Easter Seals aid helps Manitoba children realize potential
The Easter Seals campaign runs through March to fund services by the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities. It supports over 1,500 children including Scott Stewart who uses a wheelchair and attends regular school with a personal assistant. Services include wheelchairs, therapy, camping, and a preschool for Deaf or Hard of Hearing children.
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Society For Manitobans With Disabilities
SMD
Scott Stewart
Easter Seals
Scott
Manitoba
Steinbach
Morden
Dauphin
Thompson
Selkirk
Winnipeg
Marquette Board Deliberates Spiritual Care Committee
Fourteen members attended the Marquette Regional Health Authority board meeting. They tabled establishing a spiritual care committee for one year and noted current needs are met by existing committees. Sandra Delorme reported strong turnout at a public meeting on building a new personal care home to replace East View Lodge.
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Marquette Regional Health Authority
Sandra Delorme
C.E.O
Neepawa
East View Lodge
Marquette
Rossburn
Rebekah Lodge Busy Start to 2000 Activities
Grace Rebekah Lodge 35 members kept active in early 2000 hosting a January birthday party at Birch Lodge Hamiota honoring D D P Shirley Bell on her final visit. February brought Whist games with high and low scores recorded by Helen Johns Marie Brooks Art Morris and Wimp Sheardown. Over 400 dollars was raised and a trophy was donated for a 4 H district visual presentation plus a pledge to fund community hall tables.
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Grace Rebekah Lodge
Birch Lodge
Hamiota
D.D.P
Shirley Bell
Shoal Lake
Helen Johns
Marie Brooks
Art Morris
Wimp Sheardown
Manitoba expands CAP sites to 586 with $11.1M deal
John Manley and Jean Friesen announce a cost sharing Memorandum of Agreement totaling up to 11.1 million to quadruple Manitoba CAP sites from 146 to 586 including 200 new Winnipeg sites. The plan ties into Connecting Canadians to widen access via schools, libraries and community centres as a community resource network.
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John Manley
Industry
Jean Friesen
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Government of Canada
Canada
Manley
Friesen
Hamiota planning spring clean-up and Planter Day
Unusually warm weather boosts spring mood as Hamiota Communities in Bloom launches a one day yard clean up blitz with volunteers clearing debris. Les and Neil Gregory offer removal of old buildings and Gregory Sand and Gravel will arrange professional fits. Planter Day set for May 6 at the Municipal parking lot with greenhouse representatives offering plant advice.
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Hamiota Communities In
Bloom
Les
Neil Gregory
Gregory
Hamiota
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