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Birchwood DREAM Monthly Snapshot June 2014 Program Happenings and Highlights • • •
After a three-day orientation at Camp DREAM, AmeriCorps VISTAs Julia Dillavou, Laura Burnham, and Vanessa Sproates-Horl began summer programming at Birchwood Manor. On June 17th Birchwood youth attended Camp DREAM’s boys’ session. On June 24th Birchwood youth attended Camp DREAM’s girls’ session.
Participants Mentees
Mentors
Total: 13 • Females: 4 • Males: 9
Total: 12 • Females: 10 • Males: 2
Weekly Programming with Children • Summer Community VISTAs went door-to-door to meet youth and parents, and to collect • • • • • •
summer forms. Youth made candle holders and had a fun dance party. At the end of their first week, VISTAs threw a community kick-off with delicious blue and yellow cupcakes. Youth took Community VISTAs on a nature walk around Birchwood. Birchwood teens attended the first in a series of popcorn and black-and-white movies at the community center. Youth went swimming at North Beach. For an early 4th of July celebration, Community VISTAs organized a water ballon fight, decorated cookies with youth, and made red, white and blue spaghetti in the community center.
Thank you for your ongoing support of DREAM! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by email or by phone. DREAM big, Mark Hengstler Program Empowerment Director VYT AmeriCorps VISTA mark@dreamprogram.org 802.338.8979
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