February 2019 IFHE Press Release
Information about hotels, dates and more for IFHE World Congress 2020
Sympathy to Board Member Mrs. Luann Boyer on the loss of her husband
With permission of Mrs. Luann Boyer we would like to share the obituary of her late husband K.R. Pat Boyer. We offer our sympathies during this time.
K.R. Pat Boyer Pat Boyer, 74, of Fort Morgan, passed away November 15, 2018 at UC Health Hospital in Aurora, Colorado after battling a rare form of leukemia for 2 years. He was born October 25, 1944 in Portland, Oregon to Melvin and Nelva (Kevin) Boyer. Although his legal name was Kelvin Ray, his dad nicknamed him Pat and it stuck for life. Pat spent his first 13 years in a mountain valley northwest of Portland where he learned to love all things about the outdoors. His parents moved back to North Central Kansas where he graduated from Mankato High School in 1963. He finished diesel school in Denver and completed military reserve training before attending Kansas State University majoring in animal science and reproductive physiology. He was on the K-State Rodeo Team riding bucking bulls and bareback broncs. He also competed in Pro Rodeo during that time. Pat graduated from K-State in 1970 and joined the Kansas Department of Agriculture as a Marketing Specialist and during his time with the department he also served as Kansas Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and Interim Ag Secretary. He was the Executive Secretary for the Kansas Pork Producers in the mid-70s, and was an ag marketing rep. for private industry prior to moving to Fort Morgan in 1980 for a similar position. In the mid-80s, he joined the City of Ft. Morgan staff in the Parks Department and eventually was the Parks Superintendent and later the Forestry Superintendent. He was an Environmental Health Representative for Northeast Colorado Health Department from 1999 to 2003. After retiring in 2003, Pat began Boyer’s Bushes specializing in xeric landscaping, arboriculture, and wildlife habitat development serving a large clientele in northeast Colorado. He also had a business specializing in hunting equipment and other outdoor supplies. Pat and Luann Nelson were married in McPherson, KS January 24, 1970. They spent their free time fishing and hunting at their cabin in Red Feather Lakes, their Wyoming Prairie Ghost Ranch, in several western states and in Canada. His happiest days were when he was outdoors working on projects to improve natural habitat. Pat saw the results of this on his final hunt in October harvesting an outstanding antelope buck on their Wyoming ranch which was a tribute to his efforts. Pat is survived by his wife Luann, nieces Pam Boyer, Salina, Ks; and Tina Reed, Brookville, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Michael, sister-in-law Betty Boyer, and nephew Ivan Boyer. A Celebration of Pat’s Life will be held Saturday, January 5 at 12 noon at the Morgan County REA Community Room, 20169 Highway 34, Fort Morgan. Pat requested memorials to one of the following: Rocky Mountain Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 720 S. Colorado Blvd, Suite 520N, Denver, CO 80246; Wyoming Wildlife Federation (designate Access & Habitat Program), PO Box 1312, Lander, WY 82520; Rocky Mtn. Elk Foundation (designate Conservation Education), PO Box 8249, Missoula, MT 59807
Will you be going to Trinidad?
Please see the message below from IFHE-US President Roxie Godfrey, please let her know if you will be attending the IFHE Annual conference in March.
IFHE-US members,
We hope many of you will be attending the IFHE Annual Leadership Meeting & Home Economics Conference, March 18-22, 2019, at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad. Registration deadline is January 31, 2019. Please let me know by email if you will be attending by this Friday, January 25. revgodfrey13@gmail.com Hope to see many of you there! |
Sincerely,
Roxie V. Godfrey Ed.D. IFHE-US President 2016-2020 revgodfrey13@gmail.com 703-585-2462 |
Wishing you the happiest of holidays!
IFHE-US President Roxie Godfrey as well as the entire IFHE US Board would like to take a moment to wish you and your family the happiest of holidays. We hope that you have a wonderful few weeks of celebrating!
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IFHE Newsletter needs your help
IFHE-US President Dr. Roxie Godfrey is gathering up pictures, updates on international projects etc. to send to the IFHE Newsletter from the headquarters in Bonn, Germany. Please send any pictures, updates etc. to her by August 13th. Her email revgodfrey13@gmail.com
DAP- Puerto Rico needs your help!
FCS/HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMS IN
PUERTO RICO NEED OUR HELP!
Disaster Assistance Partnerships (DAP) CALL TO ACTION
Hurricanes IRMA and MARIE last September devastated many parts of the Caribbean and much of Puerto Rico where there are few resources to devote to recovery of home economics programs. DAP has already helped several islands in the Caribbean in cooperation with CAHE, where colleagues and FCS/home economics programs on affected islands received assistance from DAP. It is clear that our continued efforts will benefit our colleagues in Puerto Rico where the suffering from the hurricanes destruction continues to be dire and profound!
Hearing directly from our colleagues from Puerto Rico at AAFCS Convention in June, it became clear that resources for recovery of fcs/home economics programs in the hardest hit and often most needy areas are desperately needed. DAP and the International Home Economics Services Board agreed that we need to take action similar to what was done for the Caribbean Islands. Our local, state, national and international colleagues and supporters will work together with our Puerto Rican colleagues to coordinate our response.
Schools selected are going to need anything and everything that can be used in an fcs/home economics classroom. Puerto Rico FCS programs are diverse and teachers are resilient, often working with a bare minimum of everything daily. We need donations of teacher resources such as textbooks and curriculum materials as well as equipment and materials for Culinary, Foods and Nutrition, Clothing, Child Development, Family Resource Management, Hospitality and crafts courses, etc. Materials in both English and Spanish are useful. We will also need additional money for shipping and the purchase of some items needed but not donated.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Individually: Contribute items in good condition that would be useful for the operation of a home economics program (see partial list) and/or donate money for shipping and expenses. Donated items from individuals will need to be sent OR BROUGHT to our storage facility at: DAP, c/o Juanita Mendenhall, 122 Point Lane, Ridgeway, SC 29130. Monetary donations should be sent to: Luann Boyer, Finance Director, IFHE-US, 22500 County Rd. 21, Ft. Morgan, CO 80701-9337. Notation for check: IFHE-US/DAP, Fund/hurricanes. See information below for shipping info. Many cars full of supplies were driven to our warehouse distribution center for the Caribbean. This worked well for people traveling elsewhere that could make the deliveries on the way.
As an FCS Affiliate, FCCLA or other organization: Organize and plan for gathering materials, such as designating a coordinator for DAP, set time, method and location for gathering donations and boxing items for shipment. Contact Juanita Mendenhall so we can work together on arrangements. This would make a great Affiliate, FCCLA or other group project. You may wish to have a fundraiser in support of expenses. Any funds generated should be sent to LuAnn Boyer as indicated above. (Even schools held fundraisers for the islands.)
Assist on Site in South Carolina: We work out of three large storage units near Lake Wateree and need help with sorting, packing, labeling and shipping the donated items. We will have a “Packing Days” once the weather cools a bit and notioces will be sent in advance. Persons come and go as they can. These are fun days that build community for participants as they help others. Arrangements for overnight are possible.
CONTACT: Juanita Mendenhall, DAP Coordinator, 122 Point Lane, Ridgeway, SC 29130.
Ph: 803-337-4012; Cell: 803-413-0719; juanitam@usit.net
SUGGESTED ITEMS NEEDED FOR PUERTO RICO
DAP hopes to be able to send materials for 3 schools in each of seven districts as identified by Aurea Dominich, PR DOE FCS Director, as most in need of assistance. (21 schools) We will need your help to do it!!!
Information below is from discussions with Aurea Dominich, FCS Director, Ministry of Education, Puerto Rico. Teaching is done in Spanish but teachers can use materials in English and learning English is a “ core curricumlm standard” so, although Spanish is preferred by students, schools can use both. ANY materials in Spanish will be greatly appreciated. “FCS programs have the highest enrollment at Career Centers in Puerto Rico.” Also, from discussion with Dr. Wanda Figueroa and 6 other members of the PRFCS that attended AAFCS in June, the Puerto Rico FCS Association will assist with the project.
Culinary Arts, Foods, Nutrition Courses: (Are there any textbooks, materials in Spanish for this area?)
All lab equipment: Cookware, bakeware and utensils of all kinds. Tableware: dishes, cups, glasses, flatware, serving and storing containers; pitchers, cutlery, tablecloths, etc.
Fashion Design, Construction/Sewing, Merchandizing Courses: (Measurements are mostly metric but are able to use other.) Instruction materials, fabrics (especially denium and cotton), notions, sewing machines, irons, pressing and other equipment.
Child Care/Early Childhood/Parenting and Health and Safety: Texts and posters, educational toys or childrens learning equipment, “Baby-Think-It-Over’s”, Teen Pregnancy Prevention materials, family health.
Creative Arts: Crafts (instruction books, materials, kits), yarns and threads, crafts fabric and equipment, needles. Quilting, especially smaller items and patterns, personal and home décor instructions and supplies.
ADDITIONALLY, Leaders of the Cooperative Extension Service in PR have requested canning and food preservation supplies, especially glass jars and lids. We will collect and send these, too.
If you can imagine they need “it” they probably do!
IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION contact: Juanita Mendenhall, DAP Director: juanitam@usit.net
Ph: 803-337-4012 or Cell: 803-413-0719 or text message