Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local March 2001 he recycles cans into smiles for cancer kids dont dare Tell him he cant he and and two years George Beckta went to work on a simple charitable hed collect Alu Minum Cash them in and donate the proceeds to help children living with nothing could be figured the East Kildo Nan but who also doubles As a professional didst realize the cause and the kids would soon become a driving Force in his he he just wants to raise As much Money As he can to help his i guess All this started because in passionate about says it started when my wife was being treated at the cancer clinic at health it was in the Section where the Little kiddies got their i just wanted to help and this seemed like the Lucy Beckta recovered from her Melanoma 13 years her husband was Busy running Elmwood plumbing and eventually becoming exhausted and burned when his company was bought by he remembered his earlier i bought a a Pur Olater for and put about another into i knew id have to make a commitment its really so it Doest Cost anyone they just have to give me their Julia executive director of the cancer care Manitoba says Necktas efforts Are he has a very big heart and lots of says he organizes it All on his it Doest require an he just does these kinds of spontaneous gestures Are the can George Beckta alias Santa alias hugs the is on a Oneman Mission to buy toys for sick using a 10cents Percan he wants the comm nit to con tribute aluminium which hell pick up in his can this just makes me feel he Wayne Glowacki Winnipeg free press Necktas donations go to the childrens paediatric something Defehr describes As providing a lot of warm and fuzzy there int anything More compelling than Pedi Atric she an example is our Chil Drens the goal of that project is to provide kids with a camping its an attempt to sort of normalize the life of a kid with Beckta runs his can depot out of a shed behind Alphonsus Church in East a number of schools in the River East school division con As do 15 or 20 other individuals and Busi Hes raised about so its been a word Mouth one that the irrepressible Beckta promotes wherever he he admits he Doest mind the work involved at Beer cans Are separated from other aluminium cans and returned to the Beckta uses the 10 cents he gets for each can to buy trinkets the Hospi Tal play therapist can give to when Beckta int collecting Hes in cos tume As hugs the he took up clowning after years of playing Santa Claus at Amant now he performs at a number of Public events but prefers to visit children in if i i spend All my time with the sick he i dont need any More Money and this just makes me feel his goal is to increase donations and to get other people id like other people to help me with it and id sure like to get More there Are All sorts of places that just toss them out when they could be making a big there Are Public events that could gather the i dont want this just to be my 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to add the option of watching a program in a second Lan new world has agreed to allow the radio service to use the signal for in voiceprint Winnipeg 120 volunteers rotate in shifts of record ing up to a dozen news stories from local papers five Days a the half hour Manitoba regional it really opens up the which includes stories from the Winnipeg free airs four times a Suzanne has been volunteering to read the news for just Over a she started it to provide a positive example to her teenage but says she really loves what she is Ive always thought that Blind people get diluted she this gives them the news there unable to get oth in addition to the Manitoba there Are regional reports from the Atlantic and As Well As arts and entertain ment news and National news it allows people to get a feeling on whats going on in the rest of the country As Kayuska staff in five bureaus in Winnipeg and Vancou Vul Btij world to people who suddenly cant read print any More Elouise Hunt appreciates the 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