22 - Sunday, August 21, 1988 - North Shore News

NEWS photo Cindy Bellamy

THREE-YEAR-OLD Melanie plays in the water park at Ambleside in West Vancouver on a recent hot day.

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VOLUNTEERS ARE needed at
North Vancouver’s Playcare
Special Needs Preschool.

The preschool offers a program
designed to meet the needs of
children with social/emotional/
behavioral problems or
developmental delays.

During its 15-year history,
Playcare has grown to include 17
children and their families, a staff
of six professionals and a group of
volunteers.

Mary-Catherine Bellamy, the
president of the non-profit society
which oversees the operation of
Playcare, recently expressed con-
cern that Playcare’s volunteer
needs continue to exceed the
number of available volunteers.

Program volunteers assist the
teachers in the classroom while the
volunteer board of directors pro-
vides policy directives and makes
operating decisions for the pro-
gram.

Bellamy noted, ‘‘Programs like
Playcare provide an excellent op-
portunity for individuals to make a
positive contribution to our com-
munity and one’s personal

NORTH VANCOUVER
251-1116

development.”’

Individuals interested in con-
tributing volunteer support to
Playcare are invited to contact
Mary Ellen Meunier at 988-7115
weekdays. For both program and
board of director volunteers, the
desire to participate is a more im-
portant qualification than experi-
ence,

Playcare’s director Mary Ellen
Meunier explains that the school
offers remedial preschool activities
including many out-of-door pur-
suits during the summer, speech
therapy, and parent education and
support. ‘‘For many of our fami-
lies, the chance to meet and share
ideas with others in a similar situa-
tion is an essential step along the
path of accepting and overcoming
child-rearing concerns and dif-
ficuities,’’ said Meunier.

All activities and aspects of the
program teach coping skills and
strategies to develop appropriate
relationships with peers and adults,
increase skill levels and, through
success experiences, raise the
child’s self concept and general
well-being.

WEST VANCOUVER
926-5541

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volunteers

The overall goal of successfully
integrating children into communi-
ty preschool and school settings as
soon as possible is more attainable
for many children and families,
with Playcare’s support.

Playcare is partially funded, on
a global basis, by the Ministry of
Social Services and Housing. Other
income, including funding for
speech therapy and parent support,
is raised through fund-raising ac-
tivities and donations.

Playcare is located at 600 W.
Queens Rd.

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THE SUMMER extension of the
number 236 bus, linking the
SeaBus to Grouse Mountain, is
proving to be a popular transit
connection.

‘Public response to the summer
extension of the number 236 has
been very positive. Many of the
trips have been filled to capacity
with both visitors and residents,
right from the first day of ser-
vice,’’ said Richmond Mayor Gil
Blair, member of the Vancouver
Regional Transit Commission.
“This is the first year this direct
summer connection has been of-
fered and with such a_ positive
response we can look forward to
operating the number 236 again

next summer.”

The Sea to Mountain route is
designed to provide a direct link
between Lonsdale Quay and
Grouse Mountain and to attrac-
tions along the route such as the
Capilano Suspension Bridge,
Capilano Salnion Hatchery, Cleve-
land Dam, Capilano Regional
Park and the Grouse Mountain
Skyride.

The number 236 Lonsdale
Quay/Grouse Mountain began
service on June 27 and will operate
through the summer to Sept. 4.

The summer route is an exten-
sion of the number 236 Pemberton
Heights route and operates hourly
from approximately 8:30 in the
morning to 10:30 at night.

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