WII1TBYIFREE PUSS, WEDNEqSDAY,,JANUARY 24,1990, PAGE 29 Moevolunteers niUeeded- for Block Parents prgam^ BY Julie Parsons More volunteers are'needed. to keep alive 'the Block' Parents program in Whitby and Brooklin.ý Bock Parents now only serve four of -the' 15 areas in Wity Brooklin, according to Debbie Bennett resident of the organi- zation for this area. Volunteers distribute information about the prora to schools. Block Parents, a Canada-wide organization, is designed to in- crease child awareness and pro- moto safety.. . Prospective Block Parents must be screened by the police. Even if only one peson in a family wants to' be a Block Parent, ail the members, over age 16, of that individual's home' must be screened. Block parent signs are -only given ta an indivi- dual when he or she reaches age 18. With an information sheet attached to the back of a card, Block Parents are informed of procedures to follow as weII as when to have their sign dis- played.' "Ail we ask is that they put the sign in the window when available,» says Kathy Hird, West Lynhde sehool area chair- man. The Whitby/Brooklin group of Block Parents meets 'once' a month on the second Thursday of each month. at the Whitby station of b#.rham Regional Police. Block Parents are also eligible to join the organizing committee. There is now a shortage of both committee members and area chairmen. Once a yearý the chairman con- tacts ail of the Block Parents in his/her area té check that they are still living at that address and are still interested in being Block Parents. Chairinen each look after one school area. The work ini the school ranges from kindergarten to* gade 8. The informhation taught can be different from kin- Skate- amThon on Feb. 10 The l9th annual Kinsmen Skate-A-Thon will b. held on Saturday,, Feb. 10, 9 a.m. te 3 p.m. at Irouois Park. Ali elementary schools in Whitby participated in last year'e event, with 742 skaters raising money for tih. Canadian CystiC Fibrosis Foundation. A !ci cls participating will freceive 10 per cent of the total funds raised by their students. The tep two pledge-raisers this year wil receive- a 10-speed,,Al Ter Terrain bicycle or Sega Mas- ter System or Nintendo control deck. The third- and fourth-highest pledge-raisers wîil receive a 35mmautfýcus camera or radio- cassette player. The fifth- and sixth-highest will receive a Walk- man-stle jpersonal stereo or radio controfled car. The seventh-, eighýth- and ninth-highest pledge raisers will receive a skateboard or Swatch- style novelt1 watch. The next six highest wili receive Win, Loose or Draw,- or Pictionary-style games. Additional prizes, including free grab bag, balloons, 'McDonald's coupons, certificates and drinks, will b. awarded te on-ice skaters. on the day of the skate-a-thon. Participating students need only get sponsors' names and addresses. Students wiIl not handie money. dergarten to grade. 8, depending on the awareness level of each school. Usually a film is shown to -the children afler' which there is a question veriod. Children- are also taughÎt when it is appro- griate to use a ibi ck Prnt oeand héwto d ca pos-. sibký proble m sitatijn. Bennett. has bee i volved in the program for fiv4and.a haîf years, and has been >rsident for almost two years. Although the'bylaw has' been changed to. allow the two-year presidency limit to extnd to four years if necessary,-Bennett hopes someone in the orgaization will come forward ana volunteer to talc. overher position when her terni is up., Whitby woman a mong Canadians to give aid in British Guyana- By Scott Launie A young Whitby woman 18 one Of 35 people chosen from across Canada te go te, British Guyana for three months. Kim Torok of Whitby and the other 34 participants will be heading for South Ainerica with the Youth Challepge Inter- national group in August. She is currently a student at Waterloo University, enrolled in the kinesiology program. Before being chosen for the mission, the participants had te complete a 'two-daLy endurance test conducted at the army base in. .Borden. The test was used te monitor the group's response te adverse conditions which they will encounter in some locations during the tnp. The purpose of this trip is mainly medial assistance for the countr»y. The students will assist in providing sight-restori*ng cataract surgery; mobile medical units, which will -b. going te the- remoe rainforest regions of the country; community service pro- jects which will involve restering schools and community centres; and there will also be a hydro power research study conducted. Torok says that they are acquiring ail their sur *cal equiprnent from Toronto medcal suppliera but hier expenses muet b. covered bY Pivate and cor- p orate donations. She must rai-se $3,000 in order te piarticipate. 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