The Huron Expositor, 1972-03-09, Page 4Canada's 19'72 ',Timmy", 13 year old Stephen Layton of Mount Elgin, Ontario, is obviously
delighted at the attention being showered upon him by these two lovely young athletes.
Diving's Nancy Robertson and North American pentathalon champion Debbie Van Kiekebelt
clearly enjoy Stephen's company as they discuss, his new role as ambassador for all of Canada's
handicapped children this year.
Earlier, • Debbie had mentioned that she had switched from diving tO track and field because
of injuries, in learning new dives; and wouldn't you know it, she still gets injuries: "But that's
just one of the things you have to overcome", said Debbie. •
One of the things Stephen has had to overcome is the after effects of polio which he contracted
at the age• of eighteen months. However, despite crutches and a leg brace, three,years ago
Stephen, learned to' skate and his disability.will in no way 'affect his ability to discharKe his,official
duties as Timmy during the forthcoming Easter Seal Carnpaigh from March 2 until April 2. The
campaign in Seaforth and area is being conducted under the auspices oPthe Seaforth Lions Club.
This year's objective for the Ontario Society for Crippled Children is $1,627,500 and Timmy
is hoping that his various appearances throughout the province will remind people of the needs of
more, thin 14,500 handicapped children.
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Ontario
Society for Crippled Children, a private charitable
Organization incorporated under the laws of Ontario.
The Easter Seal Campaign is the only province-
wide annual appeal for funds conducted'hy the Society
through its 230 affiliated Easter Seal service clubs.
Now in its 50th year, the Society has developed a
province-wide system of treatment facilities and ser-
vices without equal on this continent.
The Society's services and facilities are available
to any physically handicapped youngster in Ontariaunder
-nineteen years of age.
The Society's objective is to assist physically handi-
capped youngsters in_ achieving ' their maximum
potential by means of a comprehensive treatment and
training program.
The Society's program includes diagnostic services,
active surgical and medical treatment, physical restor,
ation, psychological and social adjustment, education,
vocational training and job placement
The Society's current active case load consists of
more than 14,500 handicapped children throughout
Ontario.
The Society's 21 District Nursing Offices provide
a consulting nursing service to crippled children and
their parents in the home through its 40 specially trained
public health nurses. •
• The Society's five summer camps provide the largest
crippled children's camping program in the world to more
than 1,100 youngsters each year.
The Society also provides special holidays for severely
handicapped children, unable to attend regular crippled
children's camps.
The Society's annual travelling clinics bring modern
diagnostic skills to more than 2000 handicapped young-
sters in the remoter areas of the province.
• The- Society , arranges or sponsors any needed
transportation for Crippled children to treatment centres,
,hospitals, clinics or camps.
The Society provides wheelchairs, braces, crutches,
artificial limbs and other equipment for permanent use.
The Society's Loan Cupboard provides wheelchairs,
crutches, walkers and other items for short-term needs.-
The Society sponsors basic and clinical research
into crippling disorders of children, preventive measures
and new treatment techniques. ,
The Society Operates Variety Village, 'a residential
vocational training school for boys between the ages of 16
to 18 who are unable to obtain training elsewhere.
The Society assists the work of 17 regional treatment
centres throughout Ontario by payment of approved
treatment through local Easter Seal service clubs or
special grants towards capital costs.
The Socie4ty's.• 1912 Easier Seal objective is,
'$1,627,500.00. This figure is based on a careful
analysis of the Society's minimum needs in order to.
meet its obligation to more than 14,50n crippled children -
on average, a little more than just $112 per child annually.
Yo u Can H ip Now By Buying and Using
aoliostitive done. USE THE ADDRESSED ENVEL-
.'OPE YOU, RECEIVED WITH
YOUR EASTER SEALS IN THE
MAIL, BUT IF THIS HAS BEEN
MISPLACED, SEND YOUR
EASTER. SEAL DONATION.
ANYWAY.
•
Seises villtit
'this Is
Sephen.1,6.-yton.
In most
wa-ys he' s a normal, active 13-yea
old. lie
skates, goes camping,
plmis the guitar .13u he is different
from his friends in one very . .
irinportar way . When he
474..s.olle
year old
Stephen contracted
paw.
Since then he
s had to struggle
every step of the way •
Two things have helped put
Stephen
back on his feet again.
'Th 'first c,arne directly front StepheIt cannot be bought. It's
sornethingIthoWn as spirit.
'The second carne from people
like you. It's the money it takes to
.rehabilitate children like Stephen.
,
tont, modern
facilities--all are
Skilled t
ots, special equip-
expeniole • In Orc.tario this care
cost over to t
a hag million
Zol\ars last year . Thatfigure may
not mean much to-you. But to
Stephen it's rnesnt everything.
Thousands of. Children depend
on us for he p . And we ee it to
them. IVIostly because
V4 .thiV.V.
they deserve the
chance
that gooa
fortune has een yoand proper
attention has given Stephen
Layton.. Don' t you think so tool 041 *OS
see11644"lit Gweto losietSeCIIS•r
Send Your Donation Today!
E. S. Campbell
Campaign Treasurer for Easter Seals
e/o Seaforth
Lions -
Club
Seaforth, Ontario
Conducted in association 'with
The
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Seaforth Li in Conduct Campaign for Crippled Kids
Society nurses have travelieo l on
skis, in helicopters and by canoe
to reach the crippled child. They
can all swing axes' and blind
their own camp fires, too.
The nurse acts as. liaison
between doctor and parents.
Specially trained in the care and
treatment of physically handsn.
capped children as well as being
a graduate in public health nurs- •
ing, she interprets the doctor's
orders and sees that they are
followed.
'The engineer watched hor-
titled from the cab while his
eayy diesel locomotive, unable '
stop in time, rolled over an
0:-Year-old boy on thetracks near reunons and severed both his
pegs below the knees.
Had this accident happened
half a century ago - instead of '
three years ago - Denis Lipalme
Oight,:have died, or at best been
400med to a wheel chair for life.
But today, because d Easter
Seals and the Ontario Society for
Crippled Children, which is cel-
ebrating its 50th anniversary,
Denis climbs trees, rides a bic-
ycle, runs with his dog, plays
hockey, football and baseball and
has been returned to the com-
munity as an active member.
Denis is just one case. There
are 19,524 other crippled child-
ren across Ontario who need
your help and a similar promise
of hope through your purchase of
Easter Seals during the month
of March. This year's goal - an
all-time high one - is$1,627,500.
• It was a snowy day in Nov-
ember, 1922, when a dozen men®
some of them physicians and
surgeons and others represent-
ing 10 service clubs - met at
the Prince Edward , hotel in
Windsor under the auspices of
the Rotary Club.
After a long discussion the 12
men realized the tremendous
number of uncared for cases of
crippled children across the
Province and were appalled. They
realized too, the special skills
some of them hid Winfred during
World War 'I in dealing with
severe battle casualties. They
decided to employ some of the
almost miraculous techniques of
orthopedic surgery which was
then developing rapidly. ,
So they did something pos-
itive about it and formed - the
Ontario Society for Crippled
Children.
In the first 'year the -10 ser-
vice clubs looked after 75 handi-
capped children. Today 230 ser-
vice clubs are affiliated with' the
Society in the tiniest villages
and largesh cities of Ontario and
wherever crippled children need
clinics, braceS; artificial limbs,
wheel chairs, summer camps,.
cerebral palsy clinics or trans-
portation.
As the number of children
needing help continued to sky-
rocket towards today's 14,524
case load, service club , mem-
bers such as Kinsmen, Lions,
Kiwanis, Rotary, Richelieu and
others have raised through the
sale of Ea-lter .Seals - $20 mil-
lion since 1947.
And now it's no secret. In
the past decade, world leaders in
the treatment and rehabilitation
of handicapped children have
flocked in large numbers to the
Rumsey Rd. "Mecca", which is
the Ontario Crippled Children's
Centre. They acknowledge freely
that the Ontario Society for Crip-
pled Children's program of treat-
ment and research there is one
of the best in the world. ,
In the beginning, the service
clubs were ,the backbone of the
infant Society. Today they are
more involved than ever. Without
them the Society could not func-
tion, • ,
'As well as backing the Soc-
iety with generous donations of
time, skill and money the year
round; service club members
begin well before Easter to org-
anize their intensive Easter Seal
mailing and publicity programs.
Many service club members
are medical and orthopedic spec-
ialists and several of the clubs
they belonged to have initiated the
formation of summer camps and
clinics in hard-to-get-at places..
all to help handicapped children
enjoy as normal a life as pos-
stole under their special circum-
stances.
Many of the most pathetic
cases of crippled children are
discovered in backwoods country
• 4Y the Society's 3 travelling and
specially trained District
-Nurses.
" You will not always find thil'
particular brand of nurse in a
starched white uniform and driv-
ing A shiny car. She often wears
a parka, slacks and snow boots
and trudges through Northern
Ontario's mud and bush country.
the close of the drive, at least
1,000 donations are required to
put Seaforth over the top.
who is chairman for the. Easter
Seal campaign being sponsored
locally by the Seaforth Lions
Club. Proceeds , from the
campaign make possible the
Lions Club crippled children's
work in the area.
According to committee
chairman E. S. Campbell, some
2500 envelopes haVe been mailed
to'residents of Seaforth and sur-
roimding area.
This year the local objective
is $2,000; Mr. Campbell laid.
To reach this the co-operation of
the entire community will be
necessary.
Almost since its .founding
more than forty years ago crip-
pled children's work has been one
of the main projects' of the
Seaforth Lions Club and it is
only through the sale of Easter
Seals that members are able to
assist locallY ariy crippled child
who needs special braces or
other assistance, in order that
they may live a happier and more
useful life. • •
The committee in charge of
this year's drive has asked that
anyone receiving Easter Seals
who. does not care to send in a
donation, to please hand or send
the seals to a friend or neighbor.
Please do not return the 'seals
^ to the club, since this results in
an unnecessary expense in rede-
eming them from. the Post Office.
While some envelopes con-
taining cheques or cash have
been received, it is 'anticipated
that a much better response will
be made during the next few days.
If the campaign is to be a
success - and it must be a
success, Mr. Campbell said -
a great many more contributions
are required. Between now and
Seek $2,000 for
Local Objective
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