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The Madison Park Village DREAM Update December 2013
The Madison Park Village program had an exciting end to their semester. Additionally, the mentors began developing plans to strengthen their program for the Spring Semester. DREAM Programming:
Programming had ended for the semester-we are all looking forward to starting up again in early January!
Program Development:
Asha Carter is no longer with DREAM. Jason Desrosier, Program Director, will be supporting the Madison Park Village Local Program moving forward. Please do not hesitate to contact Jason at Jason@dreamprogram.org if you have any questions.
Elections: The mentors held their elections for the spring semester. Officers will be: o Returning Co-chair: Brian Doyle o Incoming Co-chair: Freda Spencer o Secretary: Lauren Schenk o Treasurer: Matt Wilen o Fundraising/Programming Chair: Angie Huang o Recruitment Chair: Andrew Horowitz
New mentors and mentees: The new mentors are almost completely background checked. New mentee recruitment has begun and will continue through the mentor’s winter break.
DREAM Office: Teen Program: This month, we started outlining our teen program. Katie and I will be meeting with all of our teens and mentors of teens in January and February to gather input about what they would like to see out of this program.
Longwood Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert: The LSO concert, which was held on December 7th, went extremely well and was enjoyed by all attendees. Mentor and mentee matches from the Madison Park/Northeastern University Local Program, the Orchard Gardens/Boston University Local Program, and the Somerville Housing Authority/Tufts University Local Program attended the concert. For most of our youth, this was the first
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