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Northwoods DREAM Monthly Snapshot February 2013 Program Happenings and Highlights • • • •
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Northwoods welcomed seven new mentors on February 13th. On February 2nd five teens and 5 mentors visited Camp DREAM for a day of games and competition at Winter Adventure Camp (WAC). Six youth and three mentors traveled to Camp DREAM for Day WAC on February 16th. Mentoring pairs played broomball, cross country skied, and went sledding. Mentors joined Hollow Drive and Windsor Local Programs in a joint fundraiser where they sold hamburgers to Dartmouth College students. Mentors congratulated mentee Keziah Jackson on her acceptance to Howard University!
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Total: 18 • Females: 9 • Males: 9
Total: 28 • Females: 19 • Males: 9
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Mentees spent three Fridays this month with their mentors on Dartmouth College’s campus. Activities included Wall Ball, homework help, scrapbook making, and snowman making. Mentees helped bake cookies, cupcakes, and brownies for a fundraiser on February 22nd led by mentors later that day. On February 1st a small group of four mentoring pairs visited the Montshire Museum, an interactive science museum in Norwich, VT. There was no DREAM on February 8th due to Winter Carnival at the college. Homework club was cancelled on February 27th due to a winter storm.
Thank you for your ongoing support of DREAM. If you would like additional or more detailed information, please contact me by e-mail or phone. DREAM big, Kate Piniewski Program Empowerment Director kate@dreamprogram.org 781.820.4838
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