Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 14, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday july 14, 1973 summer involvement offers Many rewarding commitments 145 volunteers dedicate helping hands to others Tony Bristow 14, entertains six year old Jody Czerr Kiewicz with a puppet at the Day Nursery. By Dave by Barry Mullin free 1 Russ staff writer summer involvement 73 in t just pinot incr run of the Mill summer Volunteer pro Gram that blossoms in May with the Aid of government Money and alien Dies in sep tember once the funds arc Cut off. H is a program with a Dif Ference and that difference is people who arc committed to making summer involve ment 73 a continuing pro Gram and volunteers who prove that the program is a rewarding one. The program operated in Winnipeg successfully last year but when provincial government funds through the step student Tempo Rary employment program were Cut off in the fall the program did t fold. Two enthusiastic employees Beverley English and Marcia Thompson kept the Volunteer program alive Dur ing the Winter at the univer sity of Manitoba and the uni a Cisily of Winnipeg. Already this summer sum in c r involvement 73 has placed More than 145 Volun Teers with various agencies and Llin cry for More Volun Teers is still being heard from agencies who desperately need Young people to help with the handicapped the elderly or with Young people. We be got the Job open Ings but when it comes to Volunteer work we Al ways seem to have More openings than volunteers to fill them As far As we know we re the Only organization that handles youth Volun Teers and places them in agencies throughout Winnipeg the program originated in 1072 with the Winnipeg Volunteer Bureau and in its first year of operation Man aged to place 250 Volunteer workers with various Agen cies in Winnipeg. Frank Ligorio publicity director for summer involve ment 73, says the Volunteer organization c o u i d handle double or triple the amount of volunteers thai it has handled so far this year. We be got the Job open Ings but when it comes to Volunteer work we always seem to have More openings than volunteers to Jill or. Lagorio said in an inter View this week in the pro Grain s office in Lockhart mall at the University of Winnipeg. At present the program deals with 41 agencies scattered throughout Winnipeg and places volunteers in Al most every imaginable line of Volunteer work. We had More Organiza Lions to work with last explained Beverly English a second year arts student at the University of Winnipeg who worked with summer involvement last year along with Larry harder a University of Manitoba student and Marcia Thompson. But tins year we chose the agencies we wanted to work with. We prefer to have organizations that know what to do with volunteers. Last year there were some Agen cies who got volunteers but 1 i d n t know How to use miss English said. Agencies such As the Day Nursery Centre and the society for crippled children and adults arc using summer involvement 73 Volunteer workers this year and arc More than pleased with the results. At the Day care Centre 336 Flora Avenue two Young puppeteers were treating youngsters at the Nursery la a h a 1 f h o u r Long puppet show. The show was developed by Sid Shapira Tony Bris Tow Colin Kovacs and Pete Connelly. The whole idea behind the show is to get the kids in said 15-year-old Sid before a performance thurs Day at the Nursery. We Don t try to put across any messages or make the show a lesson like thing. It s mainly to entertain the he said. While Sid and Tony were entertaining youngsters a t the Nursery Lynn Goldring and Joan mar Wilch both is were working with a group of crippled teenagers in Charleswood. Lynne volunteers two Days with the crippled children while Joan works two Days with the Charleswood group and three Days wit i deaf children. Summer involvement 73 recruits 14 to 25 year Olds for Volunteer work and begins its recruitment program in h i g h schools. School recruiters Laurie Lamb and Don Slough were responsible for school recruitment where the largest portion of the program s volunteers come from. Each Volunteer is inter viewed and is presented with certain Job descriptions. Alter a particular Job is Cho sen the Volunteer is placed with the appropriate Agency. As far As we know we re the Only organization that handles youth volunteers and places them in agencies throughout explained or. Lagorio a u of m arts student. There arc sclera other Volunteer agencies that place Young people in suburban areas of the City he said. Larry harder who acts As the Recruiter and financial administrator for summer involvement 7 3 said the group s goal is to have a year round program. The main problem in moving into a year round program is determining the form it should take. And the need for a year round program of this Type is there says Margaret fran pc Molly a group worker at the society for crippled Chil Dren and adults. Mrs. Frankemolle and Shirley Borden the society s coordinator volunteers help volunteers work with the children at the Charles Wood Day camping program a Pilot project tins summer. The response to the pro g r a m has been mrs. Borden said in an inter View thursday. We have groups that come to the Camp on Charleswood Road once a there arc so Many crippled adults want ing to go to Day Camp that the society had to split the group of 40 into two 20 camping groups. A a in Ping is something that most people have a Chance to do but the opportunities have never been there for crippled children and Sikl mrs. Frankc 111 o 1 1 c there arc some tilings that Aren t possible when you re in a wheelchair but the kids and the adults do manage to do a lot out she said. With the licit of volunteers p r o v i d c d by summer involvement 73. Organizations like the Day Nursery and the Day Camp for crippled Chil Dren and adults operate bet Ter. We need volunteers la help with crippled children and adults said mrs. Frankemolle. We need a Volunteer for every wheel chair and we Haven t sol Itiat Many volunteers and. The summer involve Mienl program wants to gel a drama group Sui ried before the step Grant ends sept. I. So if you re interested in drama or being a Volunteer to work with handicapped children and adults Call is 73, As the administrators and volunteers Call it. The group s office is in room 203, Lockhart Hall at the univer sity of Winnipeg. You Don t have to have your own wheels to tour Manitoba. 9-Day provincial and National Park tour from via air conditioned bus. Manitoba we be got so much. 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