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C4 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday March 13, 2002 New women's shelter needs help Make new friends at Fundraising campaign is $ 500,000 short of goal A final fundraising push is needed for another Halton shel ter for abused women and children. Halton W omen's Place (HWP) recently held a ground breaking ceremony on the site of a new shelter in Milton to complement the emergency services provided by the exist ing facility in Burlington. The $3-million fundraising campaign for the 12.500-sq. ft. facility, which will service north Halton, is about " We turned away $500,000 shy of its goal. requests from 540 The new shelter will pro vide em ergency beds and women for residential enhanced program s for services." women and children who are · Cheryl Taylor in the midst o f fleeing domes tic violence. Safe accommodation is available seven days a week with 24-hour staff on-hand each day. Also available are emergency clothing, transportation, confidential counselling, meals, referrals to support services, child care, children's programming and a 24-hour crisis phone line. The shelter is being built on the site of the Allendale cam pus between the Milton seniors' centre and the police building. It is scheduled to open in October. Cheryl Taylor, development officer for Halton Women's Place and the capital campaign director, said the current old home used by HW P in Milton is too small. It can accommodate 14 beds while the new facility will have 20 beds and room for cribs and cots. In Halton in 2001 HWP provided residential services to 173 women and 204 children and counselled another 521 women through its outreach program. "However, we turned away requests from 540 women for residential services," Taylor said. On the fundraising side, Mattamy Homes is a major sponsor of the Milton project having guaranteed to hold the building costs at $1.5 million through donations and in-kind support from the company's suppliers and community part nerships. Halton Women's Place is funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services, which allocated $ 1.5 million to the project last year. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation approved $485,000 for the shelter. Taylor said they are hoping for $300,000 from the II Rotary clubs in Halton for the Milton project. When the Burlington shelter was built in 1994 the seven existing Rotary clubs in Halton donated $500,000. D onations to the M ilton shelter fundraising cam paign can be m ailed to the H alton W om en's Place C am paign, 2025 G uelph Line, Suite 223, B urlington, ON. L 7P4X 4. O ^ k V lllP N P W C O fT IP rS One of the most interesting aspects o f Newcomers is that it draws such a broad range o f women; women of all ages and from around the world and across the country. It makes for a fun and dynamic mix. Currently, the club has about 150 members. Members can participate in the club for two or three years (depend ing on what time of the year they join) and then they can move on to the alum ni association. The Oakville Club is part of an inter national group of Newcomers organiza tions. The first Canadian chapter was founded in 1961 in Calgary. There are currently 73 clubs across the country. If you have moved to Oakville in the past couple of years and would like to get to know other women who are also new to the Town, call Trish Brown, 4650447 or e-mail her at 3browns@sympatico.com. You are also welcome to the general meetings, which are held on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the 707 Galaxy Banquet Hall. 475 North Service Rd. E. Are you new to Oakville and looking for ways to meet people, have fun and get to know your community? Oakville Newcomers could be the perfect group for you. The Oakville Newcomers Club is a women's group that helps those new to Oakville meet other women through social activities. Under the umbrella of the club are about 25 activity groups in which newcomers can participate. The groups encompass a variety o f interests including: fitness walking, wine-tasting, bridge, pot luck lunch, quilting, book club, pub nights, stitch-and-chat, moms and tots, bowling, euchre and skiing, among others. Most are geared solely to women and take place during the week. Others are for couples and are sched uled on the weekend. Newcomers makes getting to meet people easy. Each month, there is a gen eral meeting where women can meet the convenors o f each o f the activity groups. There is also usually a guest speaker at the meetings and a chance to chat and socialize with other women who are new to the community. Focus o n : An `uplifting' story about the first fitted bra By A nya a t G oodnight G oodm orning ADVERTORIAL da a n d W illiam R osenthal, tw o Russian im m igrants, cam e to A m erica pen n i less and set up a dressm aking business in N ew York w ith a partner, E nid Bisset. T h ey were dissatisfied w ith the way dresses fit a ro u n d the female bosom , so in frustration- and perhaps in rebellion to the p o p u lar flat-chested look o f the flapper- they invented the first form fitting bra w ith separate "cups". A nd since all w om en are n o t b u ilt equally, Ida invented c u p "sizes." T h e R osenthals gave u p the dress shop in 1922 a n d started the M aidenform Brassiere C o m p an y w ith a capital investm ent o f $ 4 ,5 0 0 . Four years later, they had 4 0 m achines tu rn in g o u t m ass-produced bras. F o rty years later, they had 19 fac tories p ro d u c in g 25 m illion bras annually! Som e o f th eir innovations: · T h e "uplift bra", paten ted in 1927 · T h e "train in g bra" · T h e "C h a n so n e tte bra", introduced in 1949. It had a cone shaped cut stitched in a w hirlpool p attern . T h e bra, w hich never changed shape, even w hen it was rem oved, was quickly d u b b e d th e the " Bullet Bra." O v e r the next 3 0 years, m ore th an 9 0 m illion were sold w orldw ide. W h en W illiam died in 1958, Ida carried o n a n d c o n tin u e d to oversee the com pany until her d eath in 1973 at the age o f 87. T h e M aidenform corporation, w hich started w ith 10 em ployees, now has over 9.000. Since th en m any o th e r bra com panies have been created, a n d m any o th er bra styles have been patented. Styles a n d shapes o f bras are always affected by fashion. T oday, close to body look slinky dresses a n d tops arc in style, a n d t-shirt seamless bras, m inim izers and bras w ith clear straps are to p sellers in every lingerie store. W om en w ant a n d should have a well fitted bra and they will search to find a lingerie store w hich provides professional bra fitting services. If you are o n e o f those w om en, visit us a t G o o d n ig h t G o o d m o rn in g , voted best lingerie store in O akville. At G o o d n ig h t G o o d m o rn in g we specialize in bra fitting a n d we have the best selection in bras styles a n d sizes in the area, from petite to full figure, cups from A to J. T h e ow ner o f the store has a background in fashion design so she understands how im p o rta n t it is to have a well fitted bra and she will advise you in fin d in g the style th a t best co m plim ents y our figure. T h is spring G o o d n ig h t G o o d m o rn in g is extending their great selection o f bras by ad d in g the P rim a d o n n a exquisite full figure line from Belgium , as well as hav ing the newest styles in L ejaby. B arb ara, C h a n te lle , S im o n e Perele, F a n tasie o f E n g la n d , T riu m p h , L o u . a n d m any o th e r lines. To m ake sh o p p in g for a new bra m ore exciting G o o d n ig h t G o o d m o rn in g is inviting you to p articipate in o u r pro m o tio n al spring 2002 fittin g days. M a rc h 21: C h a n te lle F ittin g D ay. Josien, a bra fitting expert from C hantelle France, will be in o u r store to assist you a n d introduce new b eau tifu l C hantelle France collection sizes B to G cups specially designed to fit fuller breasted w om en. Sm aller figured custom ers will be able to try new P a sio n a ta spring styles. 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