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Show managing your money successfully Savings are a buffer between sick or have an accident and are you and the poorhouse. Before unable to pay for a time. (Savings are buying an item on credit, it's a good also good to have to cover those idea to have at least 20 of the total unforeseen doctor bills.) cost of that item on hand or in the Savings should be considered bank. If not, you should lay it away whenever you're purchasing large until you do have the extra money items such as a car and furniture. set aside. Though they do not apply, of That way, you have a larger course, to necessities such as food and shelter, they can help when buying important items of clothing like winter coats. It's always best to wait to buy until you have the money - and not be caught out on a Also, savings give you limb with nothing to fall back on. something to fall back on if you get down payment, which means fewer and smaller payments during the credit period; the more you pay at first, the less the cost is to you in the long run. Mignon Richmond enjoys two of many plaques and awards given to her over the years. model neighborhood resident works to better community Do you have a wringer washer? According to the U. S. Public Health Service, such washers mangle 200,000 hands and arms annually, mostly children's. An automatic safety release which prevents such an accident costs only a few dollars. Where do you keep bleaches, household detergents, etc.? Wherever it is, lock it. Never store such liquids as wax remover, paint thinner, or insecticide in a bottle. When you cook on top of the range, turn pot handles away from the edge so they cannot be grabbed by little hands. Never leave a child alone in the kitchen with a lighted stove or oven. Do you put tableclothes on your eating table? Toddlers can pull them off along with what is on the table! Use place mats instead. Stairways can be dangerous for anyone and especially for tots. Install gates at the top and bottom of stairs. Make picking up toys on stairs and elsewhere a strict rule. soft-drin- k UNSAFE TOYS Pets or animals can also pose dangers. Your home is not safe if your cat or dog is not examined regularly by a veterinarian, and given the necessary vaccinations. Do not bring an older dog or cat that is not accustomed to children into the home. YWCA Needs Volunteers The Youth Department needs volunteers! If you enjoy being with, working with and talking with kids of all ages, you will like what's happening in the department. Cooking, dancing, swimming, hiking, skating all have a place in the program. There are slumber parties, basketball, volleyball, and field trips, too. We're interested in kids of all ages. Are you a person who likes people? Then you'd like Speaking of toys, here are some volunteering in the youth program. that should not be given to children : Drop in any afternoon to chat with 1. Hard plastic toys (they can Cora Adams and Jane Langford. break leaving sharp edges) They will let you know what's going 2. Plastic rattles with on. Then you can participate to suit swallow-ablbeads inside. yourself! 3. Anything made in whole or part, of glass or thin metal. 467-941- 6 4. Any toys with small parts that can be swallowed, such as glass eyes from animals or wheels from trucks. 5. Arrows or darts with sharp e Call for other points. 6. Electrical toys (wait until at least age 8) Volunteer Opportunities, inmm 'jmpim mwvw know what's wrong with the world delightful, dedicated resident of the "Women in Community Service," and are working for change." model neighborhood. She has been the Salt Lake Anti-povertFollowing is a poem Mrs. active in the Model Cities Education Community Action Program. She Richmond would like to share with Task Force and serves on the was chairman of the Social Security you and it exemplifies her own Coordinating Council. She said she Medicare project and in charge of the thinking. often felt discouraged with the workers who called on the senior Model Cities process and that "the citizens to explain the program and You've got to be taught to hatt for to are need not them the who register and fear. money encourage people all she But her also expressed Medicare. Through You've got to be taught from getting it." she has been an optimism about the program professional years, year to year. on active Women's the in be the participant becoming what it should It's got to be drummed in your in and Council AAUW. near future. Legislative dear little ear. You've got to is Mrs. Richmond the of Mrs. Richmond graduated from recipient be carefully taught. Lake Salt Service the West High School in Salt Lake City Community in 1917 and from USU in 1921. She Council's "Distinguished Service in You've got to be taught to be the Community and Social Welfare afraid. Smith-Hughe- s in graduated Vocational Home Economics which Planning Award," the Award of of people whose eyes are oddly Merit Council from the National of a two and minor. majors required made She chose textiles and home Jewish Women and YWCA, the Utah and people whose skin is of a State of as and foods the University College Family major management different shade. as the minor. She was the first Negro Life Award, the NAACP You've got to be carefully woman to graduate in home Distinguished Service Award, and in taught. economics from any Utah 1968 she was elected to the Salt You've got to be taught before university. Unfortunately, even Lake Council of Women's Hall of Fame. all had the she qualifications, though its too late, One of five children, her father she was unable to obtain before you are six or seven or a He her with slave was his until came teens. employment comparable eight, education and ability. In to Utah as a young adult, married to hate all the people your his the first raised and here. consequence during years family elders hate. after her graduation she helped in Mrs. Richmond is presently You've got to be carefully the laboratory in the Home serving on the White House Council taught. Economics Department at the on Aging as a Utah delegate. She has University of Utah and held this been involved with the Senior position until 1953. She started the Citizen Nutrition Program at the Home Living program at the Central City Community Center. Industrial School and taught there She is active in the Salt Lake branch for four years. She became a member of the National Association for the of the YWCA volunteer service upon Advancement of Colored People her graduation and continued to be (NAACP) and currently is Chairman active in that organization. In 1957, of the Nettie Gregory Board of she was made a full staff member. Directors. Mrs. Richmond has spent her When the President initiated his War on Poverty, Mrs. Richmond became life helping others and working to involved. In her position with the improve her community. "I feel secure with the young YWCA, she interviewed the girls she said. "They eligible for the Women's Job Corps people today, Mignon B. Richmond is a and was a member of WICS -- y ooooooooooo Attend Your Task Force Meetings! |
