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SPCA volunteer ‘raising the roof’ Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR
When Tom Burton signed up to help volunteer with the Campbell River SPCA he figured it would be an opportunity to be around some of the animals and get some light exercise. But what he ended up with is a friend for life. Burton, who was a volunteer dog walker with the SPCA for just over a year, fell in love with Violet, a three-year-old Hungarian vizsla and redbone coonhound cross, who lived at the shelter. “She was picked up as a stray,” Burton said. “I started walking her and I saw the potential in that dog.” Burton said he was attracted to her spunky personality. “She was an escape artist,” Burton said. “She climbed a six-foot chain link fence to get into
Buster’s (a pit bull that’s since been adopted) kennel to play with him. So I fostered her and then I adopted her.” Burton is so thankful for the SPCA and the animal welfare services it provided in Campbell River that he’s trying to give back to SPCA. Burton has visited several big box stores in Campbell River to drum up some support for a donation program to the Campbell River SPCA Building Fund – an account set up by the BC SPCA at Scotia Bank for money earmarked to go towards a shelter owned and operated by the SPCA. Burton approached Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Home Hardware, London Drugs, Save-On-Foods, Staples, Target, Thrifty’s, and Wal-Mart but so far has only received a definite response from one of
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Tom Burton, a former SPCA volunteer dog walker, and his dog Violet, who Burton adopted from the SPCA are the best of friends. Burton has orchestrated a new fundraiser through Save-OnFoods to help the SPCA raise money to build a new shelter.
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“Save-On-Foods jumped on the bandwagon immediately,” Burton said. “Save-On-Foods got back to me in three days. They’re terrific, absolutely terrific.” What the store is doing to help is allowing customers who are a part of the Save-On More rewards program to redeem their points in 1,000 point increments towards the SPCA’s build-
ing fund. Each 1,000 points will be converted into $1 and Save-On-Foods will then match all of the points donated by its customers. Burton said Save-OnFoods will continue with the fundraising program as long as there’s activity in the account. Burton and other SPCA volunteers plan to set up a table at Save-On every Sunday to promote the fundraiser, dubbed Raise
the Roof, as well as set up collection tins for people who are not Save-On rewards card holders but wish to make a donation. The SPCA meanwhile is moving ahead with plans to lease an undisclosed building for a period of two to three years or until enough money can be raised to build a new shelter. The SPCA plans to relocate back to Campbell River around July 31.
Dr. Chris Dennis welcomes 3X6 3X6 new colleague, Dr. Michelle Samosinski
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PROCESS Upcoming Event - July 13th
Gardener’s Roundtable Come share some time with us at the compost education centre in Campbell River. Meet new people with the same interest and share your experiences with other gardening enthusiasts. This is an opportunity to learn new techniques and offer tips and tricks to assist others who are passionate about their gardens. Date: Saturday, July 13th Time: 10:00 am Location: Campbell River compost education centre
For more information about composting visit: www.cswm.ca/composting
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Born in Montreal and raised in Calgary, Dr. Michelle Samosinski is fluent in French and English. She obtained her Bachelor of Science at the University of Calgary before going on to complete her Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree at the University of Alberta.
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Dr. Samosinski likes to spend her spare time travelling and enjoying the outdoors. Recently engaged, both she and her fiancé Rob share a passion for the mountains and love skiing, hiking and scuba diving together.
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Dr. Michelle Samosinski is now accepting new patients.
Find us at: Suite 210–520 2nd Avenue, Campbell River 250-287-9345 1-877-DR FLOSS
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Erasing racism
Local service providers, college students, youth and community members were joined by Raj Gill, the Director of Prosperity Circles Coaching International in B.C. from the Lower Mainland, to receive basic training on how to respond with compassion when facing discrimination or conflict. The training was part of the MythBusters Action Team project funded by the province and is led by the Immigrant Welcome Centre. Forty-four participants came together on June 6 at the Museum at Campbell River to learn practical skills in development of supportive social circles and displacement of negative emotions during uncomfortable interactions including discriminatory situations. The Immigrant Welcome Centre also conducted a survey with 50 community members before the course took place and found interesting results. The data collected from 50 community members show that over 95 per cent of respondents have experienced, witnessed or heard cases of discrimination against immigrants. Among all types of discrimination, the top three are ethnic backgrounds (29.66 per cent), language (26.2 per cent) and colour (20.69 per cent). The data also re veals that the majority of respondents (51 per cent) feel that they possess average or below skills when dealing with language barriers. The second MythBuste rs t r ai n i ng course is scheduled in September. It is open to the public, free of charge. To learn more about future courses and the Mythbusters Action Team project, contact project coordinator Vienna Yeung at 250-830-0171. The Immigrant Welcome C ent re provides services to immigrants to help them integrate and settle into Canada.