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Christmas is known as a
time for giving and a number
‘of local organizations and

~ businesses have organized.

Campaign

: not used.in
; Christmas hampers will be
’ stored until next year.

Food not used in the
, hampers will stored for
~ emergelléy ‘ise over the year
and also: become part of the
Terrace Churches’. Food
Bank supply... 0°.
| Christmas. kettles, will be

out this Friday and Saturday
~ and next Monday and Tues-

day,
Monies raised also go
toward the hampers and to
relief efforts of the Army.
Army Lieutenant Mike
Hoeft estimated it will take
|. approximately, $20,000 to
finance the hamper program
itself, : ca

He’s predicting a need for
approximately 350 hampers
this Christmas, Pickups for
those begin this Friday. ;

The Army’s mall depot is
open Monday to Friday from
I p.m. to 8 p.m. Hamper ap-
plications are available from
the same office between 1
p.m. and 4 p.m. mo

Food donations can als
be dropped off at marked
boxes at Copperside stores,
Overwaitea, Safeway and
Terrace-Co-ap.

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The Golden Rule Society
will be selling raffle tickets
for its goody bags today and
Dec. 23 at Terrace Co-op.
- Society organizer Juanita

‘Hatton says the bags will be
distributed: to all kinds of
needy people to ensure they
have a week’s supply of food

S for those less for-

20 years...

over Christmas,

Those bags will be

available at the old bottle
depot building behind the

New Terrace Inn Dec, 24 bet-
» ween 1230, pam. and 3:30 -

p.m. “

| Raffle winners willbe an- .

nounced Dec,. 24,

The good bags continue a
, Golden Rule Society tradi-
tion ‘that now stretches over.

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The
Development Centre’s Tree
of Lights campaign began
Dec. 13 when its tree was lit
in the Skeena Mall, Money
raised goes toward centre ac-
tivities.
Donations of $2 to $50 are
recognized by coloured lights
on the tree, They can be
made in your name or on

‘behalf of somebody else.
Names are posted next to the

tree,

Donations will be accepted
up until Dec, 23.

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Skeena Broadcasters put
up its Christmas tree in the
lobby of its building this
week and is once again ac-

cepting gifts for the Salva-.

tion Army's hamper pro-
gram,

As was the case last year,
the. emphasis is on gifts for
teens and senior citizens. Gift

ideas are broadcast-on Cable

10, ., a
‘The gifts are ‘being ac-

, cepted up to Dec. 20, And,
“ please don’t wrap them.

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The Terrace and District
Credit Union is accepting
donations of food and
money for the Salvation Ar-
my hamper program.

Food items can be dropped
off and donations will be ac-
cepted at the credit union; on
Lazelle Ave., during regular
business hours.

Terrace “Chila” :

, Young moms helped

back in school _

hey’

TERRACE —-~ It’s been nearly
three years since Lisa went to

school — back before she got

pregnant.
This fall the 19-year-old Ter-
race girl returned. — not to
Thornhill Jr. Secondary school,
:but to the school district’s new
Young Moms Program. .’
.”. She wants to finish Grade 12,
graduate and go to college for
“business career training.

- Lisa is one ‘of: 20 young
mothers in the program that’s
helping them to-finish school,

‘“*They don’t. just help you
. with school work,’”? she says.
“They help you with everything
— even your personal life.””

She goes to. the program’s
‘classroom’? above a restaurant
on Lazelle Ave. twice each
week, or as often as she can ar-
range a babysitter for her two-
year-old son Michael.

For students who are preg-
nant or have children, it serves
as a place they can go to learn

_ without feeling uncomfortable.

“A lot. of pregnant girls I
know wouldn’t go to school,
because it is really uncomfor-
table,”” Lisa says. “I wouldn’t
go back.’”

So teacher Kim Scott and
assistant Allison Farkvam tutor
the students in the office of the
program, and the students study
at home the rest of the time.
They study four core subjects —
English, math, social studies
and science — as well as life
skills.

Lisa says neither she nor any
of the other young women there
would be resuming their studies
without ‘the program.

“If it wasn't for this, we
wouldn’t be finishing school,”
She says. ‘We'd be sitting
working in a video store
somewhere for $5 an hour, or
else be dependent on some
man.”

Scott, a former home
economics teacher from Skeena
Jr. Secondary, points to the
program's waiting list as proof
of its success.

With 20 students par-
ticipating, the program is full.
Another three girls. going..to
Caledonia Sr. Secondary get ex-

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NEW SCHOOL district program to provide day care for young mothers brought Jolene back to school.

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Dacember 18; 4 got — Page Ad:

On Jolene’s knee is baby Kim while teacher Kim Scott looks on.

tra help through the program
and six more young women are
on a waiting list to get in.

‘For most of them it’s the
only option,’’ Scott said.
“When you have a full program
and a waiting list, it’s obvious
there’s a need,” Sy

Now called PACES, the pro-
gram won't be complete until
it’s other component — a stu-
dent daycare centre — is up and
running,

It was to be a combined
daycare centre and classroom to

., house both the teenage mothers

and babies under one roof. =

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First set to open in February,
it has been pushed back to next
September after the city shot
down the original plan for not
meeting the building code. The
school board is revising a se-
cond plan that was judged too

expensive’ when. construction
estimates came back. at about

$700,000.

“It would be nice to have the
facility built and in place,” said
Micki Lynch, coordinator of
the program. ‘But these things
take time,”

Andrew Scruton, the school

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is waiting for the architect —
Royce Condie and Associates —
to come back with a revised
estimate.

In the meantime they hope to
Open a two-day-a-week
childminding service in the
basement of the Salvation Army ‘
church on Walsh Ave. in the
new year.

Many of the young mothers
in the program can’t take full
advantage of it because of the
expense of paying for daycare
when they need help.

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