Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 27, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba By q Winnipeg free press to october 1991 Tempo Ken Gigliotto Winnipeg free press Sandie Foster Dawn Bonnie Tom and John Malyna discuss strategy at United Way fundraising United they stand Bugle Mackenzie reporter for pm doing his bit for agencies that help on third of win Nipges population every year has included giving a 3 Pep talk to 10 Canada Post for John it has involved watching an air Canada worker spend on baseballs at three throws for trying unsuccessfully to achieve the thrill of seeing his Boss drop into a Dunk the frustrated hurler finally ran Over and pushed the Button himself just to make sure the dirty deed didst remain loaned Degagne and Malyna Are two of the United Way of Winnipeg 60 or so prize or loaned whose employers pick up their salaries for 11 weeks so they can go into schools or wherever to get this cites populace to open their Wal lets and give to the 62 agencies the United Way who works for the Federal Indian affairs and Northern development depart and a personnel assistant with in Are part of a five member team whose varied activities characterize a More volunteers struggle to help fund achieve million target creative approach to f its an increasingly competitive says Campaign director to everybody wants a share of the charitable but the pie remains the same its just being divided into More recent efforts aimed at making sure the United Way gets a big enough slice to meet this years target include Kickoff Pancake breakfasts at numerous scavenger Hunts and bake sales All aimed at letting past and potential donors know the Campaign has gone into full Sandie an operations analyst with Manitoba Telephone said one of the Best techniques has been slave auctions in which bids Are made on executives who end up spending a couple of hours doing such Rou Tine but necessary chores As answering a phone or Wright said Many new volunteers find the toughest thing about fundraising comes when the moment arrives to apply the Clinch there reluctant to close the she they present a Case beautifully when it comes to saying would you please participate which of course Means would you please when it gets an los Job includes making such presentations directly to employers or along with helping workplace Degagne said the toughest part of his Job involves staying on top of All his major a each team member has several major Pri vate or Public and they help each other out with Foster noting i Haven had any speeding tickets yet but one May be com investment Many corporations sponsor an or As an in vestment in their human resource assets in Many it pays Bonnie who works in great West life Assurance investment Divi said she joined toastmasters International to improve her Public until starting her United Way had Little Chance to use now i can even do it with a Day ment and our audience can be any where from two to 200 those interviewed said letting potential do nors know what United Way agencies Are All about presents one of the bigger Ive been a United Way supporter for but i didst know All the things my Money went Degagne it covers everything from the red Cross to Rons Foster said telling potential donors that one Winnipeg family in three is touched directly by some United Way Agency each year helps overcome some objections to Wright said the diversity of agencies pre sents a mixed on one donors realize they Are help ing a whole series of Good rather than excluding numerous on the other she if people give to something like the heart and stroke foun Dation of its Clear How their Money is being they want to know the value of their not just have a fuzzy they want to know what it will do for other for Wright said the fact this self interest ele ment can help motivate an individuals generosity has become crucial to targeting the United ways pointing out that its a Good idea to Tell certain audiences about the women health clinic or the fort Garry women resource and others about the May some Day experience for a service such As meals on we rent asked she said studies have found the reason some individuals dont support a Charity is they feel they simply we rent Wright has prompted the United Way to beef up its efforts in medium and Small plus More direct Competition from an eve growing number of health and other types of institutions seeking Charity dollars in a period of High unemployment pose definite challenges for this years fundraising we just have to let people know that when unemployment Peoples needs for our agencies Rise Wright those of us who can do something to help them Are going to have to dig a Little and give a Little babies cries Telegraph trouble drug alters balance of important unborn brain generous neighbor brings and much More at 3 in a Low birth intensive care unit for two nurses record data and compare As they three babies Are and the nurses begin to move toward this is a regular part of their work listening for and reacting to a moment a Forth baby both nurses Stop in their anxiously turning toward each this just 50 hours telegraphs trouble to these experts her cry is High pitched and compared with the cries of the other her body is she struggles to breathe As she these neonatal when asked about their reactions and their obvious con Tell us in their combined 23 years of this cry is linked to sudden infant death but this baby is not about to she is suf Fering because of her an addict who used cocaine through the first four months of another almost 5 weeks Waits with his Mother for their a nurse stops writing in a Chart when this baby begins to regular music she later tells cries Are part of the Reg ular music around but that cry is almost painful for me to it is a cry that has Al most no activity linked with its a sad cry that actually not terribly there Are fewer but its More its a cry that feels depressed inside of me and tells me that baby is already depressed at 5 weeks the Mother of this infant is close to her baby and she holds he with the baby propped in her the Mother offers an inviting smile and her eyes brighten As she by Charles Schwarzbeck children today say i i Hope its better now love but this baby shows almost no he rather at his positive Mother Over and Over they try to begin a rhythmic interchange that is typical of mothers and As time goes How this positive and her baby miss each they Are unable to find a rhythm or to play soon Mother looks sad and she is doing the right things but she and her baby cant find each the frustration will in crease Over the next especially when her baby this cry is linked to sudden infant death syndrome she used cocaine through the 29th week of her the cries of these two infants one exit one depressed Are characteristic in cocaine exposed such babies also have significantly lower Shorter lengths at birth and smaller head circumference than babies who Are not exposed to the effects of cocaine on the fetus Are both direct and direct effects occur be cause cocaine is transferred from Mother to fetus through tie the drug directly alters the balance of important chemicals in the unborn Childs creating irritability in the Many cocaine exposed infants Are very easily almost anything up sets them and soon they Are this handicaps the parents ability to help the baby remain comfortable and to the parents of a cocaine exposed Days and nights Are a series of soothing fail the indirect effects of cocaine on the fetus include constricted and limited blood flow within the Placenta important tissue in the Mother that supplies oxygen and vitamins to the unborn some cocaine exposed babies show alternating excitable and depressed neither cry sounds like the routine cries of other a since the major length increase occurs ear Lier than the major weight increases in a be it is thought that cocaine exposure ending before the seventh month of pregnancy produces different characteristics than cocaine usage that goes on to the eighth month of while excitable and depressed cries in co Caine exposed babies suggest abnormal neurologic it is not yet known whether some of these frightening handicaps will disappear As the child grows Short term but because the excitable and depressed states make it difficult for mothers to enjoy and feel competent with their even Short term medical effects can damage the infant for a Schwarzbeck is a consultant to Fame schools and hospitals in he is a faculty member at the University of washing ton school of Medicine and at the washing school of Scripps Howard news service Minneapolis millionaire Percy Ross is internationally known for his philanthropic works and likes to encourage others to help solve problems for those in he has earned a Fortune and a wealth of knowledge during his lifetime and wants to share both before his his motto is he who gives while he also knows where it dear Ross in writing on behalf of my neighbor Down the Shes 89 years old and Doest have her name is she recently got out of the Hospital after hav ing been found on the floor in her she had been there for almost a she had gotten out of became dizzy and she refuses to got to a nursing and i can see her at i go i have kind of adopted i take meals to her to make sure she my re quest is for to buy her some groceries be cause she barely has the Basic i Hope to keep her in her House As Long As she can still get around with a Shes forgetful but that comes with old lets see what you can do to help us dear in sending a Cheque which will Purchase plenty of in sending it on one should myrtles mental faculties you must speak on her behalf so that she can be in a Safe its one thing to forget to eat lunch and another thing to endanger your self because you left the stove on All dear Ross you May not remember but i wrote you last year expressing my need to have my wife tubes she had them tied during her first so we cant have a baby when i did not receive a re ply from i started to hate being a i realize that i i think maybe you just forgot about me so in asking we need for the unless you can find a cheaper i have two won Percy Ross Kerful Ste kids but my heart is still i know i will never be completely Happy with out a child of my very my wife told me she would give me a divorce so i could find someone who could Bear i cried for hours after she said but it really showed me that she loves dear please excuse but i have Little compassion for your dear Ross several months a Friend from my Church asked me if i would be a eucharist i agreed under one that i be allowed to bring communion to the in the the tires on my old car have really become being on a fixed in in having difficulty getting the Money needed for new since the Home bound Are unable to attend they especially appreciate me bringing them comm i know youve heard this but if you could help me i would be very dear the Cheque in sending will outfit your car with four new plus buy a Little extra you May write to Percy Ross Winnipeg free Box include a Telephone number if you All letters sent to Ross Are Only a few Are answered in this Al though others May be acknowledged private inc ;