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Show MY HUSBAND AND I CANT COMMUNICATE PROBLEMS WITH THE CHILDREN PROBLEMS . . . PROBLEMS . . . More Foster Homes For Girls Teen-ag- e CALL Bob Milford urges passers-o- y Community Mental to ''share Salvation At my carolers and kettle minders have appeared on Salt Lake City streets recently to remind residents that "sharing is caring." The theme of this year's fund raising, which began November 24, is "Every Child Matters, " said Dr. Clark Vanderhoof, Salt Lake chairman for this year's Christmas Drive. "Although the Salvation Army is a United Fund agency, the only sources of income for its annual Christmas projects are the familiar kettles and letter appeals," Dr. Vanderhoof said. Last year the local Salvation Army Corps raised $36,000 and the need for this season at worthwhile program," stated Dr. Vanderhoof. "Friends of the Salvation Army are pitching in to help keep the kettles busy, - if not boiling - right through Christmas 328-056- 8 Eve." Captain Covert agreed, saying, "The Salvation Army believes in having fun at Christmas time, but we also remember that this is a Holy Day, the birthday of our Saviour. Jesus was the most unselfish man who ever walked on earth." "Sharing some of the good things that have come to us is a most appropriate way to celebrate this most joyous It is listening, not silence, that shows respect. J DONALD JOHNSTON prisoners will receive gifts," Capt. Covert added. Area kettles, which have been a Salvation Army trademark since 1891, are manned locally. Businessmen and members of such service clubs as the Kiwanis stand by the kettles on special days. Kettles are located at several locations around the valley, at shopping centers and in the downtown business district. The Salvation Army also appreciates donations of new toys, as there were 732 youngsters on Salvation Army lists last year, and this year's total will reach 800. National Chairman for this year's Christmas fund raising is actress Helen Hayes, who noted that the Salvation Army volatile, more disruptive one man s opinion : "Reinforce Our Knowledge With Love" Kathryn Getz, executive director of Catholic Charities of Salt Lake City, is working hard to foster improve the lot of teen-ag- e girls. Part of the solution lies in increased funding. Foster parents must feed and clothe a teen-ag- e the constantly increasing expenses of they have acquited themselves as children of God. by Frank Howard At this busy but beautiful time of the year, let us recall to mind the admonition "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world." Church-goin- g members of Christian faith will recognize these words from the New Testament. But that is what they are and remain - words in a book to be read on occasions. A quick look at some present-da- y organizations religious reveal elaborate structures, richly carpeted, decorated to please the eye, and attended, for the most part, by million people during the holiday season each year. For many, the Salvation Army gift or visit is the only one received. and, in many cases, dissipated and bored with it all. over-fed- , over-dresse- d With a Pharisee's smug they point with pride to their regular attendance at Sunday meetings, acquistion of titles and tithing receipts and feel n, And among this congregation are men and women, leaders in community and national affairs, who stumble hopelessly in times of crisis, because they have not learned that the most dangerous enemy we face lies within ourselves. Preoccupied to an almost fanatical degree with material welfare of the body, promptings of the spirit go unheeded with tragic results. There is no single device for making love work, outside a little effort on our part. If we would conquer the enemy within, we must reorganize our personal conduct, so that the spirit, not the letter of Christ's teachings, become evident in our daily life. This is not an easy task. We have the knowledge - let us reinforce it with love. teen-ager- s - - bus fare, school supplies and so on. They barely break even financially. Mrs. Getz would like to give more money to the foster parents - this would provide extra incentive and might increase the number of available homes. She'd also like to give the teen-ag- e girls a movies, members who are possible in supporting this of family life, more likely to run away, and of course, more likely to get pregnant. girl on that $108.00 per month, as well as provide the money for . . . traditionally aides more than two "We sincerely urge local residents to be as generous as e wrongly, more demanding, more $40,000, according to Captain City-Count- Utah to keep one girl in the State Industrial School for one year. Sometimes a girl is placed in the State Industrial School because she has nowhere else to go. Her natural parents are unable to provide for her, or else there is so much alienation between the girl and her natural parents that it becomes impossible Tor them to remain together. No foster home (at $1 08 per month) can be found for her, so she goes to the State Industrial School (at $8,500 per year). One solution to the problem, one helpful alternative, would be the establishment of more foster homes. But foster parents are reluctant to take teen-ag- e girls into their homes. Teen-aggirls are considered, rightly or holiday." is Edward W. Covert, Corps officer. "Contributions will finance a variety of activities, including a Christmas dinner for several hundred indigents, visits to more than 80 rest homes, nurseries and and hospitals with "shut-ins,- " Christmas morning gifts, clothing and food for 200 local families. y The State Prison and the jail will also be visited and in Utah $8,500 is a lot of money. That's what it costs the state of Health Sharing is Caring" Needed make-up- , little money for themselves, money with which they could take courses or music or dancing lessons to s (which brighten their are badly tarnished) and to build nt self-image- and it's a pretty big IF Catholic Charities were able to provide as much as $100 per month incentive money for foster parents and as much as $30 per month personal money for the teen-ag- e girls, the total cost of the foster care, including the basic If - -- monthly payment, would amount to less than half of that $8,500 cost at the State Industrial School. Why should Catholic Charities concern itself with foster care at all? Why not let the state provide for these children? Catholic Charities feels that it can give foster children more specialized care, and can spend more time and effort on each individual girl and her family. Catholic Charities' primary, foremost aim is to reconcile the girl with her natural parents. If this is impossible or too deteri mental to all concerned, the next step is to try to match the girl to available foster parents, a matching which will hopefully be mutally compatible. Mrs. Getz said she hopes that the Catholic Charities foster parents will form into a friendly, cohesive group and be strongly supportive of each member couple. She envisions monthly meetings and training sessions at which foster parents can exchange experiences and hear lectures on teen-agproblems by nuns and She doctors. educators, hopes to provide an experienced foster family to act as consultants e for new forster parents, explaining foster care and the mechanics involved. Mrs. Mary Lou Ziter is now for Catholic working part-tim- e Charities and will devote a good deal of her time to foster care for teen-ag- e girls. She is a 1965 graduate of the University of Utah School of Social Work. As part of her program, she'll use a questionnaire devised by Mrs. Marah Grist, a professor at the graduate school of Social Work at the University which consists of several pages to be filled out by prospective foster parents, listing their preferences and dislikes on all sorts of things, including the attitudes and good and bad habits of children. The answers to these questions help couples to come to their own decisions about whether they would make good foster parents, or whether they really want to become foster parents. A solution must be found for the problem - more and more teen-ag- e girls are in need of a family environment if they are to become adults. Foster homes are one alternative and are certainly a better answer than institutionalization in the State Industrial School. well-adjuste- d |