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Birchwood DREAM Monthly Snapshot April 2017 Program Happenings and Highlights •
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Birchwood DREAMers saw all their meticulous planning and spirited fundraising pay off on their overnight trip to Six Flags New England in Springfield, MA! The group of 8 mentees and 12 mentors caravanned down to Massachusetts on Friday, April 7th. They spent the night in a local hotel and enjoyed the amusement park together on Saturday! This month DREAM held its annual Teen Retreat for younger teens, age 12-14. Teens from across Vermont met at Dartmouth College, where they participated in a Snapchat challenge and discussion about Internet safety. Following this they had an overnight at the Dartmouth Class of ’69 cabin, where teens performed in a talent show and ate lots of S’mores! The mentors ran their annual Birchwood Beautification Day on April 23rd where they invited community members to join DREAM as they cleaned the community center, picked up trash around the neighborhood, and had a barbeque lunch. The group also played field games and made decorations for the community center! Since the culminating trip was for mentees ages 8 and up, the mentors planned a culminating activity for the younger mentees. The mentors took them to The Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington and to get ice cream on Church Street!
Participants Mentees Total: 13
Mentors Total: 13
Weekly Programming with Children • • •
Mentors and mentees spent one Friday in the cafeteria hanging out! Birchwood DREAM devoted a DREAM Friday this month to selling delicious baked goods on campus to raise money for their culminating trip! Birchwood DREAMers celebrated the end of the semester with a barbeque at Oakledge Park in South Burlington!
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
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