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Poultney DREAM Monthly Snapshot October 2013 Program Happenings and Highlights • Four Poultney mentors attended DREAMstock, DREAM’s annual retreat for mentors from across Vermont. They met mentors from other programs and attended a wide variety of sessions, including DREAM 101, Poverty Literacy, and Building and Sustaining Relationships with Families. • Mentors recruited and welcomed 6 new mentors to DREAM! Participants Mentees
Mentors
Total: 11 • Females: 5 • Males: 6
Total: 13 • Females: 10 • Males: 3
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Mentees competed in a series of mentor-led activities such as stacking cups, blowing bubbles with bubble gum, and picking up fruit loops with a piece of pasta without using their hands. The winners had their accomplishments recorded in a DREAM Book of Records. Mentors and mentees spent one Wednesday doing small group activities, such as taking a trip to the Green Mountain College farm and reading in the library. Mentors and mentees played group games. One Wednesday, half the group attended a high school football game, while the other half did Halloween-themed crafts. The group celebrated Halloween with a dance party, complete with a DJ!
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