the bakersfield voice sep. 11, 2011
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COURTESY OF CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
SUB students with children nowhave more choices for child carewhile they are attaining their collegedegrees. The CSUB Children’s Cen-ter has partnered with two nearbyelementary schools — Old River and
Laurelglen — to offer pre-school to childrenages 3 to 5. The new programs opened Aug. 22at both locations and will serve a total of 85children.
Priority goes to children of CSUB studentsfirst, followed by staff and faculty. Any remain-ing openings may be filled by members of thecommunity.
“The Children’s Center expanded to the twosites due to the high demand for our services,”said Gladys Garcia, who was hired in July asthe new Director of the CSUB Children’s Cen-ter. “Our main campus is at max capacity inenrollment for the fall.”
The two elementary school locations willoperate from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday, and follow each school’s holi-day schedule. Children must be potty trained,as they do not have the equipment necessary toaccommodate children in diapers.
The Laurelglen location has one classroomand the Old River location has two classrooms.Each room has one teacher and two teacherassistants. Both sites share play yards with theschools’ preschool programs for children withdisabilities.
The daily program provides the childrenwith a wide range of fun and challenging activ-ities designed to facilitate the children's physi-cal-motor, social-emotional, intellectual andlanguage development. These goals areachieved through providing learning experi-ences geared to the ability and readiness levelof each child.
For more information, rates and to enrollyour child in the CSUB Children’s Center off-site programs, call 654-3165.
Through tragedy, Christine Grontkowski found hope.She found hope for herself, hope for her family, and hopefor the people of Bakersfield who suffer from multiplesclerosis. Grontkowski, through her work with the localMS Society, is a frequent contributor to The BakersfieldVoice.
This is what this young mother of two and MS advo-cate has to say about herself:
had what I thought was everything a girlcould dream of having — a husband, twodaughters, a dog, a house, a good-paying jobworking only two days a week. On April 13,2007 (Friday the 13th, if that matters at all),
my world came crashing down. That is when I lost myhusband to a heart attack.
I was at a loss; I had no idea what to do. I quit my job togo back to school — but even then had absolutely nofocus. I was working on my teaching credential, myauthorization to teach math, and my master's degree inpublic administration.
Who knew in the midst of this tragedy, I would findsome good?
While working on my master's degree, I was“required” to complete an internship. The National Mul-tiple Sclerosis Society had an opening. I had no clue whatmultiple sclerosis (MS) even was, but I knew I had aneighbor down the street who had it, and she made fre-quent doctor visits and even had to have the ambulancecome to her home in the middle of the night.
It was a paid internship, so I said sure, why not.That neighbor was just one friend. Pretty soon, I knew
hundreds of people with MS, whom I now consider to befriends. Through them, I see the unpredictability of the
disease. I hear their stories — of one day being able todrive, the next barely being able to see; of one day beingable to walk, the next being numb from the waist down.Some people also have problems with speech, fatigue andcognition.
The internship has turned into a full-time position. Butthis is more than just a job. With all of these friends, thisis personal. That's why I carry so much passion to do allthat I can, through the National MS Society, to bring pro-grams and services to people with MS and their familieshere in Kern County, in order to improve their quality oflives.
I devote time to raising money to fund those programsand to fund research for a cause, prevention and cure.None of that can happen without awareness, which iswhy I also continue to write my stories for The Bakers-field Voice.
Many people might not even bother to open up thepaper that hits their driveway every Sunday, but when Ireach out to that one person who doesn't know about MSor that one person who has MS (but who had no ideathere was an organization that can help them out somuch) a couple of words on paper can change lives."
2 The Bakersfield Voice Sunday, September 11, 2011
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Y O U R V O I C E
Y O U R V O I C E
M E E T T H E C O N T R I B U T O R
MS Society keeps people ‘on the move’
Y O U R S C H O O L S
BY MELISSA WILFORDCommunity contributor
remember the joy I felt bringing my brand newbaby home from the hospital — but I was alsoanxious. Not very many of my friends had chil-dren yet and I was forging along (as I felt it)alone. Soon I yearned for adult conversationbetween burpings and diaper changes. But
most of all, I wanted other women to talk to, ones whofelt my fears and concerns. I needed to know I wasnot alone in the crazy thing called motherhood.
I found what I was looking for in MOPS or “moth-er's of preschoolers.”
MOPS is a faith-based organization and is: “a placeto find friendship, community, resources and supportfor you as a woman and mother so you’re not alone.”
I would recommend joining to any stay at homemom!
If you are interested in joining the LaurelglenBible Church MOPS group you can find informationand registration forms at: www. laurelglen.org.
We meet the third Thursday of every month for akid-free breakfast and fellowship.
I hope to see you there!
CSUB opensmore childcare services
Mothers gain support, friendship at MOPS
MS advocate finds hope after personal loss
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BY CHRISTINE GRONTKOWSKICommunity contributor
ultiple sclerosis (MS) stops people frommoving. But the National MS Society,Southern California & Nevada Chapter,is doing its part to keep people with thedisease on the move with a programcoming up in the fall. The Kern County
office is bringing a leading MS specialty neurologistto Bakersfield on Saturday, September 17 as part of“On the Move,” which helps kick off Walk MS 2011.
Dr. Barbara Giesser will be the featured presenterat the program to sort through the new developmentsin MS treatments and symptom management, and toanswer any questions related to multiple sclerosis.Dr. Giesser specializes in MS patient care, is theClinical Director of UCLA MS Clinical Services, andis the Medical Director for The Marilyn Hilton MSAchievement Center at UCLA.
Dr. Giesser is also involved in several other clini-cal and research activities, including research onhow exercise affects cognition in MS.
Besides learning about the latest in MS researchand trends, attendees will also have the opportunityto learn about and register for Bakersfield’s Walk MScoming up on October 22. The event helps fund localprograms and services to improve the quality of livesfor people with MS and their families, along with cut-ting-edge research worldwide.
“On the Move” will be held Saturday, September17 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hilton Garden Innlocated at 3625 Marriott Dr. The program is free andincludes a continental breakfast. Pre-registration isrequired. To sign up or receive more information,please call 321-9512 or email [email protected].
About Multiple SclerosisMultiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of informa-
tion between the brain and the body and it stops peo-ple from moving. Every hour in the United States,someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpre-dictable, often disabling disease of the central nerv-ous system. Symptoms range from numbness andtingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress,severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one per-son cannot yet be predicted, but advances inresearch and treatment are moving us closer to aworld free of MS.
Most people with MS are diagnosed between theages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as manywomen as men being diagnosed with the disease. MSaffects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.1million worldwide.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyMS stops people from moving. The National MS
Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help eachperson address the challenges of living with MS. In
2010 alone, through our national office and 50-statenetwork of chapters, we devoted $159 million to pro-grams and services that improved the lives of morethan one million people. To move us closer to a worldfree of MS, the Society also invested $37 million to sup-
port 325 new and ongoing research projects around theworld. We are people who want to do something aboutMS NOW.
Join the movement at nationalMSsociety.org.
PROVIDED PHOTO:
Kim Kotrla, Fotini Alfieris and Christine Grontkowski volunteer at an event to raise funds and awareness for multiple sclerosis. The local Multiple Sclerosis Society's nextfundraising event will be Walk MS on Saturday, Oct. 22.
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When she is notworking to raiseawareness forMS, ChristineGrontkowskispends time withher daughters,Madison and Mor-gan Grontkowski.
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