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Egmondville Church hears from Teen Challenge
Addiction program gets calls from 125 young men from Southern Ontario each week
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
Describing drug and alcohol abuse
as an "epidemic that is ravaging
society," the executive director of
Teen Challenge's London, Ont. farm
said 125 young men from across
Southern Ontario phone for help
each week.
"And, that's a slow week. On a
high week, 165 guys call," George
Glover told the congregation of
Egmondville United Church on
Sunday.
Teen Challenge is known best for
its commercials with spokesperson
Pinball Clemens, Toronto Argonauts
president asking for the donation of
a used vehicle to help men with
addiction prob-
lems.
Glover said
Teen Challenge
receives just as
many calls for
help from rural
Ontario as urban
Ontario.
With 12 loca-
tions across
Canada, the
London farm is a
45 -acre property
where men go
through a year-
long program to
help them kick
addictions.
Glover said
what sets Teen
Challenge apart
from other drug
rehabilitation
programs is its
emphasis on
Christianity and
prayer.
"We don't
believe man can
change man. It
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God," he said.
And, he said that while many 28 -
day rehab programs have a five to
10 per cent cure rate, 70 per cent of
the graduates from Teen
Challenge's 12 -month program are
addiction -free five years, later.
Glover said that while most of
Teen Challenge's centres offer ser-
vices just to men, its one centre in
Abbotsville, B.C. that serves women
may soon be joined by another in
Ontario with the recent purchase of
87 acres near Canada's Wonderland
north of Toronto.
"There are so many women calling
to go somewhere to find a new
of
beginning," he said.
Glover brought two young men to
Egmondville to talk about their
challenges with addiction and their
success with Teen Challenge.
Pete, 28, of Windsor, told the con-
gregation that a car accident he had
while drinking and driving led to a
dependency on a prescribed
painkiller oxycotin.
"One year after the accident, I
was dependent on opiates and
would steal from anyone to get rid
of the withdrawal symptoms. I lost
my job and got depressed. I tried to
quit many times and was beginning
to think there was no hope," he said.
An addiction to crack cocaine fol-
lowed and Pete became more hope-
less.
"I became old -hearted and numb
and was slowly dying," he said,
adding his life turned around after
enrolling in the Teen Challenge pro-
gram.
Glover said young people often
learn about Teen Challenge through
a pastor or relative.
"You may know of a family being
devastated by drugs. Often it is a
long road back. But, when people
are trying to make a new beginning,
they'll do it because people will sup-
port them and pray for them," he
said.
Teen Challenge, which seeks
d« `nations of used vehicles or mone-
tary donations that sponsor one of
the men participating in the year-
long program, received a donation
from Egmondville United Church.
Cookie Monster coming
to Family Literacy Day
at Seaforth Public Library
The Cookie Monster will be com-
ing to Seaforth on Tuesday, Jan. 23
from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. when
Seaforth Public Library celebrates
Family Literacy Day.
With the theme "Come and `C,'"
Huron County libraries are celebrat-
ing the national literacy awareness
initiative for the week of Jan. 22-27.
Families are encouraged to bring
something from home that begins
with the letter "C" to the celebration
in their community and don't forget
your camera for a picture with
Cookie Monster.
Family Literacy Day promotes
reading and other literacy -related
activities as a family outing.
In addition, this project helps
reinforce the importance of reading
aloud to children as a means of
building the knowledge necessary
for future literacy skills.
Many literacy -based crafts, stories
and activities will be available for
the whole family.
Call the Ontario Early Years
Centre at 1-888-371-5718 for more
information.
Family Literacy Day celebrations
will be held on Monday, Jan. 22 at
the Belgrave Community Centre
from 10-11:30 a.m., on Wednesday,
Jan. 24 at the Crediton Municipal
Office from 10-11:30 a.m., on
Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Ontario
Early Years Centre in Clinton from
10-11:30, a.m. and on Saturday, Jan.
27`at the Goderich Municipal Child
Care Centre from 9 a.m. to noon.