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Page 6 New Prices Effective May 1, 2014 Martin Cleaning Service April 22, 2015 O PINION Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services Minimum Service CHG. $45.00 $VPDOOGLVWDQFHWUDYHO charge may be applied CARPET CLEANING 2 Cleaning Areas or more $30.00 Each Area 3UH6SUD\7UDI¿F$UHDV ,QFOXGHVVPDOO+DOOZD\ 1 Cleaning Area RQO\ $40.00 ,QFOXGHV3UH6SUD\7UDI¿F$UHD +DOOZD\([WUD Stairs VWDLUV:LWK 2WKHU6HUYLFHV Area/Oriental Rugs 0LQLPXP Area/Oriental Rugs :RRO 0LQLPXP Heavily Soiled Area Additional $10.00 each area 5HTXLULQJ([WHQVLYH3UH6SUD\LQJ UPHOLSTERY CLEANING 6RID /RYHVHDW 6HFWLRQDO &KDLURU5HFOLQHU $25 - $49 Throw Pillows (With 2WKHU6HUYLFHV ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Area & Oriental Rug Cleaning $XWR%RDW59&OHDQLQJ • Deodorizing & Pet Odor Treatment • Spot & Stain Removal Service • Scotchguard Protection 0LQRU:DWHU'DPDJH Services SEE CURRENT FLYER FOR ADDITIONAL PRICES & SERVICES Call for Appointment (503) 281-3949 Let’s Give Child Hunger a Summer Vacation Find out how you can help M ARIAN W RIGHT E DELMAN 0DQ\ FKLOGUHQ DQG families eagerly look forward to the end of the school year and the carefree days of summer, playing outside in the warm sun, splashing and swimming in pools and at h f fami- i beaches, and gathering with ly and friends for backyard barbe- ques. But for more than 17 million children the end of school can be the end of certainty about where and when their next meal will come. While 21.7 million children received free or reduced price lunches during the 2013-2014 school year, only 2.6 million chil- dren—12.2 percent—participated in the Summer Food Service Pro- gram. This huge participation gap suggests that nearly 9 out of 10 of WKHFKLOGUHQZKREHQH¿WIURPIUHH or reduced price lunches during the school year may not be receiv- ing the nourishment necessary for proper physical, cognitive, and social development during the long summer months. Hunger has no vacation. The good news is that the U.S. Department of Agriculture BY (USDA) Food and Nutrition Ser- vice operates the Summer Food Service Program that is admin- istered by state agencies to serve these hungry children. Although the th program is 100 percent IHGHUDOO\¿QDQFHGDQGFDQ IH create desperately needed cr summer jobs for cafeteria su workers and others, there wo is still a severe shortage of school and commu- nity programs to serve ni all needy hungry children. And there are other barriers. Summer food programs sometimes tend to be available at odd hours and for short periods of time and in in- convenient places making it chal- lenging for children to get there, a problem exacerbated by lack of safe transportation to the sites. Over the last few years, the USDA Food and Nutrition Ser- vice has been piloting innovative strategies in diverse communities across the country to help over- come many of these barriers. Some programs have had suc- cess using mobile vans to provide meals, especially helpful in rural communities. In other communi- ties without sites, it has allowed WKHXVHRIHOHFWURQLFEHQH¿WWUDQV- fer cards —like those used for the Supplemental Nutrition Assis- tance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children — to transfer money to families so they can Congress also has a role to play in ensuring that countless children do not go hungry during the sum- PHU7KH6XPPHU0HDOV$FWZDV introduced by Senators Kristen *LOOLEUDQG DQG /LVD 0XUNRZVNL both this year and last. Their bill ZRXOG VLJQL¿FDQWO\ H[SDQG VXP- mer nutrition programs by lower- ing the threshold for community eligibility from 50 percent to 40 percent of children in the area eligible for free or reduced price meals. The Stop Child Summer Hun- ger Act, introduced by Senator 3DWW\0XUUD\DQG5HS6XVDQ'D- vis, would make permanent the successful EBT demonstration project piloted by the USDA, pro- viding $150 EBT cards for fami- lies for the summer for each child eligible but without access to a summer food site. , ¿QG LW VKRFNLQJ WKDW PLO- lion households in 2012-13, in- cluding 1.3 million with children, an increase from the previous year, had no cash income and de- pended only on food stamps (now called SNAP) to stave off hunger. , ¿QG LW HYHQ PRUH VKRFNLQJ WKDW some Republican leaders are try- ing to cut SNAP when the need is so enormous. There is a role for all of us in getting food to children during the long food desert of summer months for millions of young chil- dren, and right now, we still have time to take action for the coming summer. Find out how you can help — or how at risk children you know can fully participate in sites al- ready planned for the summer. Individuals and organizations in communities can help serve the meals, promote the program, provide transportation, volun- teer at summer food sites, and KHOS ¿QG VSRQVRUV 7KH 86'$ has a number of great resources to help sponsors and sites get up and running, including a “Sum- PHU 0HDOV7RRONLW´ WKDW SURYLGHV information on sponsors, sites, links to state agencies, and much more. And if you know hungry children in your community, you can call 1-866-3-HUNGRY or +$0%5( WR ¿QG WKH nearest summer feeding site. Let us work together to give hunger a summer vacation and help all children have a more joy- ful vacation. Marian Wright Edelman is 3UHVLGHQW RI WKH &KLOGUHQ¶V 'H- fense Fund.
