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Riverside DREAM Monthly Snapshot April 2013 Program Happenings and Highlights • • •
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DREAM teens attended the Teen Identity Retreat hosted by the Vermont DREAM staff. Teens explored Church Street, discussed healthy relationships, and practiced hula hooping Ten Riverside mentors were welcomed into DREAM’s Alumni Organization. Congratulations are in order for Lizzy Healy and Danielle Novotny who will join Elizabeth Whitney as co-chairs for the fall semester. A special thank you goes to Kaitlyn Lapan and Alyson Wall for their wonderful work as co-chairs this past semester. Mentors hosted a very successful community dinner for mentees and their families in the Riverside community center. Mentors and mentees had a great time during their year-end culminating experience to ArborTrek at Smuggler’s Notch Resort.
Participants Mentees
Mentors
Total: 41
Total: 40
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Females: 21
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Females: 30
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Males: 20
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Males: 10
Weekly Programming with Children • • • •
Mentors and mentees headed to the Burlington waterfront to play games. Riverside DREAMers attended Spring Thing, which was hosted by the Elm Street Local Program on UVM’s Redstone Green. Mentors and mentees enjoyed a Friday of swimming at the YMCA pool. For the last Friday of the year, Riverside DREAM went to the Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center.
Thank you for your ongoing support of DREAM. If you would like additional or more detailed information, please contact me by email or by phone. DREAM big, Britt Wedenoja Program Empowerment VISTA Britt@dreamprogram.org 802.338.8979
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