The Somerville Housing Authority DREAM Update

4th

Quarter Report 2011-2012 Program Year (June-August)

During the fourth quarter DREAM designed and implemented a successful summer of

programming for SHA youth. DREAM Summer Community Interns ran programming for the

community every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from June 25th through August 15th.

Youth Participation:

26 youth from SHA properties participated in DREAM summer programming.

18 participated on multiple occasions.

12 of the youth don’t participate in school-year DREAM programming. Many of them are

excited to join school-year DREAM this fall.

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

On-site activities:

Ice cream making

Paper quilt making

Water games

Paper airplane designing

Board games

Picture frame making

Tie dye and shirt decorating

Kickball

Dodgeball

Baking soda volcanoes

Pizza making

Sidewalk chalk art

Off-site activities and trips:

Harborfest at City Hall Plaza

Swimming at local pools and Mystic Lake

Hiking and swimming at the Blue Hills Reservation

Tour of the Taza Chocolate Factory

The Aquarium

Tufts University

The Children’s Museum

Bigger events or trips:

A day of activities put on for SHA youth by the Harbor Island Summer Programming Team.

The DREAM Program, Inc. 41 Dearborn St.

Boston, MA 02119

(617) 699-8408

www.dreamprogram.org

August 31st, 2012

A field day for DREAM put on by the Red Sox staff as part of their 100 acts of kindness to

celebrate the 100th

anniversary of Fenway Park.

A community cookout to celebrate a great summer of DREAM.

Additional Summer Opportunities

City to Saddle: Along with eight other DREAM youth, two SHA youth participated in a

weeklong horseback riding day camp at Liberty Hill Farm in Lancaster, MA through City to

Saddle. In the week leading up to camp, the youth held a bake sale fundraiser to raise the

small fee for the camp. The bake sale helped fund their week of camp, introduced them to

campers from the other DREAM communities, and empowered them to play an important

role in the process. Over the course of the week at Liberty Hill Farm they learned how to

care for and ride horses. It was a wonderful experience that the participants are still talking

about.

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.

Program Development:

The mentors will be returning to campus in the beginning of September and school-year DREAM

will start up soon after. We are looking forward to serving more SHA youth this school year!

Keep DREAMing!

Chad Butt,

Boston Programs Director