C2 - Sunday, June 3, 1984 - Nortiy-Shore_News

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NEWS photo Terry Peters

PUPPETEER Donna Oates works with a handicapped puppet in a wheelchair as part of the

Kids on the Block program, which encourages positive attitudes towards handicapped people,
and is shown primarily to school children.

Experience gained

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with volunteers, interview
potential volunteers before
placing them with the

various North Shore agen
cies looking for personnel
Staustics from 1982 show
that 102 students were in
terviewed by the volunteer
youth program workers
tops for any age group ap
proaching the Centre for
volunteer work
McLaren says the program
also had a good response
from youths in 1983, adding
that the average age ol
teenagers looking for work
in the winter is 16, while the
summer program  usualty
attracts volunteers at an
average age of 14
“Let's face at,
Of older kids as fo get a
paying yob. says Mcl aren
But she the
benefits to be gained
voluntecr work,
United Way
program

the priority

stresses
from
saying the
Inittated — thre
because ther

perceived a need for voruth
volunteers wn the

COMMUNITY

and especially
terms of their
experience,’’ says Mclaren
‘Doing volunteer’ work
makes kids aware of what's
out there in the world, and

the kids, in
growth and

what could happen to
them ""
She says youths par

ticapating in the program can
expect a wide variety of
volunteer assignments, in
cluding working with
semors, working on a one to
one basis with disabled
persons, Of assisting at
playground programs, day
camps of community
schools

‘It's a teal
Bet jobs on
lot of

battle now to
capenence an a
different: fields, and
I've met with a lot of people
who

want fo get some
valuable  cxpertence while
they tc oan se haved says
Mcelaren © A dot of people
also come here because they
feel they re out of touch
with othe  commumty and
want to do something about
that bo also hear from a lot
of lonely people
Throughout the se trac
yout Mel aren lectures

volunteer work.

A requisite of the course 1s
that all students par.
ticipatng in Mclaren’s CR
12 program must put in 20
hours of volunteer work in
order to obtain credit for the
course

Mclaren says the up
coming traming sessions are
an expansion over last year’s
training program which
featured only one workshop

Uhis year’s program wall
feature traine

professionals, with Paul
Bouchard of the North
Vancouver bare Hall con
ducting the First Aid
program, Holly Turner, the
program director oat the

North
blouse
ship

Shore Neighborhood
running the
program, and Ann
Finlay, a pbystotherapast
with the North Shore fealth
Department

L cade:

PUPPETS PROMOTE

Positive attitudes

KIDS ON THE BLOCK ts a
group of children that look
like most other children,
except for one difference:
they are puppets. ‘

The forty inch hand-
and-rod puppets act out skits
about children with
disabilities in an attempt to
promote positive attitudes
towards disabled persons,
illustrating their abilities and
needs.

The skits feature two
characters, one with a
disability and one without.

Some of the topics dealt with
include mental! retardation,
learning disorders and
blindness. The dialogue be-
tween the disabled child and
the normal child gives an
insight into the tender feel-
ings and difficulties’ handi-
capped children experience.
The show is available to
grades three to seven and is
shown pmmarily in schools,
but Brownie or Cub groups
and seniors and adult groups
can also book performances.
After each skit, there is a

Westlynn Mall

question period for anyone
wanting further information.

Kids on the Block puppet
shows are operated by the

Kinsmen Rehabilitation
Foundation through their
Public Awareness

Department, co-ordinated by
Donna Oates. Financial
support and volunteer
puppeteers are supplied by

the Junior League of
Vancouver.
Anyone interested in

booking a show can contact
Donna Oates at 736-8841.

All new exhibitors this week

See our display of handcrafted articles by local artists

* soft sculpture
° pottery
© wood crafts
* leather craft

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1199 Lynn Valley Rd.,

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