A20-Wednesday, November 5, 1980 - North Shore News

How to get
involved
through
the VAC

Could you help make
someone’s life a_ little
brighter?

There are many han-
dicapped and older people
who could enjoy the
everyday pleasures many of
us take for granted if
someone could spare an
hour or two a week with
them as a4 “one-to-one”
volunteer friend.

Call the Volunteer Action
Centre at 985-7138 and you

will be matched with
someone needing your
friendship and help.

A lady with arthritis could
go for short walks with a
volunteer lending a sup-
porting arm.

A young handicapped man
could join in the classes at
the West Vancouver
Aquatic Centre if someone
would drive him = ap-
proximately two miles there
and back every Saturday at
noon.

A lady in her sixties has no
family to visit her and would
enjoy the occasional outing
from the West Vancouver
private hospital where she
lives. Children with speech
and hearing problems can
improve their articulation
with the help of a volunteer

tutor, and training is
provided in North Van-
couver. Other volunteers

can help in group programs.
Assistant leaders are
urgently needed to work
with Brownies (6-9 years)
and girl Guides (9-12 years).
Training is provided for this
challenging job, but the girls
will have no program if
leaders cannot be found.

A young male student 1s
needed to play soccer and
other games with 7 9 year
old boys. Group Leaders are
required for several teen
programs at Neighbourhood
House.

Assistants are needed for
several pre-schools including
one for mentally han
dicapped children at an
Upper Capilano school This
is excellent expenence for
someone considering carly
childhood or pre-school
education

Information Centre
volunteers are sll needed in
West Vancouver The Adult
Daycare Centre has some
odd repairs jobs to be donc
and 18 looking for a retured
carpenter

The Cancer
looking = for
ministrative
inckuding = a4

Sowtety ts
several “ad
voluntecrs
publicity
chairman and a volunteer to
help with the
program

cducabon
They also urgently
need dinvers to go to the

Vancouver © ancer ( han

UNICEE alse necds
volunteers for ts education
programs as docs the Ke
Heart Foundation

These are yust a few of the
interesting involsement
opportuniges on the North
Shore Call OSS TIM feos
personalized referral

community roundup

Capilano College course |
for space-age offices

“But... can she type?”

Modern office workers,
both men and women, are no
longer put off by this tired
old question, according to
Anne Ludgate, coordinator
of Capilano College’s
Business Office Training
Program.

Since the introduction of
modern technology in the
form of word processing and
data processing equipment,
offices are moving into an
atmosphere that will require
increased typing skills for

everyone.
The Business Office
Training Program at

Capilano Coliege recognizes
‘modern needs and meets
them by using up to date
equipment in their courses.

students are trained on
IBM Selectric typewriters
and students are given the
opportunity to learn the
operation of the college's
word processing equipment.

But, the more traditional
skills are not neglected.
Formats for business_letters,
statistical materials, forms
and memos are part of the
basic typing course.

“We try to train all around
office workers,’ said
Ludgate. “A great deal of
emphasis is placed on

English skills. A systematic
review of grammar, punc-
tuation and spelling are an
integral part of the six month
program.”

Ludgate feels that the
college’s program is meeting
modern office needs.
“Although a six month
program is relatively short,”
she pointed out, “our
students are getting very
exciting, well paid jobs.”

Can she type? “Of course -
- it’s essential.”

Places are available in the
Business Office Training

program on a monthly basis.
For information call 986-
1911, local 235.

FORMER North Shore
News “Carrier of the
Week” Alan Chitty (left)
receives congratulatory
handshake and 350
cheque from Clir-
culation Director Brian
Ells, following his
retirement last month
after seven years
delivering The News —
a job now being done in
North Van by = his
younger sister Corecn.

SILVERLODE
PARK ROYAL

‘Silverlode perform their current
hit single “Sky High”, among many
other contemporary favourites,

In a free concert on Park Royal's
North Mall

Friday, November 7th 7:30 p.m.

PARK ROYAL

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CAP COLLEGE . STUDENT _practises__the _ most
essential skill, typing, in the Business Office Training
Program. The six-month program prepares students
for work in modern office with training on IBM
Selectric typewriters and word processing equipment.

Constituency Week
Chat with

Chuck Cook M.P.:

North Vancouver - Burnaby

Chuck invites you
to discuss any
problem concerning
the Federal
Government

November
10 - 14th

9 a.m. -5 p.m.

#105, 1258 Lynn Valley Rd.
North Vancouver

Phone: 986-5381

for your appointment

Attention Whistler Voters

VOTE

NOV.15