Members of the St Clair Community are encouraged to help support the children who survived the recent tragedy on Lansdowne.

The letter below outlines how you can help.

We at MyStClair hope that you will see it in your heart to give.

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Dear Regal Heights Residents,

 
As you are probably aware, the 7-year-old boy who discovered the murder-suicide of his mother and an acquaintence last week attended Regal Road P.S. He was, as the police told reporters, mature well beyond his years, leading his 3- and 4-year-old siblings out of the apartment in the middle of the night and taking them to safety at a neighbour's home. The next day, this remarkable child even told a member of Regal Road's staff that he was sorry for missing school that day.

The school community feels tremendously sad for <the student> and his two siblings; no child should ever have to endure such an experience -- not only the violence of the act itself, but the terrible uncertainty that awaits them. The children are currently staying with relatives, and it is not clear where they will live.

You may know that the Children's Aid Foundation has set up a trust fund, named after <the student's> late mother, Cimmeron. The organization, which is the fundraising arm of the Children's Aid Society, is accepting donations from members of the public. Donations can be made online, at www.cafdn.org or by phone, 416-923-0924, or by cheques payable to Cimmeron's Fund, c/o Children's Aid Foundation, 25 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON M5R 2S9. Should you prefer, cheques can be left at the school office and we will take responsibility for ensuring that they reach the foundation.

The Regal Road School Council will make a donation to this trust, and we are currently in the process of determining how much to give. I would also personally like to urge members of the Regal Road community to contribute whatever they feel is an appropriate amount. Victoria and I have donated $100.

Money, obviously, won't solve the most serious issues <the student> and his siblings now face. But it can provide them, and their future caregivers, with some much-needed stability in a highly uncertain and traumatic time.

I hope you will join us in helping them in any way you can.
 
Sincerely,
 
John Lorinc & Victoria Foote,