Opportunity news., July 29, 1966, Page 5, Image 5

Page 5
INITY NEWS, Friday, July 29, 1966
IS . . .
or .
By J u d i J a r v i l l
"D aycare
and
Summer
School a r e e v id e n c e t h a t we
c a r e ," s a id Ruben C o n tre ra s,
Dayton A rea D i r e c t o r . He
knows o f th e poor t o i l e t
f a c i l i t i e s and h e a lt h c o n ­
d i t i o n s in th e camps and
f i e l d s . " I f you have seen
a c h i l d w ith d i a r r h e a l e f t
in th e c a r , w here n o t only
d u s t b u t a l s o f l i e s co v e r
him , and th e c h i l d has a
h ig h te m p e ra tu re f rom s ick-
n e s s , only th e n w i l l you
know w hat I sp e a k o f , "
he
s a id .
The p a r e n ts
o f th e s e
c h i l d r e n a r e good p a r e n t s - -
th ey love t h e i r l i t t l e ones
a s a p a r e n t s h o u ld , and
th ey w ant th e b e s t f o r them.
I t i s n o t t h e i r f a u l t th e
c h ild r e n s u f f e r in th e h o t
s u n - - w a itin g , and w atch in g
t h e i r p a r e n ts w ork in th e
f i e l d s . No, i t i s n o t th e
f a u l t o f th e p a r e n t s .
The
V a lle y
M ig ran t
League i s
a b le to h e lp
th e s e p a r e n ts by p ro v id in g
a p la c e f o r t h e i r c h ild r e n
d u rin g th e h a r v e s t s e a s o n - -
D aycare and Summer School
(s e e p i c t u r e s a t
r ig h t.)
The p a r e n ts and c h ild r e n
a r e w e ll p le a s e d w ith t h i s
tem p o tary a rra n g e m e n t,
Time goes by q u ic k ly fo r
c h ild r e n
in D aycare and
Summer School b e c a u se th e re
i s p le n ty to do and th ey
a r e n o t a lo n e . They a r e on
a p lanned s c h e d u le ------- th ey
e a t w e ll and s le e p w e ll,a n d
p la y w ith to y s t h a t a r e new
to them. The c h i l d r e n a r e
s u p e r v is e d - - - -n o t l e f t to
w ander.
Y es, a l o t can be s a id
ab o q t D aycare and Summer
S ch o o l, b u t th e c h i l d r e n ’s
sm ile s and happy eyes a r e
w o rth much more th a n w ords.
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GRANATO
|R E C T S
V ML
AY. C A R E
summer s c h o o ls and
c a re c e n te r s a r e
f the program o f th e
[M igrant League t h i s
I The d i r e c t o r o f
Programs i s a hand-
■young
T exan,
Sam
I.
n i n t e r e s t e d in c h i l -
THIS?
"E l program a de a te n c ió n
p a ra n iñ o s y la e s c u e la de
v eran o son e v id e n c ia s que a
n o s o tro s nos im p o rta ," d i j o
Rubén C o n t r e r a s ,e l s u p e r v i­
s o r d e l á r e a de D ayton. El
conoce l a s pobres f a c i l i ­
dades s a n i t a r i a s y la s con­
d ic io n e s de sa n id a d en lo s
encampamentos y en lo s cam­
p o s. " S i Ud. h u b ie ra v i s t o
a un n iñ o con d i a r r e a d e j a ­
do en un c a r r o donde no hay
s o lo p o lv o , s in o f moscas
c u b rié n d o le to d o , o a un
n in o con f i e b r e a l t a , s o lo
e n to n c e s s a b rá Ud. lo que
e s to y d i c ie n d o ," d i j o .
Los
p a d re s
de e s to s
ñ iñ o s son buenos-am an a sus
h i j i t o s y q u ie r e n lo m ejor
p o s ib le p a ra
e l l o s . Los
p a d re s no tie n e n la c u lp a
que lo s n iñ o s s u fra n en e l
s o l c a lu r o s o --e s p e ra n d o y
m irando a su s p a d r e s , lo s
c u a le s t r a b a j a n en lo s cam­
p o s. No, lo s p a d re s no,
tie n e n la C ulpa.
El V a lle y M ig ran t League
puede ay u d a r a e s to s p ad res
po r medio de p ro v e e r un
lu g a r p a ra sus ñ iñ o s d u ra n ­
t e la tem porada de cosechas-
e l program a de a te n c ió n y
la e s c u e la de v e ra n o . A lo s
p a d re s y lo s n iñ o s le s g u s ­
ta e s te a rre g lo p ro v is io n a l.
E l tiem po, p asa r á p id a ­
m ente en e l c e n tro y la e s ­
c u e la porque hay b a s ta n te
que h a c e r , y no se e s ta
s o lo . T ie n e n un h o r a r io -
comen b ie n y duermen b ie n ,
y ju eg an con lo s ju g u e te s ,
lo s c u a le s son novedades
p ara e l l o s . Se c u id an a
lo s n iñ o s -n o se d e ja n an d a r
abandonados.
• S i , se puede d e c ir mucho
a c e rc a d e l c e n tr o de a t e n - .
c ió n p a ra n iñ o s y la e s c u e ­
la de v e ra n o , pero la s s o n ­
r i s a s de lo s ñ iñ o s y lo s
o jo s v iv a c e s e x p re sa n mucho
más que la s p a la b r a s .
d r e n ," G ran ato s a i d .
"I
worked in
alm o st
ev ery
ph ase o f c h ild re n 's s e r v ic e s
in T e x a s ."
Why d id
he
come to
Oregon? "My w ife arid
I
w anted to s e e some c o n tra s t-
' in g p a r t s o f th e U n ited
S ta te s ."
.
_
At t h a t tim e G ran ato co n ­
s id e re d o f f e r s in
A la sk a ,
M ontana, D elaw are, and else -
w here. He chosecO regon. In
W e lfare Commission , anc he
w ro te th e f i r s t daycare s e r­
v i c e s program in Oregon.
G ranato has a M aster s
D egree in s o c i a l work from
th e U n iv e r s ity o f
T ex as,
and he h as a c q u ire d know­
led g e from p e r s o n a l e x p e r­
ie n c e and. s tu d y . He i s a
member o f th e Academy of cer­
t i f i e d S o c ia l W orkers.
Mr. and M rs. G ran ato have
fo u r c h i l d r e n , ag es 2 to 8 .