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Fancy fashions for teens sought by Prom Boutique
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FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com With prom back on this year at Toronto schools, New Circles is calling upon residents to dig through closets to donate appropriate attire for the end of high school party for those who can’t afford costs associated with the night. Since 2008, New Circles has been helping low-income families with free new or gently used clothing for prom. From now until June, prom apparel – dresses, shoes, purses, jewelry, suits, dress shirts and ties – are needed for New Circles’ Prom Boutique, along with new makeup (for hygienic reasons, used makeup won’t be accepted). April 27 marks the official launch of the Prom Boutique and it will run until June, with donations urged before opening day, said Nita Saini, New Circles’ volunteer program manager. “We served 682 last year,” she said. “We try to create a Say Yes to the Dress atmosphere. We make it really feel like a store.” >>>DONATIONS, page 6
Staff photo/Dan Pearce
AUTO SHOW: Marc Garneau Collegiate automotive students Syed Ibrahim, right, and Baber Bakali try to diagnose and repair a vehicle rigged with identical operating problems at the 14th annual Toronto Automotive Technology Competition sponsored by Centennial College Thursday at the Canadian International Auto Show.
Palliative care gets funding boost LISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com When Sharon Delaney’s husband, Bob, was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, the North York couple was thrown into an often incompre-
hensible and uncaring health care system. They found doctors primarily concerned with their own speciality rather than treating Bob as a person. Trying to get answers about Bob’s
care often led to frustrating efforts to find the right person to ask or seemingly never-ending games of telephone tag Bob eventually poured out his disappointment to his physician. “We came to our family doctor
and Bob said he felt abandoned,” Delaney said. The doctor referred him to the Freeman Centre for the Advancement of Palliative Care at North York General Hospital. >>>FELLOWSHIP, page 6
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