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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | Th ur sd ay , Fe br ua ry 1 5, 20 18 | 12 NEWS K S M Kerr Street Mission Oakville's Mission of Hope C alling All G o lfe rs . Whether you're the next Tiger Woods, or new to the game, Kerr Street Mission is hosting the annual Kerr Street Classic Golf Tournament and would love you to join us! All proceeds raised will fund essential programming and will make a difference for our neighbours in need. Pipers Heath Golf Club 5501 Trafalgar Rd, Milton, ON 11:30 am - Registration and Lunch 1 pm - Shotgun Start To register online or for more details. Visit www.kerrstreet.com/qolfclassic Though it may be difficult to fathom, more than 18,680 people in Oakville live below the "low income cut off" and are in need of daily assistance. For more then 20 years KSM has been connecting with families, offering and identifying programs and services that are needed in our community. KSM understands the struggle of poverty and is committed to come alongside families and individuals to provide Help for the Present and Hope for the Future. To learn more about KSM call or visit www. ke r rst reet. co m Kerr S treet Mission 485 Kerr Street, Oakville Charitable Reg. No. 897106845RR0001 DDES Rotaryl ^Oakville Trafalgar̂ 3̂ DATE JcwuA-euy 22, 2018 Centre/for SkCLLyVeMelopment £r Tratvun̂ $| 10,000XK) Ten/Thomand/VoUary _____ DOLLARS flf'H MEMO Tiny Hovne/Vrôravn/ 7 6 ^ 1 2 3 4 5 ^ ': lE BT fiTM S blE B 11' D025 Nikki Wesley/Metroland Above left, The Centre for Skills Development & Training accepts a $10,000 cheque for its Tiny Homes program from partner the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar. Above right, Six Nations' Cody Lookinghorse sings during Tiny Homes program launch. Tiny Homes program a big win for workers, communities and environment It's a tiny project - in size only. The Centre for Skills De­ velopment & Training and the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar have launched its new Tiny Homes program to benefit disadvantaged com­ munities, workers and the environment. The project - kick-started with a $10,000 donation from the Rotary Club and support from area businesses - will see fully-weatherized, Cana­ dian Standards Association (CSA) approved, all-season tiny homes built by the cen­ tre. Upon completion, the homes will be dispatched to disadvantaged and Indige­ nous communities around the country, or sold with the proceeds being used for a range of other charitable causes. Program participants will gain valuable new employ­ ment skills, while minimiz­ ing the waste-to-landfill and carbon emissions created during the training process. "We really feel that this program addresses multiple issues now affecting commu­ nities around the country," said Rotary Club executive Lauri Asikainen. "Not only will it provide valuable skills training for students, but the homes they create have tre­ mendous value, not just as social housing, but as green living spaces, or for people downsizing, adventure trav­ elling, vacationing or just trying to lead a simpler life." According to the centre's senior program co-ordinator Ellen Faraday, the new pro­ gram will make good use of the agency's resources. "Before the Tiny Homes initiative, students in our residential construction pro­ gram would build partial walls or mock houses that would need to be torn down and sent to landfill at the end of each course. Now, these walls will be combined and mounted on a mobile plat­ form to create a modular, movable, permanent home for someone in need." Added the centre's man­ ager of marketing and com­ munications, Dean Lorenz, "Without the help of Rotary Club, GEM Windows and Doors, Turkstra Lumber and Rush Trailers, this program never would have gotten off the ground. We're privileged to have these amazing part­ ners involved and that they saw the same potential in this program that we did. It really is a win-win for every­ body." Glen Oaks Funeral Flome & Cemetery by Arbor Memorial "It f e e l s g o o d t o k n o w it's all t a k e n c a r e o f." Thinking ahead makes sense, so discover your options. Discuss it with your loved ones. Pre-planning is easy with the Family Registry Estate Planner from Arbor Memorial. Call today to order your FREE Planning Kit 905-257-1100 glenoaks.ca 3164 Ninth Line (403 & Dundas St.) Mississauga/Oakville, ON Over 70% of people polled* admit it... they don't know the details of their partner's funeral and cemetery wishes. Flow about you? Thinking of selling? SuC asaF Home Staging & ReDesign I www.sucasahomestaging.com 905-599-8348 Voted BEST HOME STAGER in Oakville! AWARDS 2 0 1 7 K - 6 http://www.kerrstreet.com/qolfclassic http://www.sucasahomestaging.com Calling All Golfers. Pipers Heath Golf Club 5501 Trafalgar Rd, Milton, ON Kerr Street Mission SuCasaF 905-599-8348 AWARDS