LIHEAP/SWP/Food Distribution
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE ENERGY - SENIOR WOOD & FOOD
DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS!
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE (LIHEAP)
A household must be low income, an enrolled Indian Tribal
member living on the Reservation, and only Colville Tribal
members near the Reservation. The household must verify
monthly income and a heating bill. The program can assist
with:
1] All types of heating bills (electric, propane, oil,
firewood, wood pellets)
2] Assist with deposits to open up new accounts
3] Heating system repairs
4] Replace heating systems, install an alternate source of
heat
5] Clean chimneys for elderly and permanently disabled.
6] Provide self-help winterization materials: plastic for
windows, door weather stripping, pipe insulation, etc.
7] Repair broken windows, doors, roofs, trailer skirting,
replace exterior doors and windows.
SENIOR WOOD PROGRAM
The Senior Wood Program is planned to start in June 2005.
Colville Tribal members residing on or near the Reservation,
who are head of the household, must be 55 years of age or
older or permanently disabled persons, and use firewood to
heat their home are eligible to receive firewood from the
Senior Wood Program. The program cannot supply your total need
of wood for the winter; it is only a “supplemental” program.
Colville Tribal members can sign a contract with our Program
to cut and deliver the firewood for the Seniors/disabled. You
must supply your own equipment (pickup, chainsaw, ect) and
have the experience and knowledge to be a firewood contractor.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
Low-income households residing on the Colville Indian
Reservation and enrolled Indian Tribal members living within a
15-mile radius of the Reservation, who are not receiving State
Food Stamps, are eligible for Tribal Food Commodities. The
household must verify monthly income, provide social security
numbers and birth dates on all household members, and verify
residency or household location. Commodities consist of canned
and fresh fruits/vegetables, juices, beans, bakery mix,
cereals, oatmeal, flour-cornmeal, pasta, rice, canned and
frozen meats, instant and canned milk, butter, oil,
shortening, syrup, soups, stew mix, cheese. Frozen ground
buffalo is offered as a bonus item. We have recipe books
available and if you would like recipes for certain food items
just ask and we will provide what we have.
Remember: 1) You don’t have to take all these food items every
month, only take what you can use. 2) If you are experiencing
an emergency and need your food delivered, please let us know.
We will try to help you out. 3). Submitting your creative
cooking recipes and own ideas are very welcome. 4) The Food
Distribution Office is always closed for inventory every last
working day of the month.
Northwest Harvest/State Surplus Foods – To be eligible for
these programs a household must be in need of food and the
goal is to provide a good choice of food items to supplement
one meal. Northwest Harvest in Seattle and the Spokane Food
Bank donate these foods (dry, canned, or fresh produce). The
State Surplus Foods are purchased in bulk by the State and
distributed to the Counties and Tribal Food Banks. A household
can pickup weekly at the Nespelem Food Bank or on the
following days and locations in the outlining districts.
June 21st – Tuesday
10am till gone
Keller Community Center
June 22nd – Wednesday
10am till gone
Omak Community Center
June 22rd – Wednesday
10am till gone
Nespelem Food Center
June 23rd – Thursday
10am till gone
Inchelium Community Center
CLOTHING BANK
We offer a small clothing bank to households in need which are
provided by donations of good used clothing and at times
furniture from local residents. Your donations are greatly
appreciated!
APPLICATIONS OR MORE INFORMATION on the Energy, Senior Wood or
Food Distribution Programs: (509) 634-2769 Tiffany Circle,
OAIII or (509) 634-2770 Dorothy Palmer, Manager or contact
your local District Community Center or Senior Mealsites.
Dorothy Palmer, Manager LIHEAP/SWP/Food Distribution
Inventory/Purchasing
Letter of Thanks
“Thank You!!” to all the people who helped
out with the tribal car auction on April 9, 2005, yeah, I know
its late. But you know what people say, “better late, than
never”.
I would like to give a big thank you to Spirit Peoples of the
Tribal Tribune for the advertisement in the paper and taking
the great digital pictures and putting them on a disc for me.
That really saved me a ton of time, Thanks Spirit!
And to Terri Conklin at IT (Information Technology) Department
for the web page set up. The web page really looked great and
with such good teamwork with the Tribune. The cars could have
sold themselves with that web page!
Dorthey Zacherle helped me out the most, because this was the
first auction I had done for the tribe. I had no idea where to
start and Dorthey gave me all the do’s and don’ts on having a
successful auction, thanks DZ!
I had a great team of helpers behind the scenes who were great
in helping get this event off the ground. Sonny Marchand –
Public Works – thanks for helping keep the bullpen organized
and helping out on getting some of the vehicles here for the
auction. Also, thanks for letting us use some tools to get
cars running.
Last but not least, I would like to thank Bonnie Timentwa,
Kirby Vargas, VJ Vargas, Cassie Vargas, thanks for helping out
at the tables and keeping things running smoothly. Aaron
Carden for helping on the day of the auction – Thanks. The
auction was a big success, because of all the great help I
had. I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for coming out on the
weekend and working the auction. The other people I would like
to say thanks to are all of the local papers who ran our ad;
The Star of Grand Coulee, The Statesman Examiner in Colville,
The Chronicle of Omak, and The Wenatchee World.
I would really like to thank all of the tribal programs that
made this a big success by putting their vehicles in the
auction, and all the people who showed up and bid on the
vehicles. Once again, thanks for all the participation and
hopefully we can do this again next year.
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Brian G. Timentwa – Inventory/Purchasing
Convalescent Center NEWS
We celebrated National Nursing Home Week
from May 7th through May 13th, 2005. We had Crazy Hat Day on
May 10 and Junky Pakootas wore a Crazy Hat, so we took his
picture.
CTCC had a nice Bar-B-Que on Friday May 13 for the residents
and staff and family members.
Activities Director Donna Marchand will be taking several
residents to the Sunflower Festival on May 27. In June, we
will be taking residents to the Two Rivers Casino on June 3
and shopping at Walmart in Omak on June 17, and to Mill Pond
Days in Nespelem and out for a picnic on June 29.
CTCC would like to send a HUGE Thank You to the Colville
Business Council for purchasing a new whirlpool tub for our
residents to bathe in and for purchasing a car from Tribal
Police Department for CTCC to transport our patients to doctor
appointments in. We would also like to thank Mill Bay Casino
for providing CTCC with playing cards.
Thank You to Job Corp kids for coming on May 13, 2005 and
washing ALL our windows and doing yard work.
Thank You to Linda Zlateff for cutting and perming our
patients’ and staffs’ hair.
On May 10, 2005 our DNS Michael Wyckoff had his head shaved by
RN Karen Monnin as she won the raffle. Sherry Allen, RN, had a
raffle draw to raise money to send her daughter Amber to
Holland for Basketball delegation.
Our New Employees: Dr. Damon Chugh, Medical Director; Randy
Gunn, Dietary; Danita Adolph, Dietary; Jennifer Iukes,
Housekeeping; Rusty Porter, Housekeeping and Wade Michel,
Housekeeping.
Good luck at home to Pauline Pakootas.
Thank You,
Sally Hutton,
Administrator
Nursing Assistant Training Class
The Colville Tribal Convalescent Center (CTCC) will begin a
nursing assistant training class the second or third week in
June. Successful completion of the class qualifies the student
to take the Washington State certification exam. Success at
the exam qualifies one to apply to be certified as a nursing
assistant. Nursing assistants give care to residents in
nursing homes, care for patients in the hospital, assist
physicians in clinics, and are employed as in-home caregivers.
The classes will be four days a week, six to eight hours a
day, for five weeks. The course includes classroom
instruction, care skills training, CPR certification, and
actual nursing assistant experience in the nursing home.
Tuition and textbooks are provided without charge to the
student. The student is responsible for some fees connected
with certification. The student is responsible to acquire
appropriate work clothing. A criminal background inquiry is
required before acceptance into the class. The background
forms are part of the class application available at CTCC.
Position in the class is on a first-come-first-served basis so
apply early. For more information, contact Michael at CTCC at
509-634-2875.
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