The Madison Park Village DREAM Update

Summer 2012

DREAM designed and implemented another successful summer of programming in Madison Park

Village and Ruggles Shawmut. DREAM Summer Community Interns ran programming for the

community every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from June 25th through August 15th.

Youth Participation:

29 youth from Madison Park Village and Ruggles Shawmut participated in DREAM

summer programming.

22 participated on multiple occasions

Participating youth ranged in age from 6-18 years old

11 of the youth that participated are not in school-year DREAM programming. Many of

them are excited to join school-year DREAM this year.

Summer Programming Activities: Programming was held in the community and around the Greater Boston Area.

On-site activities:

Ice cream making

Paper airplane designing

Board games

Tie dye and shirt decorating

Kite flying

Basketball, kickball, and football

Water games

Off-site activities and trips:

Harborfest, at City Hall Plaza

Swimming at Mason and Melina Cass pools

Visiting Revere Beach

Hiking and swimming at the Blue Hills Reservation

The Aquarium

Bowling at Boston Bowl

Attending a Red Sox baseball clinic

Gardening at the DREAM garden plot in Orchard Gardens

Bigger events or trips:

A backyard pool party and cookout in Duxbury at a friend of DREAM’s house.

Deep sea fishing on Capt. John’s charter fishing boat out of Plymouth.

A family potluck dinner to wrap-up a great summer of DREAM.

The DREAM Program, Inc. 41 Dearborn St.

Roxbury, MA 02119

(617) 699-8408

www.dreamprogram.org

August 31st, 2012

Additional Summer Opportunities

City to Saddle: Along with eight other DREAM youth, two youth from Madison Park

Village and Ruggles Shawmut participated in a weeklong horseback riding day camp at

Liberty Hill Farm in Lancaster through City to Saddle. Over the course of the week they

learned how to care for and ride horses. It was a wonderful experience that the participants

are still talking about.

Time of Wonder Sailing: Five older youth from the Madison Park DREAM program took

part in DREAM’s first sailing trip with Time of Wonder Sailing. They spent three days and

two nights aboard a 60ft sail boat sailing off the coast of Maine. They learned the basics of

how to sail, went swimming and explored local islands.

Community Collaboration:

Camp Harbor View: In collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club, DREAM staff went

door-to-door in the community this spring to inform families about Camp Harbor View.

Camp Harbor View is an amazing four week day camp put on by the Boys and Girls Club

on Long Island in the Boston Harbor. We hope that some of the youth took advantage of

this great opportunity and the more do in the years to come.

National Night Out: DREAM staff assisted in planning and putting on of National Night

Out, a community wide celebration for Madison Park Village, Ruggles Shawmut and

Orchard Gardens, on August 10th

.

Dudley/Roxbury Corridor Safety Task Force: DREAM staff attended the Dudley/Roxbury

Corridor Safety Task Force meetings on June 21st and July 23rd.

Madison Park Village VIP Meeting: Eli Selva, the Madison Park Village DREAM Summer

Community Intern, and I attended the MPV VIP meeting on June 27th

at the 12th

floor of the

Smith House.

DREAM Office:

New Regional Director: Rachel Lieberman, the new Regional Director of the Boston

DREAM office, officially started in June. If you would like to contact her you can email her

at Rachel@dreamprogram.org.

Massachusetts Promise Fellow: DREAM was awarded a Massachusetts Promise Fellow

again this year. Zahra Ohldin, our new Fellow, started this August. If you would like to

contact her you can email her at Zahra@dreamprogram.org.

Keep DREAMing!

Chad Butt

Programs Director