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Otter expires May 3 1 ' 01 C itra te p lu s V ita m in D 9 0 tabs 1 0 11 U p p e r M i d d l e R o a d E a s t " U p p e r O a k v il le S h o p p in g C e n t re * ' ( 905 ) 337-8522 Oakville Beaver Focus Editor: WILMA BLOKHUIS 845-3824 Ext: 250; Fax: 337-5567; Email: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Photo by B rent Foster Howard Wills, 71, a Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal volunteer canvasser for 19 years, places a donation brochure in a mailbox along one o f his 12 routes. He is an area captain and has 35 volunteer canvassers helping him collect donations this month. Dedicated Red Shield canvasser By Wilma Blokhuis BEAVER FOCUS EDITOR Dedicated volunteers like Howard Wills are the backbone of the Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal. Today, midway through the campaign, his kitchen table is completely covered with cam paign materials - pamphlets, binders and route lists. Red and white campaign bags for zone leaders are taking over his chesterfield. His home is beginning to resemble a Salvation Army office. "This is my 19th year," says the soft-spoken 71-year-old. He started knocking on the doors for the Salvation Army in 1983. "We had just moved here. I started by can vassing one street. The following year I was a zone leader. Seven years ago, I became an area captain." He oversees some 91 routes in nine zones. Each zone has 10 or 11 routes or streets, each with about 10 houses. Wills begins to collate the routes when the new phone book comes out, checking the names and phone numbers against the previ ous year's lists. "Whenever a house goes up for sale, or is sold, I make a note of it, because the name I have will no longer be applicable." And, he muses, "the phone book listing is done in mid-November, so when it comes out in February, it's six months out of date." Walk with Wizard for schizophrenia research By Christina Chabot SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER A young family walks down Lakeshore Road on a sunny Saturday afternoon, browsing the shops and breathing the spring air. As they round the comer, a middle-aged, mentally disabled man walks towards them. From inside the stroller, the young toddler peers at him with interest, while the rest of the family glances and looks away. The m an's arms begin to flail in anger, his mouth foaming as he veers towards the family with aggressive strides. Most people have never encountered or even heard of a scenario like this. But what do we think when we see a mentally disabled person pass us by? "There is a stigma surrounding mentally disabled people," says Bonnie Grant, co-ordinator of the Family & Friends Support Group of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario (SSO), Oakville chapter. "There shouldn't be. It's a very small percentage of them that are violent." (See Walk to raise awareness' page B2) Oakville are older people. His area covers all of the streets between "Many of our canvassers are aging, are Fourth Line and River Side Drive, and from dealing with illnesses, and are passing away," Lake Ontario to Speers Road. He makes sure that at least 50% of this area is canvassed. says Jo-Ann Tetreault, the Salvation Army's new annual giving representative for Oakville, Wills not only keeps meticulous lists of the people on each route, he also writes down how Milton and Campbellville. "We desperately much they give. need new canvassers. "We hadjust moved here. I "So far, we've got `T o really cover about $6,000." Oakville, we'll have to do started by canvassing one 10 times that (number) Of the nine zones in his street. The following year I was next year," continues area, he handles seven zones. Wills, an avid hiker a zone leader. Seven years ago, Tetreault, adding several areas of town will not be and walker, also does his I became an area captain. " share of the door-to-door canvassed due to a lack of -Howard Wills canvassing, covering 12 volunteers. routes. Wills got involved with Finding zone leaders and canvassers is a the Oakville Salvation Army through a co daunting task, says Wills. worker of his late wife. "She got me started," he remembers fondly "I made about 200 phone calls this year, and got 35 canvassers. of his wife who died of cancer in 1984. "My late wife worked with a Dutch lady "A lot of older people don't want to do it apy more," he lamented. "Someone may have who had moved from Scarborough to had a fall, they're not as agile, or there may be Oakville, and they always kept in touch. So, an illness." when we moved here from east Toronto, we He added increasing job pressures also went with her to a Watch Night service on makes it more difficult to recruit volunteers. New Year's Eve. We didn't know what else to "And, younger people are often too busy at do, because we didn't know anybody in Oakvill, except her. their jobs. I lost one zone leader because he would be away so much for work. "The Salvation Army had made us feel so "A lot of younger people are so busy at welcome. So, the following year at campaign work that once they get home they're wiped time, I volunteered." out, or they have families - kids to get to base If interested in volunteering for the ball and classes - or something." Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal, call JoHence, many of the 100 canvassers in Ann Tetreault at 905-825-9208 Ext. 135. . The BodyShapmgFitness Studio ForWomen. I FUR STORAGE COMPETITIVE RATES & EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FREE PIC K -U P & DELIVERY VAULTS ON PREMISES 10% SEN IO R DISC O UN T Dirk G ebhardt M aria Kinlough Maria and Dirk have created Oakville's most exciting fitness studio for women. 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