Wow...its been awhile since I've done this. I figured since not much happened last week, you know with Thanksgiving and all, that I might as well just wait until this week to write this.
So lets see whats been going on.....
After that conference I went to I've still been mulling ideas over in my head. I've gotten so far as to develop one, so now all I have to do is post it on facebook to advertise it.
I met with someone from the from Girl Scouts, not so much to discuss work as to just get together for coffee. We met at the Community Partners Fair at the local middle schools. We did however get on the subject of work, and we are thinking about collaborating this summer to either do a Day Camp together or maybe doing one week of Summer Clubs together. We still have a lot of details to work out on that. We both thought it would be a good idea to talk about community collaboration and working together to create a functioning community that everyone participates it. Its also a good recruiting tool for both organizations.
One thing I forgot to mention two weeks ago, is that the wheels have started turning on a plan to get a school garden started at one of the elementary schools we work with a lot here. I went to the initial meeting about it, and there are still many many details that need to be worked out, but I think we will get there before next spring. I don't have a green thumb, but I like teaching, and failure is part of teaching I think. One of the things 4-H works hard to instill in people is the idea of learn by doing. This can include all sorts of things, gardening is one of them.
I finally made it back to the JDC this week. I haven't been going because I had other things going on. We made flash cards to donate to a school. We haven't decided which one yet, and I still have to sort them out and make sure all the ones that go together are together. We at least had fun working on them. And I think the boys there learned a little something too....shapes mostly....
While I was going through things in the closet, I found quite a few Halloween Decorations and party goods. I talked it over with my supervisor and we decided to donate it to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin for their Bowl for Kids' Sake, since their theme in February is "The Big Scare." They were happy we donated them, and I'm excited for it because this will be the first time I am going, since I'm taking my little to it. :)
Its been a pretty quiet week otherwise. I spent some time out of the office because my sisters have new babies. So I have been pretty excited about that.
Next week should pick up some more, I've got a lot of busy work to do keeping up with and advertising the new 4-H social media sites.
Until Then!
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