The Putnam Gardens DREAM Update

November 2012

With the semester winding down and Thanksgiving Break this month, the mentors held three

engaging afternoons of activities!

DREAM Programming:

11/2 (8 mentees, 6 mentors): The mentors and mentees explored campus and played games

on the chalkboards in a classroom.

11/9 (7 mentees, 7 mentors): The group decided to take advantage of the $1 admission on

Fridays at the Children’s Museum. Matches had a great time exploring the museum

together.

11/16 (9 mentees, 8 mentors): The mentors taught the youth how to make buckeyes (peanut

butter + chocolate dessert). They turned out great and everyone got to have little desert

before going home for dinner.

Program Development:

Making-up missed programming: The Harvard mentors continue to do an outstanding job

programming with their mentees outside of DREAM Fridays if they are unable to make

programming that week.

Becoming part of the college: The mentors continued to work on the application for

becoming a student organization through the Public Service Network.

Culminating Experience: The mentors are planning on holding their annual potluck dinner

and talent show in the community on Saturday December 8th

. Each match will cook a dish

together to bring to the dinner.

DREAM Office:

College Affordability Training: I attended a training facilitated by U-Aspire to educate

youth-serving organizations about the complexity of college admission and how to better to

assist youth through the process.

Massachusetts Promise Fellowship (MPF) Pass the Wagon: The DREAM Office staff

attended MPF’s Pass the Wagon event at Northeastern on November 30th

to support the

great work that MPF does around the state

Keep DREAMing!

Chad Butt

Program Director

The DREAM Program, Inc. 41 Dearborn St.

Roxbury, MA 02119

(617) 699-8408

www.dreamprogram.org

December 13, 2012