Page 12 Portland Obaarvar, May 20, 1962
Foster Grandparents recruit older workers
by Harris Levon Me Roe
Junior Rose C ourt Princess Tina, of H um boldt
School, rides in the G atew ay parade.
(Photo: Richard Brown)
"Foster grandparents rock ctail-
den. they sing to them, and love
them. They give things that are
missing in children's liv e s ." said
Ann Porter, co-coordinator o f the
Foster Grandparent Program.
Today there are thousands o f fos
ter grandparents providing the kind
of care for children that Ann Porter
mentioned.
" W e currently have 76 foster
grandparents and we need more.
Our program was the first in the
country. We started 16 years ago
and some grandparents are in their
eighties— and still with the pro
gram," Mila Underhill commented.
Ms. Underhill is the head o f Port
land's Foster Grandparent P ro
gram.
The Foster Grandparent Program
was established to provide low-
income older adults with a useful
way to serve their communities in
the retirement years and to give
them the satisfaction that comes
from being needed and serving
others.
Sponsored by and administered
through Metropolitan Family Ser
vice, 2281 N .W . Everett, the Foster
Grandparent Program is federally
funded through A C T IO N . The Pro
gram has been active in this city
since 1963, when ’.lie first grant in
the United States was accepted from
Providence Child Center.
"The beauty of the program is the
fact that it not only meets the needs
o f the children, but the grandpar
ents get a great satisfaction. It has
brought so many people out and
given them a special feeling," Ann
Porter stated.
Foster grandparents serve in a
variety of settings: pediatric wards
o f hospitals, institutions fo r the
mentally retarded, correctional fa
cilities, homes for the dependent
and neglected, institutions for the
emotionally disturbed and the phy
sically handicapped as well as in 13
schools throughout the Portland
metropolitan area.
Each grandparent is assigned (wo
children and devotes two hours a
day to each.
" W e are currently looking for
groups that would like to sponsor a
foster grandparent station. We have
a film called A Touch o f Love that
we would be glad to show to senior
citizen groups, church groups—any
one that is interested," Ann Porter
related.
A person wishing to become a
foster grandparent must be at least
60 years of age, willing to serve an
average of four hours a day, M on
day through Friday, desire to help
and learn about exceptional ch il
dren, and have limited financial re
sources.
" I spent a lot o f lonesome hours
before 1 joined the program but now
I have something to look forward
to ," said Clarence Tolbert, a foster
grandparent.
In addition to feelings of renewed
satisfaction with life, and usefulness
to others, foster grandparents re
ceive a non-taxable stipend of J2.00
an hour, meals, an annual physical,
twenty days annual vacation, and
insurance.
The most qualified judges of the
success o f foster grandparents are
the children they help.
One child wrote o f his foster
grandparent, " I just wish you
hadn't done so much for me because
I am going to hate leaving you. I
love you like my real grand
mother."
I f you would like more informa
tion on the foster grandparent pro
gram please call M ila Underhill or
Ann Porter at 228-7238.
Wyden wages war on crime
(Continued from page I col. 6/
without parole, will be black.
Wyden said he had not considered
that possibility, but doubts that a
black defendant would have poor
representation in court three times or
that there would be a miscarriage of
justice three times. " I f a person had
two wrong convictions 1 would
think that he would think twice be
fore picking up a gun and putting
himself in that situation again."
He also does not see the bill used
as a political threat or misused by
jurisdictions strapped for money or
prison space.
Wyden states that his bill includes
protection of constitutional rights.
He has not discussed the bill with
Rep. Ron Dellums, Rep. John Con
yers or other black members of
Congress.
duced his bill. " I believe every elect
ed official has the responsibility to
protect the people from crime. It is
the people of our district who are
most often the victims.
" In the past, liberals have too of
ten looked the other way. W e've
tried to protect the rights of the sus
pects. Now we have to protect the
victims, too. I f we look the other
way, who will help them?”
"Sometimes we have to put the
rights o f one ahead o f the other.
These are hardened criminals we are
Protection of society
It is to protect the victims of "ca
reer criminals" that Wyden intro-
Nathan "Kamau" Anderson of the Black United
Front teaches math at BUF classes held at King
talking about. I f he have to make a
choice between protecting the elder
ly, the poor— many o f whom are
minorities—and the possibility that
the criminal might have had a bad
break, then 1 think we must protect
the citizens."
Wyden said his crime bill is not
intended to solve the problem of
crime, that crime is related to the
poor economy. He is also working
to bring programs for jobs, training
and juvenile justic to the district.
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days at 7:00 p.m .
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Obituary
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DEAR PORTLANDER:
Funeral fo r A rth u r M . Carson
was held Wednesday, May 19 at 10
a.m. at the Second United Church
of Christ in N.E. Portland.
M r. Carson died after an illness
o f several months at Providence
hospital on May 14, 1982. He leaves
his widow Rosalee, his children,
Carolyn White, Ronald Carson and
Evelyn Flowers. Survivors also in
clude two sister, Agnes Conyne and
Ruth Seqquist, and a brother, Floyd
Carson, seven grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
M r. Carson was born in Cogs
well, N . Dakota, but lived in
Oregon most of his life.
The Rev. Louis Osborne officiat
ed at the final services. Vocal solos
were sung by Edna Weekly and by
William Flowers. Songs were “ Just
A Closer Walk With Thee” and “ I
See The Lord.”
Interment was at Rose City Ceme
tery. Arrangements were in charge
of Mt. Scott Funeral Home.
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