Show 2-- the RicnFiKii) reaper Wcdny-da- y 3M?ai March 'Eat Right Utah' Sets Theme For This Year Securing a balanced diet for 101000 Utah children at nutritional risk is the goal of this year's Eat Right Utah campaign sponsored by the Utah Dietetic Association Underwood the UDA for "We hope the legislature the governor and citizens of Utah w ill take actions to solve this problem" To increase the awareness of achunger and possible tion steps UDA is focusing on education for both its own members (FDs) rrd the public During the month of March UDA members throughout the state have educated their communities raised money and sponsored food drives to stop hunger Information on food assistance programs have been distributed to all liDA members and a seminar on childhood hunger has been orga anti-hung- Hunger Identification Project conducted by Utahns Against Hunger document the occurrence of hunger and associated health problems in children "Registered Dietitians (RDs) wanted to focus on hunger during the Eat Right Utah campaign because hunger poses a serious threat to gross th and development of thousands of Utah children" states Tcri nized for RDs Dietitians arc also building alliances with ami-hung- "Hungry and undernourished children are susceptible to illness and infection and more likely are to be tired irritable unable to concentrate and poor learners" she said (UDA) The campaign's goal is to create an awareness of the hunger problem in the state of Utah and to challenge Utahns to take action to help solve the problem Recent findings of the Utah Community Childhood RD spokesperson er agencies like Utahns Easy-star- t Homelessness Is A Major Concern By Jeannine Chisholm New Horizons Volunteer As a volunteer for New Horizons Crisis Center I have written often lately about the horrors of domestic violence There is another problem however that is also growing rapidly in the nation in Utah and in our Six County area — that of homelessness New Horizons also deals with this problem According to the Utah 1993 "homeless count" published January 1994 there arc an estimated 2425 homeless persons on Utah's streets on a given night The numbers of homeless families and the numbers of homeless children has more than doubled in the last four years It is the children that suffer the most Homeless children face serious obstacles to regular school attendance One-thir- d of "runaway and throwaway youths" make money by panhandling 10 percent sell drugs abuse this problem is worse in the larger cities Salt Lake County has approximately 30 to 40 homeless camps with between 100 and 200 campers living in them While most of us look at camping as a fun weekend activity there arc families that live in tents the year round Not fun! 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