FREEDOM comes throu

IT WAS OK for Disraeli.
He’s the one who said,
“Everything comes if a
man will only wait.’’
(Note the pronoun.)

And you can sce him doing
it, in his velvet weskit. Waiting
for his tea “Thank you,
Martha"; waiting for his lunch
—— ‘perhaps a little sole, and a
bit of sponge cake: waiting
for his carriage, waiting for his
sherry, waiting with perfect
confidence that what was due

him would end up on_ his
doorstep.

It did not, however,
translate into an acceptable

philosophy for the old and in-
firm at Lynn Valley Kiwanis
Care Centre.

They nursed no such dreams
of benevolence. They did share
a strong vision of how mar-
velous it would be to have
their own transport.

No use ringing for Martha,
they simply set a formidable
sum as their goal and then
went about amassing it.

They wanted a bus. Of their
very own. And not just your
average run-of-the-mill bus,
either.

It had to be their very own
particular design. It had to ac-
commodate some wheelchairs,

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THE VINTAGE YEARS

and it had to accommodate 2
burch of folks with stiff legs
and painful knees and arthritic
necks, every one of them with
an unmitigated interest in
what’s going on out there and
how much they could get in-
volved in it.

Their bus would
freedom in capital letters.

Think! They could go to the
lap-pool, they could go to a
class at Elder College, they
could go to marvel at the
Christmas lights, they could go
around Sianley Park!

When you’re used to four
walls and an elevator you can
get a real high dreaming of

spell

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Cressey Development
Corporation

683-1256

Monday thru Friday

something as simple as just go-
ing for a drive.

That was Sundavy’s treat for
most of us when we were
growing up. We'd vo for oa
drive. Maybe out there to
Moore’s: Meadow where you
could get a geod view of the
entbanks. Maybe just to check
up oon our favorite blueberry
patch. Maybe to drive past
Carlin’s farm, get some fresh
cEgs.

We'd be refreshed for the
coming week, by having
broadened the horizon for an
hour or two,

But the bus of their dreams
would cost.

Lots.

And skills that earned our
generation a living have been
trampled under foot by com-
puter operators and modem
jockeys and laser technicians.

However, those fancy
technicians still like to cat
cookies, don’t they? They still
keep having babies that need
booties, eh? All of them ad-
mire and covet hand-knitted
sweaters and tuques.

That kind of stuff is right
down our alley.

It took three years, but now
the booties and the tuques and

Hours of Vatue

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935 MARINE DREVE,

Sunday, December 13, 1992 - North Shore News -

th their

the
mounted up to
Imagine.

matrimonial bars have

$25,000!

Some of the residents
plamed hanging baskets of
great beauty and sold) them at
modest: prices. Same spent all
of cach of the three years
making Christmas ornaments
and decorations,

N chatr-bound lady
crocheted 2000 kitchen wipers,
A boutique ino the basement
sold experienced clothing right
off the backs af some of the
visitors! Pennies were bummed
from everyone, and a Texas-
jar full brought $75 for the
cause.

Shirley and Agnes, two of
the staff members, made it
their job to urge and inspire
and vigorously encourage.
Nobody lent anyone a book
during that entire time — a
smafl charge was made every
time it changed hands. Any-
thing not nailed down was raf-
fled off, and scones and
turn-overs and sausage rolls
earned steady returns.

Their efforts ail were ad-
mired, but, better than that,
rewarded. Their own sum was
pretty nearly matched by the
Ministry of Government Ser-

DECEMBER 12 AND 79

NORTH VANCOUVER

own bus

vices. The Kiwanis Foundation
added $20,000. Seniors Lottery
funds sent $10,000. Their
dream was on the way to being
true,

The men of Kiwanis scouted
designers and = manufacturers
and came up with the perfect
vehicle.

fUsa tala,

There are
four

Boor devices for
wheelchairs, and another

could possibly be accommo-
dated. The seats are property
designed to give extra knee-

room and side-space, and the
windows are very generous,
and the day after everyone
gave it the eye it was going to
transport 30 people to Yic’s
for a celebratory meal.

It would take some prolong-
ed shuttling, for sure, but joy
would reign.

Carol, who has to do with
activities for these residents,
both serious and recreational,
is ecstatic at the prospects in
view. She’s already had some
lessons and is confident the
people in her charge will soon
be bustling all over the Lower
Mainland, boredom and isola-
tion a thing of the past.

Disraeli to the contrary
notwithstanding.

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