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Open "Make Today Count"Chapter SECTION 2 - PAGE 9- PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, MAY 4,1979 Make Today Count, Inc. is a non-profit organization of in­ dividual MTC chapters located throughout the United States, Canada and Europe with a national office in Burlington, Iowa. The first meeting of the McHenry county chapter of Make Today Count will be held Sunday, May 20, in Fellowship hall of the First United Methodist church of Woodstock located at South and Throop streets at 2:30 p.m. The chapter will in no way be affiliated with this church but will only be using its facilities. Ron Buck, chaplain of the Northwest Community hospital of Arlington Heights, will be the resource person for this meeting. The purpose of the organization is to improve the quality of life for patients and their families facing possibly terminal illnesses and to assist health care personnel in caring for these patients. The local chapters furnish support to its members by: 1. Providing the un­ derstanding and help of a group with similar experiences. 2. Sharing solutions for common problems on an open and honest basis. 3. Providing constant awareness that the individual is not alone with his-her problems. 4. Offering individuals a chance to help others while helping themselves. 5. To assist the professional (doctor-nurse-clergy) in communicating and meeting the needs of the patient, family and friends who are facing a terminal illness. The purpose of each chapter is to bring together patients, family members and other interested persons to provide mutual support and un­ derstanding. Make Today Count is not a religious organization, nor is it allied with any religious denomination. However, spiritual and religious dimensions of patients' per­ sonal experiences may be shared as well as their strengths and hopes; and they may ventilate their feelings in order to help each other to live each day more meaningfully. Those planning to attend should call 385-0931. International Year of the Child 1979 CHILD ABUSE - ugly and vicious words. Child abuse hurts. The child may suffer physically, but he always suffers emotionally. In abusive families, the child is not the only victim, for the parents are also victims. Victims of their anger, fear, frustration and sense of failure. When people become parents, they bring their ideas, expectations, and previous experiences to the job. Often, due to unrealistic expectations, lack of parenting skills, unmet emofifaral needs or their own poor childhoold experiences the real demands of parenting are far different from the expected. Since people tend to parent their children as they were parented, child abuse becomes a cyclical process. When a person is abused as a child, he or she is more likely to become an abusive parent and so the pattern is set for the future. Much of the research and work with actual or potentially °busive families has indicated tne absence of supportive people in their lives. Often, parents lack an understanding and empathetic person with whom their feel comfortable in sharing their frustrations or anger. Stress and anger left unvented feds upon itself until it is either resolved or crisises occur. In abuse the child becomes the safety valve. Yelling, hitting, teasing, sexual assault or emotional deprivation are the tools for the release of anger. During the United Nation's International Year of the Child the needs and right of children are being advocated through special projects, literature and events. One local agency working for children through their parents is McHenry County Parental Assistance. Parents in stress are provided non-threatening and supportive services as one means to prevent or intervene in abusive situations. All parents have the potential to abuse, but given the right parent, the right child and the right situation chances of abuse increase drastically. Parental Assistance offers county parents two supportive services - a 24 hour Stress Line and a Parents Anonymous group. By means of a 24-hour Stress Line (815-344-3933) the parent in stress is able to make immediate contact with a concerned volunteer. The volunteer is there to listen, to care about the parent and to help the parent discover alternatives in handling stressful situations. Parents Anonymous, a national self help group, provides support and en­ couragement to parents on a continuing basis. In the group, parents realize they are not the only ones with parenting problems and that other people truly care about them as in­ dividuals. The Stress Line and the McHenry County Parents Anonymous group are free services provided in a non- threatening and non- judgemental manner. Parents are not required to give their names and privacy is guaranteed. These services are not designed to replace professional counseling or social service agencies, but rather attempt to befriend the parent. Parenting is a long, demanding and sometimes frustrating job. Parents need to feel good about themselves and their parenting role. Parental Assistance believe that by helping parents help them­ selves to a more positive parenting role, families can become /((ore nurturing and capable of fulfilling the needs of the child. The Stress Line number is 815-344-3944. Please note that when dialing the Stress Line, the number will ring twice. there will be a high pitched sound and then will ring again. The sounds are part of the normal functioning of the Stress - Line equipment. In­ formation about the Parents Anonymous group meeting date and time may be received by calling the Stress Line. Doughnut Day June 1 June 1 will mark the forty- first anniversary of the Salvation Army's Doughnut day in the Chicagoland area. Chairman of this year's event will again be Mrs. Henry D. Paschen of West Fullerton Parkway, Chicago, who has served in this capacity every year since Doughnut Day started. A total of 8,000 volunteers will serve as taggers at major locations throughout Chicago and in more than 135 suburban communities in the surroun­ ding seven-county area to achieve this year's goal of $200,000. Throughout the years Doughnut day has raised millions of dollars to benefit men, women and children through social welfare ser­ vices. Each year the Salvation Army in Greater Chicago serves the needs of over 1,500,000 people in 215 centers of service. Fishing solves a sur­ prising number of prob­ lems. Fosl Foto DRIVE-IN FILM & PROCESSING SPRIN6 VALUES \ Vr Picture America with Fuji. SAVINGS of 59c or MORE on Fuji REPLACEMENT FILM For every roll of Color Print Film brought in for processing, you will receive a replacement roll of FUJI color print film at 99c for 20 exp. and $1.19 for 24 exp. 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