Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 saturday free May 1997 girl guide Camp stay boosted Confidence by Glen Mackenzie staff reporter when Robin Methot saw her 10yearold daughter Rachel off to Caddy Lake girl guide Camp last she assumed she would spend most of her time play it turned out to be a real educational experience for both Mother and we enjoy camping As a and Shes teaching me things like How to use twigs to Cool buns and make Stone Methot she also said the Caddy Lake experience did wonders for Rachels Rachel got the camping experience last year thanks to the generosity of free press Sunshine fund its an adventure she will get again this in totally Methot expressing a Heartfelt thanks to the Sunshine fund is just i Tell All my friends there is this kind of Methot adding she Hopes her son will have the funds Lauren fund administrative says 202 children have been compared with 335 at this time in and said it shows How vital it is that parents submit applications As soon As on the financial Haugh said the fund had its Best week this year As in donations poured in last boosting the total to she said 237 applications have come in this which Means 35 children Are still stranded on the waiting anyone interested in making a tax deductible donation should Send it to the free press Sunshine 194a Sherbrook r3c recent donors included a m Yvon Selena Barbara Parkhil Cheval Community Sean Betty Gordon Roy Doug Ruby John Virginia Janey Bernice Laurie Doreen Ernest Harold Ann Beta Sigma Phi laureate Beta Patricia Marjorie Marjorie is Beryl Olive Roderick Margaret Macdonald and Rachel Suine d Robert David Lloyd Ethel Margery Ethel Douglas senator Gildas Ruth Joe Grace Susanne Helen protect hearing Parkland Sams Hilda Lilly Edward Irena Lawrence Bev Edna Sidney Jack Peggy Webster Imo Miriam Helen ladies auxiliary Frances Marie Virginia Braunstein Imo Bill Helen butt Imo John Beaque Pat Dennis Laura Dagg Imo John Doreen Grace Ernest John Claris Maureen Bertha Evelyn Barbara Frank Alice Graham Eva Cliff Helen Dorothy Vera Imperial Auto body Supply Ltd Mazie Kenneth Alma Alexander Elizabeth Carolyn Marjorie Michele Helen Joanne Macaulay Imo Edith Doris Lorene Emma Ken Elizabeth Muriel Anonymous fund r b Barbara Florence Alice Margaret Helga Ron Gil Pat Andrew Jessie Marion Lesley Gordon Mabel Wesley Clara Dianne Stephenson Imo Marjorie Stewart Imo Marjorie Aaltje Kathleen Norma Genevieve Bernice William Wim Mavis Carl Arthur Gladys Clare Emma de Esther number of donors this total donations this donation amount to total number of number of children placed this number of children placed to number of children on the waiting a Mother informs daughter of rape she is not alone the postman some times rings its always Nice hearing from you readers almost especially by when its you writing me for a a a a dear i am writing in regard to your column conceived by daughter wonders am i May i am a couple of years older than the woman you Call and i have an adult Daugh Ter who was conceived by Ive always been Able to protect her from the truth and she has no idea of her dont stigmatize yourself into believing this is an aboriginal your mothers rape happened because she was at the wrong place at the wrong perhaps it was because she was but More Likely it was because she was my circumstance was differ As they All he was a Friend of my my memory does not allow me to Complete but i know it lasted Many and Over and Over every time was like the first because i blocked it from the rapes i took what was and that is my Daugh i cant escape the fact that she looks like her but in the Only one who has to live with that i see my daughter is a wonderful i had pressure to have an Abor or to give her up for adopt but i loved her enough to give her life and to raise her i have no i never Felt guilty about being i was trapped in my own Home and my father was ill and died at this and my Mother was too wrapped up in my i forgave my rapist and my parents a Long time god lets things happen for Rea and its up to us to take the Good out of the and to my daughter was the Good that came of and you Are the Good outcome of your Moth ers your Mother and i suffered similar but the actual events Are Only a few lost hours of our the emotional turmoil is always but acceptance and putting it in the past and growing Gordon Sinclair into a better person is our Tri our attackers pay the ultimate the loss of their i Admire your mothers strength for telling you the my daughter will never the coverup has gone too far to change were very close and i think in this situation the truth is Best left to die with dont Ever look Down on your self As a lesser person because of who your father your strength is you know youre a very Loving we will never but i want you to know that my support and understanding is always youre not signed l a a o i am writing to you in regards to your article abcs mental quip definitely not May 17 concerning mental i have one of those funny the one referred to in the read ers digest article where you can push any Button and it wont mat Ter because no one will i remember laughing so hard last fall Reading readers digests Humour that it took me awhile to Contact both the society for depression and manic depression and Laurie Mcpher son at the Canadian mental health my fax to her prompted her writing to readers digest and i spoke to her after she forwarded me their disappointing a joke is not funny if even one person is Hurt by changing the worlds Atti tude is a big too big for me right most of my time and Energy is consumed with the Day today stresses and Joys of a marital relationship and the Nur Turing of and an occasional letter to thank someone speaking out for others who can not presently do so thank you very sin Clair for your which was read by and in the Hopes with every such Arti a few More thoughts will turn to the concerns of the mental ill Ness name withheld by request fit your 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