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Dam-mum Imwa Pachn‘u 'nuucm'wvnx rum I )aphnc [ta 1: NJ 3“ NOQMR’V lathe Smartfl [1m Mason ibune EDITORIAL United Way plan could bring services home to you 0 While York Region had the fifth highest median family income in Canada in 2006. about one in eight of its residents lived in low- incme households. 0 About 9.500 families seek rem geared to income housing, with an astonishing "twat waiI 0 [he York Regxm branch uf the Canadian Mental I health Axsociation treats l 5(1) clients annually More than 10,000 resi- dents would benefit fmm cam if mum funding was available. Yet. York Region has among the healthiest. wealthiest and gum vihmnl communities in (In- country. 0 Food bank visits haw increased 27 per com since 2008 and continue In riw. But within our neat and tidy neighbourhtmds an- widvning ptx‘kz'ts of poverty ~â€" a hidden fiocial issue that will continue to faster if mom fundng doesn't become availaNé. For its pan. The United Way 0f York Regim is taking pwwnu'w action on this hummning ixx'uos plight with its announce- ment last week of a gmund» breaking, three-year. sw'mjmon fundraising campaign. 'lhe organization "Ls attempting to hone in on each community‘s biggest needs and pmvidc thus:- senior-5 closer to home. If you live in King. for example. them Ls no one place to quickly access social sem'ce infonnation and residents am driving to mom urban neightmuring ummmuni~ lies an get services. Georgina. With one of the few anh shelters in thv ( I I‘.-\. has 30TH)" UNIV: Innmation madly whal it nn-do-d In pnwnt dim-1m and mist mighbourhouds in finding help. IE: 3-year plan wolf! I-nd growing “rial whit-r nwds. hm will attempt to don- gaps and bring urn kw How to your home t'§ undeniable York Region troubled young[unpk'mming has a 50081 SCH/Ices flmd- from other Ivgkms, which puts ins Cris.“ “" “5 hands- ‘ furthvr strain on what Iinlo fund l‘he sobering slalnsucs mg " mafiqu troubled yuqu people wming fmm other mgkms. which pms funhvr 91min on what little fund ing it recon-vs. language barrier is‘sm‘s might be accommodated in the south. but what about farther north when: diverxny ixsues are becom- ing mnrc prevalent? ' Needs. am diflemm arm“ the rt-giun and the United Way's inmwalivv him-prim envisions a "human capital campaign” that will mum-c1 each community to its wide-ranging network of acre» sible scmu-s. l'ho mality is umkiv-cutlcr plans don’t vngagt- wcrymw in thy same way. u» Ihv UniuflM’; is attempting In large! social wrw‘u‘ gaps in all York Region’s Iwighbourhtxxts. It's a stmng firs! step in wrung in (m probk-m areas and dealing with issues before they get out of hand. \lehvt if». yum submit/rd humming. mental health scum-2s. ymllh ur wnim assistance. [his plan hupt‘s m assial ynu in your noighhourhmxi. With that being we'd have to have our heads in the sand to think Km million m three years will mlvv the rhmnk‘ undorfund ing ( Iisis in nut communities. Social scrvivo gaps will alwayx exist. but if we create the mumm- es when? residents can get mom engaged and see the relevance of what this organization is all about. perhaps we can stop the problems from spiralling. This initiative is Offering a “helping hand in cwry neigh- bourhqod” and. if cxccului pmp- criy. will help people find 1hr help tht'v need. Isn't that what healthy commu- nities an' all about? 'AIV' LETTER OF THE WEEK a Mm from an angry mmher. 'lhe blunt and ammymuus letter vicmusiy attacked thc family for imposing a "wild" child on her community. frightening her children and mq'mcting special consideration. While it is hard to beliéve a mother would feel this way. dismixshlg her altitude as sick. extreme and unrepresenme of our is not enough - a tempeled response is in under. Don't answer hate with more hate Last Wt’t'k. a family caring at‘home for their teenagcd sun with autism received The imuleranre of this self'labefled "passed-OE mother" reached its lowest point in suggcs'ting the parents euthanize their gmxi-for-nothing, unlovable and unem- plnyabk' sun. then donate his “unmarried body pans” to science. v HIMI'Vl’r umk-rstalxjable might be the wquxinn 0f disgusl and outrage toward her mmiemncc. it is neither appropriate nor helpful [0 answvr in kind. I [in-n if the loner writer nniy expressm the flaws of a fringe element in our outrage alone does not address her allega~ lion that others feel the same as she does but just “dnn'l have the guts” to say so. Traumatized by this hateful letter. the famiiy publit'izt-d it and il 5mm went viral. l‘uronm newspapers recein a flood of letters that wem nfien as brutal as the )9!- mr itself Letters to dead people disgusting waste of money Service Ontario stnt a letter to my father. who died in 2003. request- ing “re-registration" of his Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) card. My mother tried to'con- tact them by telephone. but. as a senior Citizen. she was unable to navigate GI:th MANMBII [aim Willem: lhcsc folks; our rmghbours. need to be PUBLISHER Ian Proud/om lsflnereanissueahoutwhichywmpusionfl? mmmsmmyhmmmmm mummmmmmam mmrmmhuddntE-mimaso-m Mubatninmon@mm their labyrinthine phone svstem. So. she sent back the form. with “deceased Aug. 4. 2003' written across it. We thought that would belhe end of it. The idiots sent it back. fins! left them a strongly worded eomail. informing them. yet again. that my dead father doesn't much feel like filling in the form they have sent us twice now. so could they please stop wasting our taxes and AB persons have digmyfincluding those with disabilities. and so are entitled to flee- dmnfmmabmeasweflasfieedomtoreach told that since Canada signed on :0 UN den lamtionson the @150an and pom with they have @115 to education and social fwild' chan must not m be expelled inm the“mx1s”. indeed. these peoph: need to hear that when parents choose to live in the commu- nity with their children, is good not just forthem, butalsobrallofusasweleam to be our “brother’s keeper”. “my need to recognize we are born utterly dependent on others. live a heart. beat away from catastrophic acpidem or illnessand. iflucky.die inlwingarms. Like many parents. this mother thinks her chiidren are “normal”. but life’s lesmns may yet change her bean. so they must not forgm theirfamflyisspamdoruywcodor fate from what they consider “defects”. Yes! they are responsible for their own children, but our regard for future genera- tions makes this a culkectiw msponsibility um ~ v - ' $.wnmdmmnflmethiswomanand anyone who Shams her sentiments. that we accept peopie who are “difieit'm” and that we support their caregivers. Only then can mcelebrate the uniqueness so essential to the diversity that cnfiches Canada. SALVATORE (SAL) AMENTA S 1 UL ‘1' PWLLfi Sfi‘WTribune 6290MH'ISL WDNLAA 167 What a disgusting waste of money. Any help you can give me. dear reader. would be eternally appreciated. Hopefully. the message will penetrate their thick skulls this time. but. just in case. l'm going to make my online journal entry as available to Ontario gov- ernment types as I can. upsetting my mother. CRAIG WILKINS KEA H’FCK