{"id":24291,"date":"2019-07-18T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=24291"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:28:24","slug":"many-hands-doing-good-marks-first-year-of-giving-back-following-neville-lake-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/many-hands-doing-good-marks-first-year-of-giving-back-following-neville-lake-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Hands, Doing Good marks first year of giving back following Neville-Lake tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A name, a number,\nand maybe a logo or two. That\u2019s what\u2019s on the backs of your average baseball\nplayer when they step out onto the diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, when William\nTrimble and his team do so, they do so with a very important message. Instead\nof a name or a logo, accompanying the number are four hand prints \u2013 one large\nprint surrounded by three more, each one smaller than the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The large one\nrepresents Gary Neville, while the three smaller ones his grandchildren Daniel,\nHarrison and Millie, who all lost their lives at the hands of a drunk driver in\nSeptember 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, these hand\nprints form the poignant and evocative logo of the Many Hands, Doing Good\nFoundation, a non-profit established out of the tragedy by their mother, Jennifer\nNeville-Lake, to support children who have suffered the effects of trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting Millie\u2019s\nlove of music, Harrison\u2019s ingenuity and artistic creativity, Daniel\u2019s passion\nfor dance, and Gary\u2019s fascination with broadcasting, the Many Hands, Doing Good\nFoundation provides nurturing and therapy to kids through art, dance and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These four\nhandprints were proudly displayed by William in Aurora last Tuesday as the\norganization took over Aurora\u2019s Air Riderz Trampoline Park to raise over\n$20,000 for local therapy programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

William\u2019s mother\n(and assistant coach), Helen Garrett, was on hand last week. A volunteer with\nthe foundation since its inception, she said the organization means a lot to\nher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have children\nmyself and my heart breaks for Jennifer, I just couldn\u2019t even imagine,\u201d said\nHelen. \u201cThe fact she is trying to give back to the community even though she\nlost her own children has a big impact on me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, their story\nhas had a big impact on the community over the last three-and-a-half years,\nincluding York Regional Police Constable Andy Pattenden. Working closely with\nthe family in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, they are bonds that have\nendured and when Ms. Neville-Lake decided to honour her family\u2019s memory by\nestablishing the foundation, Mr. Pattenden was quick to join her efforts as a\nBoard member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been with\nthe Neville-Lake family ever since the tragedy back in 2015,\u201d said Constable\nPattenden. \u201cMy role as a media relations officer with the YRP brought me with\nthe family, but there was just so much more there and the connection was so\nstrong. I really wanted to use my skills and abilities to help Jennifer out to\nbring this organization to life, and now it is my passion \u2013 it\u2019s the work I do\noutside of my real job and a night like this is amazing. We see everyone come\ntogether and have a great time, knowing the difference this money is going to\nmake in the lives of kids. That\u2019s why we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week\u2019s event in\nAurora was the second annual Family Fun Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the twelve months\nsince Many Hands, Doing Good\u2019s launch at a similar event in Richmond Hill, the\norganization has grown significantly and has helped a growing number of\nchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have had\nfeedback from parents who have seen a noticeable difference in their kids after\nreceiving therapy, primarily with music therapy,\u201d says Constable Pattenden.\n\u201cThey have been kind enough to write us letters [telling us] that the therapy,\nwhich they couldn\u2019t pay for themselves, has helped their child immensely and\nthat is the reward for all of us doing this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to\nwork with various organizations [in the fields of music and art therapy] to\nraise awareness that this funding exists and that is really what our goal has\nbeen in the last couple of years, and we have done a really good job of that.\nNow, we\u2019re also looking at scholarship opportunities at Centennial College for\npeople who are looking to get into radio broadcasting because that was Gary\nNeville\u2019s passion. We\u2019re branching out, the more people that are aware of this\nfunding exists, the more applications we\u2019re going to get in and the more money\nwe can give out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The July 9 Family\nFun Day came just a day after what would have been Harrison\u2019s ninth birthday.\nHe was killed at the age of five, alongside Daniel, nine, and Milly, 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the inception\nof Many Hands, Doing Good, Constable Pattenden says mom Jennifer has been left\n\u201coverwhelmed\u201d by how the community has embraced the cause, helping others while\nkeeping the memories of her father and children alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was overwhelmed\nway back in 2015 with the outpouring of support from the community and that is\nreally how this organization got started: there was money left over from the Go\nFund Me accounts people had put together and she wanted to use it to help other\nchildren,\u201d said Constable Pattenden. \u201cThe donations and the community support\njust keep pouring in. It is allowing us to grow and do so much more and help so\nmany more people. She is overwhelmed at the ongoing support from the\ncommunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Many Hands,\nDoing Good, visit manyhandsdoinggood.ca.<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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