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Pat Arbuckile Chronicle Staft The initial stages of a $3.5 million fundâ€"raising campaign are already underway at Kitchenerâ€" Water{oo Hospital. â€" _ Members of a campaign committee began approaching the hospital‘s board of directors, medical, support staff and auxiliary this month, explained Ross Hahn, campaign chairman. "It is important that we are committed to the campaign internally before we go outside into the community," said Pat Cawley, director of public relations at Kâ€"W Hospital. _ A fullâ€"scale public campaign will be launched at the hospital in midâ€"February.. â€" During the fourâ€"toâ€"sixâ€"month intensive camâ€" paign, Hahn said that corporations, community organizations, national foundations and individâ€" uals will be canvassed for donations. Plans are also underway for a number of special projects and fundraising events. Although the actual campaign is expected to last only a few months, contributors will be given the option of spreading their gift over several years, he added. According to Cawley, the current drive was a "difficult step to take" but necessary "given the funding environment."‘ o She explained that provincial government grants to hospitals cover operating expenses only, plus a small depreciation allowance for equipment. Hospitals must raise funds for the purchase of new equipment through individual donations or campaigns, such as the one Kâ€"W Hospital is now undertaking for the first time in Anne Scully (left), president of the Waterioo Minus One Club, had a special Christmas gift for Anna _Kallag‘(rlg_ht)‘, a_(_:hrlagmo-s card, signed by all members who attended Thursday‘s Christmas dinner, and $300 worth of goods to be used in her work . Pat Arbuckie Photo The amount isn‘t large ($100), but many of the 31 University of Waterloo partâ€"time students who have won scholarships are so appreciative they‘ve even written formal letters of thanks. The miniâ€"scholarships are offered by UW‘s Faculty of Arts. One Fredericton, N.B., correspondence student called her $100 scholarship a "badly needed ego boost at a time when enthusiâ€" asm and determination were at an allâ€"time low."" As the mother 6f twins, she often has difficulty finding time to study. Another, from Senneville, Que., was Hospital fundraiser begins from within _ Scholarship thanks from UW partâ€"timers Good image in community its history Last year, members of the hospital board made a fiveâ€"year forecast of Kâ€"W Hospital‘s future equipment needs. The survey showed that the hospital will have to purchase $11.5 million in new equipment before 1989, much of it replaceâ€" ments for items acquired during the 1970 expansion that are beginning to wear out, Cawley said. *‘"We haven‘t been buying as much equipment in last years as we required," she said, adding that many of the new items to be purchased will be used for patient care. Cawley added that the situation has been complicated by inflation which has doubled or tripled costs since the equipment was first purâ€" chased. When the fiveâ€"year forecast also revealed that the hospital would be able to provide only $8 million from its reserve funds and donations received from community groups, it became apparent that a public campaign would be needed to raise the shortfall, she said. *"We‘re hopeful the community will recognize the need of an organization that serves the community and is a pretty good resource," said Cawley. . And judging from the number of donations that have already been received before the campaign‘s official February kickâ€"off, Hahn is confident the $3.5 million objective can be reached. "The image of the hospital is excellent, the people in the community are pleased with what we‘re doing," he said. appreciative because: "I have two sons at McGill and university fees are an expensive commodity in our budget." _ â€" To qualify for a scholarship, partâ€"time students must have obtained five full UW credits. They must also have achieved a mark above a cutâ€"off figure provided by UW‘s Faculty of Arts; over the past couple of years this figure has been about 87 per cent. As a rule, a scholarship is awarded by subtracting $100 from the cost of the next course in which the winner registers; if a winner is already registered, a $100 cheque is forwarded instead. Chronicle Staff A Waterloo club, organized to provide social activities for single people, is turning its attention to charity. The Waterloo Minus One Club recently presented Anna Kaljas, who operates a house of refuge in Kitchener, with $300 worth of goods, including household items, gift certificates and a complete turkey dinner with all the trimâ€" mings. The money was raised in a benefit dance, held by the club Nov. 22. Donna Kresky, a member of the club for nine years and currently in charge of publicity, explained that Waterloo Minus One was origiâ€" nally founded in 1972 by a small nucleus of Waterloo people. "It was formed to allow single, widowed and divorced people to socialize, to get together with the same type of people," she said.!_ The club‘s 150 members meet weekly for a dance, a monthly dinner at the Golf Steak House and periodic outings to the Centre in the Square, the University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre and Hamilton Place, ‘"whatever activities someâ€" one shows an interest in,"‘ Kresky added. The club‘s involvement in charitable work came by chance. Members pay an annual $12 registration fee which has traditionally been turned back into the club to subsidize social and cultural activities. In recent years, however, the Waterloo Minus One has found itself with an annual surplus, and since it is a nonâ€"profit organization, ‘‘we decided to give some of it to charity," Kresky exâ€" plained. Donations of money, equipment or food have already been made to the Adult Recreation Centre and Anselma House. Earlier this year, Minus One organization a big plus for singles O‘ Neil ‘"Quite frankly, I hope property owners in the Uptown will see the potential and seriously consider the redevelopment opportunities â€" furâ€" ther refurbishing and possible tearâ€" ing down and rebuilding," O‘Neil remarked. (Continued from page 1) Scheduled to be undertaken in ‘85 Major Harvey Pilgrim (left), Corps Officer of the Cambrige Citadel Corps of the Salvation Army, and Dan Cassel, chairman of the region for the Bikers Rights Organization, display some of the toys the organization collected for needy children at Christmas. Chronicle Special WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1984 â€" PAGE 3 SANTA‘S HELPERS the group established the Anna Kaljas fund and presented the Kitchener woman with $500 in goods to aid her work with homeless people. The most recent gift to Kaljas was made at the club‘s annual Christmas dinner, held last week. If you are looking for a way the whole family can welcome 1985, why not join city officials for their fourthâ€"annual New Year‘s Levee? January 1 from 2â€"4 p.m. at the Waterioo Inn, the levee offers entertainment by the Summit Jazz Band, and refreshments compliments of the Inn‘s owners, Jonas and Lawrence Bingeâ€" man. ‘"‘Come as you are from the ski slopes, your afternoon walk, your family gathering or your special party," wrote Mayor Marjorie Carroll in her offical levee invitation, sent to all neighborâ€" hood groups and every elementary school child in the city. ‘"We would like to share the happiness of the festive season with all our citizens as we prepare to meet the responsibilities and challenges of 1985 in Waterloo," said Carroll. The annual getâ€"together was inaugurated by the city in 1982 to kick off Waterloo‘s 125th birthday celebrations. Everyone‘s invited! is the city‘s redevelopment of the Regina Street area, and in next year‘s budget, is funding for street widening and servicing from Wilâ€" liam to Herbert. In tandem with that effort, also expected to be started is a multiâ€"million dollar residenâ€" tial/commercial project on now vacant land west of Regina, owned by Canadian National railway.