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Wednesday, August 23, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Wagon welcomes all
The Welcome Wagon has been greeting newcomers to communities all over the world.
Since 1968, it has called on thousands of new families in Lawrence, according to the report.
"We call on at least 600 families a year," she said. "We have a fantastic reception. I can think of only two families in the past ten years that have been suspicious."
Welcome Wagon is busy in the summer, she said, when she has two full-time hostesses who call on new families within their first week of Lawrence residency. The Wagon is in charge of different materials that provide service and business information about Lawrence.
“It’s run in a similar manner in every town,” she said. “They usually let Welcome Wagon hostesses run it the way they want to.”
Two things that they have to watch, she said, are invasion of privacy and discrimination.
"We don't discriminate," she said. "We welcome all families, families and some married students, but we do not try to include all the all students. That would be too much."
KU students receive the "People" coupon book from the Union Bookstore, and the "People's Yellow Pages," a booklet of service and entertainment information about the campus and community provided by the KU Information Center.
The "People's Yellow Pages" was updated from its 1975 issue and rewritten
during the summer, Kathy Hoggard,
director of information, said. It includes
listings in career planning, child care,
counseling, religious services, tutoring,
employment, theatres, family planning,
bandicapped services and medical services.
The PYP will be available to students in mid-Sepember in the residence halls and other organized living groups. It is free to students, Hoggard said, but community organizations can buy it for 25 cents a copy to give to students.
The civic package compiled for residents by Welcome Wagon contains general information about Lawrence, a letter from the mayor, voter registration information from the League of Women Voters, KU campus information and maps of the city.
Welcome Wagon often contacts new residents through apartment managers and staff.
"We help people who move within town, too," Schwain said.
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10:00 am-10:00 pm (Mon-Sun)
1801 Mass. 842-9637
(Plenty of Parking Across the Street)
FEATURING LUNCHEON SPECIALS
THE MALLS MERCHANTS WISH TO WELCOME BACK ALL THE JAYHAWKS TO LAWRENCE
Before & After
Malls Barber Shop
GFC Finance
ROY'S CREATIVE FRAMING AND GALLERY
Blane's Beauty Shop
Malls Bookshop
BOONE'S RETAIL LIQUOR
Crafts & Hobbies
King-O-Mat Laundry
23rd & Louisiana