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Show Foster grandparents boost kids Two 15-year veterans of the Foster Grandparent Program at the Utah State Training School will be among those honored at the . Recognition Banquet for Foster Grandparents, April 25, at 10:30 a.m., Senior Citizens' Building in Spanish Fork. Honored as 15-year foster I grandmas are Edith Monson and Reva Moyle. Ten and five year certificates will also be awarded. The person with the longest tenure in the program is Isabell Aston, who has served as a foster grandma for i 18 years. Speakers will include Orvile 0. Stone, who at age 87 joined the Training School staff. According to Randy Blackburn, Utah State Training School staff coordinator, "The energy these grandparents produce is amazing." The Training School served as a nationwide pilot when the program was instigated 20 years ago. Today the Training School has approximately ap-proximately 25 foster grandparents who work five days a week in four-hour four-hour shifts. The Training School provides transportation, one meal and $2.20 per hour. The grandparents, usually assigned two individuals, provide walks, treats, special attention and love. . Foster grandparents are also active in school districts to help tutor children with special problems and at the state hospital in the children's wards. "Whenever I get down, I go see the grandparents. This program is fantastic for the . children, the elderly and society. These people (grandparents) have been taught how to work, they enjoy being self-sufficient self-sufficient and earning a little extra, and the children and residents really blossom under the love, attention at-tention and cuddling they receive from Grandpa or Grandma," stated Chuck Deering, Director of Utah County Foster Grandparent Program. . The spirit of the program is best represented by Pearl Talbot, 91-year-old foster grandmother at the state hospital, who stated, "I'm only doing this until I'm 100, and then I'm retiring." |