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THE UNIVERSITY, DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 2.1968
KU-Y friendship program
Students get new brothers and sisters
By MARLA BABCOCK Kansan Staff Writer
Nearly fifty KU students will meet new "little brothers and sisters" this week as the KU-Y Youth Friendship Program begins its fourth year.
The aim of the Youth Friendship program is to give selected elementary and junior high school children an older friend who can offer mature guidance, said John Mauk, Conway junior and co-chairman of the program. KU-Y volunteers fill these positions.
Most of the children inn the program have problems adjusting to school life, said Judy Jarrell, Prairie Village junior and cochairman. Many of the children do not make friends easily.
Many of these children come from broken homes or from families with eight or nine children. Often parents and older brothers and sisters fail to take interest in them.
Some of the activities planned for the little brothers and sisters this year are bowling,roller skating, shopping and football games.
Miss Jarrell explained that the Youth Friendship chairmen work with counselors in the Lawrence school system in obtaining recommendations for children who need big brothers and sisters.
After a volunteer is assigned a little brother or sister, he meets with the child's counselor and
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teachers to learn about the child's background and about problems he is likely to encounter. The counselor or teacher also introduces the child to his big brother or sister.
Pairing of KU students with the children is operated on a random basis at the elementary level, while volunteers wishing to work with junior high age children are selected on the basis of interviews with the child's counselor.
During the year, volunteers meet with aa 10-member Youth
"While the Youth Friendship committee tries to pair male volunteers with boys and female students with girls, there is always a shortage of men volunteers," Mauk said.
Friendship steering committee to report any problems and plan group activities for the youngsters,
Mauk said the Youth Friendship Program is always looking for more volunteers. Applications are available in the KU-Y office on the second floor of the Kansas Union.
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