the dream program, northwoods, october, 2012
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Local Program ReportTRANSCRIPT
The DREAM Program, Inc. P.O. Box 361 Winooski, VT 05404 (802) 338-8979 tel www.dreamprogram.org
Northwoods DREAM Monthly Snapshot October 2012 Program Happenings and Highlights
• Northwoods mentees went to Dartmouth College three Fridays in October. • Mentors from all three DREAM programs recruited 27 new mentors to join Dartmouth
DREAM. They will begin mentoring in the beginning of January. • Mentors participated in the Alumni Appeal Phone-a-thon where they called former
mentors updating them on DREAM Local Programs. Participants Mentees Mentors Total: 21 Total: 27
• Females: 10 • Females: 18 • Males: 11 • Males: 9
Weekly Programming with Children
• Northwoods mentoring pairs spent two Fridays doing one-one activities, including soccer on the green, kickball, scrapbooking, bored games, and cookie baking.
• On October 18 mentees participated in a Halloween event hosted by UNICEF for Dartmouth. Mentors and youth decorated pumpkins, face painted, painted UNICEF collection boxes, and ate lots of Halloween candy!
• A Halloween arts and crafts event planned for Monday, October 21 was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy predictions.
• There was no DREAM on October 26 due to Dartmouth’s Homecoming weekend. Thank you for your ongoing support of DREAM. If you would like additional or more detailed information, please feel free to contact me by email or by phone. DREAM big, Kate Piniewski Program Empowerment Director AmeriCorps VISTA [email protected] 781.820.4838