The kids had an absolutely great time (so did I).
I want to thank Adrian Brown, Sydney Downy and Lindsey Ohma for volunteering to help out with the kids.
Enjoy the pictures.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Little people help water plants
So yesterday (June 20th) we had the students(othere wise known as little people) from Johnson's Day Care walk over to the volunteer center so they could help water the plants on superior street.
The kids had an absolutely great time (so did I).
I want to thank Adrian Brown, Sydney Downy and Lindsey Ohma for volunteering to help out with the kids.
Enjoy the pictures.
The kids had an absolutely great time (so did I).
I want to thank Adrian Brown, Sydney Downy and Lindsey Ohma for volunteering to help out with the kids.
Enjoy the pictures.
Monday, June 19, 2006
GIRL TALK.....
Last week I got some information on this new program that's becoming pretty popular all across America. I apologize to all the guys out there, but this programs is called Girl Talk.
Basically, it's a middle school-high school mentoring program for girls. I'm going to copy the description and paste it below. I reccomend that some of our female VolunTEENS take a serious look at it and considering taking it up as an initiative for the upcoming school year. We don't have to follow things exactly as they are written below but we can talk about that later. Let me know what you think.
GIRL TALK
Description
- Girl Talk is FREE to any female high school leader that truly wants to make a difference in her school and community.
- Girl Talk chapters can be started anywhere - in your school, in your community, in any city or state.
- It is a student-to-student mentoring program that pairs middle school girls with high school girls.
- The high school girls meet weekly with the middle school girls to listen and to offer support.
- All of the information that a “new” leader needs to start a chapter can be found in the “Girl Talk Handbook.”
- The Girl Talk Handbook was designed to include step-by-step instructions to create and successfully run a Girl Talk Chapter. The handbook also includes many ideas, how-to’s, and fun games for the high school girls to use for their Girl Talk Chapter Meetings.
- The middle school girls are able to communicate their concerns, problems, and/or exciting news through the Girl Talk anonymous question box.
- The girls will all agree on a safe place to put the question box that will be available throughout the week. (Ex. Teacher’s Classroom, School Library, Counselor’s Office, etc…)
- The anonymous question box serves as a tool/reference for the high school girls and gives them topics to address in their weekly meetings with the middle school girls.
- In addition to the positive and fun weekly meetings, Girl Talk‘s mission is to empower young females, to promote self-esteem, and teach them the importance and value of community service.
- Each chapter requires an adult advisor to be present at ALL Girl Talk chapter meeting and events. This person can be the middle or high school’s guidance counselor, a favorite teacher, a female coach, a mom, a female college student or even an aunt! The ideas are endless!
- Each high school leader(s) is asked to sign Girl Talk’s Leadership Contract and it is the responsibility of the chapter’s adult advisor to make sure each leader fulfills her duties as a Girl Talk leader.
- Girl Talk is designed to reach ALL middle school girls! Therefore we welcome non-traditional chapters as well. Girl Talk currently has home school chapters, athletic teams chapters (ex. ---Dance teams, basketball teams, softball teams, etc) youth groups, and Girl Scout groups. We encourage high school girls to think outside the box if their school will not allow Girl Talk meetings to take place before or after school.
- Girl Talk’s Web site is always growing! We want to keep Girl Talk leaders, parents, teachers, administrators, and sponsors up to date about important information and statistics that relate to middle school girls as well as all of the exciting news about Girl Talk and the great things leaders are doing everywhere!
- We quarterly feature outstanding Girl Talk leaders from across the country who are making a difference in their communities on our Web Site. We do this not only to honor the Girl Talk Leaders, but we hope that their stories will inspire other girls to become leaders and we hope that it will also inspire current leaders to be even better!
- Our goal is to have Girl Talk in all 50 states by 2010 and with your help we know we will reach it!
Skills
- These are the five major expectations of a Girl Talk leader. Committing to being a leader in your community is a huge responsibility, and is not something you should take lightly. We suggest you re-read the Leadership Expectations section of the Girl Talk web site and review the main points below. Take time to truly think about this. If you believe this is something you really want to commit to, you will be one step closer to becoming an official Girl Talk leader in your community!
- I AM a female high school student (grades 9-12).
- I WILL commit to one weekly meeting with middle school girls as well as putting in at least one hour of preparation for that week’s Girl Talk with the other leader(s).
- I WILL commit to doing at least 10 hours of community service each semester OUTSIDE of being a Girl Talk leader. I understand that I can choose to do this alone, with the other leaders, or my chapter as a whole can come up with a community service project to meet this requirement.
- I AM responsible for keeping my chapter’s adult sponsor fully informed about events, my community service hours, and any ideas or changes I’d like to make in our weekly meetings.
- I WILL be a positive role model and a community leader at all times. I know that I will have to hold myself to high standards and that as a Girl Talk leader, any bad decisions I make will not only affect me but my reputation as well.
Basically, it's a middle school-high school mentoring program for girls. I'm going to copy the description and paste it below. I reccomend that some of our female VolunTEENS take a serious look at it and considering taking it up as an initiative for the upcoming school year. We don't have to follow things exactly as they are written below but we can talk about that later. Let me know what you think.
GIRL TALK
Description
- Girl Talk is FREE to any female high school leader that truly wants to make a difference in her school and community.
- Girl Talk chapters can be started anywhere - in your school, in your community, in any city or state.
- It is a student-to-student mentoring program that pairs middle school girls with high school girls.
- The high school girls meet weekly with the middle school girls to listen and to offer support.
- All of the information that a “new” leader needs to start a chapter can be found in the “Girl Talk Handbook.”
- The Girl Talk Handbook was designed to include step-by-step instructions to create and successfully run a Girl Talk Chapter. The handbook also includes many ideas, how-to’s, and fun games for the high school girls to use for their Girl Talk Chapter Meetings.
- The middle school girls are able to communicate their concerns, problems, and/or exciting news through the Girl Talk anonymous question box.
- The girls will all agree on a safe place to put the question box that will be available throughout the week. (Ex. Teacher’s Classroom, School Library, Counselor’s Office, etc…)
- The anonymous question box serves as a tool/reference for the high school girls and gives them topics to address in their weekly meetings with the middle school girls.
- In addition to the positive and fun weekly meetings, Girl Talk‘s mission is to empower young females, to promote self-esteem, and teach them the importance and value of community service.
- Each chapter requires an adult advisor to be present at ALL Girl Talk chapter meeting and events. This person can be the middle or high school’s guidance counselor, a favorite teacher, a female coach, a mom, a female college student or even an aunt! The ideas are endless!
- Each high school leader(s) is asked to sign Girl Talk’s Leadership Contract and it is the responsibility of the chapter’s adult advisor to make sure each leader fulfills her duties as a Girl Talk leader.
- Girl Talk is designed to reach ALL middle school girls! Therefore we welcome non-traditional chapters as well. Girl Talk currently has home school chapters, athletic teams chapters (ex. ---Dance teams, basketball teams, softball teams, etc) youth groups, and Girl Scout groups. We encourage high school girls to think outside the box if their school will not allow Girl Talk meetings to take place before or after school.
- Girl Talk’s Web site is always growing! We want to keep Girl Talk leaders, parents, teachers, administrators, and sponsors up to date about important information and statistics that relate to middle school girls as well as all of the exciting news about Girl Talk and the great things leaders are doing everywhere!
- We quarterly feature outstanding Girl Talk leaders from across the country who are making a difference in their communities on our Web Site. We do this not only to honor the Girl Talk Leaders, but we hope that their stories will inspire other girls to become leaders and we hope that it will also inspire current leaders to be even better!
- Our goal is to have Girl Talk in all 50 states by 2010 and with your help we know we will reach it!
Skills
- These are the five major expectations of a Girl Talk leader. Committing to being a leader in your community is a huge responsibility, and is not something you should take lightly. We suggest you re-read the Leadership Expectations section of the Girl Talk web site and review the main points below. Take time to truly think about this. If you believe this is something you really want to commit to, you will be one step closer to becoming an official Girl Talk leader in your community!
- I AM a female high school student (grades 9-12).
- I WILL commit to one weekly meeting with middle school girls as well as putting in at least one hour of preparation for that week’s Girl Talk with the other leader(s).
- I WILL commit to doing at least 10 hours of community service each semester OUTSIDE of being a Girl Talk leader. I understand that I can choose to do this alone, with the other leaders, or my chapter as a whole can come up with a community service project to meet this requirement.
- I AM responsible for keeping my chapter’s adult sponsor fully informed about events, my community service hours, and any ideas or changes I’d like to make in our weekly meetings.
- I WILL be a positive role model and a community leader at all times. I know that I will have to hold myself to high standards and that as a Girl Talk leader, any bad decisions I make will not only affect me but my reputation as well.
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