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2--Lucknow Sen ueII Wednesday, May 311, 1978
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It all started a year, ago
when Cathy and Meagan
were in Wingham Hospital
for a week, and their mothers
met and began chatting. The
nurses were super -great, no
question about it; they were
warm, kind, and capable.
The pediatric playroom, how-
ever, needed help. Caught in
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the squeeze of hospital fund
cut-backs, the playroom was
completely dependent Qon
donated toys, and was clearly,,
coming out the loser. Unfor-
tunately, the hospital tod-
dlers were losers too, as they
tried to cope with an
experience that was pretty
upsetting to begin with, as
well as having very little to
play with and to distract
them.
Cathy's mum, Lorene Con-
ley, went back to a then -dis-
banding Lucknow organiza-
tion, the Busy Buddies, who
very kindly directed a portion
of their treasury toward -
hospital toys, for which Bill's
Place, Lucknow, provided a
discount.
The .y Kairshea Women's
Institute, Kinloss Township,
also became interested, and
decided to make a project of
the playroom. Sheila Clarke,
Meagan's mum, and Kathy
Howald formed a committee
of two, and the project was
off and running: Mr. jeffrey,
director of nursing, acted as
the hospital liason, consult-
ing with the committee.
The talented hands of the
Institute ladies began with
an cud -fashioned sewing bee
to make stuffed dolls. Imag-
inations had a field day, and
a splendid assortment of
cats, dogs; and elephants
emerged. A fund-raising
blitz followed, during which
organizations in the hospital
community were contacted.
Response was truly heart -
wattling, and thanks to the
following groups, a hefty
$240 was collected: the
Wingham Hospital Women's
'Auxiliary, the Lucknow Jr.
Women's Institute, The Luck -
now Sr. Women's Institute,
the Bluevale Women's Insti-
tute, 'the Teeswater Wom-
en's Institute, the Holyrood
Women's Institute, the
Wingham Jr. Citizens, the
Lucknow Kinettes and Kins-
men, and the Teeswater
Coronation Rebekah Lodge.
Three major toy companies
were also contacted, and
demonstrated that big busi-
ness can be pretty thoughtful
where small ideas are con-
cerned too. Somerville Belkin
Industries Ltd. donated some
Playskool toys, and Mattel
Canada Inc. donated a toy
and very kindly invited the
committee down to their
factory to purchase directly
from their company store.
Fisher-Price Sales Canada
donated a 35 lb. (that's 16
kilograms for the metric -
minded) box of reconditioned
toys, which included a hos-
pital set, Sesame Street, a
ride 'em horse, a crib activity
centre, and two crib music
box mobiles.
When the committee head-
ed for the big city (along with
Wilma Clark as navigator),
with their money burning
holes in their pockets, they
wondered just how far $240
would go. ?after a grand tour
of Toronto's shopping cen-
tres and toy companies, the
question was answered. In
fact it nearly became a
question of who would ride
on top, to make room for the
playpen, baby walker, and a
veritable mountain of toys
(Sheila claimed she couldn't
possibly; she was the driver).
The last step in the project
was a used toy drive in
Lucknow and Wingham.
Grateful thanks are due to
those who so kindly took the
time to gather up toys, as
well as to those who helped
out in various ways with the
toy collection, such as Wing -
ham Public School, Lucknow
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
Shawn Thompson, 6, Holyrood, reaches for a dump track from the toy shelf In the playroom
at the Wbngham and District Hospital where the variety of toys brighten the eyes of sick
children. Caught in the sgaeeze of hospital fund cut-backs, the playroom was totally
dependent on donated toys and at one time the shelves were ;boost empty. The Kairshea
Women's Institute, Kinloss Townsh(p, decided to make the playroom a project and since host
Monday, the playroom looks like Christmas morning.