the dream program, birchwood, january, 2013

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dreamprogram.org The DREAM Program @DREAMprogram Office: 30 Community Drive, South Burlington, VT | Mail: P.O. Box 361, Winooski, VT 05404(802) 338-8979 | [email protected] The Village Mentoring Organization Birchwood DREAM Monthly Snapshot January 2013 Program Happenings and Highlights Mentors and youth returned from a relaxing winter break and are looking forward to another semester of DREAM. DREAM staff finished collecting forms and talking with families about Winter Adventure Camp (WAC), which will take place over several weekends in February. Unfortunately, cold temperatures meant that day WAC, which was planned for January 26 th, was postponed until February 9 th or 16 th . Participants Mentees Mentors Total: 17 Total: 19 Females: 6 Females: 12 Males: 11 Males: 7 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, Britt Wedenoja Program Empowerment VISTA [email protected] 802.338.8979 Weekly Programming with Children Mentors returned from winter break and ventured to the Birchwood community where they went sledding and had a snowball fight with their mentees. The program started the semester off on a positive note with a discussion of the DREAM rules and one-on-one time. For the last Friday of January, mentors and their mentees had one-on-one time and went to the Champlain College cafeteria.

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Page 1: The DREAM Program, Birchwood, January, 2013

dreamprogram.org

The DREAM Program @DREAMprogram

Office: 30 Community Drive, South Burlington, VT | Mail: P.O. Box 361, Winooski, VT 05404│ (802) 338-8979 | [email protected]

The Village Mentoring Organization

Birchwood DREAM Monthly Snapshot January 2013 Program Happenings and Highlights

• Mentors and youth returned from a relaxing winter break and are looking forward to another semester of DREAM.

• DREAM staff finished collecting forms and talking with families about Winter Adventure Camp (WAC), which will take place over several weekends in February.

• Unfortunately, cold temperatures meant that day WAC, which was planned for January 26th, was postponed until February 9thor 16th.

Participants

Mentees Mentors Total: 17 Total: 19

• Females: 6 • Females: 12

• Males: 11 • Males: 7

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, Britt Wedenoja Program Empowerment VISTA [email protected] 802.338.8979

Weekly Programming with Children • Mentors returned from winter break and ventured to the Birchwood community

where they went sledding and had a snowball fight with their mentees. • The program started the semester off on a positive note with a discussion of the

DREAM rules and one-on-one time. • For the last Friday of January, mentors and their mentees had one-on-one time

and went to the Champlain College cafeteria.