The DREAM Program, Inc. 41 Dearborn St. Roxbury, MA 02119 (617) 699-8408 www.dreamprogram.org
June 8th, 2012
The Madison Park Village DREAM Update May 2012 With the mentors finished for the school year, the DREAM Office spent May wrapping things up from the school year, preparing for summer programming, and conducting hiring interviews. DREAM Programming: End of Spring Semester: The Spring Semester ended in April and school year DREAM wrapped up after a great year of programming. School year DREAM will start back up in September. Program outside of Friday DREAM: Mentors continue to go above and beyond, meeting with their mentees outside of regular weekly DREAM programming. We don’t track all of these extra programming endeavors, but one example is a mentor taking his mentee to a Celtics game. Community Collaboration: Dudley/Roxbury Corridor Safety Task Force: Jessica Stein and I attended the Dudley/Roxbury Corridor Safety Task Force meeting on May 21st at 25 Ambrose St in Orchard Gardens. DREAM Office: Massachusetts Promise Fellow Hiring: We began interviewing applicants for the Program Empowerment Fellow position that will start in August. Summer Programming: Summer programming will begin the week of June 18th and run through August 15th. DREAM Summer Community Interns will run programming three days a week with activities taking place in the Madison Park Village and around the Greater Boston Area. We strive to engage the youth from the community ages 6 and up and provide them with fun and safe summer activities that aid in filling the gap between DREAM’s school year program years. Additional Summer Opportunities: In addition to programming run by the Summer Community Interns, DREAM partners with other organizations to offer additional programming opportunities to youth. This summer we will be inviting a couple of MPV youth to participate in City to Saddle, a weeklong horseback riding day camp at Liberty Hill Farm in Lancaster, MA. Additionally youth in the school year DREAM program ages 13 and older will be invited to attend a Time of Wonder Sailing trip, where youth will travel out of the Boston Harbor for a 3 night sailing trip on a 60ft sailboat. Keep DREAMing! Chad Butt, Boston Programs Director