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Union Square/Windsor DREAM Monthly Snapshot January 2013 Program Happenings and Highlights • Mentors returned on January 7 from a long winter break ready for the start of DREAM Fridays. • Patrick Gould and Cody Cushing are the new program chairs. • The three Dartmouth College Local Programs met on Friday, January 11 to prepare for the winter term. Mentors reviewed DREAM’s Boundaries & Guidelines, elected program positions, and welcomed new mentors to Dartmouth DREAM! • Winter Adventure Camp (WAC) for the 8-12 year-olds was postponed from January 26 to February 16 due to severe temperatures at Camp DREAM. • Twenty-five new mentors spent the first three weeks shadowing current Northwoods, Hollow Drive, and Union Square/Windsor mentors. Participants Mentees Total: 14 • Females: 8 • Males: 6
Mentors Total: 8 • Females: 4 • Males: 4
Weekly Programming with Children • •
Mentors and mentees spent two Fridays in January at Dartmouth participating in one-on-one and small group activities. Activities included Wall Ball at the gym, baking cookies and brownies, arts and crafts, and Harry Potter reenactment games.
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