Isabelle Nicol, a member in Ottawa, Ontario, regularly walks around her suburban neighborhood for exercise. While she does this, she delivers UCG advertising brochures and Good News magazines to people's homes.

So far this year she has delivered 1,400 items—400 Good News magazines and 1,000 subscription brochures. "And so far there has been one confirmed subscriber request," she said.

At church someone expressed concerns about her safety in delivering the brochures. "I explained that I'm not the least bit worried about doing it. Postmen (women) have been delivering mail for a long time and the worst that ever seems to happen is to have some dog come chasing after them.

"Nowadays, however, dogs are not allowed to roam about freely. Or at least they are not supposed to. When it comes to delivery people, the most fun dogs seem to get out of their day is to bark hysterically as they tear the literature from your fingers while you're trying to push it through the mail slot in the door," she said.

Excerpted from the May-June 2006 United News Canada, page 12.