Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 16, 2006, p. 17

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economist sunsuntribune saturday community saturday sept 16 2006 17 pinball remembering forgotten by jim mason staff writer one minute pinball clemons is at his wisecracking best the head coach of thetoronto argos is working the luncheon crowd at christian blind mission international on stouffville road wednesday as if it was yukyuks the next minute there is com- plete silence the signature pinball smile as wide as a cfl field is long gone the quiet is suddenly broken as he smashes an egg and drops a saucer on the table in front of two dinner guests mr clemons appears near tears the broken egg represents the broken hearts of children he says children in uganda he visited with his wife diane and a blind mission entourage over 10 days in april these children are forgot ten he said they have no names no addresses it was shocking ive never seen poverty at that level imagine that the only clothes you have are the ones youre wearing imagine having no refrigerator no food mr clemons was launching a campaign to raise money to pro vide care and medical treatment the campaign features a dvd meet the forgotten children from the trip after lunch eight argos including heisman trophy win- 1 ners ricky williams and eric crouch helped their coach load a container of medical equipment want to help the rescued 300 is the average cost of finding treating and caring for a child in ugandawith a donation you will receive monthly pictures and true stories of children who have been rescued contact for more information call christian blind mission international at 18005672264 or go to cbmicanadaorg bound for komi hospital in uganda students from area schools including stouffville christian wesley academy glad park orchard park and summitview delivered toys for the shipment and visited with the football play ers david mccomiskey executive director of the mission said chil dren in uganda still suffer from polio serious bone injuries and other disabilities mr clemons brought another egg back from the trip it was a gift from the grandmother of emmanuel a sevenyearold boy with cerebral palsy blind mission care workers worked with him for three years taking him from only being able to lie on his back to walking and doing chores im giving you this egg because its fragile and ifs pre cious just like my grandboy the grandmother told mr clemons you came and saved my pre cious emmanuel this egg is to thank you the egg is a reminder of the lit tle boy it makes me so upset even a little angry to hear that this same story is played out again and again in countries throughout africa and asia he said pre cious little children like emmanuel are misunderstood undervalued and theyre treated recklessly mr clemons an oakville resi dent was guest speaker at the missions 100000 miracles dinner in markham last year when he asked how he could be more involved with the organization the ugandan trip was suggested mr mccomiskey said the blind mission is the lead ing organization rescuing and restoring people trapped in poverty by disability it has more than 1000 projects worldwide in more than 100 lowincome coun tries mr clemons is also honorary chairperson of a 75bed teen challenge drug and alcohol reha bilitation program for young adults being established in auro ra he was an integral part of launching the argos founda tions stop the violence cam paign last year and was named chairperson of the youth chal lenge fund by premier dalton mcguinty in february staff photosjoerd witteveen pinball clemons centre coach of the toronto argos helps load a trailer des tined for for africa at christian blind mission international on stouffville road with players including jordan younger left and ricky williams wednesday york region ca your community career choice serving york region through the erabanner the liberal the vaughan citizen the economist sun the stouffville suntribune the advocate monday friday 800 am 600 pm 18007433353 wwwy orkregioncom lln careers v ef highly respected 0 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