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David MacDonald. former MP and current United Church Minis ter who is active in international | develop ment issues, will be the guest speaker at the Global Community Centre‘s Benefit Din ner, to be held at 7 p m Thursday. March i in the gym of St. Louis Church on Allen Street. Waterioo M a c Don a l d will speak on Disarma MacDonald to speak about disarmament LOCAL PROGRAM Grocery shopping, gardening, housecleaning and cooking are just a few of the services seniors may seek through Shine Administered by the Waterioo Adult Recreation Centre anp funded by a federal grant. Projâ€" ect Shine "is basically a program which provides home support services for seniors in Water loo," said Irene O‘Toole, a social worker who is coordinating the project. Shesaid the project provides services to help seniors maintain their own homes The centre registers home makers who offer services for $4 an hour. "I think this (payment) is important." said Y‘ Toole. "No body likes gettingy something for nothing."‘ The grandparent program is one of many senior citizen‘s programs which are part of Project Shine Weber enjoys her visits at the school not only because ~children are soâ€" interesting.". but. also because the visits are "an outing for me." ‘"Grandchildren" in the proâ€" gram have no natural grandâ€" parents living in the city (Ryan and Andrea‘s grandparents live in London). and while some of the "grandparents‘" in the program have their own grindchildren, others, like Weber. do not "I like children," she said. "It‘s so nice to be around them." She noted that children enjoy showing her what they‘ve done at school and ask her to help them with various projects. , Recently, Weber had fun heipâ€" ing Andrea and Ryan make valentines. And last week, she accompanied them and their classmates to the Centre in the Square. Through the program, a "grandparent‘‘ is matched with a "grandchild" from kindergarten, grade one or two at Alexandra public school. The **grandâ€" parent" goes to the school once a week to stay for a couple of hours and help a child with a number of activities, including rePding and homework; or the adult may join the child in social events. Their friendship began as a result of a Waterloo grandparent program . By Joy Lavigne Violet Weber looks forward to Tuesday, when she‘ll don goat and boots and walk over to Alexandra public school to see her ~grandchildren." Although the Waterloo resident bears no blood ties to the Yeats children, Andrea, 7 and Ryan, 5, that doesn‘t stop her from sharâ€" ing a special grandparent relaâ€" tionship with them The homemaker‘s price is less Project Shine brightens life for seniors ment The Develop ment Challenge of the 80‘s. This past No vember, he was a dele gate to the World Coun cif of Churches‘ Tribu nal on Disarmament Durigg his talk, Mac Tickets are $12 per Donald will raise con _ person and available in cerns about the issue _ advance only by calling which are generally not _ 7343 71 }1} or 713 807) discussed in North One half of the ticket South talks price will be used as a The Benefit Dinner is _ donation to the Global the centre‘s annual _ Community Centre Also for those living alone â€" widowed, separated, or divorced â€" is a weekend that has been organized in coâ€"operation with the Family Ministry Office Dio cese of Hamilton by the Adult During the next meeting, , on March 7, participants will be taking part in a cake decorating demonstration and a potluck lun cheon at the Adult Recreation Centre, located on King St. S. Recreation Centre Member Helen Biair, a widow from Kitchener, said she found Sunday "a very long day." Her friends were often busy with their families on that day and she found herself alone. Now, beâ€" cause of the support group, she‘s assured of fellowship on Sundays. And she‘s met "some very nice people" who join her in various activities during the week Among the extensions of Projâ€" ect Shine is a local support group which began as a "‘*widow‘s group"" but is expanding to inâ€" clude "anyone over the age of 40 and alone," said O‘Toole. This group, which has members from both Waterloo and Kitchener, has been meeting intermittently for about a year, usually on Sunâ€" days. O‘Toole noted that counselling is also provided for family memâ€" bers who need help dealing with dependent parents. She exâ€" plained that a daughter/son may need help because she/he is finding it difficult coping with demands made by a dependent mother as well as those made by his/her spouse and children. She said seniors may need counselling when, for instance, they are suffering from isolation and depression; or they‘re havâ€" ing trouble adjusting to old age and health limitations. *"‘There is no other social serâ€" vice agency in the city whose primary mandate is counselling seniors," noted O ‘Toole. Services rendered help seniors maintain their homes and thus they‘re not forced to move into nursing homes, old age homes, or become dependent on their famiâ€" lies. A confidential counselling ser vice is also under Shine‘s direc tion. O‘Toole said students will clean stoves, rake leaves and wash windows â€" to name a few jobs â€" for a fee negotiated between student and senior. expensive than most of those services obtained independently of Shine and usually not difficult to meet for seniors on fixed inâ€" comes. Along with homemakers, a number of oddâ€"job men and students who are willing to help seniors are registered. fund raising event. and officials hope to raise at least $30,000 which will then be matched by monies from the Canadian International Development Agency Says a pamphlet describing the weekend, it ‘*is designed to help widowed, separated and divorced persons make a New Beginning in life. It is a Christian movement, open to persons of all faiths, though designed by and for Catholics. It affirms a person‘s faith and assists in the discovery of deeper meaning in his/her present life and changed circumâ€" stances." Vioiet Weber spends time at Alexandra public school reading with her ‘‘grandchildren," Ryan and Andrea Yeats of Waterioo. Weber has become active in the Aduit Recreation Centre program Project Shine, which provides a multitudeâ€"of activities for senior citizens. Fri. 1â€"9 pm Sat. 9 am â€" 5 pm Craft Cord Ltd. 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