News Release (February 12, 1974) TESC sophomore named president of an organization for disabled children
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News Release (February 12, 1974) TESC sophomore named president of an organization for disabled children
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12 February 1974
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The Evergreen State College
98505
Olympia, Washington
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 1974
Monica
recently
Schwinberg,
as Richland
been named president
sophomore
at The Evergreen
of the Washington
State College,
State Youth Association
has
for Retarded
Children.
The 1972 graduate
of Columbia
High School began working
than five years ago when she served as a volunteer
persons
in the Tri-Cities.
YARC and was appointed
attending
Evergreen,
located
Mental Health
and a volunteer.
Institute
of those agencies
and to be involved
of
after she began
with mental
internship
serve the mentally
with
and conducting
retarded.
in the establishment
health
the Seattle
a survey
She plans
of more group homes
to
for
retarded.
For now, the 20-year-old
Davison,
has been involved
studying psychology
County which
chapter
of Olympia.
She served a two-quarter
and is currently
in Thurston
become a social worker
the mentally
Miss Schwinberg
of the Richland
of the organization
five miles northwest
A former Candy Striper,
both as a student
vice president
more
at a day care camp for retarded
She later served as president
western
with the retarded
is concentrating
daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine
her off-campus
efforts on recruiting
Schwinberg
new members
of 1735
between
the ages of 13 and 25 for YARC.
"The mentally
retarded
their care and concern,
need the help of young persons,"
and they need their efforts
to increase
them and their problems."
/tll II II
Dick
Nichols.
Infor mation
she says.
Director
Services
public
"They need
awareness
about
NEWS
The Friends of the Olympia Library
for immediate release
for further information
February 8, 1974
Jack Hebb, Paul Jeffrey 866-6413
"lmat if a big dog an swe rs the door?"
That, and other questions
of Evergreen
students
they prepare
to interview
The interviews,
and members
Needs,"
residents.
the project
ization, a group or students
to be interviewed
at home and asked to respond
promised
The Public Librery
cen
Commission
organ-
and many other local citizens,
E. Jackson Webb.
will be selected
at random,
to a series of questions
The process w i.Ll. take about twen ty minutes,
Kathy Haviland,
and the
how libraries
is ~2ing carried out by the Friends
at Evergreen,
as
the middle' of
Funded in part by the Washington
to the project director,
The persons
20 and run through
"Education:
Library
area.
a corrmmnity effort aimed at determining
for the Humanities,
needs.
entitled
of the Olympia
in the Olympia
due to begin February
better serve Olympia
according
of the Friends
800 persons
April, are part of a project
People's
like it, are being faced this week by a group
an Evergreen
about
then contacted
their educational
and Hill be quite painless,
student VIho is coordinating
the inter-
v LewLng .
Hs , Haviland
stated,
to serve as panelists
26 and April
17.
"Of the 800 persons
Lnt erv Lewed , 32
w i Ll. be
in the eight public forums to be held between
The information
-more-
invited
February
wh i ch \ve gat.her during the Lnt erv i.ewi.nz
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will be an important component of the dialogue we hope to facilitate in
the community.
He hope to discover exactly what people wan t in this area,"
"In addition to the Intervf.ev.lng ,
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questionnaire has been mailed
to 1600 residents of north Thurston County, along with a pamphlet describing
the issues
involved in
Haviland explained.
the
project and the series of public forums," Ms.
liTheresponse to the questionnaire, along with the
results of the intervieHing, will give people a voice in defining their own
changing educational needs and the role of the library in serving those needs."
"The public forums, the first of wh i ch ,viII be held at the Olympia
Public Library, February 26 at 8 pm, Hill attempt to stimulate dialogue
about the library and its relationship to the community,!! Hs: Haviland
added.
The first forum, wh Lch w i Ll. :',elead by Dr. Giovanni Costigan, Professor
of History at the University of Hashington, will focus on the topic "'i-my
Libraries?" a look at how librari1es came about and how the goals of the
library in the past relate to our goals today.
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