Students help create banners for Leduc neighbourhoods

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Students help create banners for Leduc neighbourhoods

By Stephanie Dubois

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Local students were recently part of a Communities in Bloom committee (CIB) decision to make banners for older Leduc neighbourhoods.

The banners feature a design chosen by the students and bear the name of the area, something local volunteers are quite proud of.

“We’re always thrilled to get the students involved. It’s their community as well, they’re going to grow up in it,” explained Wendy Yule, member at large with the Leduc CIB.

An organization, which its members said consists of more than planting flowers, the CIB aims to beautify communities and decided to erect banners in the older neighbourhoods which don’t have a welcoming entrance sign like newer developments.

Thanks to the initiative, Linsford Park and Corinthia residents will now each have a banner welcoming people to their neighbourhood. Students at both Linsford Park School and Ecole Corinthia Park School chose the nature themed banner for Linsford and the physical activity theme for Corinthia.

“The older communities just didn’t have that visible identification symbol and the banners are very colourful and nice to look at and good identifiers. I was just very pleased with their involvement and their enthusiasm, their ideas and the teachers and principals and it was an excellent response on their part.”

After choosing the individual banner designs, the city’s contract graphic designer went to work at printing the banners which will hang in the communities.

Although this is the first time the CIB has created banners for the Leduc areas, this isn’t the first time the committee has worked with children, with many youth programming scheduled year-round.

Volunteers with the committee stress the project was a great way for students to not only become more involved in their communities but also to participate in an overall great project.

“It’s great for them to look at the banner and say to families and friends ‘I had a part in picking that banner for my community.’ We’re always happy to involve children in any of the programs we do.”

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Deborah Arthurs

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09:15 EST, 6 July 2012

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For millions of women, shopping for a bikini is up there with the world’s worst shopping experiences.

But If we don’t want to hit the beach in last year’s faded offerings, we must endure this annual session of retail torture.

Few of us truly enjoy the prospect of stripping off to our undies and trying on skimpy swimsuits before we’ve got that all-important tan – and the sight of our pallid flesh in the mirror is rarely alluring enough to make us want to splash out on the goods.

Many women find bikini shopping a torturous activity

John Lewis have introduced a new bikini shopping service

So three cheers for John Lewis then, who have launched a swimwear styling service to take the pain out of buying for the beach.

The so-called Beach Chic Consultations will come in the form of a bespoke service offering free one-on-one consultations with John Lewis’ expert lingerie fitters.

The consultants will focus on what they deem to be the all-important aspects of swimwear – the three Cs – cut, colour and confidence.

The consultants will focus on what they deem to be the all-important aspects of swimwear: the three Cs - cut, colour and confidence

The consultants will focus on what they deem to be the all-important aspects of swimwear: the three Cs – cut, colour and confidence

Anna Bray, Swimwear Buyer at John Lewis, says; ‘The aim of our Beach Chic Consultations is to help women feel confident in choosing and wearing swimwear whatever their shape or size.

‘It’s easy to find the perfect swimwear that fits and flatters, once you know how and we want to help our customers find pieces that they cannot wait to put on and wear on holiday.’

‘With expert advice on which styles enhance different body shapes; whether it be lengthening legs or disguising midriffs, the Beach Chic Consultations will ensure women hit the beach with confidence this summer.

Once customers have identified their perfect beach style and fit, fitters will help them tailor their purchases taking in the season’s key trends, whether it be a 1950s-style high-waisted brief, or a flash of fluoro.

The styling sessions will take place in the dedicated lingerie fitting rooms, where the store has made sure there will be a selection of beach and pool side accessories on offer too – the statement 70s-style floppy hats and printed cover-ups that make poolside dressing less daunting.

‘Beach Chic Consultations’ will run in the Lingerie Fitting Rooms at all John Lewis department stores from mid-June until the end of August. To book in for a consultation, call your local John Lewis branch.