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FlfSl UHItefl ChUI’Ch IS continuing a Friends. , holiday tradition by offering a free meal to those in Was it the marshmallows? they 3 ‘ need in the local community from 11:30 a.m. to seemed to he a popular addition to the 1:30 p.m. V . hot chocolate the 27 students in Farah . a“, EYEI'YODE IVS welcome. and p90pie In neeVd can l-‘ateniizadeh (irooni's class sold as E1” V obtain a bus ticket In advance 8V! St. thVnS Kitchen Frosty the Snowman's favourite com- . 3 Of the Working (Vienna Return tickets Mil be avail- fon food for the charity fundraiser. . able at FUStV United Church after the Vmeal. Grand The candy canes were also a nice “V 1'». River Transit is provtding free bus tickets dated touch, adding a little peppermint pick» 8 Dec. 26- V V me-up to the cup ofhot cocoa, V Q” a First United Church is located at 16 “minim St. But the real clincher was the warm 3 a s; .V - . W. in Waterloo. at the comer of King and William ' hugs that went with every package of J ” , Streets. Snowman Soup. and the kids that " 7‘. , delivered them. it seems a lot of people ~V fix Applimtions available couldn't turn down being warmed up A ._ s .. ' ‘ , on both the in and the outside. 3?. _ . for Bumngcanadas “That was our whole premise, to 5 , . give everybody a warm hug and put 3 ad "‘ bl school sod 3 2 V SChOIaI Ship pr 09 all] smile on their face at R0()l-‘_" said Farah Fatemiz eh-Gtoom's Gradedclass at Empire pu it: rat 1. 15 n , . . . Fatemiradehâ€"(iroom. support of R.0.0.F. by selling Snowman Soup (really hot chocolate). inggglimw'agzgggzé Egggggingfgfle llerV class has been doing the “WM” organizationsscholarship pro V fundraiser for a couple of years. she chocolate, 26 boxes of candy canes but more than the sense of accom- The scholarship is open gitomslt‘udents in their said, and have even tied the effort to and 19 bags of marshmallows. And plishment they got from running a final year of high school who have worked to end the classroom curriculum _ putting anyone running a distribution centre successful fundraiser was knowtng bull 'n in their schools and communities It's to together a business plan and using would be happy with their final statis- they were helping kids in crisis in the aid gag with their V . . . . . - post secondaryeducation. persuastve writing. marketing tech- tics â€" ofthe hundred} oforders they community. V The first round has three scholarships one for niques and math to complement the placed only two got mixed up. "it was well worth It for the amount $500 and two for $250 with more to follow in the sales drive. "Out of L400 bags packed we only of money we raised for ROOF.” said months to come ' “We had to know our math skills made mistakes with two orders and Aidan Wagner, nine. The deadline for applications is lan. 1 2011 and we had to work together.” said served well over 500 people," said “It feels good to help a person who For more information please speak to your’school nineâ€"year-old Alana Watt. who was Fatemizadehflroom. needs help. said classmate Ayub orcontact BullyingCanada. . part of the sales team. “We put up The 5"" salesperson proved to be Fa ‘ . Ap lications can be downloaded online at" posters and put them up around the nine-yearold Sarah Derry. Her warm. Kendra Foord. manager of semces wwwb’ullyin canada ca or can be requested In; school, and put togethcran order form bubbly personality is apparent upon at ROOF. said the youth outreach pro- tele .hone 3 1.377.352.4497 or email for the parents,“ meeting her and left the more than 80 gram exists because of the generosity inf 05b u" 'n m a da ca ' ’ They got final approval of their people who placed orders with her of the community, and thanked the VI 3 ' - business Ian from the school's (:50, hopelessly disarmed by her charm. students at Empire public school for principal famine Sanderson. on Nov. and sales really began to snowball their efforts. The work ROOF does to country Chrismlas 23 at logo am. and have spent the last from there. create a safe and supportive environ- couple of weeks putting their sales “i just kept collecting orders every- ment wouldn't be possible without Dec- 22 at museum 5mm into action. day," said Derry. who sold $8V0 wonh of community support. 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