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amelpant of the event and raised over $100 unng her twe kilometre stroll. Although the pledges havent been tallied, n organizers hope to exceed last yeary totals of 360.000 for the hospital, which is now called the Kitchener-Waterloo Health Cenge of the Grand River Hospital. The money, which will go to the parent and childrens services at the hospital, will aid the birthing centre, maternal infant and parental units, new mother support services and special are nursery. -___H -' _ - Nearly 200 students from MacGregor senior public school also came out in lull force to support the cyan Last year 1te1clttol raised over 56.000. Kimberly Ellis-Hale had lg have a baby More she realized just how important and ssenttal the parent and children services epanment at the K-W Hospital is to the com- unity. A fweyear resident of Waterloo, EllirHale, nd her husband, Brandon, put their 11-week ld daughter. Julia. in a stroller Sunday and oined in with 1,200 other runners, walkers nd strollers in the Run for K-W Hospital on a old, wet morning. Ive never heard of the run before," said llisHale. "But when we were at the hospital wing Julia we received wonderful service nd, with all the government cutbacks, felt that ey could use the help." At 11 weeks of age. Julia was the youngest Clive Hamilton of Waterloo won the meny 10 kilometre run in a time ol 3041 minutes, while May Allison of Toronto was the top female with a time of 34.56. Harvey Mitm of Toronto was the top male runner in the 5K run turning in a time of 15.01, while Janet Takehashi of london w the top female with a time of17,15, ilttsitltgl run raises awareness and funds BLAZER and SUIT ataiilfi) SPECIAL f", C]")?)]:??,','?',?,',"",',',?,',;"'"],,:] -t--- menssbop ---- Directional Fashion For Men . Get a FREE 'kr/ij' ..y pair of pants with any 0%. blazer purchase i, a "i li52 a \ Get a FREE j ME r ' . . _ til , V shirt & he Iail il!ff, (Valdemar Designs) '(ll!lli',r' with any suit purchase six,,);"--'-)")-':), WATERLOO TOWN SQUARE “ ' .' 75 King St. s. Waterloo 747.5112 i Peter Cudhea Chronicle " Clive Hamilton. won the Incas 10k. University of Watedoo cross country runner Jason Gregoire continued his torrid early season pace as he won his thirrrconsecutive cross coun- try race at the recent 6.5 km Windsor Invita- tional. Waterloo's Kathy Butler will be out to defend her NCAA outdoor 3.000rn cross country title this season at University oi1Mscotlsin. _ _ - - The all-American Ca'nadian is also the 1995 Canadian National 5,0ahtt champion. The Waterloo Golf Academy has teams up with the Food Bank of Waterloo Region to help the less fortunate Until this Suinday. The Golf Academy will be collecting food for the Food Bank and will donate $1 from every large bucket of balls and from every adult putting course to the Food The program will also include a 10-minute golf lesson with golf pros Tim Silver and Chima Mclean this Saturday noon to 5 pm. 1n exhange for a Food Bank donation. For more infomation tall 8866555, SPIIIHS DIGEST Four former UW students will be inducted into the UW Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct 21. The inductees Include Dennis McGann, Maria DaCosu Seto; Dr. Neil Wldmeycr and Dr, David Wilson, McGann held records in track and field in the 19605 and established the standard for long jumpers; Da Costa Seto was an outstanding vol- leyball player and MVP with the Athenas m the mid 70s; Ihirneyer will be inducted into the Builders Category. He is a former track and tteld coach and an assistant basketball coach m the 1960s; Wilson was a member and assistant coach with the men's swim team In the late 19705 when the team captured three consecu- tive CIAU titles. b We train over one quarter of a million people m Ontario m First Aid every year, The KrtchenertWaterloo Branch ot St John Ambulance. lotated on Gage Avenue. Is your hnk to emergency and stan dard first aid courses. CPR. What Every Batrysuter Should Know and many other Hosanng programs The branch also offers a wide vancty of first an! km for travel, work, home and recreational aclmuu Choosing St John Ambulance " your first md munmg provider puts your dullan back mm your community _ you are supporting the St John Ambulance Bngade both adult and cadet din (Ions Almost 4,000 solurr ’ teen presided mun: than ’ MXMXX) hours of serum at ’ commumt) eserlls auroNy Onlanu last year Locally somc of these vents were the KN' Powwou, the Mull! United Way of Cultural chuul Kitchener-Waterloo parades/races/Salk-amor" and Area fluslters Camnal. Rangers A Hockey. go kan races at Brngeman Park, baseball toumaments.circuses.track and field meets. company plcmn and Ice Capades Withoui the continued suppon of the United Way, it would not be possible to provide our expertise at all of the wow events. St. John Ambulances mission " to enable Canadian: to improve their health. safety and quality of life by provuiing mining and community service, For_mon infornmlén shout our diverse prognms or if you In interested in becoming a St. John volunteer. call 57945285 This story is aboul a single matter and Daniel Daniel Is ten, has Downs Syndrome and Attention Dertcit HyptnL‘IIVIly Disorder For Five years. this family has been Involved mm the Respite Ptogram at Extend-A-Family, presently matched with a young couple who have three children One weekend per month, Daniel visits with the respite {am ily. There. he participates in the family mimics Over the past few years. this has created remarklble changes in Damel He now plays ball and rides a bike He expenments with diifetettl foods and Mds he actually likes some of them He Is learning to share the adults' attenuon. developing an uhderstandtng at how to get along with other kids. both In the family end the surrounding neighborhood. Most importantly. Daruel ts lam int that it is not Just Mom and Daniel examst the world. but the! others cu: about him while offenng tum opponumltcs to experience things lhnl other children do. despite hrs dsabthty The world continues to expand for Daniel ms IS one of the hidden. cost-free Mnertts of respite _ the things that tap pen when people are brought together out of necessn). dis. cover they like each other and end up making a profound df ference in the hves of others through their canng The provider family introduced Daniel lo another family who discovered ms love of music and piano playing during a shared vacation Through them. contact was made with their church organist who is mum: to give Daniel plane lessons His provider family. wanting to spend more time With him frequently pick him up Often. they do noI wish to be pod Daniel is en important member of their family For Daniel's Mom, this means she has a much-needed break while knowing he is safe. happy and well-cared for Clearly, respite some- times goes beyond the mandate ot ‘gmng parents a break' and creates situations that no amount ot money can boy but 5100 and I "good match" are a beginning WHAT $100 CAN DO FOR A FAMILY WITH A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY K-W Extend-a-family