| Show J oI Resources for single parents Danielle Lail Contributing Writer Single parents on campus will soon receive pointers and information on how to do it all raise children work and go to school On April 21 a conference will be held for prospective and current students on the Redwood Campus Im just way excited I can hardly wait said Pamela Denicke chair of the Single Parents Network The Saturday conference will give single parents the opportunity to gather information on issues they deal with from buying a ahouse ahouse house to doing homework with their children There will be several speakers at the conference selling Best-selling author Richard Paul Evans will wiH willbe willbe be giving advice on how to save money and manage a budget Hes just an amazing guy said Denicke I IJ introduced myself to him himat at a conference and told him what I was doing He volunteered to come and speak before I even asked him Several booths will be beset beset beset set up at the conference Among them will be the Grocery Guru who has been featured on Channel 2 News and in The Salt Lake Tribune The Grocery Guru will teach single parents how to clip coupons without feeling cheap save up to 75 percent on groceries and develop an attitude of Parents Continued on page 4 4 d A Single Parents Continued from page 1 confidence on the side Other resource tables for guests of the conference will address getting started at childcare programs available and the TRIO program which helps students achieve academic success There will be a variety of workshops at the conference Were going to have havea a workshop on how to tobe tobe tobe be savvy credit-savvy said Denicke Its It's important to understand about your credit report and credit rating Single parents will also be able to learn leam basic car maintenance and how to study with children underfoot Were going to teach people how to change their oil and tires said Denicke She says that sometimes parents dont don't know what do to to o with their children when they are studying so there will be tips on a activities to give children A single dad was the inspiration for the How to Raise a Successful Daughter workshop on the schedule We had a dad who has custody of his daughter and he wanted some tips and ideas on how to raise a successful daughter said Denicke Hes He's trying to tobe tobe tobe be the best dad he can be All Al 1 students who are single parents are encouraged to attend the conference It lasts from am a.m. until 3 pm p.m. on April 21 1 1 To know about the conference Denicke has contacted the Single Mom Foundation Horizonte Instruction and Training Center and People Helping People j Denicke wants the j students to be able to ki kick J j back and relax Were Vere going to have a I j workshop on the precious' precious II present we wee we want students students' to know how important it itis itis is to stay in the moment j said Denicke We Ve want I students to know how to i 1 be happy even as a single parent going to school and working Dont Don't wait to be happy be happy now Childcare will b be provided during the conference Children will eat a boxed lunch parents will have soup salad and a potato bar In addition to workshops and resource tables there will be some freebies Were going to have I some great giveaways said Denicke Some of the gifts will be haircuts pedicures oil changes and carwashes Denicke can relate to I single parents When she became a single parent she went back to school and although people doubted that she would be beable beable beable able to handle it all she says edue education tion enabled h her r I Ito to succeed 1 Whatever hat ver situation situation you youre you're re in you can get get get- w 1 information and you C can make it said Denicke For more information o i about the conference pip orto or- or to volunteer call Pam Pamela ti l Denicke at B J v 4 r 4 a oJ 1 I I J J |
