[Newman-l] Fwd: Good Works Summer Kids Discovery Club-- help wanted

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From: Keith Wasserman <keith at good-works.net>
Reply-To: Porter Amanda <amanda at good-works.net>
To: Wasserman Keith <goodworks at good-works.net>
Subject: Good Works Summer Kids Discovery Club-- help wanted
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:19:09 -0400

May 6, 2009

Greetings friends!

This summer, Good Works will sponsor another Summer Kids Discovery  
Club and lunch each day from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at The Plains UM Church  
for 8 weeks. (June 22- August 14th). This e-mail is written in the  
HOPE that you might be able to help us find people who would be  
willing to make presentations to the kids on subjects they are  
passionate about or things they (you) are interested in and know  
something about.

Thanks for considering this!
Love is a verb
Keith Wasserman

ps- if you are not able to support us with your time, we are seeking  
gift cards from local grocery stores to help with the costs of the  
perishable foods. We are planning a daily  nutritional lunch for  
adults and kids and we are seeking financial assistance.  Can you help  
us by providing  gift cards from local grocery stores? If so, send  
then to us at P.O. Box 4, drop them off at either of the Good Works  
locations  or if you prefer, you can donate on-line at our secure web  
site (www.good-works.net)  through NETWORK FOR GOOD. Click on MAKE A  
DONATION.


Greetings with thanks from Amanda Porter over at Good Works!

We are about to launch our Discovery Club 2009 program.

Last year, we would NOT have been anywhere nearly as successful  
without the support and participation of DOZENS of community members  
who came out to volunteer once a week, give a one-time presentation,  
or to support us in providing the everyday nutritional needs of our  
community.  In total last year, we had 72 kids registered for the  
program, and we saw 40-50 kids per week!  It was amazing…and we cannot  
do it without the support of the community!

As we did last year, we are going to have themed learning and activity  
days: Animal Monday, Sports Tuesday, Nature and Water Wednesday, Art  
and Music Thursday and Adventure Friday!  So, I am writing to ask if  
you or anyone you know might be interested in coming out for one  
morning this summer—from about 9am until 11am—and sharing something  
you are skilled or interested in.  Last year, one kind member of our  
community came and shared three different times!  One time he taught  
us about the trombone, and demonstrated it for us on Music and Art  
Day. Another person came and helped us learn and improve our  
volleyball skills. Another friend came and talked about careers!. He  
came in with a map of all of the water systems of a town and showed us  
how they interacted together.  He was a real hit! Another member of  
our community came with an amazing slide show on the solar system and  
a really neat way to make a scale pocket-sized solar system of our  
own, using a strip of paper that we folded in specific ways and crayons!

Our lessons and activities will correspond with the day’s theme, but  
of course we can be flexible and creative in placing your skill or  
activity on the calendar.  Bottom line is, we would love it if you  
were part of our community of HOPE! Would you be willing to forward  
this e-mail to friend you know who might be interested in  
participating with us?

We are looking for several community volunteers to come in one time  
during the summer and teach us about or how to play a sport, talk  
about a career, help us learn more about (and hopefully meet!)  
different kinds of animals, show us how to make different crafts and  
artwork (such as birdfeeders, mosaics, ceramics, paper).  We will ask  
each presenter to be ready to work with us by about 9:30am and teach  
three rotating groups for about 20-30 minutes each.  If your activity  
will take longer than 20-30 minutes, we can arrange to have two groups  
that come in for 45 minutes each or you could have the whole group for  
the entire 90 minutes!  Can you come and share with us?

The kids will belong to one of three age groups: 4-6 years old, 7-9  
years old and 10-12 years old, which may mean some lessons and  
activities need to be tweaked to work with all groups, but last year  
the bulk of content and activities worked well for all of the kids.

So, if you are interested or if you would like some more details, feel  
free to e-mail me (amanda at good-works.net)
or to give me a call: 740-594-3336.

Amanda  Porter






								You are invited to read the Good Works Community BLOG (www.good-works.net 
) at the very top of our web page.

Keith Wasserman
Good Works, Inc.
P.O. Box 4
Athens, Ohio 45701

Contact information
	The Timothy House					740.594.3333
	The Hannah House					740.594.3336
	Good Works Administrative Office			740.594.3339
	Founder/ Executive Director				740.594.9000

	Web		www.good-works.net
	Email		goodworks at good-works.net

Street address are not used as mailing addresses and are available  
upon request


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