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Stephen Menich "I‘ve seen quite an evolution in fundraising and volunteer proâ€" grams," Menich says, reflecting on his many years of community service. There‘s some things that :aven’t changed, but many that ave." The development of volunteer selfâ€"help groups has given new light to community _ service groups, Menich says. When he began performing community work, volunteering, for the most part, consisted of people doing something for other people. Now, he says, it involves people helping other people help themselves. ‘"The concept at one time was that volunteering was charity. That has changed. In a sense you could say that it is still charitâ€" able, but it‘s now putting people into a position where they can help themsleves and then become part of the correction and solution to the problem." Menich, who was president of Sutherland & Schultz before his retirement, began his involveâ€" ment in the community in 1953 when he joined the Kâ€"W Kinsmen Club, of which he became presiâ€" Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff This community, or any for that matter, would be hardâ€"pressed to find a more caring, dedicated volunteer that Stephen Menich. The Waterloo resident has deâ€" voted much of his time to volunâ€" teer work and fundraising during the past 38 years. And in that time, he‘s seen many changes in volunteering and attitudes towâ€" ards it. Just call him superâ€"volunteer DIFFERENCE St. Jacobs Farmers‘ Market & Flea Market At north edge Waterloo, where Weber St. meets King (Formerly Stockyard Farmers‘ Market) 747â€"1830 s * Huge Selection of Grocery Items "YV * Buy Direct from Growers, Farmers, Producers! * Crafts & Household Needs * Free Draws Every Tuesday! Plus GRAND PRIZE DRAW (Oct. 15): $800 of FURNITURE from Countryside Furniture, featuring new Pine & Oak! Thursday & Saturday Markets Too! 7 a.m. â€" 4 p.m. & 7 a.m. â€" 3 p.m. yearâ€"round %j§J Tuesday ‘Farmers’ Markegg 8 a.m. â€" 3 p.m., July â€" October Besides being president, Meâ€" nich was also chairman of the club‘s building committee, and that committee set out to build the province‘s second school for mentally challenged children in a Waterloo resident Stephen Meâ€" nich has volunteered and ftunâ€" draised for various organizaâ€" tions for 38 consecutive years. At the time, the Kinsmen CLub was very interested in working to make life better for mentally challenged children, and Menich played a vital role in doing just that. ‘‘Retarded children back then were essentially kept in closets," Menich says. "They weren‘t alâ€" lowed to enter the school system, but their parents had to pay the regular school tax. It was a great injustice. So what we tried to do was raise funds and raise the profile and the awareness level in the community. If you want to raise funds from the community, you must present the information to the community and let the community make the decision of what they think it‘s worth." dent in 1959. To get the land, I went to the, at that time, Kitchener Parks Board, and I told them the story about the retarded childred and how inferior their treatment was. A. R. Kaufman was on the board â€" he was a yery forceful individâ€" ual, but a wonderful individual â€" gruff on the surface, but really a pussycat. I told him we had no money, but needed land, and they happened to have a lot of land. I asked if it would be possible if they could donate the land needed for the school." With $12,000 in financial supâ€" port from the City of Kitchener and a disappointing $100 in supâ€" port from the City of Waterloo, the committee was able to build the Kinsmen Centre on Sydney Street in Kitchener. house provided by the City of Kitchener. The house was reâ€" paired and renovated as much as possible, but what was really neéded was a new facility. We didn‘t have any money, we were a small club. But we saw a need â€" we decided we would build a school for these kids. At that time, we couldn‘t get any governâ€" ment support in the form of funding, so we had to go to the community." The committee was able to secure an architect who volunâ€" teered his time to work on the project, and Menich approached Kitchener‘s parks and recreation department about a possible locaâ€" tion for the facility. Menich‘s involvement in estabâ€" lishing the centre is just the tip of The city‘s Parks Board ended up leasing the land to the Kinsâ€" men Club for $1 a year. Such an arrangement prevented the alâ€" readyâ€"financiallyâ€"strapped school from paying taxes. | (Continued on page A8) Visit our factory outlet in Paris and discover why thousands of home:â€" owners and builders browse and buy from us at wholesale prices. 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