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Have you ' '$ lhis year the l l) tnay become a made the connection between this 7.4 , ' .. <7 collector's Item lor lans of a certain chocolate bar and that need that is . . i . 4. A ' Stratford teen sensation l'he title so tar away from us?" leiske said , f ‘ , {v a a track. written by leiske and Includ- And \et a Place at \our lahle' , . A. {.7 ed on every volume, includes a spe was born v’ “a“: ‘ " . \ era] guest 7 teen pop sensation leiske, a lormer member of the ‘ « ‘ “3" V ' 4. Justin Biebet limo award-winning country group (t -, ‘ “He recorded it before he signed Farmers Daughter. has been workr ‘ y f with anyone," leiske explained ing “1th her students to create the '14- \ \ «‘ ‘ "lie was just another student: it was Christmas (:1) each holiday season A' “ é; before he exploded." for the past five years. With pror . 5'8 ll 7 But leiske appreciates the con ceeds going to the Food Bank of «.51. tribution of every single person Waterloo Region. “ 3 who made this (ll) possible i from She wanted her students to cre- her youngest choir members. jUst ate something with their own voic~ ‘ four years old. to the mothers who es that would have a direct impact . , ’ é ‘ ' bring her coffee and cheer her on. on their community, _ //7 Because she understands how “Hunger is a really huge prob ' . .. ‘l many people are walking the lem iti Canada." Leiske said in an . 5 h tightrope of need, panicularly this inteniew at her studio, the old 1867 ' ' year. schoolhouse at K-W Bilingual \ - W “All it takes is one little stretch of School. s‘k ‘ . a bad luck. An illness. or going from "And I learned that about 80 per ’ r t . two incomes to one," she said. cent ofihe peoplewho use the food . V)" ‘ “Hunger in this community batik are children. So that was ‘s’ “ w ’ ' , doesn't always look the way we important for our kids to know. i“ " think it does." there are kids my age. in my neigh- ' bourhood. who come to school Jake Leiske. centre, is surrounded by four students who wrote an original song for her annual Christmas CD, Set without anything to eat." a Place at Your Table. From left to right are Quinn Ruby. holding Leiske’s dog Lola, Abigail Mathew, Emily Nigh< For her efforts. leiske was given man and Kate Cebulski. this year's Nelson Jarvis [)istin» (unanimous '“‘“'“"‘°‘° Set a Place at Your guished Volunteer Award by the “She really puts her heart into Halloween. This year's CI) includes food batik A surprise presentation it." Friendship-Keller said. “She‘s “W I] h h 80 school students and 50 who take TableyVOIume 5 was made at Sunday's Set a Place at not promoting herself. She's trying 9 a t Dug I ofour private lessons. Two days in the Available at: glam Taplt» concert held at the to make sure noflone goes hungry iii past Christmases, and sclti’ool {:38 followed by two more K-W Bilingual School, 600 Erb. ncess ,inema. our community. . - in e s in. v “She has a unique talent. and In the past, the children have weJOIned all ofour A bevy of local professmnal Ezra-mom Capital 80 King St. she’s uniquely placed in our com» trekked out to Swamp Studios in memories togetherj" musicians donated their time 5__ Unit 101 ' munity." said Ruth Friendship- Stratford. owned by leiske and her Deuce Design donated the artwork. Princess Café 46 King St. N. Keller. the food bank's manager of partner lay Riehl. This year. it made fwd? Mathew The result? The 18 tracks include (lost‘ $20 _ l’roceeds to the community partnerships. sense logistically to bring the ‘07 ’he‘"5”"“"""f°' ”’9 “up“ [4 holiday favourites that run the Food'Bank ofWaterloo Region Sales of the Cl) have netted recording equipment to the school (.hrislmrusongonSeta ”(rpm Y0” gamut of musical taste. including a more than 514.000 over the past for two 12<h0ur days working with Tab!“ WI”"'€5 Ray Charles~inspired 'Rudolph'. four years. and each dollar raised the various choirs. There's The Man in the Mirror.' a pttm'des about $8 worth of food to “The sound surprised me. It Hie finished product required a nod to Michael Jackson. There are the region‘s needy. really came off great." leiske said. lietculean effort that started before also three original songs. including ‘ V ' - ' I ‘ ‘ I l l ‘ ‘ ‘ M ‘ ! Chnilmai Gift Ideas At Cedarland lumber 8 auna Cu . l ‘ . ' g . f ‘ Infra Rod Saunas . 880 Go . .7 i . van Wobomo Mots .. .. 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