least one shift for a neighbourhood food bank. See www.dailybread.ca to find out how to sign up.

Cultivate your green thumb at the East York Community Garden, located at 9 Haldon Ave. To arrange a tour contact eastyorkgarden@ hotmail.com

Clear a senior’s driveway or mow their lawn.

Give blood: visit www. blood.ca to find a clinic.

Help revitalize East Danforth by joining an advisory committee belonging to the Danforth East Community Association. For more information send an email to Volunteer@DanforthEast CommunityAssociation.com

Become a youth volunteer for the annual Taste of the Danforth, Canada’s largest street festival. Check out www.tasteofthedanforth. com to see how you can get involved.

Organize a community cleanup; make a point of cleaning litter in your area regularly.

Bring your community or workplace together to raise funds and awareness for Free the Children (www.freethechidlren.com), helping children around the world gain access to education, health care and medicine.

Cycle through the Don Valley and other popular bike routes in East York. Check out www. toronto.ca/cycling or visit your local library community centre or civic centre for a map of suggested routes.

Donate canned goods to local food banks.

Attend a production by local theatre groups such as the Eastside Players www.eastsideplayers.ca

Become a volunteer outdoor teaching assistant at the Evergreen Brickworks community environmental centre.

Visit http://ebw.evergreen.ca/

Check out ways to green your community by volunteering or attending events hosted by organizations such as the Toronto Green Community (www.torontogreen.ca) or Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (www. yourleaf.org).

Donate to an animal in need.

Toronto Animal Services is looking for items like dog biscuits, leashes and collars, cat treats, scratching posts and cat harnesses.

Visit www. toronto.ca/ animal_services/pet_donations.htm

Take part in the high school student after-school program at Toronto East General Hospital. See www.tegh.on.ca for more information.

Get fit by starting a walking or running club.

Help make it easier for a deserving local female student to pay for university donate to the Canadian Federation of University Women’s East York/Leaside scholarship fund. For more information: www.leaside. org/cfuw/scholarship.html

Help prepare hot meals for the homeless through Out of the Cold.

See www.ootc.ca for a list of locations.

Attend a meeting of Toronto-East York Community Council at Toronto City Hall.

Encourage sustainable eating by visit a farmer’s market. See www.eat-local. ca for a list of locations in East York.

Vote in favour of a community project proposal via the Aviva Community Fund that gives away $1M each year for initiatives garnering the most online support. See www.avivacommunityfund.org for a list of socially-minded ideas that could use the funding.

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Volunteer for annual highprofile happenings like Doors Open Toronto and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Contact the city’s co-ordinator of volunteer management Fiona Lucas at 416-392-9315.

Carpool or promote car-sharing and ride-sharing.

Give up your seat on the transit system for someone who needs it.

Donate gently used toys and clothing to organizations like the Salvation Army.

Help the Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office build a stronger community for residents of Thorncliffe Park.

Check out www.thorncliffe.org for a list of available volunteering positions.

Properly dispose of cigarette butts.

Honour Canada’s veterans at a Remembrance Day service in November. Visit www.toronto.ca/lestweforget/remembrance-city.htm for a service near you.

Attend a regular meeting of the East York Garden Club.

Visit www.eygc.ca

Participate in a Terry Fox walk/ run in September. Visit www. terryfox.org/Run/Ontario.html for more information.

Find out what your community is doing for Earth Day and how to get involved.

Improve Toronto’s urban canopy by planting a free tree in your front yard. Visit www. toronto.ca/311 or call 311.

Support local businesss and shop locally.

Participate in East York’s Canada Day festivities. Visit www.eastyorkcanadaday. com/volunteers and fill out an online application.

Go on a historical walk led by the East York Historical Society www.eastyork.org/ eyhs.html

Contact your local school to learn about volunteer mentoring opportunities.

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WoodGreen Community Services CEO Brian Smith shows the organization’s original charter to volunteer Christopher Welsh at a special event marking the 75th anniversary of the social services organization earlier this year. Volunteers are key to WoodGreen’s success in serving the community.

A tradition of volunteering makes East York special RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Dorina Rico has had her hands full figuring out how to deliver essential services to needy East Yorkers.

Rico and the care providers at WoodGreen Community Services had to scramble over the holiday season to provide assistance to thousands of seniors and adults with disabilities. And with limited resources and budget, Rico relies heavily on volunteers.

But despite administering services like WoodGreen’s Meals on Wheels program, which delivers an estimated 40,000 hot meals every day, there are only an estimated 200 active volunteers - many of them seniors themselves.

In short, Rico could use some more help from the community.

“On a given day, we’re short of drivers, runners, chaperones, everything,” said Rico, WoodGreen’s director of community care and wellness for seniors.

“Without volunteers we can’t run our programs. They’re precious to us.”

She has a long list of volun-

teer opportunities available, everything from spending time with local seniors to completing a mural in the rec room of WoodGreen’s wellness centre at 721 Broadview Ave. “We have the paint, we just need the idea and some volunteers who would like to help,” she said.

WoodGreen’s pressing needs are finding enough people to help with the Meals on Wheels program and for escorting seniors to doctor’s appointments. They rely heavily on the loyalty of long-time volunteers.

WoodGreen also offers incentives such as TTC tokens and an annual buffet dinner to recognize senior volunteers.

Rico said they are looking for volunteers from all ages and backgrounds, especially those who speak more than one language.

“It’s very rewarding when you sit with a senior for an hour,” she said. “They want to talk about politics or just have a friendly visit or they’re just lonely and feeling isolated.”

While service providers such as WoodGreen struggle to find volunteers, East York has a proud history of volunteer-

ism, said former mayor Alan Redway.

Prior to amalgamation one in seven East Yorkers volunteered in comparison to one in 10 in Ontario as a whole, according to Redway, who held office from 1977-1982.

After two terms as an MP for the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney in the 1980s, Redway joined the board of the Daily Bread Food Bank for six years, four of which he was chair, and continues to volunteer for several groups, including the East York Historical Society of which he is director.

“There’s all sorts of organizations people can get involved with depending on what their own interests are,” said Redway, who is currently writing a book about Toronto’s amalgamation.

“It’s important when you volunteer you are doing something you are interested in.”

He encouraged East Yorkers to find the time in their hectic schedules to provide some much needed help to shortstaffed organizations. “There are ways to squeeze a few hours here and there depending on your interests and what time you have available.”

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Opinion

A note of optimism for next year’s city budget I

t’s a time of year when we all want to believe.

It’s not only children who were hoping that Santa and his reindeer paid a visit.

And come New Year’s Eve, many of us will have perhaps an optimistic belief in our ability to change, leading us to make resolutions.

In our private lives this delightful suspension of reality fades after a couple of weeks.

But when we consider our public institutions, wishful thinking seems to last all year round.

No fairy tale is more deeply ingrained than the belief in a pot of gold at city hall large enough to make wishes come true without any sacrifice.

Whether this fantasy is called a gravy train, efficiencies or

waste, the first two years of the Mayor Rob Ford administration ought to have put this belief to rest.

As a candidate, his “Taxpayer Protection Plan” promised more than $100 million in savings with no loss of services. Once elected, outside accountants, motivated politicians and city staff looked under every plant, only to recommend proposals so unpalatable that council either delayed or reversed most of the ideas.

To be fair, the administration’s opposition is equally responsible for the problem, happily living in a past of unsustainable services, unachievable expectations and unmet promises.

In the middle of this unreality is budget chief Mike Del

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Grande who, in the closing month of 2012, made significant strides in reconciling these two fantasy worlds.

No City of Toronto budget will ever be manageable unless a firm hand is taken to the city’s largest budgets: police, emergency services and transit.

For the first time in living memory, our police budget does not have an increase.

To assure the maintenance of financial discipline, Del Grande was appointed to sit

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on the Toronto Police Services Board. Similar rigour was applied to the city’s fire and ambulance services, to the extent of closing a fire station. And the Toronto Transit Commission presented a budget on target, thanks in part to a fare increase.

In addition to these significant measures on the cost side, Del Grande made practical concessions to get his budget through council.

Just over $1 million was added for services to lubricate his budget’s passage, including funds for public health, student nutrition, the arts and, to reflect the reality on the floor of council, a small but

unallocated sum.

That this budget stands a good chance of clearing hurdles at council could be seen in the shorter deputation list and, compared to the last two years, muted public reaction.

For the most part, outrage was limited to the usual activists and interest groups.

As examples, the Toronto Real Estate Board released a poll showing that two-thirds of Torontonians support the elimination of the Land Transfer Tax, a revenue tool that generates about $300 million annually. On the other side, the Toronto Arts Council organized a campaign to advocate for increased arts

grants.

Sensibly, the budget committee steered a middle course. In addressing the aspirations of the administration, the needs of Canada’s largest urban area and the politics of a polarized council, this budget contains enough financial and political reality to give it a decent chance of passage.

Should this budget be approved, Del Grande will have presented us with a package that will keep giving all year long. n David Soknacki is a former City of Toronto councillor and budget chief. Contact him at www.soknacki.com

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