Boredom Buster Week was a great success! We had 27 middle school students and 6 high school volunteers participate over our week of events. We had double the numbers from last year!
We kicked off the week with Pasta with the Pastor. We prepared our dessert before Fr. Reker arrived. Then, Fr. Reker showed us how to make a "straw and hay" pasta (green and yellow). The food was great and a good time was had by all.
Tuesday sent a group of us for bowling and crafts with Possabilities. We got to interact with Possabilities consumers with special needs. Then, we went back to their buidling and created a bright "Happy Spring" poster to be admired by all!
Wednesday was our game and movie night. We watched "Despicable Me", had good snacks, played board and Minute to Win It games.
Thursday we had fun at our Gym Jam night. We played with the big ball and scooters, dodgeball, and basketball. What a good way to burn off that extra energy.
We ended our week with the Photo Scavenger Hunt. Teams were formed and lists were handed out. Teams had a set of challenges to find or do and then take a picture of themselves completing that task or finding an item. We had fun at the end of the day with pizza and looking over the teams' photos. Our winning team was "Forever Tigers" composed of Miranda Hawkins, Abigail Thompson and Natalie McGlinch with high school volunteer, Hannah Friedrich. All teams did a great job--Congratulations!
Thank you to all adult and high school volunteers who helped make this possible throughout the week. Special thanks goes to Fr. Reker for cooking dinner for us!
To see all pictures from the week click here: https://picasaweb.google.com/carolrcrawford/BoredomBusterWeek2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCKDDsbTz0K6tRA&feat=directlink
Here's an old-timer's comment! WOW! What a blessing is the work we're doing with our youth, and blogging about it, too! Who even wants to graduate? Just stay here and enjoy the time. Thank you to our youth and their leaders!
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