| Show u u 0 un I Russian Orphans to Receive I toys New Building and Supplies 1 i I y H r r ry I t y I L 1 w 44 I.- I. Z f 1 tf 1 h Many 11 North Lisa Chen Gloria Hollist Rong From left to right Ryan Many hands create miracles Burton Robyn Trim and Phyllis Earnhardt With additional help from Debbie Sharp Joyce not included in picture Seabury Hortin and Colleen 1 TV Th The Kathryn Jones Faculty Staff StaffIn In less than a week with two suitcases safely in tow chucked full of toothpaste and other necessities for herself and those she will soon be helping Lisa Trim and twenty-five twenty others willbe willbe will willbe be traveling to re-build re an orPhanage turned Orphan Integration Center in Kostroma Russia Trim who works in the Accounts Receivable Department at speaks of children from birth to sixteen years who at one time were going to get a school When the wall came down and the government kind of collapsed collapsed collapsed col col- lapsed the building was left abandoned Trim 1 nm said sam J. J u. u people in the village took what they needed and left the building with big holes and missing win win- dows All the plumbing is gone Those who are in need of a safe and functional building to See Orphans continued on page 4 Orphans cont from front learn are the children who are called social orphans meaning they have parents but the parents cant can't keep them because they cant can't afford them said Trim These children live with very little including the toothpaste toothpaste toothpaste tooth tooth- paste and toothbrushes that we take for granted They dont don't have that there Kostroma is a summer resort for the people from Moscow Trim said Even volunteers will have opportunities opportunities opportunities to see Moscow rural areas of the Kostroma region and visit orphanages orphanages orphanages orphan orphan- ages and shelters said Maryna Storrs editor of the URI News News News-a a monthly newsletter of the Utah- Utah Russia Institute In fact volunteers will be beon beon beon on camera 24 After the documentary is finished finished finished fin fin- it be submitted for review and broadcast to PBS and National Geographic Trims Trim's husband Bob an assistant professor who teaches media at and who previously filled the position of Director of the Media Production Department at for fourteen years was approached by the Construction Trades Department and asked to do doa a documentary on the ence how I got involved she said And then a lady who used to work here told me about her year two-year experience in Russia She shared with me how poor it was over there That they just dont don't have things What happened after that surprised her Cashiers began to approach her to see if they could help Today my living room is packed I have shampoo toothpaste toothbrushes soap and toys stuff I was going to buy myself and take with me Id I'd already purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased toothpaste and tooth- tooth A. A brushes and toys toys and all of a sudden its it's like I got all this stuff The stuff Trim speaks about came from both accounts receivable and cashiers and Trim is very grateful Every day theres there's more stuff Trim said They need some credit for being so wonderful This is Trims Trim's first experience ence in Russia and she admits not everything is so wonderful when it comes to the food water and facilities there She was told Dont eat any food unless its it's got a thick skin like an orange And never ever buy anything off a vendor table at the side of a road Use a water filter Trim laughed when she explained how brushing her teeth would take on new meaning in Russia You cant can't just do doit doit doit it over the sink You have to put the water through the water filter first When I take a shower Im I'm going to put duct tape on my mouth Trim will be gone for three weeks and expects that her n u.- u. time in Kostroma will be an interesting adventure She has asked for help in the delivery of the stack of items in her living room Every member of the group will be packing and taking items for forthe forthe forthe the children including her own daughter who attends My daughter and her friends knitted scarves and hats because of the needs of the children And we have toys toys toys |
