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Show Outreach gets boost jn the financial arm University's Project Outreach, a program to provide financial tance to low income students, received support from state and tonal government agencies last week. Hansen, public affairs board chairman and head of the Outreach Dave Said' support from both Utah State Secretary Clyde L. Miller, ting Governor, and Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Elliot Richardson were given. u Miller designated Oct. 23 as Community Self-Help Day in a H claration received by ASUU Thursday night. The declaration, which n conjunction with the Outreach-Homecoming Clean-Up Day, said the Outreach project was "consistent with the American tradition of ffecting constructive progress..." and is an example of the Operation and coordination of many different sectors of the Sale lake community. Mr. Hansen indicated Gov. Calvin L. Rampton has reerJ to declare November as Outreach month. "Clean-Up day is an opportunity for people of the Utah community to work together for worthwhile projects," said Mr. Hansen. The day will bring student volunteers to the area between South Temple and 13th South and State Street west to the 1-15 freeway to paint, repair and clean the area. Mr. Hansen said local businessmen are contributing the money which will go to Outreach scholarship funds for the project. In a letter addressed to Mr. Hansen, Sec. Richardson said the "project promises to be an outstanding model of a local effort to improve educational resources for the disadvantaged and strengthen campus-community campus-community relations. As such, I am delighted to lend our endorsement to your efforts." Mr. Hansen said the eventual goal of the program is to develop some type of permanent funding. "This would insure the success of the program in future year," he added. A total of $22,500 has already been raised by students, faculty and staff of the University. "About $15,000 has been raised by the faculty and staff, the rest coming from business and student donations," said Mr. Hansen. He also said some 1.000 to 1,500 students had already volunteered their services for the Clean-up day. "We can still use as many volunteers as possible," he said. A similar project from Bringham Young University to aid the Santaquin area last spring brought 700 students, he said. "So already we feel the project has gained much more success than any previous attempts," Mr. Hansen added. 'This is indicative of a changing student philosophy," he said. "They (the students) are becoming more socially aware." Besides giving disadvantaged students financial assistance, Mr. Hansen said the Outreach program hopes to gain "a better rapport with the University and the general community.". |