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The Dallas Senior High School has joined other local
school districts in an innovative volunteer project
sponsored jointly by the district and the Big Brothers/
Big Sisters or Luzerne County.
“The high school program will enable students to
offer their knowledge and skills to help youngsters
who need special companionship,” said Ron Evans,
Big Brother-Big Sister program coordinator. ‘We
believe that it holds great promise for developing the
idea of youth volunteerism and community service.”
The unique program is designed to recruit, screen,
and train juniors and seniors to become Big Brothers
and Big Sisters to children who may benefit from the
positive influence of this one-on-one relationship. The
student volunteer, with regular supervision by the
High School Program Caseworker,will spend three
hours a week for at least one school year. The student
and the youngsters time together may include activi-
ties such as sports, athletics, hobbies, movies, school
work, outings, or simply enjoying each other’s com-
pany by talking and listening.
“Response to the idea has been extremely enthusias-
200 students, and their interest in helping younger kids
is very sincere.”
Once accepted into the program, each volunteer is
matched to a child, based on shared interests,
personality, age, and home location. The agency
continues ongoing support for the volunteer, the child
and parent(s). The county agency also sponsors
optional group activities.
Evans, program coordinator, feels that the project
addresses a significant need in the community. “Many
of the kids we reach come from diverse backgrounds -
single parents, as well as intact families. But all
usually benefit from the valuable support a trained
volunteer provides.”
The high school program, sponsored by ACTION, the
National Volunteer Agency, is the 13th in the nation.
The Luzerne County agency hopes to recruit and train
at least 100 student volunteers before the end of the
current school year.
The Dallas program is being coordinated by Mrs.
Joan Makowski, Home-School Visitor. Big Brothers-
Big Sisters is part of The Bridge Youth Services
Center, a component of Catholic Social Services.
Interested volunteers may contact Mrs. Makowski at’
the Dallas Schools 675-5201, or Miss Paula Valunas at
The Bridge 824-5766 or 824- 8756.
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GWEN LARSON is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Larson of
Shavertown. Gwen is involved in
Girl Scouts and the play crews. She
has been employed at Pizza Perfect
and Treat. Her future plans include
plenum college to major in dentis-
try.
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JOHN OCHMAN is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Ochman of Shaver-
ing and costume crews for the
plas. John works at Tom Ochman’s
oins and Jewelry. He plans on
majoring in computer science, hope-
fully at the University of Scranton,
to become a system analyst.
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CHERYL BELL is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bell. Cheryl
likes to write, dance, and swim in
her free time. While being, treasurer
of the Key Club, Cheryl is also on
the Yearbook staff. She was
awarded second place in the Wyo-
ming Valley Poetry Society Contest.
Her future plans include attending
Penn State to major in advertising.
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DONNA ROMAN is the daugher
of Mr. and Mrs. William Roman of
Dallas. She is interested in horse-
back riding, listening to music, and
reading. Donna is on the school
newspaper staff. Donna plans on
going to college to possibly major in
art, communications, or English.
MARK HINES is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hines of Philadel
hia. Mark is involved in National
onor Society, Steering Committee,
Yearbook and tennis. Mark spent
many, ey hours on the fall play
set last week, while allowing time to
drink five milks for lunch. He
enjoys running in his leisure time.
His future plans include studying
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medicine possible at Penn State,
Notre Dame, Lehigh, Villanova or
Colgate.
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PETER MORCOS is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Morcos of
Dallas. He is involved in Senior
Steering Committee, Student Coun-
cil, Yearbook and the plays. Peter
is currently the treasurer of the
National Honor Society at Dallas.
He was one of the select few to
attend the Governor's School of
Science this summer. Pete was also
recently selected as a National
Merit semi-finalist. Pete reads,
sleeps and eats in his leisure time.
He Shocking
watches no since Monty Python
and Benny Hill were taken off the
air. His future plans include becom-
ing rich, famous and rich, while
majoring in possibly computer sci-
ence, physics, or mathematics at
MIT or Princeton.
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CONGRATULATIONS to all
involved in last weekend’s fall play,
The Curious Savage. The come y
was a super success and was
enjoyed by all.
Students who need to supplement
their state and federal financial aid
packages for 1985-86 school year
were urged today to apply for pri-
vate foundation and corporate fund-
ing. According to Steve Danz, Direc-
tor of The Scholarship Bank, there
are numerous private aid sources
available this year. Funds for
higher education are available from
private foundations, major corpora-
tions, trade, union and civic groups.
With over 500 million in aid, the
following are just a sample of pro-
grams available:
Teaching: Offering up to $3,500
per year, the Danforth Foundatin
gives awards to students interested
in teaching as a profession. 3,000
annual awards, 25 percent to minor-
ities.
Exception Student Fellowships:
Awarded by a major life insurance
company to students in business,
law, computer programming,
accounting and related fields.
Summer internship required with
all expenses paid.
Anthropology, biology, conserva-
tion and marine science: Field
Research Project grants up to $600
per year.
related fields: The Poynter Fund
awards annual scholarships to
$2,000. Must have a career interest
in one of these fields.
Center for Political Studies:
Internships in political science, law,
public relations, business, history
and education.
competitive graduate level fellow-
ships to work as an intern at The
White House. 14-20 yearly openings.
According to the director, many
private aid sources do not require a
showing of financial need but are
dependent on the student demon-
strating a career interest in a cer-
tain field, or a willingness to intern
or enter a competition. Low and no-
interest loans are also available.
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