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Show behind our statistics and that makes the numbers Food, Nutrition Programs Help Needy Families What happens to a family with 21 children and a monthly income of weekly income on food than do higher income families and that the educational level of the has been homemaker shown to be related to food selection. $800? Or who helps a mentally retarded couple with their three month old child that has been care for the baby and Nutrition Education Program of the Cooperative Extension Services has come to the aid of families like these and others with nutrition Food problems. Utah State University Extension celebrated EFNEP the 10 year of the program this month by anniversary together gathering former and present aides and staff members and reflecting on the many successes the of program. Gunn Congressman McKay also spoke briefly to the group and commended them for their efforts. Flora food plained come families are available in Box Elder, Cache, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Weber, Davis and San Juan Counties. "There are people other helping to learn homemakers how to stretch the limited incomes they have into an adequate diet. Laura another The EFNEP aide taught her about the Basic Four food groups and gave her some Graham, graduate recipes to They try. some handicapped youth including her own son. Rep. McKay told the group of about 100 that the Extension Service and its programs are the least costly and most effective the government has ever been involved with. EFNEP combats the ills of the welfare and food stamp program that 4--H American taxpayers complain about, he said. McKay, a former himself, said that the job the EFNEP staff is doing will never be finished because there are always people who need help. "Goverment programs don't mean a thing without people doing for people," McKay said. "To make a program many succeed you have to nave a sense of humanity." For more information on EFNEP and other Extension USU programs, contact your countv Extension office. I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. 1 if and preparation been have EFNEP MjmmiiSaiiMm 8 wmm m 4-- H type programs taught them about nutrition at day camps and other meetings. Almost 3,300 volunteers were also involved.Currently there are only 34 aides employed, but they are reaching and teaching exin- often a m Ho Holiday Values for for the Whole Family enrolled. that much higher of their percentage spend EF- There were probably four or five times that many who received help were not officially enrolled. In addition, there were 57,943 youth enrolled in the state program, that lower as an aide herself, families. programs EFNEP people 4-- H one-to-o- Bardwell, of the reached, is now working gardening. In EFNEP, a trained nutrition aide teaches a low income homemaker basis in on a her own home, showing, telling and doing with the homemaker until she has enough confidence to perform on her own, Mrs. Bardwell explained. "EFNEP goes into the homes of people who need help," Mrs. Bardwell said. She noted that in the 10 years EFNEP has been a part of USU Extension, 11,479 families associate dean for Extension at Utah State University and coor- dinator EFNEP Bardwell added. Sandy Sweeten, one of bad become a leader in a foods project for money to buy food with is not the answer, Mrs. Bardwell said. Many need information on how to shop, basic nutrition, times because the mother did not understand how to properly? Many times in the past 10 years, the Expanded NEP 900 Mrs. meaningful," became close friends. "She taught me to bake bread, took me to food demonstrations, helped us plant a garden, taught me to can. She really helped me. My husband is now disabled and on a special diet. I can read labels and pick and prepare the foods he needs," she said. She added that her children had gone to a day camp and that she Just giving people several hospitalized over homemaker. recalled the first time she met her EFNEP aide. "Nadine came and asked me if I would like her to come and teach me about nutrition and cooking. I remember I was scared," Mrs. Graham said. 8) a ,r- IS P- - l mppies of romance n 8 - 'Wiff i J ' W 8 Hart Schaffner y it Marx & g Austin Reed ta n Brookfield 8 Curlee jjj Farah 8 8 8 , Suits. Richard Anderson ! of Geneva jj Wools 8 . . . FREE GIFT WRAP a and . av; Blends 8 ; ::t I , - $100 Vested Styles are the big idea for office or after hours Pipe Co. plays with child at the Utah State Training School during a Christmas visit to the school. Mr. Anderson, on behalf of his firm, gave GIFT 1... ... '. Polyesters and Up a a 8 8 8 2 a 8 a the school $1,000 to be used to make sure Santa Claus finds everyone there. towti TODD ! Subtle can be smashing. 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