immy

Timmy’s Christmas
Telethon launched the
holiday season by rais-
ing $4,874,556 for the
B.C. Lions Society for
Children with
Disabilities.

The 23rd annual telethon
broadcast last weekend
throughout the province on
CBC TV and its B.C. affili-
ates.

It featured a collection of
Canadian entertainers, high-
lighted by recording artists
Michelle Wright and The
Rankins.

Hosts Red Robinson,
Gloria Macarenko, Laurie
Thain and Stu Jeffries carried
the show through twelve
hours of heart warming sto-
ties of children with great
aspirations; of volunteers and
fundraisers who truly sym-
bolize the holiday spirit; and
of cop Canadian entertain-
ment.

But it was the kids who
stole the show. This year’s
society ambassadors, |0-year-
old = Robbie —_— Berkowski
(Timmy) and 11-year-old
twin sisters Angela and Carly
Plateras (the Tammys), were
at the telethon for the entire
12 hours of the show.

As well, more than 40
children with special needs
from all over the Lower
Mainland came to Vancouver
to participate in the telethon
— charming everyone who
crossed their paths and clear-
ly demonstrating what chil-
dren with special needs can
accomplish with the help of

hon a success

Children With Disabilir
The tunds raised by the
telethon support the impor-
tant work of the B.C. Lions
Society tor Children with
Disabilities. The BC Lions
Society for Children) with
Disabilities a s children
with all kinds of special
und provinee-
alized services like

three Easter Seal Camps, two
: ] Houses, the Lions
Care Centre,
Grants, three

al surgeries such
transplants, cleft
ction of

funding
as hear
palates or the corr
certain birth de

Patient comiori

have 13 college scholarships

upport youth with di
abilities to further their edu-
cation,

It is important for every
one who called in a pledge to
submit their donations as
soon as possible. All cheques
and money orders should b
sent to the Lions Society of
B.C., Suite 300, 177 West
7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC,
V5Y 1KS.

NEWS photo Mike Wekefleld

THE Auxilitary to Lions Gate Hospital has ralsed $188,000 to have eight patient
jounges renovated. Checking out the refreshed facilities at the official opening
last week were (from ieft): Kaarina Moore and Bonnie Conacher from the auxil-
liary gift shops and patient Tony Reid.

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