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September 4,1991...The Portland Observer...Page 7
Nutrition Program Stresses
Resources and Initiative
by I s a b e l l a
“ Volunteers will be the backbone
af our new clubs,” says Miss Hazel
Davis, program director o f the new
Urban Youth Clubs now being organ
ized in the Southeast areas of Bak
ersfield. The program is funded by the
University of California through A gri
cultural Extension Services under the
EN EP youth program.
“ W ithout volunteers there can be
no clubs.” Miss Davis adds. Although
she and her two assistants, Mrs. Angelita
Chaidez and Mrs. Maria Delina Garza
are salaried, there is not enough money
for additional paid leadership, accord
ing to John Hoyt, Kern County Farm
Advisor. He adds his appeal to the one
o f Miss Davis for volunteer leadership,
hoping that many parents (both m oth
ers and/or fathers) and even grand
m others, uncles or aunts, will come
forward to help get these new clubs
underway.
The program for the Urban Youth
Clubs will be based on some phase of
nutrition which will bring the young
people in focus with better eating hab
its, improved buying, food preparation
and food handling. There will also be a
w ide range o f interesting projects to
captivate the interest of all the young
people in the area.
At present, Miss Davis has a
“ W orking” arrangem ent with a pro
fessional photographer to talk to one of
the newly organized groups. He will
tell them about all phases o f the hobby
and show them ju st how it is all done.
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Before this project is com pleted the
nutritional aspect will be brought in -
possibly by taking pictures of a party
table, or o f the four basic foods, or a
vegetable garden, etc. There is no end
to the possibilities.
The goal of the staff is to educate
the youth in nutrition; to improve their
physical condition and self-concept of
youth through the im proved nutrition;
and to improve the nutrition of the
whole family through these programs
with the youth. It may include short
term groups, sum m er programs, one
time only contacts, informal leadership
or formal structural groups - w hatever
fits — w hatever works - w hatever con
tributes to the EN EP youth program.
According to Miss Davis, the suc
cess of these program s will be limited
only by the im agination, resourceful
ness, initiative and total aw areness of
the staff and the adult volunteer lead
ers. The new program will mean that
adults, teenagers and young people alike,
will be learning while doing - together.
They will learn from each other, and at
the same time learn to “ do for them
selves.”
Training for the leaders will be
provided by the staff. They will attend
organizational meetings, suggest proj
ects, and arrange for outside profes
sionals. Films will be shown and dem
onstrations to spark interest of the yi
people.
Some of the suggested projects
include home beautification, planting a
vegetable garden, helping out at school
or at church, how to entertain, and how
to buy, prepare and serve foods. The
individual project will be up to each
group and it’s leader.
Miss Davis is very enthusiastic about
her new program. She says there is very
little money to work with so projects
will have to be worked out that will cost
parctically nothing at first. Then, as the
club gets rolling, more difficult things
may be attempted.
At the present time there are four
clubs already formed and working in
the Southeast area. A promise o f live
more are in the offing as leadership is
secured.
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The first club to select a name is the
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