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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Aug 1990, p. 5

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M@"0OPMALQP > 6 B8 â€"| 2noursenvice . @@ JUST FOR YOU Arrangements for all occasione: :- i# Potted Plants M Silks Gail Grassi & Fresh Cut Flowers‘ 236 Margaret Ave. at Gueiph St., Kit. 578â€"1020 + Compeétitive Rates â€" Largest Taxi Company in the region is e bam...... IW j~ * k a "}‘":’*- inoming in _ A . . ) ~ /. a ts Q n q 1. : ‘ ' ‘ Me Pevsanal Teuch Soe Luin Kyone (left) and Nita Nagi have found that volunteering in a hospital offers many rewards. Deborah Crandall photo united taxi Hospital provides valuable volunteer experience united taxi "WATERLOO, NOW YOU HAVE C H O 1C E! 142â€"9774 __ALL PRIDE CLEANING INC. Serving the Kâ€"W Area for over 11 years. We Offer 4 Cleaning Methods 1. Deep Steam Cleaning 3. Dry Cieaning 2. Dry Foam Shampooing _ 4. Bonnet Cleaning YOUR SATISFACTION GUARANTEED had her name on a waiting list before she had reached the age of 14, the "1 wanted ;.(o get involved in the community," Kyone says. "I‘ve lived here for a long time now, and I felt it was time I gave something back. It is also good experience because you get to meet a lot of people, and you get to see how everything works in a hospital. I never fl’ knew chow hospitals operated 1 ‘I volurteered. It also gave ‘me Bv-;;%m-l:mh:xm to 4 p.m., Kyone delivers flowers to patients in the.hospital. Nagi has been volunteering at the hospital for three years. She was so keen to get involved in the program that she to offer, and approximatley 75 local mmmax.w;:,,i_ :‘:IIWMW.AN of Soe Luin Kyone, 17 of Waterloo, and Nita Nagi, 18 and also of Waterloo, are two of those young people who felt they had something to contribute to the community by offering their time to the Kyone, a graduate of Waterloo Collegiâ€" mlnsfitutewhowiflbelnendingtbe University of Toronto this year,. is volunteering this summer for the first time. He heard about the volunteer program through friends and relatives, and decided to get involved for several anyone who feels they have something Ah&&mimumm a 1 A § d 4 m.hzlfly&'r-w he'dlu: probably given you a long look and told mb&dhi-im. Te the Canty Soriper its T name â€" :mhofllilineâ€"ln‘lm(a gone) is the attitude that volunâ€" teering in a hospital is just for girls. _ Volunteering in a hospital is for Fo lx'" and Nagi, it bi or one, agi, it‘s a combinaâ€" Â¥ m helping people, know that I‘m helping the hospital. And that makes me feel good," Nagi says. "And for me, working with flower delivery, I get to see the patients‘ face light up when I walk into their rooms with flowers," Kyone says. "It‘s very rewarding to share in their happiness." numerous, and adds that the ;ou;;; vounteers can be found in virtually all areas of the hospital. "Some of them volunteer because they are interested in a career in the health care field and this is good experience," Viselka says. "Others want tolmnm 1cal skills th i Jobs lt T ing in the boutique. And others volunâ€" While many of the hospital‘s teenage volunteers participate during the sumâ€" mer, Nagi has continued to volunteer throughout the school year, and holds time a parttime job as well. She will complete her high school education at WCI this year before attending universiâ€" ty. Penny Viselka, the hospital‘s director of volunteer services, says the names of approximately 150 teenagers are on the department‘s waiting list each year And from that list, anywhere from 50 to 75 young people are recruited. Viselka says the services that the teenage volunteers are involved in are the community," Nagi says. "And ] know they‘re really important in the hospital, especially. So I wanted to help out in any way that I could." _"I like helping peopie, and I think volunteers are a really important part of FREE ESTIMATES

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