| Show Youth needs you serve as Big Brothers Sisters Somewhere in your our neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- is a boy bay or a girl who needs a Big Brother or a Big Sister because he or she is fatherless You may not have met him or her but you ou will find that child unhappy lonely without male guidance and burdened with problems he or she cannot understand COULD YOU help We now know that the wholesome influence influence influence in in- fluence of a Big Brother or a Big lug Sister can make a change in a ayoung ayoung ayoung young persons person's life It could be you who makes that change I Kids are saying My mother doesn't do enough things with us lIS kids this from Crom a child of nine When I get to lo be a father Ill I'll love my kids with all my heart From a child age 14 I wish my father would come comeback comeback comeback back and I wish my mom and dad got along but I dont don't think that's gonna happen and maybe mayb a Big Brother could help me out From a child age 13 The above comes from the foreward of the program Big Brothers and Sisters of Uintah Basin organized in November of 1976 and revitalized by the efforts of Alan Crickmore Director Crickmore has since left the program to further his education at BYU but under Jack Finly's able hands the agency is continuing at a rapid pace There is one hitch according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Jack several big sisters and brothers who have been doing such a tremendous job the past year have left to go goto goto goto to school and finding new recruits willing to lo spend the time all it will cost you is your time Entertainment root beers or whatever go dutch is not easy Activities are si simple fun- fun things that people can do together IF YOU FEEL that you could be a Big Brother or Sister says Jack Please call or or write Big Brothers and Sisters of oC the Uintah Basin Box 1271 Vernal for an In In- There are some and youngsters who miss that companionship very much If Big Brothers and Sisters is based on the premise that boys and girls in order to reach their full capacity as men and women need the influence of oC mature responsible and responsive men and women during their formative years and that where that Ir Influence luence is lacking due to the absence of a father the boy boys or girl is handicapped handicapped han han- in reaching their full potential as responsible citizens Says Mr Finly It is the volunteers who make the service a going concern and each volunteer will be supported supported sup sup- ported by a professional staff start worker who is trained in this type of work In addition to Mr Finly the volunteer Board Doard of Directors and committeemen include Dr Daniel Dennis Roosevelt and Glade both legislators Ed Williams Leora Jacobe Emily Alexander Richard Jacobsen Jerry Jackson Dorothy Peltier Ted Taylor V Vernal Shirl Rawlings Max president Annette Barnard Roosevelt The founding date for Big Brothers and Sisters was in 1904 in New York City In 1944 a group group of 13 calling themselves the Big Brothers of America spread the program throughout the United States and Canada In August of this year the Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International merged and are now called Big Brothers and Sisters of America Personal contact with the organization may be had by visiting them at their office in Room 20 Zions Zion's Bank Building Vernal |
