The DREAM Program, Inc. P.O. Box 361 Winooski, VT 05404 (802) 338-8979 tel www.dreamprogram.org

Elm Street DREAM Monthly Snapshot December 2012 Program Happenings and Highlights

• Elm Street DREAM celebrated another successful semester and year of DREAMing.

Mentors headed home for the holidays and will return in January for the start of another great semester.

• Congratulations to Elm Street DREAM’s two new co-chairs, Corynn Benoit and Gindla McBee. Also, a huge thank you goes to the program’s departing co-chairs, Caleb Demers, Madeline Gibson, and Seth Delorme for all the hard work they put into DREAM throughout the year.

• DREAM Staff are busy preparing, collecting forms, and talking to families about Winter Adventure Camp (WAC), which will take place over several weekends in January and February.

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 Director Americorps VISTA Britt@dreamprogram.org 802.338.8979

Participants Mentees Mentors Total: 44 Total: 43

• Females: 21 • Females: 34 • Males: 23 • Males: 9

Weekly Programming with Children

• Mentors finished out a wonderful semester of DREAM with a celebratory end-of-semester party where mentors shared stories about their mentees and all the fun they had in DREAM over the past semester.