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: Get Involved (NU) - Individuals can make a difference in combatting drunken driving, experts agree. A key. says one, is getting involved. 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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 thony Bowen YMCA. She is a mem ber o f the National Association of M arket Developers, Junior Achieve ment and Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror ity, Inc. 12:15 p.m. (Brown Bag Lunch Class) 4222 N.E. 12th (Enter on Skidmore) Sat. colleges in these programs. And be cause we work with an existing pro gram, administrative costs can be m ini mized and more people can be cov ered,” she added. “ 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. Coca-Cola USA Adrienne Booth Green If you’re having a hard time losing weight, the problem may not be a lack of willpower, but what you’re forced to eat. T hat’s why our Personal Choice* Program works so well. You get a wide variety o f delicious real foods. And you ;an choose the foods you like. W e’ll show you how. It’s so flexible, we know you’ll find the pow er within you to lose weight. And there’s a W eight W atchers m eeting near you to help. Tillamook Park Bldg Oregon in 1989. Single parent women 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. 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