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lâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"__â€"â€"â€"_â€"'â€"'__’ 7,77 . i4 - WATERIIX) CHRONICLE - Wednesday. December 21. 20I i WWâ€"WWWWâ€"VWWWWWâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"Wâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"' ‘ 7" 7‘ it it Illi’t |\l7(7| I? l R d . . e llClIl e 1' 18 ff " " " W ,7. l ) ' . l .\li( ) l l .\ l ) l O C C O C i Local mother ralsmg awareness about meningitis 7_ 7 W 7777 7777 l ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ . l Bvcmmttmmw-u Free hohday meal ' w - .. . o r . _ , for those tn need .’ ichael Longo was just 19 . 1 years old when he woke up at ‘ 7 0n BOXIIIg Day : home one Saturday morning ‘ . . l with fill‘llkt‘ .svmptoms and a pain in With 5L 10h“? SOUP kitchen C1059}! {0' {toxins ‘ his side. Within hours. he was unconâ€" Day. Waterloo’s “'5‘ ”ml“! Church '5 continuing ‘ “mus. its annual holiday tradition of hosting a free holi- The St. David (Iatholic Secondary : ‘. day meal on Dec. 26~ _ School student was rushed to Grand - The meal starts at “33034“- and 8095 “m" 1330 River Hospital. where he was diagv '2_,_ p.m...andeveryor_ieiswelcome. . _ . ”used with "It’ningiiis~ ' ' Kitchener restdents can obtain a bus ticket in l “It changes verv rapidlv, within an ' “ .. g advance at St. John's Kitchen or the Working Cen- hour or two." said his mod,” Kathryn tre. Return tickets are available at First United lilain. . .s ‘ Church, at the comer of King and William Streets. "As soon as meningitis was men after the meal. _ tioned. the doctor told us this is very .. Free bus tickets: dated Dec. 26. are provrded serious. He may not survive. It was sur- ' courtesy 0f Grand River Trans". real. You go from a very healthy person 0 o i- a few hotirs ago to an unbelievable ng In the NCWYeal' diagnosis." . o Michael was airlifted to Toronto Wlth the City Ofwatel‘loo (ieneral Hospital. where he died very . . . h . . v . . early that “1mm“, morning. [K Ring in 2012 mt Waterloos communit) activt- i As Blain left the hospital just a few Ies. . . V . . '. . . l limits later. she asked about an inforr ‘ Nev: Yeafrs Pi": dcm’mes thro‘ugihguthatfrloosf l tnatioii or support group for meningir "in“! ion act 1 '85 are suppor e \ e "y .0‘ “x “WW wasn‘t one Waterloo and by generous contributions from its That was in 1995. In H397. Blain . pat‘ltgtersih rt at ’ of thr loc t' th founded the Meningitis Research Kathryn Slain, founder of the Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada, lost her W l "1] e g? y oneth Wie l agons. . cl l'otindation of (Laiiada to raise aware son to the disease and is trying to raise awareness for other families. a er 90 pu It square. e 3 er oo ‘ emoria . . . . . .m.... , Recreation Complex or RIM Park. tress. support families and stinitors. ‘mwmm "”0 0 Th ’Wat ”00 ublic uare's fam'l 'C lebration and help fund research. out of fear and partially out of ignor provides protection against four strains e ‘entc ) (from?) m S? ii) in ddd : tu es a f m the ”m“ "f h“ “Tl tbl‘c ne (is ”we“ 8‘" ”‘0" 'th "fmemngi‘is' sV £2253 N wvep' 's'celebra? riatg f: writh death. there was no vac 1? pl 1 6' don't arm themselves. According to Linda Black. manager hestvorlcs slÂ¥owcbv FstWorx lnc '0 p. ‘ a 1 me that would have [0 101010 llOlU [0 get Unless there's an otit- of the vaccine preventable disease prof There trill my; be free hot chocolate face aim- plt‘Vt‘nlctl Multan-I front their children break in their commii- gram for the Region ofWaterloo‘s pub in and a I)! skate a rby'l'hunderstorm ”Fiduc- ilie strain of meningitis . titty. they don't worry." lit: health department. this vaccine is “(in Tim Hollandllh? u ttamer and h' hilar- Illtll killed him. uaccmated, Blain said. provided at school to students in Grade iousbfn'ends will be'hostIiJn p31: everiin '5 ”I“ ha" changed. whether (’1? “Awareness is huge. 7' The Waterloo Memorilal Recreatign (\omplex but .d rec em P0” .lmh. province pavsfor ”I? FUN.” needs f.” , lhe vaccine 15. effective for “so to will have a free public sm'm from 7 to 8:30 pm, at (alt d man} pt oplt . ~" knots how to get lhtll‘ the years dtptnding on Iht strain and the Swim lex g ace rmittin and a familv skate ' don‘t know about the I! or not. children vaccinated. at this time no booster is recommend at the $unllife hrsna frgem 7 to Sim ‘ ‘ ”Hm“ film“)? M -Kathryn Blain ““9””? the provtnce ed 3“,“.‘ha‘ . , ,. RIM Park hasafree public skate fromTp,m.t09 meningitis and \attines . pays for it or not. It 5 just this age group. they re more b P'll , d . . . k F .i\‘tiilal)le m ( “'de Meningitis Reseanh (‘urrently the high risk .. Black said . pm. at l. C i ers an Optimist nn 5. or more : .. r , foundation offluuulxt ‘. . 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