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Willowbrook DREAM Monthly Snapshot January 2013 Program Happenings and Highlights • January marked the start of Field Work Term, a winter term in which Bennington College students find off-campus jobs and internships. While the rest of the mentors are away from campus, Becca Hawkins has been interning with DREAM and providing enriching, exciting programming for youth from Willowbrook. • DREAM staff finished collecting forms, and talking to families about Winter Adventure Camp (WAC), which will take place over several weekends in January and February. Participants Mentees
Mentors
Total: 12 • Females: 8 • Males: 4
Total: 11 • Females: 7 • Males: 4
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Youth returned from winter break and had a day of brainstorming and playing games. Becca taught youth how to make friendship bracelets. DREAM youth tried out their culinary talents as they made their own pizzas. Strikes and spares abounded as youth went bowling at a local bowling alley. Youth played group games and designed t-shirts in the community center. Creative design was the theme when Becca led an egg drop. Becca and the youth learned to play badminton and ran around at Bennington College. Youth observed Martin Luther King, Jr. day with service activities, including making activity books for children in the hospital, writing thank you cards to members of the National Guard, and designing Valentine’s Day cards for nursing facility residents. DREAMers spent an afternoon exploring the College library.
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