NEW SUPPORT SERVICE

GR ADUATING TEENS, who fall: prey to the temptation of
excessive: substance abuse during the annual mass rite of
passage known as grad night, have a new support service to

draw on.

This morith the B.C. Ambulance
Service community service division

is expanding. its successful Ride of

‘Your Life program to the North
-Shore and ‘other Lower Mainfand
communities,

The free service has been pro- *

vided (to students ‘in B.C. com-
munities such as Victoria, Vernon
and Kelowna for several years
already. -

The Ride of Your Life abjective
is to offer, a safe, ‘free alfernative
to driving being driven while
'. one’s ability to-do so-is question-
able...

. Uniformed off-duty. ambulance
personne] “donate their time. to
3, provide... free!
grads. =

Vehicles. for the program are.
Locally |
p will .also be available in North

donated by -car- dealers.:
- Dave: Buck : Ford: is providing: 12

* “vehicles for” use on ithe: North ©

Shore) ok
: To keep: “the “fleet

'Chevion i is providing free fuel:
ICBC. is. donating’ insurance to
cover the drivers and vehicles. Said

-dinator and West’ Vancouver’ unit

chief of the. Provincial. Ambulance -

‘Service, » Wayne’ Galbraith:
Beca se we. are” “professional

we-have secured a’ policy’

transportation to’ -

“moving,

ran

Ry MICHAEL BEC KER,

News Reporter

with ICRC far $10" million liability
coverage,

The cars’ will be dispatched via
cellular telephones donated ~ by
B.C. Cellular.

The two dispatch centses serving...

the Lower Mainland and. South

| Coast areas anticipate handling: as
“many as 3,500 calls between 8 p.m.

and’ 7 a.m.. to the -end of: this
month |.

Galbraith estimates the 15 to 20
off-duty North Shore ambulance
drivers alone wili be providing 7M).
to 1,060 rides. :

The service. will “be operating os
locally for all high schools:in both’

North Vancouver and West Van-
couver June 24 and June 252:Rides

Vancouver only, June 29.
The program is supported by the:

“North Vancouver RCMP, West

Vancouver Police, the. two. North

. Shore “school. districts, . MADD,
_ McDonald's,
“Ride of. Your: Life:-coor-".

‘London, Drugs,

Mckim, Printing Lad. and Quill,

‘Printing ~ Ltd: "
Students wishing to use ‘the free:

service can call:the. Ride’ of Your
Life dispatch ‘centre’ at 660- 6897
between 8 p.m. and-7a.m.-:

- airor bus, it’
‘ eel away, “

\

~ Sunday, June 12, 1988 ~ Neasth Share News

students

graduate.

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NEWS phato Tom | Burlay:

DAVE BUCK: Ford owner Martene Ruck front eft, “Bruce Barker ‘of Guill Printing: front right, West Vane: ne
_ couver unitechief of the Provincial “Ambulance Service Wayne Galbraith, third from front: right, and North
Vancouver unit chief of the Provincial Ambulance Service ‘Tim Jones; sight from front right, are jel

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