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Show HI . -I ' CRISIS UNEI&R ' ' Rsvp a Sandy Hopkin, Executive Director Dave Gardner, Director ai mum 11 orA,,, P.O. Box 1375 J Community Servce Agency ! 0VERYCENTEfl Prove, Utah 84601 ciT"" ? 455 North Un.ers.ty Mr. Jim Hale, Director 374-6400 or 375-511 1 Eldie Marshall Provo Utah 84601 P.O. Box 252 659 North 500 West ah 84601 1163 Dakota Lane f Provo, Utah 84601 Provo, Utah 84601 377-5886 ' . 375-9222 f.Lmi!E1HSUSE f DIABETES ASSOCIATION A Mel Clark, Director Rchard Q de Presdent a 138 South 300 West 776 South 600 West A US0- Provo, Utah 84601 Qrem Utah 84057 H B- 9'e' Director 373-0550 2P5-5358 HELP, INC. 1 1 46 1 9th Street N W. or Carol Red, President Washington, D C. 20036 AMERICAN RED CROSS Chuck Hand, Director P-O-135 (202)466-8850 Mr. Robert Eddmgton, Director Graystone Plaza 4 60 East 100 South' 102 865 North 200 West 1 ! 74 East 2700 South Prov. Utah 84601 ' Provo, Utah 84601 Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 374-2588 373-8580 ' r "7 a I M BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS Laurie Nisson, Director 125 East 300 South Provo, Utah 84601 375-881 1 BOY SCOUTS Mr. Fred Day, Director Utah National Parks Council P.O. Box 106 250 West 500 North Provo, Utah 84601 373- 4185 BOYS' CLUB Alan Robinson, Director P.O. Box 610 1060 East 150 North Provo, Utah 84601 374- 8242 Cj&he Family Counseling Center J has now begun, at the request of the United Way, a new vitally needed service to the citizens of Utah County. They now offer professional financial counseling to help families cope with and solve financial problems. Financial difficulties are a major source of marital breakdowns and tie Family Counseling Center can now help in this area. Srisis LineInformation and Referral Service These two programs have now been combined for more efficient administration and to improve service. By July of 1978 they were averaging over 800 calls per month. Their improved service includes 24 hour coverage, and rape intervention teams. rrv iabetes Association This is a UJ new agency for 1979, continuing the United Way's efforts to make a substantial impact in the health field for our community. United Way now funds Multple Sclerosis Society, Visually Handicapped Education Hour, Recreation for the Adult Handicapped, Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society, Utah ' n A FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER Marion Baxter 420 North 200 West Provo, Utah 84601 375-6736 4-H Ms. Donna Bird, Director Extension Office 71 South 100 East Provo, Utah 84601 377-2797 I 1 he United Way system of meeting our communities needs cannot be I funded by just "out-of-pocket" contributions. The giver is asked to U support through one gift a large and varied group of agencies and services. The gift should try to reflect this total need concept The Suggested Giving Guide is designed to help the contributor understand this and offer average guidelines for an annual gift. Payroll deduction is the most economical and easy way possible to give within your suggested giving range. ' What each person gives is their business. The gift should be voluntary and determined by the contributor. Only that person knows their circumstances. We encourage you to become informed and then give generously A Earnings up to $5,000 Earnings from $5,000 $7,000 Earnings from $7,500 - $10,000 Earnings over $10,000 Heart Association, Alcoholic Recovery Center, and Help, Inc., all dealing with health related areas. In addition, the Red Cross offers First Aid training in both English and Spanish. By special agreement, for your convenience, Heart, Cancer and United Way have teamed up to solicit together in business, industry, government and professions. jT) ed Cross Blood Program In IjJ June 1978 Intermountainth Care and Red Cross signed agreements bringing for the first time the Red Cross Blood Program to Utah County citizens. Any person can now give andor receive blood on a reciprocal basis. TJ etired Senior Volunteer lii Program (RSVP) With the admittance of RSVP United Way moves into a new area of service support relating to the Senior Citizens of our communities. United Way expenditures and efforts for the aging include RSVP, Visually Handicapped Education Hour, transportation services and the Red Cross Nursing Home Visitatior Program. I , I MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION Julie Mackay, President P.O. Box 78 Provo, Utah 84601 373-4400 ext. 276 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY Gloria Gustin, Director 110 West 2950 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 486-5185 25 cents per week $13year 50 cents per week $26year 75 cents per week $39year 510 of 1 per year Qoys' Club of Utah County United Way continues to show a major interest in the youth of our county with the admittance of Boys' Club. This brings to five the number of youth agencies United Way now supports. The United Way of Utah County is the only United Way in the nation to fund the 4-H as a member agency. rz ommunity Homemaker Service O This is a new agency the United Way helped to organize and then gave "start up" monies to begin operation. This service provides an alternative to the elderly to be able to stay at home with help as well as help to any family in need of homemaker and health related services. p'i earing Aid Tester Any school LlJ agechild in Utah County can now get their hearing aid tested free. This new service that Help, Inc., a United Way agency, helped to initiate and partially fund. pf andicapped Awareness, Inc. UJ This is a new agency whose purpose is to serve the needs of all handicapped citizens in Utah County. UTAH VALLEY CARE & TRAINING Gay Hatch, Director 815 North 800 West Provo, Utah 84601 373-1563 A VISUALLY HANDICAPPED EDUCATION Grace Smith, Director 887 West 2000 North Provo, Utah 84601 373-5379 United Way has offered some assistance to ensure a newsletter is sent to all these individuals to keep them informed on services available to them. p i ew Truck for the Handicapped liJ The United Way made a special grant to Timp Industries, a sneltered workshop in Pleasant Grove, for the purchase of a new delivery truck. This workshop offers employment training to the mentally and physically handicapped and the truck will greatly enhance the capacity of the center. Hi ew Voice Controlled iJ Wheelchair Some BYU personnel have developed a wheel chair that can be operated totally by voice, a real boon for the physically handicapped. Help, Inc., a United Way agency, provided the funds for the motorized chair. United Way has committed substantial time and funds to the handicapped recently including a wheel chair loan program, the motorized chair, and funds to Timp Industnes, plus a Special Grant to help begin the Multple Sclerosis Clinic. An employer called and ask-I ask-I ed for help for an employee mat was an epileptic. 1 ne person's situation was such that she was financially J - unable to buy mediane and J meet other obligations at that time. The employee had a.num-ber a.num-ber of seizures the day before. United Way and its agendes helped to solve this problem. School children who need hearing aids have a unique problem. They have no way of testing the aid to see if its working. work-ing. The charges can be excessive plus they do not know what or if it was fixed. This can be time consuming, costly, and sodally damaging. Help, Inc. combined resources with the school districts and purchased a hearing aid tester to solve this problem. A man called the United Way office and said he needed a wheel chair for loan. He didn't have the money to purchase one nor would ne need one too long. A United Way agency loaned this person a wheel chair at no charge. One day a lady came into the United Way office to discuss a serious problem. Her father was aged and blind and her mother who took care of him had a diabetic condition that was causing her to also go blind. She had discovered that a treatment treat-ment was possible but expensive. She was saving her money but the condition had deteriorated to the point where something needed to be done now. A United Way agency helped meet the costs and the treatment was performed. 4 he American Cancer Society, I Utah Heart Association, And I United Way of Utah County I have joined forces in a side-by-I I side arrangement to avoid duplication, save money, and still allow mass contacts for educational and fund raising purposes. Essentially, this arrangement allows the contributor to just give one gift at work that helps all three agencies at once. Additionally, the Cancer Society and Heart Association can contact all residences within the county to solicit contributions from those who haven't participated in the one gift concept. VP A young woman called the Crisis Line and stated that she had taken two bottles of pills and , wanted to talk (really ' wanted help). The worker was finally able to get enough information from the lady to identify her. After she was safe in the hospital the doctor called to say thanks and indicated that she would have died without their help. A young owman called the RapeCrisis Line recently to state that she had been raped and asked what to do. The agency dispatched a couple to help her walk through the hospital and legal problems she would encounter. When the BYU library addition opened up the United Way helped purchase two Visual-Tek machines to aid che visually handicapped in their studies. stud-ies. One student enthusias tically placed his girlfriends letter under the machine and read it, pointing out that it was the first time he had ever read a personal letter. Someone else always had to read his mail. The doctor comes and states that you can be discharged now from the hospital if you have someone at home who can fix your meals and help out a little. Or he points out to you as children that your mother could avoid a rest home and stay in her own home if she had someone to help her a few hours a day. The new Homemaker Home Health Aid agency can help solve these problems and United Way helped make this agency a reality. I 0 0 1 1 |