From mseereiter at mhanys.org Thu May 5 09:15:06 2005 From: mseereiter at mhanys.org (Michael Seereiter) Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 09:15:06 -0400 Subject: [Timothy's Team] Timothy's Law Events Today Message-ID: There are events happening throughout the state to commemorate Timothy O'Clair, today, on what would have been his 17th birthday. Among the events that we have details on at this point are: - Balloon release at the Fort Plain Junior/Senior High School - 9:30 a.m. (Assembly Timothy's Law sponsor Paul Tonko is expected to attend) - Press conference held by NYS Senator Jeff Klein and Timothy's Law advocates at the Betty Parker Building #2 at Bronx Psychiatric Center - 10:00 a.m. - Balloon release on the steps of the NYS Capitol in Albany - 4:00 p.m. (Timothy's father, Tom O'Clair will attend) As additional details become available, we will share them with you. Hopefully you can attend one of these events, to show your support for Timothy's Law. For additional information on Timothy's Law, please go to the newly redesigned website at www.timothyslaw.org. You can also direct people to the website to sign up for Timothy's Team updates, as well. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mseereiter at mhanys.org Tue May 17 10:49:24 2005 From: mseereiter at mhanys.org (Michael Seereiter) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:49:24 -0400 Subject: [Timothy's Team] Timothy's Law TV Ad Message-ID: Recently, the Timothy's Law Campaign was generously offered an opportunity to produce a television advertisement in support of Timothy's Law. This was made possible through the generosity of Binghamton, NY's Fox affiliate, WICZ. Needless to say, this opportunity is very exciting in that without such a donatation of resources, a Timothy's Law television advertisement would certainly have been cost prohibitive. The ad is 30 seconds long and consists of several images of Timothy, from his days as an infant and as an older boy, and ends with an image of Timothy's grave marker. All the while, the voice of Tom O'Clair, Timothy's father, is heard, saying - - "This was my son, Timothy, during his short 12 years on this earth. (Image of Timothy as a baby) - He completed his suicide four years ago. We couldn't get the mental health services he so desperately needed because of insurance restrictions. (Image of Timothy with his dog, Holly) - We are not alone. Millions of New Yorkers face this discrimination every day. (Image of Timothy with his dog, Max) - It's too late for Timothy - we can't save him now. But we can fix the law to save others. (Video of Timothy blowing out candles on his 4th birthday) - My name is Tom O'Clair, and this is my son, Timothy, now. (Image of Timothy's grave marker) - You can help me by calling the Governor and your elected leaders to tell them to pass Timothy's Law." (Image of Timothy's Law button with website and phone numbers for elected leaders) You are encouraged to view the Timothy's Law TV ad on the newly redesigned Timothy's Law website - www.timothyslaw.org. We need your help in getting the Timothy's Law TV ad airtime on TV stations throughout the state. If you have any contacts with TV stations in your area and would be willing to help try to get some airtime for this ad, please contact Michael Seereiter at the Mental Health Association in NYS at mseereiter at mhanys.org or 518-434-0439 x21. Thanks for everything you continue to do to help make Timothy's Law a reality. Without your efforts, we couldn't have made it this far. As always, you are encouraged to point others who may have an interest in joining Timothy's Team to the website - www.timothyslaw.org - so they can sign up for these periodic updates on Timothy's Law. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: