100 Mile House Free Press, December 07, 2012

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Ten Thousand Villages fair trade world craft sale co-ordinator Laura Baerg is ecstatic about strong community support shown for the recent event, which saw sales of just under $25,000. Nearly all of the items offered at the four-day event at Marmot Ridge sold. She said people of the South Cariboo should be excited about helping to make such a difference in the lives of the artisans in developing countries who crafted the items.

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Local champion fundraiser Stan Matthews is on his way to Timmy’s Telethon this weekend, where he will appear on television to receive an award. The presentation will air sometime between 6 and 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 9, and while Matthews says he doesn’t know the nature of the award, he’s aware it’s for his hard work and dedication over a decade of fundraising for Easter Seal Houses. Matthews was the top fundraiser for the British Columbia

Lions Society for Children I don’t know what I am going to with Disabilities for a decade, say [on live T.V.],” Matthews says, through the Snowarama/ chuckling. “You’ve got Fishing derby events of three minutes to talk, but the Interlakes/Highway what are you going to say?” 24 Lions Club, until he The funds from the retired last year. annual Snowarama snow“I’ve been the high mobile touring events are money man for B.C. for combined with pledges colthe last 10 years.” lected by ice-fishing derby Stan When he goes to participants for Easter Seal Timmy’s Telethon, matthewS Houses in B.C. Matthews will bring along Located in Vancouver, a $500 donation from Sanders Victoria and Prince George, Redi-Mix Ltd., a $400 cheque from Easter Seal Houses provide 40,000 the Clinton Lions Club and a $200 bed-nights each year for families contribution from himself, he says. of sick children in hospital to stay “I’m very pleased about it, but nearby, avoiding almost $300 a

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day for hotel costs. Prior to his work in the South Cariboo, Matthews says he also served a decade as the top fundraiser for the Prince George Knights of Columbus Egg-aThon, to help children in the burn unit at B.C. Children’s Hospital. Matthews once raised $32,000 at an Egg-a-Thon breakfast for eating just one egg, but he says other years he ate up to 110 eggs for the charity event. He has moved his snowmobile activities a little southward, he notes, and is now an active member of the Clinton Snowmobile Club.

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