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cooking class, I’ve told
you how. I meet with the.
members of the. |
Neighbourhood House «

month:to show. ‘them -
how to. cook. ~up'a decent ;
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who has a vision of a better
world. That sounds awfully
bald and corny, doesn’t it. but
he knows from his own expe-
rience that lives can be trans-
formed if the will is there.
Making the decision is hard-
est. David turned his own life
inside-out, and since he has _
set himself up to pass on the
way and the means by which~
he achieved it.

His childhood and school-
ing in West Vancouver was

‘pretty carefree, and by the .

time he was in his twenties

“he'd begun a persona! fitness
_ company which paid so, well it

started him on the downhill |

path. The old old recipe: wine,’

women and song. He went all _
the way to the bottom, was
actually down and out and
dépending on welfare and the:
Food Bank, when he finally”
got the message. It said:

- “Change your life, Dave, but

don’t stop there. tr s time tu -
change the world.”
That’s what he calls his

foundation, Change the World...

He'started it: with Christmas in

1987, when people are more

_ likely to be thinking about”:

others than themselves. That

* was when he organized the
» first North Shore Community |

Christmas Dinner, which has.”
.., become a Christmas fixture
‘ever since, thanks to the

*-.,) Steadily increasing number of. -
: «":Jocal- business and community-
of people. who contribute food,

' money ‘and: their-own time.

: But-you‘can’t spread one:

vod dinner, vat Christmas over a
. whole year. There has to be a

: year-round | awareness of need.
‘and there has to’be a change in

‘the mind-set; both of the

needy recipients and of the” 2
fixers. David was acutely

~ aware of the welfare merry- '

pace, cupboards fof coun and a-
ooking island that’s ‘perfect.
or:both’ observation a and par-”

“And we don’ t have to pay a-
e; which means the men’s
‘ontributions' go just towards
‘ood food.’ ‘There must be a
atch; you say, pecple don’t :
‘0 around these days giving
pace : ‘and electricity and the
“use of appliances: without
lemanding a return, .eh? How
“come? For the: answer we g0 |
‘David Foster,.a young man -
‘he’s’still in his shirties: —:

go-round: he knew the danger

of the dependency factor and
*-he feels very strongly there is ©
areal flaw in both the lan-

< guage and the intent of unem-
. ployment-insurance. As it is, it
‘ amounts to simply going along.
. with the status quo. There’s no

spur to take charge yourself,

no motivation to dig in and get |

off the dreary treadmill.
David thinks the best. way ~

». to start is to use different

words. Hand up, he says, as in
we’ll give you a hand up so ~-

-you can see where you. your-

self want to take hold: And we

flatly negative. We call you
“not yet employed.” There's a
future in words like those.
We'll help you upgrade your
skills, we'll teach you man-
agement of yourself and your
life. we'll give you food and
smart clothes to help your

- self-esteem, but it will all be

for a defined period and if you
haven't by then turned around.
it's good-bye Charlie. Change
your attitude and your intent,

_ we'll help you as hard as we
“can, but its your call. -

Think it over. lis a bit stun-
ning, isn’t it, to take on chang-
ing the world? Chap’s got in
over his depth, wouldn't you

“ say? But go down and see

what he’s done, justin The

Harvest. There's a huge store-

room lined with shelves hold-

ing masses of food which is

.. given freely to the hungry’
“according to their cheice. °
There are racks of clothes -

(mostly men’s at the moment),

‘a low from that. smart shop...

Trevenen in Park Royai.-
Baskets of bread come daily

from the Bread Tree, the
": Starbucks people sénd huge:
‘drums of ground coffee.

‘You'll be astonished.
~My’ North Shore Credit -

‘Union is one of the. founding
‘supporters of this enterprise,

along with Sutton Realty.:.

It really is a new way to
cope. It could change the
world.

‘Ada Leung

Pharmacist

CAPSULE COMMENTS

Two of the biggest enemies of drug
stability are heat and moisture.
Therefore, the bathroom is not the
ideal place to keep your medicines.
Store in a cool, dry place, away
from direct sunlight and away
from the reach of children.

Poison Prevention Weck is coming

up on March 19. It’s a time to raise.

awareness of the causes of poison-
ing in the home.. Look at your
home from a child’s point of view

‘and see if the cleansers, medica-

tions and other potential poisons
are safely out of reach. it could
save a life.

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"Wildlife Story Time. ‘Motiday,, ‘March 20, 1:00 p. m. Oo be
Alison Haupt shares some of, her favourite wildlife stories. , wy

Paper Magic.

“Tuesday, March fs 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 pe m: Cost: $2: 00.

Children will make a variety of beautiful paper projects,

Bears of British Columbia. Wednesday, March 22, 1 pum.
Presented by Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society. .

Endangered Anima! Art.
Thursday, March 23, 10:30 a.m. & 2: 30 p.m. ‘Cost: $2: 00
_ Children will make window transparencies depicting animals.

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“Tales From the Talking Tree. Friday, March 24, 1 p.m. .
Puppet show performed by: Nonesuch Tales & Puppets.

Reptile Round-Up. Saturday, March’ 25, noon n to 4 p. mm.
» The Association of Reptile Keepers show their live reptiles.

Lynn Canyon Family Hike. Sunday, March 26, 7 p.m.
_ Join us fora leisurely walk in ‘the Park

” Attention Teachers! Spring School P rograms,

April through Ju une. There are still some spaces s so 0 book now! ope

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