September ll,1991...T h e Portland Observer...Page 7
Kaiser Permanente Receives “Partners in Change’
Award From Four Community College Programs
Fall Swim
Lessons
New UNCF CEO To Bring New
Visibility To CAMPAIGN 2000
The Portland Bureau of Parks and
Recreation is offering fall swim les
sons at Colum bia Pool, 7701 N
Chautauqua Blvd. Several levels of
lessons are offered tor children and
adults, non-swimmer through sw im
mers level. Children six months and
older can participate in the lessons.
Morning, afternoon, and evening les
sons are available. The swim lessons
begin in m id-Septem ber at a cost o f ten
30-minute lessons for $17.50. W alk-in
registration begins immediately and
continues during operating hours of the
facility.
For more information contact
Colum bia Pool.
Today at Portland Community
C ollege’s Cascade Campus the first
annual “ Partners in Change’’ award
was given to the northwest region o f
Kaiser Permanente to honor an out
standing record o f support for Port-
land-area single parent women and
displaced homemakers.
Since last fall Kaiser Perm anente’s
Transition Program has provided com
prehensive health care in the Portland
area for approximately 600 women and
children associated with programs which
help single parents and displaced
homemakers enter the work force. The
four programs honoring Kaiser Perm a
nente are Life and Career Options,
C lackam as C om m unity C ollege;
W omen in Transition, Mt. Hood Com
munity College; New Directions, Port
land Community College-Rock Creek
Campus; and Project Independence,
Portland Community College-Cascade
Campus.
Displaced homemakers and single
parent women are often thrown into the
job market, often unexpectedly, when
they lose their primary means of sup
port. M ost are divorced or widowed. In
Oregon, Census Bureau survey statis
tics show us that there were more than
130,000 displaced homemakers in
SAFE DRIVING
On the recommendation of an executive search committee formed in the
spring of 1990, U.S. Representative William H. Gray, III (D-Pa) was
elected to become the United Negro College Fund's new president and
CEO. The appointment becomes effective on September 11, 1991. Mr.
Gray, who was the House Majority Whip and is presently the highest-
ranking African American in Congress, is expected to bring new visibility
to CAMPAIGN 2000. Pictured left to right: Joseph D. Williams, chairman
and CEO of Warner-Lambert Co. and chairman of Phillip Morris
Companies and national chairman of CAMPAIGN 2000; William H. Gray,
III; and Dr. Haywood L. Strickland, vice president and national director of
UNCF'S CAMPAIGN 2000.
Stopping Drunk Drivers:
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difference in combatting drunken
driving, experts agree. A key. says
one, is getting involved.
A recently revised brochure,
“Drinking and Driving You Make
the Difference." outlines just how
individuals can help. I he 14 page
publication is published by Allstate
Insurance Co.
For a free copy, see an Allstate
agent.
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lations, African-American Consumer
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will be responsible for brand emphasis
Coca-Cola USA salutes Miss Elks of the World, Latonya Campbell, as
she cheerfully accepts congratulations from (I to r) L'Dina Robinson, Elks
Grand Directress, Beauty and Talent; Richard Franklin, manager,
Conventions/Special Events, Coca-Cola USA; and Calvin Drew, Sr., Elks
Grand Commissioner, Beauty and Talent during the recent 92nd Elks
Grand Lodge Convention in New Orleans. Co-sponsored by Coca-Cola
USA, the 23-year old annual beauty/talent pageant showcases more than
20 young women from every corner of the nation who compete for
awards, scholarships and prizes.
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Ms. Green joined the Coca-Cola
system in 1988, first as business de
velopment manager and later as key
account manager for the M id-Atlan
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In addition, she has nearly twenty
years o f experience with governm en
tal and education institutions.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Ms.
Green holds a B.S. in Business M an
agem ent from the University o f L ou
isville.
Before m oving to Atlanta, Ms.
Green actively served on the boards
of the American Lung Association o f
the D istrict of Colum bia, the Florence
Crittenden Youth Home and the An
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colleges in these programs. And be
cause we work with an existing pro
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mized and more people can be cov
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“ Because of this special help, my
four-year-old daughter Katie was able
to gel an operation which helped her to
hear again,” said W omen in Transition
student Rosalie King, a 35-year old
single parent o f three children who
lives in Gresham. She had constant ear
infections and was living in pain. She
had tubes im planted in her ears and
now is beginning to live a normal life,”
King said.
Another student, Phyllis Haas, who
lives in Boring and has been enrolled in
the Life and Career O ptions program,
said she had received a life-saving tra
cheotomy from Kaiser Perm anente
doctors. Prior to enrollm ent in the pro
gram, she had had trouble breathing but
could not afford the medical care to
properly diagnose and remedy the
condition.
Dan Saltzman, chair o f the P o rt
land Community College Board of
directors, hosted the ceremony. Saltzman
is an ardent advocate o f non-traditional
programs which assist women with
entering or reentering the work force.
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push the statistics much higher.
To help Oregon residents who are
medically uninsured, last fall Kaiser
Permanente began the Transitions Pro
gram. This program extends medical
coverage at no cost for up to two years
for people with no health insurance who
participate in an Oregon D epartment of
Education training and education pro
gram. The Transitions Program is for
low-income single parents and displaced
homemakers - and their eligible de
pendents - who are upgrading skills
and education in order to enter the work
force and become self-sufficient.
Oregon D epartment of Education
representative Hilda Thompson presented
the “ Partners in C hange’’ award on
behalf o f the four community college
programs to Kaiser Permanente Health
Plan Manager Denise Honzel.
Honzel said K aiser’s Perm anente’s
program is “ part of a national effort by
Kaiser Permanente to help the medi
cally uninsured and underinsured by
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