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Putnam Gardens DREAM Monthly Snapshot October 2014 Program Happenings and Highlights • This month, the DREAM office welcomed Shavel’le Olivier as the new Boston Program Empowerment Coordinator through the LISC AmeriCorps program. • On October 25-26 DREAM hosted its annual DREAMstock training conference. Participants Mentees
Mentors
Total: 15 • Females: 5 • Males: 10
Total: 13 • Females: 9 • Males: 4
Weekly Programming with Children •
The Putnam-Gardens program continues to focus on building one-on-one experiences. Below is a list of activities from October: o Ate dinner in a dining hall and went to a modern dance show o Got pizza in the evening at Pinocchio's and then went to Parent Teacher Conferences at CRLS (I got to meet most of his teachers with him, his mom, brother) o Met in the evening to swim in the pool at a gym at Harvard, then ate dinner in a dining hall. o I took my mentee to a volleyball court at the Kennedy School and taught her some new skills and techniques through typical volleyball drills.
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