ee eae eT ced aT Le ed tre th ee Hem le 8 A enmerves se Fh, De age ee ‘tion held at fr A project of the Terrace Women’s Resource Center funded by the provincial TRY program. recently culminated with the release of a resource manual of services for low-income women. The manual was launched with an open house at the — yoy enact! ere Bus suve. {Gwe | fsa Lh iiacsihahiabing ep Goan Terrace WRC hosted by the group that put the manual together: Janet Law, Sheri Kustas, Marge Adams, Koren Robinson, project coordinator Sandy Builock, and Janine Fisher. Resource manual out for low-income women Last week, a local project to prevent substance abuse among low-income women reached completion with the distribution of a resource manual at a recep- the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre. The information was gathered and compiled by ‘eight volun- teers — Marge Adams, Janine Fisher, Sherri Kustas, Janez Law, Koren Robinson, Marilyn Robinson, Mildred Veley and Shirley Wale — under the lead- ership of coordinator Sandy Bullock. The manual was written for low-income women and the organizations which deal with these women. It provides infor- mation about substance abuse prevention and about agencies and services available at little or no cost in the Terrace area. The "services listed include self-help groups,. low-cost recreation pro- grams, church programs, hous- ing, food, clothing and house- hold goods, Parenting. pro- grams, health care, victims ser- vices and health care. The eight volunteers gathered information by personal and telephone interviews with local agencies and individuals. With a pre-determined list of basic questions, the women went out in pairs to conduct their inter- - views. A basic computer course at. Northwest Community College gave the eight women the skills required to file all their informa- tion and format it for publica- tion. The manual spine was designed on computer by Janet Law. Sherri Kustas designed the manual cover. Workshops have been held for the volunteers throughout the term of the pro- ject to improve their interview skills, self-image and. -employ- ment readiness skills. While the final pages of the booklets (75 pages in each of 75 Tesource manuals) were being printed the women passed the ‘time ‘making ‘silk flower ar- tangements for the hospital gift ‘shop.’ The’ materials * were Sup: 6p ye ot nites UE EPR RSE NRE ars ETS ern rtm A Fen eee gree rman plied by the gift shop. Attending the reception at the .Women’s Centre were represen- tatives of many of the more than 60 agencies and services listed in the resource manual. With the completion of the project, the resource manual will be distributed to ail the agencies noted within it, plus high school counselling centers and transi- tion houses in Kitimat and Prince Rupert. It will also be of- fered to local doctors’ offices. The volunteers expressed “‘great relief?’ and pride that the project is finished. One volunteer said it was ‘‘nice to see something through to comple- tion.’? Another noted that, with. the different cultures and backgrounds of the volunteers, it was interesting and fun. - The eight volunteers will now go on to paid employment, Northwest Community College, Interconnect, and Pathways, with the aid of their refined skills in confidence and computers. interviewing, | self-, W IEDNESDAY IS DIRTY SHIRT DAY Men's or Ladies’ cotton dlend - dress or business shirts: expertly laundered. * + Only drive-thru In town ~ Best, most reliable and cleanest service ‘ Drop off point at Thomhill Public Market Rickards Cleaners] 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. — Monday to Friday , 8:30 a.m, to 6:30 p.m, — Saturday KIDDIE CORNER FROM THE POST OFFICE