Robert and Steven Rotiroti successfully ran a Foundation Charity Auction for the benefit of Toronto Sick Kid's Hospital at the Vandorf Community Hall (Ontario, Canada) on November 13th, 2010.
This event was supported with a LIVE-ONLINE by Choicepigeon.com and 100% of the proceeds raised (less auction expenses) was donated DIRECTLY to the Toronto Sick Kid's Hospital. Robert and Steve raised about $10,000.00.
Approximately forty birds were donated by local and out of area flyer's including birds from:
Tony Alves, Rotiroti Bros, Big Andy, Chris Mitsiou, Jim McInnes, Ken Foster, Steacy Family Loft, Ron Hastie, Bruce Mathers, and Mario Rea.
Robert writes, “This is a great way to get a positive outlook on our great sport. This is the first year that my brother and I are going to run the auction, and we plan on running it every year from now on. The pigeon sport teaming up with charity can be very key to our success in getting GOOD NEWS into the media and into the public eye.
Not to mention, that thanks to the doctors at the Sick Kids Hospital my brother Steven is still here with us today and able to run this auction. At birth my brother suffered a brachial plexus injury. This injury has affected my brother's life drastically. When my brother was born there were complications to his delivery, his left shoulder got stuck. The standard procedure when this happens is to break the baby’s collar bone and yank them out by their arms. Now when the doctor went to break his collar bone he messed up horrible and instead broke his collar bone and damaged several nerves on his spinal cord. As soon as my brother was delivered he was immediately put into an ambulance and rushed to sick kids, just after his arrival at sick kids he entered cardiac arrest and lost all his vital signs, he was revived by Dr. W. Clark and his staff. The injury that my brother suffered at birth has left him with no use of his left arm, but thanks to the staff at sick kids he has learned to accomplish his everyday tasks even with his disability. But my brother and many of the other patients at sick kids don’t let their problems slow them down, Steven has a little motto that he says every-time anyone offers him help when they see him struggling with something, he says "everything you can do, I can do better, I can do everything better than you" this is the attitude that all children should have and by you donating to the Sick Children’s Hospital of Toronto we can help fund the research and treatment that these kids need.”
Steve is currently Special Events chair for the Up North Combine and has done an exceptional job in this position.
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