Meals on Wheels is a not-for-profit community service agency Board of Directors providing good food and social support through caring volunteers to Donald Wallace, president John AbedRabbo, enhance the well-being of East York residents. Founded in 1969, the agency Food for Thought vice-president, treasurer is funded by client fees, memberships, donations, bequests, the Shehryar Butt Central Local Health Integration Network, and Toronto Community Vol 22, No 4 a monthly newsletter of East York Meals on Wheels April 2011 Neil Gray providing good food and social support through caring volunteers Wendy Hillier Services and is a registered charity (#12913 9366 RR0001). The agency is a Saima Kazi member of Imagine Canada, the Ontario Community Support Association, Neal Walters, past-president and the Volunteer Centre of Toronto. Ex-officio Members Through the generosity of donors and volunteers, over 500 people living in Staff in the Spotlight Janet Davis this community benefit from Meals on Wheels, Diners Club, and Telephone John Parker Reassurance services. We appreciate their contributions, which help seniors, This month our Meals on Wheels Coordinator, Mary Jane Mingay is in the Director Emeritus people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, and convalescents to lead Carl Peterson spotlight. Mary Jane has been with EYMOW for almost twenty-one years. She first more independent and fulfilling lives. Please consider East York Meals on joined us as a part-time Administrative Assistant in 1990 and moved into her current Honorary Life Members Wheels when making a memorial donation, celebrating a special occasion, or role, full-time, in 1995. MJ, as we all call her, is the person who keeps track of clients’ Edna Beange, Richard Litch, leaving a bequest. Luella Munro, likes, dislikes, diets and delivery schedules. She also trains and schedules delivery East York Meals on Wheels accepts volunteers and looks after our client accounts. It’s a good thing that she has lots of

paid advertisements in Food for patience and an eye for detail because, she’s a busy girl. Staff Thought. We appreciate the support Anne MacNeill, Executive A native of Toronto, Mary Jane lived in London, Ontario during her middle and Director, Privacy Officer of advertisers, and make every Mary Jane Mingay, effort to accept advertisements East York Meals on Wheels high school years. She returned to Toronto after graduation from high school. Her Meals on Wheels Coordinator only from reputable businesses. 2 Thorncliffe Pk. Dr .# 52 background is in finance (although she studied floriculture!), having worked as an Midge Sandiland, Acceptance of advertisements in account manager at Canada Trust for many years before coming to EYMOW. She has Diners Club Coordinator this publication should not be Toronto ON M4H 1H2 lived in the /North Toronto neighbourhood for a long time. Tegan Salonia, construed as endorsement. We phone 416 424-3322 Administrative Assistant make no guarantees regarding Mary Jane is a skilled gardener with a real eye for esthetics. Several years ago Leslie Smith, Client Services products or services. For rates, fax 416 424-4627 she discovered golf and it quickly became one of her favourite pastimes. Her other Coordinator contact Anne MacNeill at 424- email: 3322. passion is her family… she is the mother of an adult daughter and a favourite aunt to [email protected] seven nieces, the youngest of whom love their sleepovers at “Minnie’s”. Quite a ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. number of Mary Jane’s family members have volunteered in Meals on Wheels over the Please send me information about… years. After all, how could they say no to her! £ EYMOW services £ volunteer opportunities MJ loves to travel and over the years she has covered a significant part of the globe. Her other interests include musical theatre, reading and Molly the cat. She £ memorial gifts/leaving a bequest £ other probably wins the prize for owning more shoes than any other person we know! £ I would like to become a member of EYMOW. ($25 annual fee) £ I wish to make a donation to support the work of the agency. £ I would like to become a member of the Monthly Giving Group with a monthly The Team donation of $____. Please bill my credit card on the 15th of each month. (see below). Last month, we told you about our new partnership with Tremco. Here’s a Here is my £ donation £ membership of £$200 £$100 £$75 £$50 £$25 £____ picture of some of the members of the team, all looking very smart in their Meals on £ I have enclosed I prefer to charge my donation to Visa £ Mastercard £ Wheels t-shirts. From left to right, back row: Kevin Riddell, Graham Thompson, Randy Penney, Greg Smith, Tom Leone, Rob a cheque Card number Expiry date Wing, and Craig Ness. Signature front row: Sherry Caserta, Pat Faria, Marguerette Soares, Charlene Taylor, Christia Almendras. Name Address Absent: Henry Dos Reis, Marilyn Duncan, Brian Ferreira, Adrian Lemos, Helen Macklem Gail Mitchell, and Jim Phone Winn. Thank you for your support! Spring April Volunteer Anniversaries April Diners Club Calendar (a poem written and contributed by Albert Fentum) Sarfraz Akhtar 2 years Mon Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fri Bernice Bacon 6 years The sun is warm Shirley Baker 3 years 4 5 Golden Griddle 6 East York Acres 7 St. Clair O’Connor 8 Snow is militant Charles Black 6 years drop-in for lunch The Royal Wedding The butterflies are on their way home Jean Bugler 3 years ($3.65) Caper Variety Show Birds search for a piece of real estate John Erwin 6 years People are smiling with content Bill Greer 8 years Children play whilst mother frets Wendy Hillier 1 year 11 12 Stan Wadlow 13 14 True Davidson 15 Watch the road Alice Morgan 1 year Centre Acres Trees in competition Khorshid Muhammad Yosof 1 year Card Bingo! Flowers reaching from below the ground John Phillips 1 year Lynn Porter 15 years 18 19 Ina Grafton Gage 20 Blair Court 21 921 Millwood 22 Listen to their whispering Durr-e Shahwar 2 years Home drop-in for lunch Shopping at Sobeys Sparrows are taking a bath in the little David Webb 1 year The Society of Singers ($3.65) pond Lois Williamson 21 years Created by the melting snow 25 26 Leisureworld 27 Community Care 28 29 Did you know Wow! A total of 77 years of experience Starts at 12:30 Seniors Centre It is spring. serving the East York Community. Shopping at Wal Mart An Inspirational Story: “The Royals” Special Diet Meals and how they met South Asian Meals Available apetito, our supplier of frozen South asian (halal) meals are 2 3 Golden Griddle 4 East York Acres 5 St. Clair O’Connor 6 meals, offers a number of meals for drop-in for lunch Lana Miller, RBC, available on Thursdays only, in special diets, including some diets that May ($3.65) Fraud Presentation Thorncliffe Park. The fee is $5.75. Put a are often difficult to manage. The little spice in your life, call to order following meals are appropriate for yours today. Renal, Gluten free and Lactose free diets: Smile! It’s Spring! Apple Pork, Hawaiian Chicken, Beef & J Happy Birthday in April to… Vegetable Casserole, Herbed Fish, A person sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would Turkey in Gravy, Chicken with Gravy make them laugh. No pun in ten did. J Fruzan Abdulhaq, Jo-Anne Beer, Charles and Pot Roast with Rice and Peas. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large. J Black, Ron Blais, Fred Boxall, William apetito also offers low sodium Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. J Carr, Clint Cluster, Evelyn Douglas, soups, which contain less than 140 mg of Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: Albert Fentum, Thomai Geropoulos, sodium per 100 grams. Pureed entrees “You stay here, I’ll go on a head.” J Velma Ko, Harry LaPlante, Sybil Lowan, and desserts, minced entrees and A vulture carrying two dead raccoons boards an airplane. The steward looks at him Gail Mitchell, Jinah Moon, Mary Nicoll, thickened pureed soups are also and says “I’m sorry sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.” J Yasmin Pirbhai, Anne Proctor, Nahed available. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired Mohamad Qasem, Irene Reyes, Eric his size from too much pi. Robinson, Nancy Rosen, Midge Foot Care Clinics J A rubber-band pistol was confiscated from an algebra class, because it was a Sandiland, Dorothy Sharp, Neal weapon of math disruption. April 21 & May 19 at twelve noon. Walters, Paul Winokur, Rita J I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. To book, call 416-424-3322. Wright and Teresa Zaborniak. J The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned The fee is $30. 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