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Volunteer offers tips may have grown and left the nest but shes changing diapers and feeding children SECTION A TUB HERALD May IMS- Page I Mai Red Shield Month and to of ficially announce the event a was by Mayor Miller Seen here with him back row from left Dave Manet Red Shield Campaign Chairman and Captain WHson i the Salvation Citadel The Salvation Army mounting Its annual campaign tor fundi and this year goal is In Acton there will be a campaign while In Georgetown there will be a mailIn campaign Herald photo Kathleen is a volunteer who mlnda the children of young mothers atten ding a weekly meeting of the Mothers Morning Out program run by the Hal ton Childrens Aid Society The mothers leam tips on raising Ihelr children and managing money as well as other important Informa tion parents need to know She also assists as a public relations resource person frequently helping at malls and schools Kathleen began volunteering at CAS five years ago because she real iiee young mothers need all the support Ihey can get from the Agency But the Georgetown resi dent does not limit her generous donation of tlmo to Halton CAS She also canvasses for the Canadian Cancer Society and has recently canvassed for the United Way like to have something to do she says and volunteers are need ed Citizens forum Looking for the answers Editor Note The following tetter to thankful to my parents My children Minister of Community and Sadat very lucky to have survived Services John Sweeney was their earlier years free of sexual ted to the Herald for publication to Minister John People have asked me why I became Involved with this issue The Cnurch teaches us we are all Gods children and I believe that we adults I am not writing to you today as the secretary of the Save Our form God for the recreation of life I have difficulty understanding why alarming percentage moral injustices Just as we as in dividuals must seek answers I understand how the Issue of child sexual abuse Is one of difficulty for all of us As a child who lived In a sexual abuse free home I feel percentage of children are to a and unloving way of life Why are we as adults let ting this happen without trying to break the cycle of sexual abuse Help for the children Dear Sir The victimization of women by men appears to be directly related to our sexist society to which male Is reinforced at the cost i female members would I have believed year talemer this statement No Do I now Vest Many times people have asked me If the go considers the crime of child abuse a feminist pro blem I have always said no I was wrong and I admit this publicly Look at the way our government is made up Predominately Does he believe child abuse is a feminist problem Yea can by the lack of concern on the governments part to take positive action to better the care system for abused children and the nonoffering parent usually the mother Societys attitude a few years ago was What I dont see wont hurt me Now there Is a new awareness of the problem of child abuse Socie ty has matured too bad our provin cial government couldnt Jo the same The Save Our Children mandate longti child abuse therapy programs since September 1M7 What progress hare we made We have managed to become a thorn In the governments The Minister of Community and Social Services John Sweeney con- tells us there are several service agencies to help abused children Im not sure where this man is getting his information from because Its fact that be is not get ting his information from this com munity I also do not believe be Is getting this type of Information from any other community I recently attended a workshop put on by the Child Abuse Councils Treatment Issues Committee on April ilth 1968 Heres what we have to offer Essex County There were approximately SO of child abuse In send you a copy as we need your help to man date long term child abuse therapy treatment programs Our children depend on us to protect their health and welfare Sincerely RousseauPresident Save Our Children Organliati on Windsor and Essex County society can gain any sense of self- worth Can we risk our future as seniors to a society full of abused children at an age where they will be holding he purse strings of the government I shudder to think of the possibilities Society as a whole has matured over the years so that we can now discuss morally conflicting subjects such as abortion homosexuality and child sexual abuse without fear Ing ostracised AH of these moral dilemmas have existed for more years than any of us have lived and some will still be discussed many years from now However a major step forward in stopping child sexual abuse can be achieved by providing long term therapy for these children Maturity doesnt warrant society a pat on the back maturity means we as a society must keep making progressive decisions to stop the cycle A quote form the Progressive Farmer prompted me to write this letter A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank ac count was the sort of house I lived In or the kind of car I drove But the world may be different because I In the of a child Sincerely Linda MacDonald Windsor was imports reported service percent of these children years of age we were able to 613 percent the Latency age of age we were abw vice approximately percent of the adolescents 1310 years of age got better we were able to service approximately percent What happens to the percent of preschoolers percent of latencyaged children and the GO percent of adolescents that we could not service They fell trbough the slats of an uncaring system I That will be put in the put as the Save Our Children Organization In tends to see some major changes the right Quickly The government may hive felt tucked away In theu- Ivory towers since the one In Toronto have never had to deal with facetoface But that will be changing very quickly This members have spent many hours and dollars then own trying to show the government the need for these 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