a 34 - Wedriesday, October 20. 1899 - Nurth Shore News Halloween fundraising UN! LOYAL to its roots, the UNICEF Halloween campaign remains a community- based program. _ In 1950, a small Sunday school in the United States decided to collect coins for oneedy children Halloween instead of askir for candy. They sent. their cheque totalling SPote the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). From 1¥52 onward, sever al isolated groups in Canada began sending Fiallowega col- air, Sarthe board, TOry to or, mze a Canadian UNE committee, together representa Light up for the millennium ail women’s organi attiiated with UNICEF to meet in Poronte, This committee gathered the support of heme and school assaciations and the C: aw Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which gave a great boost to their NEWS photo Miko Wakefield SASSY seniors Marie Fountain (jet to right), Betty Pollen amd Daisy Lecomte are holding a ¥Y2K Flea Market from 10 a.m. te 2 p.m. on Satuday at the Kiwanis Tower, 170 East Second in North Vancouver, to celebrate International Veer of the Older Person. Proceeds raised at the sale will be used to light up the tower for the millennium. oe 7 wag Aichambaill, iwural program Yhey col fected SPS .000 that year, Phe UNICEF Ffailoween cam Paign has vrown ine sly in Canada over the $4 veary since ins inception im 1955. Thanks te children across Camda, over $69 milion has been raised for UNECEF to help the world’s: most: vulnerable children. Through the UNICEF small box program, children across Canada are empowered to take action on behalf of the world’s children. The money they collect is helping uphold the rights of millions of chil- dren. Canadian children are helping ensure that other chil- dren are registered at birth, immunized, protected from exploitation, learning, to read, eating, nutritious food and drinking clean water. What started as a small ges- ture by a few concerned chil- dren has grown to be a main- stay of the entire UNICEF program. This tradition is still growing to include butren sales in schools and conimuni- larger counter collection boxes at retail outlets across the country and special chil- dren’s events during the month of October. Key to the campaign’s suc- cess are the children and the dedicated teachers, parents and volunteers who actively participate each year: close to 2 million Canadian children participate in UNICEF Canada’s annual “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF” Halloween campaign; x, CEF’s mainstay B close to 2 milhoa ONICEF boxes are dinky to chools alb over Canada bs UNICEER votuntecrs; a full UNICEF small box of assorted coins averages $2, BM since 1955, over SOY imil- tion has been raised in Canada through the UNICEF small box program; % for 1999, the goal in Canada is to raise $3.8 million at Halloween in support of UNICEF programs to help the most vilacrable children in developing countries; @ 85% of respondents trom across Canada had supported UNICEF through donations to the Halloween program, according to a 1995 Angus Reid study; @ the UNICEF small box program involves clementary school children (Ko to Grade 6). Many pr carry UNIC school students partici; a variety of UNICEE actviti through the UYC (UNICE Youth Campaign); @ the UNICEF box design features the four basic services — education, clean water, health care and nutrition; the back panel gives information on what vour money can buy; @ over 55% of elementary schools across Canada partic pate in the UNICEF Halloween program, ® = businesses participate through the large orange box program, taking donations in October; @ the theme fur 1999 is a child’s right to education. ust found out I can have my insurance, car loan and brokerage service with one Group. This will save me a lot of time!” Rayal Bank Financial Group is more than a. - network of finaaciat partners. It’s a network of people can access a team of understanding specialists to help " you manage every aspect of your financial life. In person, on tha phone or through the Internet, there’s one Group for ail your financial needs, It’s 2 friendly, easy and more efficient way for you to manage your financial affairs. working together to provide you with personal financial advice and a complete range of solutions. Through a single contact in any one of our member companies, you ‘bristina Woschitz CUSTOMER 4 ROYAL BANK * PAS FINANCIAL GROUP a