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I l ’ l Meet more than 20 environmental groups in publishing it in a commemorative cal» f ‘ I j l your community. endar each year since his death. , E“ flu}. “My.“ _ l l Check out various workshops, displays and per- liie goal has been to tie memorial I - m"’”“‘"‘~w formances throughout the day. projects to causes that would be near ‘5' t. . mm" Programming starts at 9 am. and goes until 5 and dear to the former Sir John A Mac « “5.. j . ._ ‘ y ’. V pm. in (1161's atrium. donald student's heart. So far. it has f :3; § _ i’. The event is sponsored by (IKil. the City of included fundraisers for the Grand . ‘ .‘x i ’, ‘ Waterloo. the Waterloo Region District School | Riverllospital's lntensiveCareUnit and - A“? , "‘i f . Board. the Region of Waterloo and Ontario the K-W Humane Society. And it's been . , ‘~ . ,l l g l ‘ licoSchools. a great success, raising more than are It“ i 4 . $20,000 for the respective charities "2' , d t» y " Party In me Pal-k ‘ lhis Year. Keeley Levene's 2010 cal- “ l i ‘ . l endar will be sold in support of Habitat _ '~ _ _ '1 y g .; . fins Saturday ‘ for Humanity as the local charity looks . "1"“ i "We . . y 3.» , V w . to acquire a new piece of property for . ' a. - . 1 . . ‘j “‘ ’ ‘ . Come join the University Downs Neighbour» another build next year, The latest .. _ hood Association in a community playground fundraiser kicked offlast week at Wilfrid . , , . build and community pany starting at 9 a.m. on laurier University with more than i30 I » ' lune 6. people in attendance. including Mayor Habitat for Humanity’s Sabrina Truttmann holds up the latest memorial calendar to it all takes place at University Downs Park. 240 Brenda Halloran and other dignitaries. commemorate the life of Waterioo‘s Leejay Levene. new more Auburn Dr.. Waterloo. The new playground build Shirley Levene. Leejay's mom. said goes from 9 am. to 2 p.m.. A community party fol- the idea for the latest calendar came “leejay would have been at architec- support from Wilfrid laurier's Student lows from 1 pm. to 5 pm. with a 3 pm. ribbon cut~ l from some work the family was having ture school at the University ofToronto, Leadership Centre's Brittany Russell. ting. In conjunction with the new park. there will ‘ done by a local contractor. Merino Mar- and I always look for things related to who helped organize the event. be a book sale. silent auction. bouncy castle. kids tin. The contracting company had col- leejay’s life,” said Shirley. “It's a brand new initiative and a way activities and more. laborated with Habitat in the past and The local chapter of the charity also to promote the name in a different way . thought the calendar would be a nice fit thought it would be a great idea. They than the traditional ways,‘ said landlord infomatlon fora future fundmjser paid to produce 3.000 calendars. It's Truttmann. "Plus everybody needs a , Shirley. always looking for ways to front cover features an image of a Pepsi» calendar. You look around everyone's mgl'lt June 10 connect the fundraising project with cle stick house [deejay built. other: and there's a calendar there." . v leejay's interests. thought there was Sabrina Truttmann. who spearhead- Shirley assured the 2010 calendar landlords 1“ the totyofWaterloo can brush up some heme. at work. ed the project for Habitat. said the won’t be the last. There is already talk 9n government legislation and other Important The 18-yearâ€"old, her middle son, image is appropriate given the mandate about future projects that will incorpov information "‘3‘ Impacts ”If?“ business and ten- planned to study architecture at univer- of the charity. 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