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USING A DOLL as the ‘patient’, C.P.R. instructor Len Harman
shows students Monique Fenton and Maegan La Boucan
how to dislodge an object stuck in an infant's throat.

Volunteers combat loneliness

Loneliness can kill.

That is the finding of a study by
the Canadian Health Association,
says Doreen Burrows, coordinator
of the Seniors Visiting Program at
Victoria Gerontology Association.

But there are now trained
‘troops’ to combat loneliness, vol-
unteers willing to visit lonely seni-
ors on the Peninsula.

Basic training in active listening
skills was completed Thursday by
eight volunteers, who received cer-
tificates marking their completion
of the course by volunteer instruc-
tor Catherine Johnson.

The course was sponsored by
the Peninsula Community Associ-
ation.

Graduates of the basic listening
program are Joan Bone, Scotty
Hawkins, Olga Leslie, Vi Parker,
Theresa Petty, Linda Rochon,
Marla Serfling and Sheila Sexton.

Volunteer seniors willing to
reach out in friendship to the frail,
lonely elderly in the community
are welcome to join the seniors
visiting group, which operates out
of the Peninsula Community
Association’s Volunteer Commun-
ity Services program.

Recipients of visits may be those
whose family and friends have
moved away or passed away. Many
seniors have also moved to the area
upon retirement, leaving family
and friends behind in other parts

of the country.

The visiting program is open to
anyone living in the Saanich
School District 63 area. The con-
sent of the senior to be visited is
required before enrollment in the
program.

Volunteer visitors who have not
completed the active listening
skills course can take it this fall.
For information, call 656-0134.

PCA THRIFT SHOP

The thrift shop is open Monday to
Saturday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Good quality
recycled goods. Proceeds stay on the Penin-
sula. 9783 Third Street, Sidney.

VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers are needed in the Peninsula
Community Association thrift shop. Come
in once a week to help out in the store. A
great opportunity to meet fun and friendly
people. Call Katie at 656-0134.

HOMEWARD BOUND

Parent and teen mediation. Referral
needed from social services and housing.
Call Bill at 656-0134 for information.

YOU AND YOUR BABY

Discussion group for parents meets Wed-
nesdays, 10 am, at St. Paul’s United
Church, 2410 Malaview. Babysitting availa-
ble. Cost $3 for drop-in. Info, Kim at
656-6671.

BE A SWEETHEART DRIVER

Volunteer drivers needed to help those
unable to take the bus reach medical
appointments. Mileage paid.

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Young babysitters now know
how to cope with a variety of
emergencies, thanks to a free, four-
evening Babysitting Emergencies
Course offered by the Fire Preven-
tion Division of the Sidney Volun-
teer Fire Department.

Eight students completed the
course, which was held at the fire
hall from May 11 to 14.

The course is offered twice a
year by the fire department, with
volunteer instructors from the fire
department, B.C. Ambulance Ser-
vice, RCMP and the Provincial
Emergency Program.

Students who completed the
course were Christy Rooke,
Rebecca Copus, Monique Fenton,

Maegan La Boucan, Meghan Mar-

chand, Patrick Convey, Adam Sera
and Christopher Wignall.

Sixteen volunteers who have
each given 10 years of service to
the Peninsula Community Associ-
ation were recognized with a gift
of gold engraved mugs filled with
flowers at the recent Volunteer
Recognition Week wind-up tea.

Sidney Mayor Marie Rosko and
PCA director Dennis Coppard pre-
sented the gifts at the event, held
in the Margaret Vaughan Birch
Hall in Sidney.

Acknowledged for their work
were Muriel Nesbitt, Muriel
Campbell, Joy Barkus, Mae Berry,
Mary Bates, Janet Konsmo,
Michael Robertson and Peggy
Laing.

Other recipients were Jean Hop-
per, Jennifer Chandler, Adele
Bishop, Barb and Gord Hannah,

Giles Perodeau, Dee Bailin and
Lee Short.
“The credibility of an organiza-

tion speaks for itself when people -

dedicate themselves for 10 years to

its quality of care,” said volunteer

coordinator Donna Godwin.

Many of the volunteers had put
in long hours at the Peninsula
Community Association thrift
shop.

National Volunteer Week, held
from April 26 to May 2, was a
chance to recognize the over 150
volunteers who staff PCA pro-
grams — “donating the precious
gift of time,” Godwin said.

All volunteers who attended the
tea received a pair of candles “ to
represent the light they bring into
the lives of others.”

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