Quiring graduates from Tribal Home Visiting Program June USDA
Congratulations to Heather Quiring
distribution dates
for graduating from the Siletz Home Visit-
ing Program. She entered the program in
July 2016 when her son, Erik, was just a
few months old and continued until this
April when Erik turned 3. While in the
program, Heather had much going on
in her life and accomplished important
milestones, from graduation to obtaining
a certificate, license and employment.
Through it all she stuck with the pro-
gram, learning and growing as a parent.
She found the program very helpful and
commented, “It was nice to know some-
one was there if I needed help or to get
some advice. While I did a lot on my own,
having support was very good for me.”
Congratulations, Heather!
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2019 Siletz Tribal
Youth Council
Female Co-President – Jeidah
DeZurny (second from right)
Male Co-President – Santana
Hutchinson (second from left)
Vice President – Felisha Howell (center)
Secretary – Zena Greenawald (third
from left)
Treasurer – Mariah Benitez (far right)
Social Media Representative –
Savanna Rilatos (third from right)
Middle School Representative –
Victoria Butler (far left)
Joyce Retherford, FDP Director
541-444-8393
and executive director of the
Memory Keepers Medical
Discovery Team on Health
Disparities at the University of
Minnesota Medical School.
June 5 – July 17*
Siletz Clinic – Shell Room
These free classes offer care
strategies, resources and support
to the caregiver. Savvy Caregiver
training teaches the caregiver to
know the stages of dementia.
Knowing the stage allows the
caregiver to use activities and
tasks that better fit the abilities and
capabilities of their loved one,
resulting in more hours of
“contented involvement.”
*Note: No class on July 10 due to Culture
Camp activities.
Savvy Caregiver in Indian Country
is a program for Native people that
is designed to help caregivers
provide care and support for
someone with Alzheimer’s or
dementia. It is a six-part group
program that lasts approximately
two hours per part.
Savvy Caregiver in Indian Country
is a culturally adapted program
developed by Dr. J. Neil
Henderson, Oklahoma Choctaw,
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June 2019
June 24 1:30 – 6:30 p.m.
June 25 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
June 26 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
By appt only
June 27
As you can see, our Salem distribu-
tion will be a week behind the usual dates.
That is because we will be attending our
national conference, NAFDPIR, in Pearl
River, Miss.
I want to take this opportunity to
welcome aboard Sammy Hall, Sr. as our
new clerk/warehouseman. I know he will
do a good job.
We are seeing new products in the
food package, like the boneless skinless
chicken breasts. What a great addition to
our already awesome food items.
In the past couple of months, we have
also started receiving frozen blueberries,
another great addition. On the horizon, I
hear there may be some frozen vegetables
and perhaps frozen strawberries!
LIKE us on Facebook at Siletz
Tribal FDPIR. We would like to see
more people share their recipes
on our FB page. Like us at
SILETZ TRIBAL FDPIR.
Heather Quiring and her sons, Aaron
Quiring and Erik Hochstetler Jr.
Wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Salem
Courtesy photo
Savvy Caregiver in
Indian Country
Training
June 3
June 4
June 5
June 6
June 7
Training will be provided by staff
from the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians. To sign up for this
important informational training,
contact
Hannah Glaser
541-444-9613
UNITY, continued from page 1
environment. Their passion and contri-
butions to dialogue and action-planning
are important to our sustainable future,”
said Mary Kim Titla, executive director
of UNITY.
The 2019-2020 class will participate
in training sessions and informational
workshops to increase their knowledge
of environmental issues affecting Native
America, learn to serve as an ambassador
to increase awareness of the issues affect-
ing the environmental quality on Native
lands, and promote the efforts to address
environmental concerns within the
nation’s Native communities. Topics will
focus on, but not be limited to, recycling,
conservation, regeneration and restoration.
The newly selected ambassadors were
nominated by a member of their commu-
nity, meeting criteria that included dem-
onstrating leadership potential, showing
an interest in protecting the environment,
and experience and participation in com-
munity service projects.
They will receive leadership train-
ing and be officially recognized at the
National UNITY Conference in Orlando,
Fla., on July 4-8.
In addition, the UNITY Earth Ambas-
sadors will be provided special opportuni-
ties, coordinated through UNITY, to take
their message to Tribal and governmental
agency representatives, as well as lawmak-
ers and others committed to environmen-
tal stewardship.
For more information about UNITY,
its programs and the 2019 National
UNITY Conference, visit unityinc.org.
About UNITY
Founded in 1976, United National
Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) is a
national network organization promoting
personal development, citizenship and
leadership among Native youth. UNITY’s
mission is to foster the spiritual, mental,
physical and social development of Ameri-
can Indian and Alaska Native youth ages
14-24 and to help build a strong, unified
and self-reliant Native America through
greater youth involvement.
UNITY’s network currently includes
274 affiliated youth councils in 34 states.
Youth Councils are sponsored by Tribes,
Alaska Native villages, high schools, col-
leges, urban centers and others.
UNITY’s signature event is the National
UNITY Conference, held each summer in
various states. It is the longest and largest
American Indian and Alaska Native youth
leadership conference in the country, with
more than 2,000 attendees annually.