You will notice the word Top, on the heading of this column. I finally purchased a computer. Christmas arrived a bit early, as at the end of November, two of Santa's elves (looking suspiciously like Mike Leverick and I) arrived on the doorstep (chimney too full of soot) carrying this artificial intelligence. Now I am busy attempting to learn how to operate it and hopefully, soon, be 'wired' with an email address.
As we begin this New Year, a major project for the Winnipeg Ostomy Association is that of fundraising. To this point, we have been granted two bingo dates and by the time you read this, we will have successfully completed the first one. The next date is set for Wednesday, March 21st with two more to follow later in the spring. We do need more of our members to work the bingos, so please speak to a member of the executive if you wish to help out.
By now you should have received the fall 2000 edition of our national magazine, OSTOMY CANADA. If you haven't, please inform Mike Leverick or Rosemary Gaffray, so that they can attempt to rectify the situation.
As ostomates living in Canada and especially in Manitoba, we are very fortunate as beneficiaries of the Manitoba Ostomy Program, Supplies are but a phone call away, ET nurses are available to advise should the need arise. Very fortunate indeed! I am very aware that in many countries ostomates are in dire straights. Supplies, if available, are much too expensive or of poor quality, or not available at all. We can help, through the SHARE program and FOW CANADA. It has been some time since our chapter has participated, mainly because we did not have a location to gather unneeded supplies. We can now do that in our office and indeed we do have a good supply on hand, which we will be sending to the national collection center soon. Should you have any new, but unneeded, ostomy supplies which you would like to donate, please bring them to the chapter meeting. That's all for now, see you at the chapter meeting on January 24th,
Dave Page, President
