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Show 1 r- '1.., , .. " ' : t V . . . ; i . . . -7 ' !: -f ' .; J ' : GUATEMALA GROUP Abbie Francom, Kellie Marchbanks, Brett Frampton, Jane Fryer, Jeff Hooley, Becky Varney look at globe to see where Guatemala lies. Items Needed for Guatemala Mrs. Francom has recently accepted the position of educational chairperson for AYUDA, a non- denominational Indian community assistance program. In the past she has served as executive secretary and board member working with the medical, dental, preschool, pre-school, secondary and adult education projects in the aldeas surrounding Cunen, in the state of Quiche, Guatemala. Mrs. Francom will be leaving for Cunen as soon as school is out for the holidays. ; Items greatly needed are money, baby foods, clothing for 6 - 12 year olds, tools, medicines, personal hygiene items, Spanish Language magazine or testbooks. Cunen is an ancient i municipality of 8000 - 10,000 ) people. These are dispersed ' families in the remote highlands. In a region with ' 200,000 people there are two hospitals and 6 - 8 doctors ' who work only at the hospital. Any person wishing to join '. with the high school's sub for :. Santa is welcome. I This year the faculty, staff and studentbody of PGHS have selected a most worthy cause for their Sub for Santa program. Rather than select one or two families to help this year they have chosen to bring a lastting happiness to a great many disadvantaged people. You've seen pictures of children dying from malnutrition, of farms being worked under the most primitive conditions, of uneducated, illiterate fathers trying to provide for their families. All of these sad conditions can be found in our American Continent neighbor to the south, Guatemala. In the last year their sorrows have been greatly increased because of a devastating earthquake. Abbie Francom, PGHS vocational teacher from UTC, is very involved in a program to educate and give medical aid and assistance to these people. This year PGHS want to become involved and help Mrs. Francom help these people. |