Show up ' n The Salt Lake Tribune TJhursday February A13 19 1987 Volunteer comer offers community helping hand There are people in the community who need help They may be contacted by calling Community Services Council Voluntary Action Center 488-213- 6 Fund Drive Assistance — KUED Channel 7 needs volunteers with clerical skills to help with their drive March Individuals V'ill do filing help organize pledges verify charge card pledges Teen Talk Training — Salt Lake County Mental Health Teen Talk Line needs individuals to give support and fund-raisin- g 7-- understanding to troubled adolescents Hours are 7 pm to midnight Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday Nine hours training given Ongoing weekly training provided Signmakers — Volunteer needed for an American Society on Aging Conference March 8 Individuals do freehand lettering work with ASA staff sign-make- 13-1- Admit Transport — Individuals needed for program called “Admit Transport" at Holy Cross Hospital Monday through Friday 9 a m to 1 pm or 10 a m to 7 pm Maternity Clothing woman needs size nity clothing Volunteers — — A 12 to 14 mater- Three needed Wednesdays to work with physically handicapped adults in the swimming Nursing Center needs clerical help with their typing projects such as medicare billing Days times flexi- Piiure Hanging — A woman needs help with hanging three pictures putting small items on a high shelf Spanish Instructor — Murray Com- munity Education needs volunteer with good Spanish skills to work two r mornings per week with elementary school children Volunteers — Five needed at 10th E Senior Recreation Center to assist with cleaning up after lunch betv een half-hou- pool Beds Chairs Table — Single-paremother needs beds chairs table for three children Information Assistance — The City Library needs volunteers to staff the information desk noon and 12:30 pm Clerical Assistance — Community ble Sound System — Camp Kostopulos needs individual with sound system to donate time music once a year in a dance for the mentally disabled Computer Assistance — Twin Pines Care Center needs volunteer to help young resident learn more about his Apple lie computer Bed Couches — 150 families at Community Action Center need beds couches large furniture Prizes Movies Supplies — Doxey-llatcMedical Center needs bingo prizes nail care supplies old movies Volunteers — Individuals needed four to eight hours a week in a Thrift Store that provides free low-coclothing Cot Bed — Mother with child 5 needs cot bed for unfurnished basement room h Math Assistance — Franklin needs 20 volunteers trained in assisting students with math concepts Mormon nanny’s status symbol for upscale couples By ' James Coates Chicago Tribune Writer A wealthy family of Americans liv- d Azure Coast of ing on the the first ad in the nan- bought Europe ny section in The Salt Lake Tribune on a recent Sunday “Live-I- n Housekeeper Immediately — Monaco: for active happy American family with 4 children 8 Occasional cooking and baby sitting ! High Standards required No smok- Drivers lie useful Own ropm bath TV video 1 and Vi days I off per week Trip paid plus 1 round Three weeks trip home per year ” paid vacation 3-- Other ads that day begged young women with ties to the Church of Je- sus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints to be- -' come Mormon nannies in Princeton NJ San Diego Washington DC Los Angeles San Francisco and the New Jersey and Connecticut suburbs of New York Clearly the image of Mary Pop-pin- s with her umbrella is being re placed by Mary Mormon from the American West in her sturdy and modest gingham dress These young women usually between 18 and 24 are desperately famwanted by affluent ilies attempting to juggle work and the needs of their children They are willing to pay the Mormon nannies $700 to $2000 a month and provide free room and board plus other benefits two-care- Deborah Davis publisher of the National Nanny Newsletter ex- plained that just as the aristocrats of d London used to lure the Catholic girls of Ireland and the hardy Presbyterian lasses of Scotland to’ d raise their children today’s American couples are beating West the bushes of the small-tow- n rosy-cheeke- well-heele- “There is a very definite premium placed on Mormons” she said beclean-livin- g n cause of the and family-oriente- d lifestyle of the church “My own nanny is a Mormon girl well-know- and I am just delighted with he” said Davis Numerous demographic studies dramatize how residents of the “Beehive State” of Mormon-dominate- d lifeUtah enjoy the family-centerestyles that make the state's young women so highly prized as nannies A Brigham Young University study called “Utah in Demographic Perspective” published last year noted the following: — While a National Institutes of Health study in 1986 found that virtually every high school student in America had at least tried alcohol once in his life more than 50 percent of Utah students had never tasted so much as a drop — Nationally there are 23 cases of physical and sexual abuse per 10000 people while the rate of assaults in Utah is only 15 per 10000 persons — While nationwide there are an estimated 43 abortions for every 100 live births there are only 10 per 100 in Utah d — The national average is 19 children per family while in Utah there are 29 children per family In fact the demand for Western nannies is now so intense said Terry Connell of the student employment office of the Mormon-operate- d Brigham Young University in Provo that the school was forced to stop helping outsiders find the nannies they wanted "We were just swamped with nanny requests We didn’t have time for our other work” Connell said Don LeFevre spokesman for the LDS Church said the church has not attempted to count the numbers of its women being recruited but placed the annual employment rate "in the many many hundreds” ' He said one reason why people from distant cities seek Mormon girls is that they know of the church’s strong efforts to support members when they settle into new communities Under Mormonism’s Home Teaching Program LDS bishops in New Jersey Washington and other areas where large numbers of nannies now live will arrange monthly visits to the young women from local church members and give them other support — helping to take away the sting of homesickness So now having a Mormon nanny — if a couple can find one — has become a status symbol among upscale young couples right up there with his and her BMW autos a case of each year’s new Beaujolais and annual ski trips to Gstaad Switzerland Talent scouts from New York Washington and Los Angeles frequently fly to Denver Boise Idaho and Salt Lake City in search of them They rent a hotel room and armed with long lists of hopeful clients they spend a few lucrative days recruiting young women to sign on as nannies explained Davis Typically these scouts will offer conprospective nannies one-yetracts with a particular family for the specified salary free room and board and numerous benefits including liberal time off paid vacations a television and use of the family cars At the same time couples from across the country are phoning newspapers such as The Salt Lake Tribune this city's Mormon-ownedaily the Desert News the (Boise) Idaho Statesman and the Denver Post to buy want ads seeking small-tow- n Western women Davis’ National Nanny Newsletter which began publication in 1984 keeps track of the “nanny movement” and advocates a system of training young women for the occupation patterned along British lines where nannies must first complete two years of training “This is very much a feminist issue” said Davis “A woman cannot have fully equal employment rights until she can enjoy the same peace of mind that men long have had about their children” "Nannies can provide that peace and so they are very valuable people" d Instructions for removing baby stains could run frequently DEAR HELOISE: I think the moth- ers of America would love it if you would tell us how to get formula stains out of baby clothes I have tried everything from bleach to bluing and the clothes seem to be permanently stained — Mrs K Farrell You aren’t alone! I could print this every week! Some stains formula or otherwise will oxidize and become permanent if left on over a period of time No amount of bleach or magic formula will remove them This is why it is so important to remove ‘them as they happen and to never store baby clothes with the stains on them What I have found to be very effective in removing formula stains is to soak- - the clothes in an Mpaph (also called bjejeh) which contains enzymes (Look for it on the shelf where laundry ‘products are sold) Follow directions for amounts on the label Use thfsHdleach on a daily basis and I think d yotuwill find the clothes will be you no longer will be ashned to let your baby wear them ic non-chlori- stain-ffaIan- -- (Heloise When I make out pAR HELOISE: an “X” in front list I n)y grocery ri put of each item for which I have a cents-of- f coupon Saves time at the store and keeps me from forgetting to use the coupon — ME Wise DEAR HELOISE: My daughter who is 3 is a great help and her favorite job is drying dishes However she was constantly dropping the dish towel on the floor and would use three or four towels to dry a few dishes Then I thought to just pin the dish towel at one corner to the shoulder seam in her shirt This still gives her ’plenty of length but she can’t drop it on the floor She is delighted not to have to be upset over having to constantly replace the towel — Dawn Corbin Teach them young! Help them to learn and they will thank you later on — Heloise DEAR HELOISE: I have been an antique dealer for 31 years and am often asked to remove stains in an old glass decanter We have found that some old glass never comes clean but what has worked best for us is to mix about Vi cup dishwashing detergent compound with hot water After the water has cooled pour it into the decanter and let it soak for a few hours or overnight Use a bottle brush afterwards and scrub it as much as possible Rinse and let dry — Mrs Frank Smith DEAR HELOISE: How do you keep the foam in chair pads from bunching up inside the covering when they are washed in the washing machine They are a trial to straighten out again and never seem to fit right — Jean Swick Since chair pads are items we don’t have to wash often it may be worthwhile to take the time to baste them from one corner across the middle to the other corner and then repeat from the opposite corner across before putting them in the machine After washing and drying the basting stitch can be removed easily and the foam in the cushion should remain where it belongs Of course this needs only to be done with pads cov- - Tandy Leather for all BeadS Concho Supplies ered with fabric Vinyl coverings can just be wiped with a cleaner — Helo- ise DEAR HELOISE: My toddler loved to open my cupboards and pull everything out of them To sol re the problem 1 bought heavy wide elastic from a fabric store and made large rubber bands I slip ban' around the door knobs and now ba y cannot get in Works! — Jane Jense And it’s a very good safety precaution! — Heloise DEAR HELOISE: You won’t need glasses to set a thermostat dial if you do this! Set the thermostat to 68 degrees or whatever temperature you normally use for daytime Then cut triangles from black or red electrical tape (apbase by proximately long) Place one pointing to the outside edge of the movable dial on the side so as not to interfere with the dial numbers Place the second one on the stationary housing pointing to the point of the one on the movable dial Now turn the dial to say 60 degrees or whatever temperature you normally set it for night temperature and set another pointer of tape on the housing pointing again to the pointer on the movable dial Now you can turn the dial to one pointer for day and the other for night These little pointers come in handy in many places: electric blankets favorite stations on your radio dial a specially selected heat setting on electric stove etc They are easily removed to be changed or discarded — Gaylord Main Thanks for your This is a good hint for anyone who needs to wear glasses to set the dials and can’t always find them or get them when they’re needed — Heloise DEAR HELOISE: What to do with the fine crumbs in the bottom of dry cereal packages? 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