Sharon Writes

April 1, 2007

Green Pre-Teens

Filed under: Canadian Family, Magazines and newspapers — Sharon @ 9:00 pm

Canadian Family, April 2007

Great things happen when kids decide to do something about the environment.

by Sharon Oosthoek

Two years ago, a group of grade three students marched into principal Mike Quinn’s office at Bird’s Hill School in Winnipeg with a plan for planting a tree on a busy road beside their playground. It was just after Earth Day and their teacher had read them a book about how trees sequester exhaust from cars.

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Shot against harm

Filed under: Canadian Family, Magazines and newspapers — Sharon @ 8:58 pm

Canadian Family, April 2007

A new vaccine can dramatically decrease the risk that your daughter may one day get cervical cancer.


by Sharon Oosthoek

Last fall, Brigitte Leclerc asked her doctor to immunize her daughters with a vaccine that protects against two strains of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for most cases of cervical cancer.

She knew from painful experience just what was at stake.

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