I am a rising junior at Boston College, spending my summer in Boston working at the B-SAFE summer camp at Saint Stephen's Parish in the South End of Boston. Since this is the first time I have spent part of my summer away from home, I decided that keeping a blog would be the best way to remember my experience, as well as give my family and friends at home insight into my life here in Beantown. Enjoy!
Monday, July 12, 2010
The Kids!
I am the lead counselor for the youngest group of the LEARN program. My twelve kids range from 5-7, entering either K2, 1st, or 2nd grade. There are 5 girls (Tamsen, Nadiuska, Rosie, Alcimaris, and Nellymar) and 7 boys (Brandon, Joshua, Alex, Jace, Javier, Jesus, and Jairo). They are a great group of kids - not always the most well-behaved, or the best listeners, but genuinely good kids who come from tough backgrounds and still manage to make me smile every day. Each group in the LEARN program chose their group name from a list of American civil rights leaders, and we as a group chose Fannie Lou Hammer, so as a group, we are the Hammer's.
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