Part Time Cleaner/Helper
Position available at the
Royal Canadian Legion # 11
(the friendly branch)
9 Dawes Road Toronto, ON
M4C 5A8
Please mail or bring application, with work experience
included, to the Branch, attention: Rocco
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Thanks to Joyce Haden and Joe Calderone for providing pictures.
Message From The Sick Chairperson
Hi There. If you have any information regarding a member who is not feeling well, going into the Hospital ,please be kind enough to let me know by telephone 416-264-6466, cell 416-841-1414 or e-mail bjhaden@rogers.com that way i can be in touch with them and let our members know at our General Meeting.
Regards Joyce Haden
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Open Letter to East Toronto Branch 11
Subject: Honouring Veterans: Branch 11 of the Royal Canadian Legion every year holds a Veterans Week. This year I was asked to partake in their programme What a wonderful event! They had racks of uniforms, tables of displays – and several Veterans on hand to answer questions. Students from the near by schools are invited to attend. The programme is most effective – teachers bring their classes, the Veterans sit in a row facing them and the children look at the displays, touch and try on those items that are allowed – ask more questions and have a good time.
The first class consisted of children in the 8 to 10 age group and were mostly from immigrant families. They were delightful and obviously the subject had been well taught. The questions were relevant, intelligent and sometimes very hard to answer. Can any of you explain to an 8 year old the reason for WWII? The second class was again from immigrant families, a little older but still enthusiastic and well informed. They walked a good distance in the pouring rain with no complaints or whining and cheerfully donned their wet coats for the walk home. This time instead of random questioning the children wishing to partake lined up at the mike and allowed only one question each. It was obvious they had never used a mike before as the enhanced value of their own voices startled them.
Branch 11 is to be commended for this most worthwhile and successful project. The work and time involved is enormous. This is not just one event - they do it every year – carefully storing, cleaning, polishing and mending the artifacts. As with many worthwhile projects such as this, the hours and difficulty of work behind the scenes often goes unnoticed. I was so impressed and of course honoured to be invited to take part.
Margaret Haliburton,
WWII WREN
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