dreamprogram.org The DREAM Program @DREAMprogram
The Village Mentoring Organization
Windsor-Union Square DREAM Monthly Snapshot July 2016 Program Happenings and Highlights
This month DREAM ran its annual College Road Trip. Teens from all over VT got together at Vermont Technical College in Randolph to explore post-secondary options. Four teens from the Dartmouth Program were able to attend! Summer DREAM Friday started this month! Mentors started having DREAM Fridays this month on campus. DREAM Time of Wonder Sailing trip happened this month. Teens got to spend the week off the coast of Maine learning to sail, swimming, and boating.
Participants Mentees
Mentors
Total: 16
Total: 28
Weekly Programming with Children
Mona Abdelghani, Summer Community member, ran programming daily with youth. She brought youth swimming, on outdoor adventures, and served summer lunches! We partnered with Willing Hands to bring a cooking class to the community center twice this month. The youth learned to cook ingredients that come in the weekly delivery and from a local garden. Youth also got to volunteer twice at the Willing Hands garden. Mentees got to pick peas, potatoes, carrots, and blueberries this summer. The youth learned where the produce they receive from Willing Hands comes from. Mentors played games with the kids on the Dartmouth Green. For an end of summer trip the teens went to Blitz Park in Portsmouth and then spent the afternoon at Hampton Beach.
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, Kylie Edwards Program Empowerment Director kylie@dreamprogram.org 802.338.8936
Office: 30 Community Drive, South Burlington, VT | Mail: P.O. Box 361, Winooski, VT 05404 │ (802) 338-8979 | info@dreamprogram.org