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Pine Meadow/Peter Coe DREAM Monthly Snapshot June 2017 Program Happenings and Highlights
DREAM is thrilled to announce that we have received a grant from AmeriCorps National, and will be forming our own AmeriCorps Program called DREAMCorps! We are extremely excited to be able to grow our AmeriCorps Program Empowerment Director group in Vermont from 4 to 8 members and are excited to be able to offer a higher level of support to programs with these additional resources. The DREAM Office led the annual Summer Orientation, where summer staff and AmeriCorps members participated in trainings on behavior management, fundraising, program planning, and much more! This month we welcomed Katie Doyle as our lead Pine Meadow/Peter Coe Summer Community AmeriCorps Member. Lydia Schneider and Elm Street mentors Dilan Cupp and Meg Rowe are also helping out with summer activities in Middlebury. They held a Summer Kickoff Event where youth and parents were invited to play games and have a picnic. Camp DREAM held two sessions this month and a couple Pine Meadow/Peter Coe DREAMers attended!
Mentees Total: 14
Mentors Total: 8
Weekly Programming with Children
Summer Community AmeriCorps Member Katie has been planning themed weeks for activities in Middlebury. During the ‘Green Mountain Adventuring Week’ the group went hiking at Mount Philo, Sterling Pond, and enjoyed a trip to the lake During the ‘Try New Things’ week participants took a beginner Spanish class, had a picnic lunch together, made their own play-dough, attended a Sheldon Museum Concert, and hiked Snake Mountain!
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, Sarah Caliendo Program Director scaliendo@dreamprogram.org 802.338.8979
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