1969_01 The Daily Collegian January 1969

              B DAILY COLLBOtAN    Thuraday, January 9, 1969
Help a child have
a chance
The San Joaquin Children's Center hopes to
raise $50,000 for continued operation ln the com¬
ing year, with the help of four Fresno State CoUege
students. These students are presently engaged
In a fund raising drive for the center.
Chris Toppenburg, Jerry Borton, and Karen
Thomas, Journalism majors, and John Maderious,
business major are planning a drawing for Jan.
16 to help raise funds. It will feature an estimated
$3,400 worth of tapestries, needle point work and
other collectors Items.
Tickets for the drawing may be obtained for
donations of $2 and $50. The amount of the do¬
nation. Is  ln  accordance with the two categories
be given. Tickets are available at
the San Joaquin Children's Center, 3774 W. Bel¬
mont Ave., or at any or the stores ln which the
tapestries are presently being displayed.
The San Joaquin Children's Center, started
earlier this year, Is the valley's newest state
licensed facility devoted entirely to the residential
of emotionally disturbed chlld-
The four students working on the drive for the
center gave two reasons for undertaking the pro¬
gram: It affords an excellent application of
theory learned In class as well as an opportunity
to  help the children of the center have a chance
Each student Is handling a different aspect of Ihe
drive. Their responsibilities are in conjunction
with their major Interests. Toppenburg coordinates
most of the news releases and public relations
hand-outs.    Borton Is Involved with the program
communicating   their  cause   and  purpose   of  the
Children's Center.
Maderious has handled the printing of Ihe tickets
and takes care of the records and book keeping.
Miss Thomas Is In charge of displaying the prizes
for the drawing ln store windows of Fresno mer-
The San  Joaquin  Children's  Center, formerly
Fresno Nutritional Home, In changing its name
changed  Its  purpose  to  a  facility  devoted
•ntlrely   to   the  residential  care and  treatment
onally disturbed children.
Lydia  Klette,  assistant  director ' of the
explained   the   reason   for  changing   the
of  the  center.   "We  just   couldn't meet
our   old   capacity.   Food,   clothing  and  attention
to the children's   physical needs did only so much
She  explained   that   the Nutritional Home, with
emotional   problems  of the children. "The home
became little more than a holding place for phys¬
ically handicapped and psychologically disturbed
children," said Mrs. Klette.
Before the Nutritional Home became the Child¬
ren's Center, It received only $140 a month from
welfare for the entire number of children served.
At present ln Its new role, the Children's Center
receives $250 a month per child. This money is
used to pay professional staff for professional
care Is the only chance of. helping the children.
Since the center came into existence, seven
children have been rehabilitated and returned" to
their homes, eight regained their emotional sta¬
bility which enabled them to live ln foster homes
and many others are receiving and responding
successfully   to  the  center's professional staff.
The San Joaquin Children's Center Is the only
facility of Its kind between Los Angeles and San
Francisco. There are 1,500 children ln Fresno
County alone who need the type of care only a
professional staff such as that of the center can
However, at present only 13 children can receive
the center's care. The center's physical capacity
Is 24 but sufficient funds for a larger staff to care
for this many are not available.
The residential treatment center ln San Fran¬
cisco Is receiving $450 a month per child from
welfare as opposed to Fresno's $250. "It Is
estimated," said Mrs. Klette, "that If the San
Joaquin Children's Center could Increase Its
service to the 24 capacity, It too could be getting
$450 per child."
"In the past," said Mrs. Klette, "thehomecould
only help the physically handicapped but could do
nothing for the children with emotional problems.
Presently, the center helps delinquent children so
they may return to the mainstream of life." She
said the center serves a double purpose; as
well as helping the children with their problems,
It betters the community by aiding ln the reduction
of crime and juvenile delinquency.'
Mrs. Klette summed up the center's function as
a character building agent which redirects the
child's anU-soclal attitudes and reduces his po¬
tential as a burden to society. She said that at the
center children are taught virtue, self reliance,
honesty, respect, consideration for others and self
restraint.
"Some of the children admitted to the center,"
explained Mrs. Klette, "are non-achievers - they
have been expelled from school.""Here,"shesaId,
"They are given special education ln cooperation
with the department of education of the county ln the
form of remedial courses until they are able to
return to their regular classes." The center also
helps to show the children that they dohave a place
ln society and encourages them to develope their
nts ccl help in the learninK process in all
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Fresno State students
help to raise funds
for Children's Center
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