P>AGE' S. Wi:l)NI.Sl)Aý, API I. s. i'sWî ~ ~*-P s Hosptalfor Sick Children supported Dear Sir: This is an open letter to all who are genuinely concerned about the Hospital For Sick Children. I have an eleven year old daughter who has been admitted to the Cardiac ward of HSC on numerous oc- casions, for various surgical procedures. I have spent much time during these eleven years nurturing positive feelings and attitudes with respect to her stays in the hospital. She has been encouraged to be co- operative and has developed an attitude of trust and genuine confidence in the staff at the hospital. My daughter, not unlike many other children, will be retur- ning to HSC for further procedures. She is very much aware of the recent events, and subsequent publicity - children seem to have their own special way of sorting things out and extracting the truth in its simplicity. It is with the foregoing fac- ts fresh in mind that I wish to share the following thoughts with you: Slander is "a false statement harmful to another's character or reputation." It can con- tain an element of truth and still be slander, if it conveys an untrue im- pression. The trained counselor knows that a word here and the.re, taken out of context, can give a false picture of facts as they really are. A lawyer realizes that a witness can piece together a num- ber of true statements in such a way that the entire sum of those statements is a lie because of the im- pression it leaves. Whenever we hear mention of a name, our thoughts naturally turn to the person who owns it. During the Watergate affair, names that were synonymous with public service were suddenly tainted with corruption. Many people, though in- nocent of charges, had to undergo the trauma of guilt by association. "Reputation" is the word that describes how people associate good or ill with our names. If I damage a person's name, I have stolen something from him that is very valuable. On the other hand, a good reporter is objec- tive and careful in reporting the facts. And he is in the business to inform his readers rather than victimize his subjects. We all have the in- dividual choice of being an accuser or a restorer. Even the truth can be told with a design to hurt. The dif- ference between slan- der and restoration lies in our motive. If we are trying to hurt, we will use the truth to slan- der. If we are trying to help we will use it to restore. It is high time the people of Toronto stand up and be coun- ted by banding together in a positive effort to restore and support the reputation of The Hospital For Sick Children. Let us show the world that we are mature and respon- sible people by wholeheartedly stan- ding behind our hospital, staffed by caring and competent people, a hospital that has given so much to children the world over for the past century. Respectfully submitted, Mrs. C. Lynne Gilbert 618 Athol Street Whitby, Ontario CARE Canada thanks Free Press Dear Sir: CARE Canada wishes to express sin- cere thanks to your paper for having given space to CARE adver- tisements as a public service during the past year. Your generous help is greatly appreciated, as we need the support of your readers .to maintain and expand CARE's relief and development programs for the needy in developing countries. Donations from Canadians helped to make possible the food and medical aid which CARE provided to Cambodian refugees in Thailand last year. In this connection your readers may be in- terested in the en- closed new story about the success of the in- ternational aid provided to these refugees. Hoping we may look forward to your cooperation and sup- port in the future, I am Yours sincerely, Jack Maybee, Public Relations Off icer. Ontario Heart Foundation beats objective Dear Sir: The annual fund raising campaign, for the Whitby Branch of the Ontario Heart Foundation held during the month of February, was a tremendous suc- cess. Our objective for 1981 was set at $15,000 and we are very pleased to report our total has now reached $22,491.57. The citizens of the Town of Whitby were fantastic, and generous in their donations. 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