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Franklin Square DREAM Monthly Snapshot July & August 2015 Program Happenings and Highlights •
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Two Franklin Square teens went on DREAM’s College Road Trip, where they and a group of other Vermont mentees joined teens from Boston and Philadelphia to tour colleges in Washington DC! Summer Community Interns, Noah, Mikayla, and Dana ran a successful summer of programming! DREAM’s annual Time of Wonder Sailing trip happened this month! Youth went sailing off the coast of Maine for a week. This month DREAM welcomed three new AmeriCorps VISTA members to the team! Julia Dillavou, Kelsea Moulton, and Tiffany Trowbridge-Bernard will serve as Program Empowerment Directors with 9 of our programs throughout Vermont.
Participants Mentees Total: 26 • Females: 16 • Males: 10
Mentors Total: 21 • Females: 21 • Males: 6
Weekly Programming with Children • • • • • • •
Rising Empire, a dance group based out of Franklin Square, performed at Speaking Volumes! Summer Community Interns took the youth to hike Mount Philo. Youth went swimming in Lake Champlain. Franklin Square youth went blueberry picking at the Charlotte Berry Farm! Summer Community Interns held a movie night with Franklin Square youth! Youth took a trip to Leddy Park! Teens attended a teen movie night and ate pizza
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, Julia Dillavou VYT Americorps VISTA Program Empowerment Director Julia@dreamprogram.org 802.338.8979
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