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10 April 2006
 Religion
reporter Bob Harvey showed up to help his fellow union members,
even though he is currently on leave from the Ottawa Citizen.
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Citizen
reporter Patrick Dare, above
and below, left, took volunteer
work
to new heights. |
Guild members
spruce up
Ottawa
men's shelter
Ottawa Newspaper
Guild
TNG Canada Local 30205
It was painting with a flourish and a purpose.
For the second consecutive year, members
of the Ottawa Newspaper Guild and their families took part
in a paint-a-thon at Ottawa’s downtown Mission, a home
for indigent men that not only sleeps up to 300 men a night
but also feeds and clothes men, women and children.
The Ottawa Local adopted the Mission as
its charity two years ago and stages an annual work day,
which has resulted in two days of painting. The Local also
pays for the paint it uses and this year, for the first time,
solicited from its members donations of clothing, food and
toiletries for the facility.
This year’s event was held Saturday,
April 8, and attracted 15 volunteers who donned their work
duds and set to it. Two offices and a hallway, including
baseboards and frames, were painted.
The Local wholly supports a resolution
adopted at last year’s sector conference in Victoria
that encourages Locals to get involved in their community.
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Marie Côté gets a
handle on what
lies
ahead.
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Business reporter Pauline Tam doles
out the paint, which was provided by the Guild Local. |
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As editor of the newspaper's
Driving section, Rob Bostelaar isn't unfamiliar with
taking control of a roller.
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