The Erie County Department of Youth Services has approved a grant in the amount of $3600 to teach prevention education courses in the Hispanic and Native American communities. Miriam Gonzalez has really been busy. She has taught 3 I Can Do It classes and 2 I'm Feeling Fine courses, and has recruited a new instructor. Willie Lee McCullough has also recruited some instructors. At this time, we have 10 courses left to teach.

Lisa Magiera, our former club administrator, is teaching the I'm Taking Care babysitting course at the Lackawanna Library. This is a new site for us and so far the response has been great. We even have a child from Angola who signed up.

Jan Heimiller is teaching an I'm Taking Care class on Mondays at the Brighton Library. Jan is also going to teach another I'm Taking Care course starting on May 29. This course will be taught in a compact schedule meeting only three times, but each session runs from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. If you are interested in signing up for this class (there is still some room) call Michelle at the Camp Fire office - 835-7585.

Our urban program is going strong. Presently we have received $3,750 for our Peacemakers program. Several Peacemakers courses have already been taught at School 90, Academic Challenge Center, and Highgate Heights. Etta Czaja and Greg Isaacs are about tostart a course at the Family Resource Center, which is a new site for us.

Mid-Erie Mental Health has purchased several courses from us to be taught in School 31, School 40, and School 72. So far six courses have been completed and 13 more have been scheduled.

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