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WATERIDO mmlufi-Wednesday. swim 24. 2014 - 11 Watchi n g them blossom Emmanuel child care centre celebrates 50 years ofplantmgseeds l BvBonVIuwuc g I; “by” W .2 Growing in drought-like I ou know you've been around for 88', Ya while when kids who have A conditions tJ26 been a part of your child care i 6. Looking for a solution to a gardening dilemma? program are now bringing in their own ‘ Then join the Waterloo Horticultural Society for kids or even grandkids to your centre. { ‘ "-3- the monthly meeting Sept. 26. 7:30 pm. at the That’s when you know you've A , Adult Recreation Centre. 185 KingSt. S..Waterioo. become part of the fabric of a commu- â€" The unsettled weather in the last decade has niry like Emmanuel at Brighton Child . made gardeners seek new solutions to common Care Centre, which celebrated 10 years troubles "lire society’s guest speaker. Trish Symons. at its current location and 50 years will outline her success in dealing with drought since the program was first founded at conditions by creating raised scree beds. aspecial ceremonylast Saturday. ‘ The hard work is at the beginning and then - Local dignitaries joined some of these gardens are the least labour intensive of all those grown up kids and current farni- gardens. [its who use the service located in a for All are welcome to come to the meeting to learn met convened public school that is still . g; ..- What the society is all about. Annual memberships a focal point for the neighbourhood. " '~- are $10 and are available during the evening, Brighton public school was slated Bonnie Zehr, Penny Curtis and Kelly Birth-Baker have been some of the driving WHICH“ will be also served and the“! is a for closure a decade ago when the forces behind Emmanuel at Brighton child aremtreforthelanSOyurs. mmmmmgc- backers of the child care program at III-Wm For more information call Kathy Pearson at 5l9~ [ Emmanuel United Church in uptown because she was very forceful and wasâ€" for by providing unique experiences. 7474857 0" visit the “New website at Waterloo joined the city and former n't one tobeargued with including a new natural play area wwwgtrdenontaimorg/sitephp/watedoo. ’ Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft to preserve “It was a vision indeed. and the inspired by trips to assistant supervisor its place in the community. The pur~ church got on board because they saw Kelly midi-Baker's country home. HomeCOInjng and pose of taking care and educating chil- it as an outreach project. The really "I used to take a groupofdifldren to dren continued under Emmanuel. filled a void when women were starting my country home every year and we won Weekend while the old school's back lot became to get into the workforce” saw a diaerent kind ofplay happening.” . ' . . the site of a unique housing develop- Now childcare h” become a necesâ€" said Birch-Baker. “In a playground full ,1” homecoming weekend It Wilfrid laurier 1 mem called the Brighton Yards Housing sity for most families. and Emmanuel of pluck equipment. kids are standing ”MW 26 to 51" 23. while the ”WW Co~op. itseifhasawaitingl'ntofmorethanm around waiting their turn â€" they ofWIta‘loocdcbratesMIriitmalltSth7. At its core. Emmanuel‘has been kidsfor i598d1ildâ€"arespmAcces- weren'tactive [noddidontothehomecomlnglootballgame about creating memories. and some of sibility ofchlldcare has become crucial 'Their creativity and imagination on Saturday, | pm. m the MM" Car- those memories were collected on dis- and the centre even provides guaran- take over in a natural play space. They leton, there are also a number Mother event; For plays in the former school's gymnasium teed spots to researdiers at the nearby have a natural curiosity and when you a‘ full , ['5‘ . V's“ launeralum- capturing faces from the last half-cen- Perimeter Institute to help in the let that blossom they want to learn and n1.ca/alummlhornecormng-20M. tury. recruitment process for the think tank, it givesthem a lifelongloveofleamrng. . The U“! “mm?" 20” 313° features the War- A lot of those faces are still familiar said Bonnie Zehr, the current supervi» Since Emmanuel's been at Brighton '10“ m “"0" W them at I W“- at Wamor to Penny Curtis. the former supervisor sor at Emmanuel. they've added another room and two “614' as well as a fun run. open houses “"4 a ‘ of the program who retired in 2007 after The battle for child-care space is still new full toddler programs. “We have reunion km“? lecture for Olympic gold .m‘?‘ l 33 years ofhelping create those memo» something that resonates with people the capacity to expand more if we see Heather Moyse. For more Information V's” ‘ ries She staned working with the pro- today. and the childâ€"care workers at theneed todo so." said 72hr. in explain www.uwaterloocalalumnlIreunlon/schedule- ‘ mam under Theresa Schiel. who found- Emmanuel acknowledge that accessi- ing their commitment to the next 50 events 1 ed the pr ram with Dr. Phil Voelker biliry is still a problem today. years. when the-(lgea of providing child care ‘Spaces are still few and far between ‘The need was so great and we ‘ MarY'Allen Studio Tour outside of the home was still a rather and accessibility is an issue." said Cur needed more space.” said Curtis about Th M Jule St d T . f Se ,. unique concept. (is. "It is still too expensive for a lot of all theehanges. “It's a miracle â€" no one "8' at WW8 [A u '0 our '5 S“ or ‘ l" “ “ “They saw there was a need for child people.” thought we could pull it 03’. I still don‘t ‘ I," up own lac-4192;)“ . _ h ' ‘ 1 care and parent support. and they were That's why Emmanuel at Brighton know how we did it except that we had h ,Or ":10.” I T] “is.” fartistsh 3“ ”I,” "if “‘1’ the go getters.“ said Curtis, "She was remains important. It provides the high a woman mayor and she didn't oppose ‘ t i" stu a m t e P” K ”r a l "w am " "”‘ also the nun person at the right time. quality childcare every parent is looking it. she thought it was a good idea.” V event. ' more mm www.maryallt'ntuur ‘ ”m 0 Elect Rick Kapoor 519-497-5893 I 519-880-9334 0 . Ward 4 Councmor rkapoor@kapgroupservrces.com a /\ult- Ull"("‘.l’('r21‘|lv20' l - I! Is tune to move forward brill; tag new experienced ideas!