We invite all of our Tween Clubbers, past and present, to join us at an event hosted by our local MPP Yasir Naqvi.
Patti and I are honoured to receive a Leading Women, Building Communities Award, presented by Yasir Naqvi, on April 10th.
All Tween Clubbers your family are welcome to attend. Here are the details:
When: April 10, 2010
Where: Carleton Heights Community Centre, 1665 Apeldoorn Avenue
Time: 2 pm to 4 pm
>Congratulations to the Canadian women on both the Olympic and Paralympic teams for their outstanding performances!
From hockey, curling, speed-skating, bobsleigh and snowboarding, to name just a few, you wowed us all.
You inspired us, delighted us and entertained us. We couldn't ask for better role models.
Thanks for making us proud.
Eat well, sleep well, wash your face daily and make funny faces!
The needles were flying in our last Tween Club meeting of 2009!
November is always our art project month. This year we are focusing on decorating different objects (boxes, frames, and mirrors) with images, textures and words that bring the girls joy. The younger girls brought along plenty of decorating materials that displayed hobbies, interests, and words and pictures that bring them joy. By the end of the night, there were many dazzling picture frames, boxes, and mirrors, all plastered in bits and pieces of the girls personalities! A reminder to the older girls, be sure to bring an avalanche of pictures, words, memoirs, funky papers, maybe even fabric, to personalize your own art project!
This was our agenda for the evening. The girls talked about their essence, what brings them joy, the role of their bodies when they are joyful. They had a good time and Debra was so positive and a great influence on the girls.
Joy in your heart, joy every day
When is the last time you spent an hour wondering how you could feel more joy, spread more joy, enjoy more joy? What makes you feel joyful, deep down in your soul?
Our first guest speaker for the fall session is Debra Huron. She is a JOY workshop leader and certified costume therapy fairy.
Our first two meetings are under our belts and the girls are already starting to feel like part of group. The first meeting was all about introducing Valerie, the idea of Tween Club and the girls to each other and us.
Looks like Dovercourt has had some problems securing a location at the Churchill Seniors Centre for us. We will be meeting in the Boardroom at Dovercourt on the upper level for the time being.
I am extremely excited to be a part of Tween Club this year. I feel it is important for tweens to have a safe, non-judgemental space in which they can feel comfortable expressing themselves. I hope I can encourage positive self-talk, positive self-esteem and create opportunities for the girls to empower themselves.A little about me:~ my family and friends mean the world to me~ I love the outdoors, animals, music, dancing and bowling~ my greatest achievement was graduating college~ my goal professionally is to work in a hospital~ I am still scared of the dark and snakes I strongly believe that everyone has a purpose and that everyone you meet will teach you something. That includes children and youth. I know that children and youth are our future but they should also be our present. They can be major contributors to our community if we give them the opportunity.- Valerie TrenholmValerie graduated from the child and youth worker program at Algonquin in May 2007. She has also worked in community health organizations, facilitated after school programs for youth, drop in programs, homework clubs and taught babysitting courses.Janis and I are looking forward to working with Valerie and Dovercourt Recreation Centre on this year's Tween Club.NOTE: The McKellar field house is being replaced over the next year. Our new home for the 2009-2010 year is the Churchill Senior Centre, 345 Richmond Road, parking is available just off of Churchill Ave, north of Richmond Road.
We are finishing up the schedule, looking for a new instructor and waiting to see where we will be meeting this year. Our old stompin grounds, the McKellar Park Field House, is being taken down and rebuilt over the fall and into the spring so we will have a new home this year.
The girls did a wonderful job! They took control of setting up, pricing and selling all our marvelous things. The bake table was filled with cookies and treats and everyone walked away with incredible deals.
In the end, the girls raised $500 for Help Lesotho!!!!! We're very proud of their efforts and had a great time with them this year.
Pictures will be posted shortly and a schedule for next year will be posted by July 15th.
Enjoy the summer!!
The picture on the right will be the photo used in our upcoming Kitchissippi Times article. Lisa Wallace from the Times has been chasing Janis, Shauna, me, and a few of the girls for a few weeks now. It looks like Lisa has all the information she was looking for and we will be in print this week.
Aren't they beautiful!!
The focus of April's meetings was all about questions, goals and doing your part to make others feel good. Shauna posed several questions to the girls and just let them run with things. In the younger meeting, the girls were in prime form to chat.
I want to be ________ because _______.
For the purposes of this blog I will just outline some of the things they want to be without the because;
an olympic diver, equestrian rider, World Wildlife Federation worker, help animas. professional soccer trainer, a teacher, marine specialist, published writer, a TV host, a dance teacher, a pinao player, a synchro teacher, to make a move, etc.
As we discussed our upcoming event, the Bizarre Bazaar, the girls talked about the charities they were interested in supporting. The ranged from water issues, animals, disease and finally girls in third world cultures. The last was the topic of most interest to our girls. They are hoping to sponsor a young girls education. We are presently doing some research to find the right charity.
Shauna also read the girls a pictures book called, "Have you filled Your Bucket Today?" It was a simple but wonderful story about how everyone has an invisible bucket filled with good feels and how important it is to fill others buckets. By doing so, we will out own. I have used the analogy at last 6 times with Erin since our meeting. I would recommend it even if you think they are too young for pictures books.
Patti
We missed you all during March but we're ready to get back into the Tween Swing of things.
Instead of a PJ party we will be having our Skating night on January 27th. Please make sure your girls are dressed warmly and bring their skates along.
We will start back with Tween Club on Tuesday, January 6th for the younger girls. The older girls will follow on January 13th. The topic is media awareness. It's time to help educate the girls on the messages that are coming at them at lightening speed. With information comes power and Tween Club is all about empowerment.
At the end of the January (the 27th) we will be having a PJ movie night.
Hope you all enjoyed the holidays!!
Patti
Barbara Brown joined us this week to help the girls create mandalas. Mandalas come from ancient Tibetan and Indian cultures. These beautiful pieces of artwork focus on the circles. Circles being a shape that is represented in life and many forms. Mandalas are also considered a form of meditation. Barbara explain the beauty of circles throughout our everyday lives. The girls expressed their favorite circles in their lives and we talked about the art and form of a circle. Using compasses and water colours the girls created circular works of art that reflect their interests and lives. Barbara will be laminating the mandalas and which will include a affirmation the girls wrote that was relected in their artwork.
