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Portland Oberver, December 28, 1983 Page 3 METROPOLITAN Project links elderly, volunteers by Lamia Duke Crassrool News, N. H i — Assimi lation into Anglo-American life has created problems for the Black ex tended family. There was a time once when the elder family members could depend on the younger family members for assistance in their golden years But urban life has chipped away at this tradition. The crisis in urban Black family life has created the need for volun teers to help keep the elderly out o f nursing homes. Nancy Young, di rector of Project Linkage, is sending out an S.O.S. for volunteers who live in inner N .E . Portland. Project Linkage is an organiza tion which provides direct services to senior citizens in the Portland area. Young said, “ The idea is neighbor helping neighbor." " A person living next door is not going to tell you that they are having a hard time We had a woman who had not had garbage services in two years. She did not want her land lord, who was living next door, to find out that she couldn’ t afford it ." Project Linkage not only provides services to those who call their o f fice, but they also provide volun teers to other public and private agencies. Young said, "T here may be times when an agency has a delay in their services or the senior citizen cannot afford it ." The elderly are between a rock and a hard place in terms o f paying for services like housekeeping medi cal care and yardwork. M any may need some form o f services but they are reluctant to apply for welfare because they could lose their homes. One of the problems encountered by the elderly is isolation Young said. “ I had a call from a 92-year old woman who said the notion of living to 100 is overrated Her chil dren, husband and friends had all d ie d ." Young also said that poor health sometimes causes the elderly to lose their m obility, thus increas ing isolation. Another problem for the urban elderly can be their own fam ily members. An example o f this hid den abuse is tying your grandmother to her bed during the day while you are at work so she won't roam around Another example is stealing social security checks. Project Linkage is trying to solve these problems by providing volunteers who will visit with the elderly and provide transportation to the bank. " W e need to become more aware o f our neighbors. We need to inter connect the Northeast area W e are an example o f people working to gether to help people.” One-third of their clients are Black, yet Project Linkage has only one Black volunteer Young strong ly urges concerned citizens o f inner Northeast to call 249-8215 and vol unteer After all, if you are lucky you are going to get old someday, too. •i’ Paul Knauls. wr/ri r rp rrw n la liw . stands b rltw tn a 1929 modal A rapina m o! f o r salai and a I9S4 Thundarbird (fo r iu / c now al I ynn Kirtrn Coiuoum fo r d ! 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Cost beyond the lime involvement is J I5 per family per month. “ This center will have a dual pur pose," said Stephanie Sussman, the college's cooperative day care spe cialist We will not only provide pre school curriculum for the children, but we'll educate parents in ways to work with children.” Instructor at the center will be Ginny Zeller who has used her ele mentary education degree from the State University of New York in Cortland teaching kindergarten in New York and for preschool/head start programs in Portland. Zeller has been preparing the church basement for the school site and indicated there will be an indoor recreational area, building block corner, art activities, music, drama, mathematics, science exploration and cooking "P a rt o f the time the activities are structured and part of the time the children choose what they want to d o ," she explained. 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