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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS Logo Contest for Elders Bus The elders are looking for a logo, created by a tribal member, to go onto our bus. Three colors would be preferred. Please submit your entry to Kathryn Dick at the Siletz office by Oct. 10. The elders will make their decision at the meeting on Oct. 13. We have many artists in our tribe and look forward to your assistance. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets from the elders at the 2001 pow-wow. We appreciate your support. We donated $ 150 to the pow-wow in support of the prize money for the children. 1 hank you to Craig Whitehead and the Pow-Wow Committee for making the elders area so much better this year. They put down a ground cover near us to keep down the dust. They tried to find a red carpet to keep us in style, but we settled for a different color. It worked well; our raffle prizes were in better condition. Thank you to everyone who donated raffle items and to everyone who helped sell tickets at the raffle table. Thank you to the Pow-Wow Committee for helping us with the raffle. It takes time to set up tables, keep track of raffle prizes, etc. A special thank you to Angela Ramirez and Valerie Hibdon for responding immediately when we needed help. Shirley B. Walker Above: The elders bus is decorated for the Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow parade. Below: Maxine Rilatos (I), Marlene Stuart, Vickie Nelson, Lynette Hibdon, Heather Walker, Tiffany Stuart, and Shirley Walker gather at the elders raffle table. CTSI Elders Chairman Nancy McCrary (I), Tom Chandler, Kathryn Dick, Maria Westervelt, Gladys Bolton, Helen Cooper, Kay Steele, and Judy Muschamp attend a meeting of the Home and Community-Based Long-Term Care work group in August. (Photo above and those of shopping and lunch on page 8 by Maria Westervelt.) Elders Coordinators Attend Caregivers Support Conference Elouise Case, elders coordinator, Title VI Program; and Kathryn Dick, elders coordinator, attended the National Family Caregiver Support Conference in Washington, D.C., along with 700 other participants. This is new funding for which the tribe has applied. We hoped to hear about our grant by late September. The program will fund respite services for family caregivers. Are you a caregiver? That question was asked at the conference. Many people think being a caregiver is someone who lives with and takes care of a family member. Although this is true, a caregiver also can be someone who runs errands, picks up prescriptions, calls to check on an elder family member on an ongoing basis, or performs other such duties. Many caregivers don't see themselves as caregivers. This new program also targets respite services for grandparents caring for their grandchildren on a full- time basis, where there isn’t a parent in the household. This is becoming more of a situation than in the past, more so in Native populations because of the Indian Child Welfare Act. In five years, one in five people will be over age 65. The baby boomers’ generation is now becoming elders. The purpose of this program is to keep our elders in familiar and comfortable settings as they age by supplying much-needed relief for caregivers. ,,Octot?er 200} □ „ ?jleU News _• □ 9
