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Introduction
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Poem | Heather's Poem Hi everyone, amazingly we've got another issue online. Thanks for your great response; with all of your poems, reports and jokes we’ve had a lot to read. Keep them coming in, we can’t produce these pages without your input! Hope you like the new name. Rebecca Wild from Wavertree came up with the title we thought said it all, so this page is now Children for Children. We are trying to organise a trip to Camelot in summer. The day will give us a chance to have fun and get to know each other. If you would like to be involved, let the PITY II office know or e-mail us at pity2uk@yahoo.co.uk.
Got any fund-raising ideas such as local car washes, sponsored swims, cake stalls (anything)? Let us know and give it a go. Money raised will be help to keep PITY II going and provide activities for siblings involved with PITY II. Perhaps we could have a PITY II car wash day. If we could organise co-ordinated car washes around the North West, the local media may give us some publicity. Let us know what you think. Any issues you would like us to tackle? If so, let us know and we’ll do our best to help. Look forward to seeing you all soon. Don’t forget the sponsored walk! The Team. On Saturday the 9th of June [2001] a sponsored walk will take place, in Liverpool, to raise funds for an activity day for siblings and parents to get together and have fun, get to know each other and, if people want to, talk about feelings. We need to raise about £1,000 for this day, and even more for future days. PLEASE HELP. If you would like to join the walk and get sponsors or would simply like to sponsor us, then phone the office or e-mail us. Thanx. If you can’t make the walk, the walkers will be stopping for lunch around one in the afternoon, in St. John’s Gardens (back of St. George’s Hall in the city centre), and hope to end the walk at McDonald’s on East Lancashire Road (by the Showcase Cinema) between 5 and 6 in the evening - you might like to come along and give them a cheer. We look forward to meeting you all. Again, please help. 
The day my sister went away The day my
sister went away, Hannah We would like to thank Hannah for this very moving poem and her extremely supportive letter. Yes we are all here to support each other, come along to our activities, write to us or e-mail us if you can.
My mum and
dad told me the news, Heather
What a day that will be She died 21st
of October. We went weeks, To bury her
organs, We went for
a meeting, My family
did lots of charity work, We still have
to wait, Debbie Please keep on sending us your poems. It is a great way of sharing your feelings and it helps some of us who don’t feel able to put how we feel into verse to explore what we feel. Tickle your ribs with these … What’s green and white and goes ‘boing, boing!’? A spring onion! When should you be scared if a cat falls on you? When you’re a mouse! Our thanks go to Jamie and Lee for their pictures and letters which have been reproduced here.
A Review of the Meeting Held at the Liverpool Adelphi Hotel. When we arrived there were about 6 pieces of paper which we were supposed to read and take home, refreshments were supplied for when people were thirsty. After John O’Hare had finished his talk he introduced Paula O’Leary who spoke about The Retained Organs Commission which is like a database to link up hospitals to find information for parents whose children have been stripped [of their organs] so they can find out where their organs are so they can be returned to their mothers and fathers. They are also there to consider and advise on difficult or unusual cases, more detailed information for adults can be found in the papers we were given and on the PITY II website [http://uk.oocities.com/pity2uk/HTML/]. Fund Raising was talked about by Alice Procter; she spoke about what stuff to do to raise money for PITY II to carry on to help parents who will come forward in the future. Mrs. Proctor said that PITY II needs our help. We have got one or two ideas e.g. the sponsored walk and a trip to Camelot. Next on the list we where talking about the Demolition of Myrtle St. All the parents agreed with Christine Woods that it should be demolished because of the memories and the organs stored there for no reason at all. And me, myself, agree with Christine. Ed Bradley was next on the agenda and he spoke about the memorial service, which is a religious service in memory of all of the children involved. After a cup of tea, we talked about the Redfern report and about what action has been taken and what will happen in the years to come. After the Redfern report speech, John O’Hare stood up to tell us What can we do from here, he said that to keep trying to find more information about the organ scandal, and he said “We have to make sure that it will never happen again!!” And last but not least was Ed Bradley again to close the meeting with Closing remarks a numerous amount of people raised their hand and asked questions and I was one of them, and my question was “What would you do if this was to happen again?” John couldn’t guarantee that it wouldn’t happen again but I know it wont happen again! Written by: Stephen Alker - Age: twelve.
School can be hard at the best of times but with the tragic news
that has
You may feel that that’s okay for most people who have got time, but for you the summer term means only one thing … exams!!! Concentrating and revising is hard at the best of times. We approached Liverpool Education Authority and their advice was to inform your teacher of your exceptional circumstances. They may in turn inform the examination boards of your problems and this may be taken into consideration when marking your exams (you may need a certificate from your doctor to help your case). Don’t forget to revise and accept all the help and advice available. We would like to wish you all good luck with your exams and hope to be congratulating you on your results soon.
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II (Parents who have Interred Their Young Twice) is the parents' support
group set up in the wake of the organ retention scandal
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Feeling
young and energetic? Here’s your chance to prove it. On Saturday
9th June we are having a sponsored
walk
in fancy dress. The day is intended to include the whole of the
family so bring everyone along. If you would like to walk, help
or just sponsor other walkers, please contact the office or e-mail
us.
How
I felt
The
meeting opened with Ed Bradley and he told everyone why we were
asked to come. Which was to tell us what will happen with PITY II.
After Ed Bradley finished his talk he introduced John O’Hare to
tell us the Achievements over the last twelve months, which was
to hope we have made a start in changing practices that are no longer
acceptable. It is still going to take a lot of effort for the medical
profession to understand what was wrong with what these people did,
stripping the bodies for their own research or, as someone suggested
has been alleged, just sold organs to pharmaceutical companies.
affected
all of us you may be finding things even harder. It is not uncommon
for youngsters to normally have behavioural changes, sleeping difficulties
and, basically, be struggling with a workload they could normally
handle with ease; but if your grades slip help may be available.