Togs for tots NEWS Mike Wakeficid ANGELA Gamboa, with daughter Natalia, shopped Gueen Mary school’s clothing and sports equipment exchange and sale March 17. Money raised through the sale wil! be put towards a school assembly pre- sentation by Green Thumb Theatre. items left over frorn the sale were donated to charity. FOOD & DRUG Bathroom Tissue 24 Roll or Double 12 Roll. FIRST ONE - Combined varieties. Mutltigrain Brea Sliced. 450 g. SAVE at ieast $1.66 | | undraising walk looks for support From page 13 communities — throughout B.C., the three cities have been challenged. In the M Municipal Challenge, the Nerth Shore conununity with the highest proportional representation will receive a plaque to be displayed in the community, and bragging rights until the 200i event. AH money raised stays in B.C. and is used in providing mobility equipment to peo- ple in need; education, infor- mation and advocacy sup- port; and support coun- selling services. All participants — will receive a fight breakfast cour- tesy of Bread Gardens when they gather at Ambleside Park before the 9 a.m. start. er walking the seawall to Dundarave Pier, biscotti and coffee will be served by the crew at the Beach House before the walk back to Ambleside and a Bread Garden lunch. Each participant — is required to raise a minimum of $75 in pledges, and last year the North Shore con- tributed $40,000 out of a total of more than $500,000 raised that day throughout B.C. This year the goal is $700,000, with $50,000 the North Shore target. A variety of prizes will be handed out to the top fundraisers. th the Mayors’ Municipal Challenge I figure we can do much greater than that,” said Lunden. “Particularly with West Vancouver mayor Ron Wood in tull support. His mother has had MS for 40 years, and has spent the last 20 in a wheelchair. Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world, and B.C. leads the country. Lunden attributes that to the climate, which attracts a for of people who can use their wheelchairs in the middle of winter in our mild climate. There is currently a hage research project at UBC and the London Hospital into the possible genetic compo- nent of MS. Lunden is ever hopeful a cure will be found, and will be at his familiar sport at Safeway in West Vancouver the weekend of April 1-2 to sign up participants for the Super Cities Walk and visit friends. “I want to dance check to cheek with my wife, and walk on the beach with my kids in Hawaii,” he said, convinced it will happea. “If you had as much pas- sion for software as you do raising money for MS, we'd all be millionaires,” quipped his former boss Steve Clippingdale of Luminous Technologies Inc. Clippingdaie is a North Shore resident and avowed MS supporter. Anyone wanting to par- ticipate _in the Royal Bank Super Cities Walk/Run for MS is urged to contact their mayors, phone 689-3144, fax 689-0377, or catch Lurden outside the West Vancouver Safeway April 1-2. You can’t miss him. He’s the one with the perpetual Friday, March 31 Ipm-6pm Saturday, April 1 1 lam-4pm SPRING BLOWOUT! UP TO vA 5 %, fF CASH OR VISA ONLY OFFICE WEAR pants, shirts, jackets, blouses, knits, skirts & dresses CASUAL WEAR denim pants, jackets, shorts, vests, blouses, tshirts, 2 pee track sets, polar fleece, & berber jackets, 1/2 zip tops-vests SAPAPLES ASSORTED STYLES 4ST AVENUE