tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46171500302217860122024-02-20T20:22:51.211-08:00CAMPAMENTO LAS MARGARITASTO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR FOUNDATION PLEASE VISIT US AT http://www.lasmargaritasfoundation.orgUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-18794953924563231662021-08-08T15:14:00.002-07:002021-08-08T15:14:15.087-07:00Teen Leader Reflections<p> This summer we were lucky to have Zach and Alex, two Massachusetts teenagers accompany us on this grand adventure to get the community center up and running. I big part of Las Margaritas since 2015 has been the collaboration between teen leaders from the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. We didn't really think we could pull it off this year because of, well, COVID. But, at the last minute Zach and Alex stepped up and were able to come. And I can't say enough about how much help they were, painting, putting furniture together, cleaning, just so willing and excited to do everything we asked of them. And then when the Center opened they jumped right in and worked with the children.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03C6Wv2CFD3n5_ngOJH8SmGslzRsSsVRCFHAn68nfDBN7BnFu38TACHkR3WJ3MGZpxx5BtVKuFq7y8VGuhrBHAc8nbOuN6ShYefWzd9l_8M6MmtvRd9kVE4PRxtKrkNdQDJWxTL96LtA/s4032/IMG_2305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03C6Wv2CFD3n5_ngOJH8SmGslzRsSsVRCFHAn68nfDBN7BnFu38TACHkR3WJ3MGZpxx5BtVKuFq7y8VGuhrBHAc8nbOuN6ShYefWzd9l_8M6MmtvRd9kVE4PRxtKrkNdQDJWxTL96LtA/s320/IMG_2305.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0rm13KcyRLy-jFGFCY1aGYA5z2naQXzVkUr9SyPjoK_0lCVMwdyK9p7eJggMJ5f3065HK7e59HXquvoYXD_YQTaPch2X0Og2ALpo0cGc5AIejZ2wpYtOneak-FRXTH1gWggBZAf2l9Y/s4032/IMG_2308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0rm13KcyRLy-jFGFCY1aGYA5z2naQXzVkUr9SyPjoK_0lCVMwdyK9p7eJggMJ5f3065HK7e59HXquvoYXD_YQTaPch2X0Og2ALpo0cGc5AIejZ2wpYtOneak-FRXTH1gWggBZAf2l9Y/s320/IMG_2308.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwD1S6T_psDZsw9XX4L1ja3o6wQeCPxLlhZL7rGZuNvOgYIt0viQtHOuET1_UplWDk3iFyrXItawL-7I1_0tPcZWi3VlBRcvNtUqH1Tu-6x3cEFdTt8SbaATPpY9CROjumC4bFplSa7Q/s4032/IMG_2309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwD1S6T_psDZsw9XX4L1ja3o6wQeCPxLlhZL7rGZuNvOgYIt0viQtHOuET1_UplWDk3iFyrXItawL-7I1_0tPcZWi3VlBRcvNtUqH1Tu-6x3cEFdTt8SbaATPpY9CROjumC4bFplSa7Q/s320/IMG_2309.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqgqCt5G-02OjKgmdr7jckuId4cnYkfn5IoyT_egjwOopjJwDU7P5gd38B5lvhvrABjhGd76OVjYxCu5TFd9VFWcmS47MR3SSb1zE0OfF1R1YQzoaScfxUp7hPavsMy_vwbHUpLTkHUQ/s4032/IMG_2447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqgqCt5G-02OjKgmdr7jckuId4cnYkfn5IoyT_egjwOopjJwDU7P5gd38B5lvhvrABjhGd76OVjYxCu5TFd9VFWcmS47MR3SSb1zE0OfF1R1YQzoaScfxUp7hPavsMy_vwbHUpLTkHUQ/s320/IMG_2447.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have to say that I'm not sure we could've pulled this off without their help. But, you've heard enough from me. Here are some of their reflections:</p><p>On the opening of the camp:</p><p>Hoy es el primer dia de otras personas entre al centro por los actividades. En la mañana muchos chicos expresaron sus habilidades con los dibjujos y las rompecabezas. En la tarde el Centro está aborratado. Los niños dibujaron picturas bonitas, construyeron con Legos, y incluso jugaron beisbol. Los niños se divirtieron much y también los consejeros.</p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Alex Cohen</span><br /></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>On their last day:</span></p><p><span>Today was the perfect sendoff from our experience of being in the Dominican Republic for one week. It was one of culture, relaxation, gratitude, and most importantly, work. Waking up around 8am, Alex, Yasi and I went and got our Covid test and luckily we were all negative. Once that was taken care of we had a little beach excursion for a couple of hours and to say that was relaxing would be an understatement. Returning at around 2:30 we had a big lunch. We headed over to el Centro to work with the kids from 3 - 5. We played checkers, picked out books, and overall had a very productive time. Once the shift ended we found ourselves relaxing again until yet another large feast was given to us via a surprise form Carmen y la abuela. Now we are ready for bed and I can sleep easy knowing I put my best effort into someone else's dream who was generous enough to give me the opportunity to dos. so. </span></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Zach Snyder</span></span><br /></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-67733596787094804562021-08-03T16:53:00.010-07:002021-08-03T16:55:07.030-07:00Grand Opening Tomorrow<p> This feels good! That was what I was thinking as the rain began falling here in Madre Vieja a few minutes ago, washing away the debilitating heat of the day. But, I was also thinking about the work we've done over the past few days. Part of it is that it feels good to create this center for the community and for the children. As the place has taken shape over the past few days, looking more and more like a place for children, lots of parents and children have been stopping by, curious about what we're doing. And when we explain that we are building a space for children to come and read, take books home, play board games, do their homework, do art activities, etc. they invariably ask, "¿Cuánto cuesta?", wanting to know how much we charge. And then when we respond, "Nada. Es completemente gratis" we get lots of nods, in my mind anyways signifying, "Alright then. Now we're talking." Obviously we're not doing this to feel good about ourselves, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that that's how I feel.</p><p>And it feels good physically, and thus mentally, as well. In my day to day work existence I spend most of my time working to resolve complex situations. I really don't want to get into the details too much because I'm really trying to keep that part of my life out of the frontal cortex of my brain for the time being. Suffice it to say that the work that I do is mentally exhausting. So, it feels rejuvinative to spend four or five days painting walls, putting together furniture, putting labels in books, organizing spaces, etc. Yesterday for example I spent an hour laminating and then cutting out Membership cards. It was so relaxing, the rhythm of it all feeling almost meditative. I should pause here to say that I know the vast majority of the workers of the world spend their lives doing jobs like this all day every day and that they are most likely not feeling meditative about it at all as they are doing the work to survive. And if I spent 60 hours a week laminating name tags I don't think I would feel so 'meditative". That said, for a few hours for a few days it all feels good.</p><p>In any event ... The place is just about ready. Tomorrow will be spent organizing and cleaning and then the grand opening is at 6:00. We've invited a lot of people, mostly from the neighborhood and then some politicos and media folk as well. I'm really curious to see who shows. I'll keep you posted. (Ha! Ha! get it? I'm writing blog posts so "I'll keep you posted." I do make myself - if no one else - laugh sometimes.)</p><p>Here's some pictures of our adventures over the last couple of days:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpdOyZ4rvxvZcMn-r_AapBppWBi7L9FCWpIjmGxzrIciODdtFHCOu4JK-y-W3VjhayhA-2cJPPZZLX8m-1Kz6CZtBW5lIfaW2p_3RruzOJu9rVc5YjRko6icQx456rO-VHUTA0QN172I/s4032/IMG_2365.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpdOyZ4rvxvZcMn-r_AapBppWBi7L9FCWpIjmGxzrIciODdtFHCOu4JK-y-W3VjhayhA-2cJPPZZLX8m-1Kz6CZtBW5lIfaW2p_3RruzOJu9rVc5YjRko6icQx456rO-VHUTA0QN172I/s320/IMG_2365.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6US2CrkvMls2OKD1mu0hzu3sqLfSix-MY7b07TXzABA5o3Ni0X7DOcaTmHszFFVtumjpfYuhNQB_MwIHjFQkcNccP00_GjtjCQpBsYaZ9a5wgl-7Rmbx_1nrQ_e0I5SUezmxAQlMCo8/s4032/IMG_2332.JPG" style="clear: right; 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A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say. A special bonus prize for anyone who can tell me the total value (in words) of all the pictures below. I do love math. And I know I said that I needed to tell you about our adventure coming home from the airport but it's 8:00 pm and we've been working hard all day. A Presidente with my name on it awaits!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9S3yRyqieoH5VJ-sOagn85aEGSr8f6nRXD_GiSlKrFWvxP8DuZdSbvk-95-PPeKOPSrxNnR_-jtHsLazwP2Gk_FBokINblW9un8Lr1AYgRbp0X19NtzlvLQijDs8CpLdrWSPNgGmCQo/s4032/IMG_2277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9S3yRyqieoH5VJ-sOagn85aEGSr8f6nRXD_GiSlKrFWvxP8DuZdSbvk-95-PPeKOPSrxNnR_-jtHsLazwP2Gk_FBokINblW9un8Lr1AYgRbp0X19NtzlvLQijDs8CpLdrWSPNgGmCQo/s320/IMG_2277.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwV1VcZbXlJRQ_bypZZIelCn0aMs-tRMtealq7dCO78-sqOuXJMc0-wYzHYejHcvMG8cS5wGfna9a2Xvr-US-PCqu-4UZ7GK7ZHWRgoWKSZ-gyRGtpIoE9QzeD14v1tyXCBdkD80fQG6I/s4032/IMG_2276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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For years and years it has been a dream of ours to open a community center for teens and youngsters in Madre Vieja. Our first plan, during Campamento #3 in 2015 was to renovate an old space that had been used as a de facto community center (for meetings, karate classes, chess club, things like that) many years ago. But, that plan fizzled due to the ever changing political situation of the country. You see, the space was created and sponsored by the central government so when the PRD (Partido Revolucionario Demócratico) was in control six years ago we had access to the space because the PRD is the party of Doña Yolanda and most of the Montás family (we won't mention those family members who have moved on to other political parties as that's a sore subject. Not really, but it would be interesting if it were) and La Doña is a bigwig in the party. So, we began planning. But then the elections came up and the PRD lost and all of its initiatives, including the support our community center went by the wayside.</p><p>So, five minutes has now passed since I wrote that last sentence because as I was writing it I wondered where the expression "gone by the wayside" came from and because I am writing on a computer and connected to the interweb I have easy access to lots of information. So, I looked it up. Here's what I found on Wixtionary: </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">From the </span><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366bb; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="wikipedia:Parable of the Sower">Parable of the Sower</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> told by </span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jesus" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jesus">Jesus</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and recorded in the </span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/New_Testament" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="New Testament">New Testament</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> of the </span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bible" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bible">Bible</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, the term appearing in </span><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366bb; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="w:Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 13:4, </span><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366bb; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="w:Gospel of Mark">Mark</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 4:4, and </span><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366bb; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="w:Gospel of Luke">Luke</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 8:5. The </span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parable" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="parable">parable</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> is the story of a farmer who </span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sow#Verb" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="sow">sows</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seed#Noun" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="seed">seed</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and “some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it” (Luke 8:5).</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fall_by_the_wayside#cite_note-1" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></sup></p><p>Hmm. That's interesting right? This last statement was then interpreted by the author of the New Testament to have some sort of critical religious meaning but this is not the space for such ... digressions.</p><p>So, where was I? Oh yeah ... on to Plan B, which was to build our own community center, but we never really had the funds for that and so we have moved on to Plan C, which is to find a space to rent out, staff, and furnish. And due to some serious fundraising efforts and a big old grant we got from the Burkehaven Family Foundation (BFF - in the texting definition as well) we now have the funds to make this dream a reality. Oy, that sounds so corny. How about this: 'to put Plan C into action'. Mejor?</p><p>And we're just about there. Here's a picture of the space we found:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkD4kP41loPxxtQvjynmSchkPHatO8w-8j5u_-Se1yqI98qFkdX-ncxpzZVPqJjrIJ4qVFBCXQgzbKYJ3DFW_ncCD_IsmdaVJW8KIfgtjq3zLAGxqouc_PMpfVWH18ODfcG_YL29ICIgo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkD4kP41loPxxtQvjynmSchkPHatO8w-8j5u_-Se1yqI98qFkdX-ncxpzZVPqJjrIJ4qVFBCXQgzbKYJ3DFW_ncCD_IsmdaVJW8KIfgtjq3zLAGxqouc_PMpfVWH18ODfcG_YL29ICIgo/" width="185" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Everybody here in the DR and back home in the US has been working hard to get the space built out and ready to go. Tanya and I arrived yesterday and we're going to put the final touches on the space and have a grand opening on Wednesday. Speaking of which ... we still have a lot to do and I just got a Whats App message that Tanya is waiting for me to help so I'm off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">p.s. Remind to tell you what happened on our way back from the airport picking up Zak and Alex.</div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-38726350699055142832021-07-19T06:12:00.017-07:002021-07-19T14:45:37.805-07:00Lots Going On<p> Hey Friends,</p><p>Well, it's been quite awhile since my last post. The world has gone through a crisis of, dare I say, biblical proportions (yes, I dare) in the last year and Las Margaritas has responded in equal measure. Perhaps that's a bit of hyperbole but we have done what we can to help out in the DR. As the pandemic hit the DR we diverted funds from El Campamento, which we couldn't run, of course, to support front line workers. Mainly, we provided meals to the Red Cross folk and hospital staff that were caring for those affected by COVID.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnO7D6LbB_wTL0usDmOTRRjDqvB7YG2CfItdJ-qKXvQtnVE4pV5-_k0Anc_ZspHCtdSuWIUHdF3UGWPEFKHVpJuR0VSlT7QkNQIN1p5ZiBQPBYcImSxE-7eq-L54pvrho_zN9sBIF9iU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="898" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnO7D6LbB_wTL0usDmOTRRjDqvB7YG2CfItdJ-qKXvQtnVE4pV5-_k0Anc_ZspHCtdSuWIUHdF3UGWPEFKHVpJuR0VSlT7QkNQIN1p5ZiBQPBYcImSxE-7eq-L54pvrho_zN9sBIF9iU/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This Spring, as many Dominicans got vaccinated, we turned back to the programs we have run for many years and then started two new initiatiaves. Here's a summary of what we've been up to (and, yes, I do know that you shouldn't end a sentence in a preposition, which is why I added this paranthetical comment): </p><p><u>Long Time Programming</u></p><p>• Send a Girl to College: We ramped up this program, which has been going on for four years now. This year we were able to provide financial support (tuition, transportation, books, supplies) to 14 girls, including our first graduate!!!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJnluryO3S0xzb1l4vG_yi4i2SoGH_97FVvUUL337eTaIhgRkLu3FxRuPLm0WiGXu3d5mgFm67l-8QzaYD6HgZqLA2bRUU5IziG0QOCP8qIhgWtUKHAT74CMM4zhEe6ySq94t8v-uK6w/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1468" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJnluryO3S0xzb1l4vG_yi4i2SoGH_97FVvUUL337eTaIhgRkLu3FxRuPLm0WiGXu3d5mgFm67l-8QzaYD6HgZqLA2bRUU5IziG0QOCP8qIhgWtUKHAT74CMM4zhEe6ySq94t8v-uK6w/w404-h241/image.png" width="404" /></a></div> <span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Top left corner: Karen Medina Martinez, our first graduate who just completed a program in </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Clinical Psychology from UTE (Las Universidad de Tercera Edad) in Santo Domingo. </span><span>And, yes, we are missing a couple of photos. Working on that.</span></span></span><p></p><p>• El Campamento: We're back! After skipping last year we are running the camp again this summer. The camp is going to run at La Escuela Doña Chucha, a local school in Madre Vieja Norte, a small community in San Cristobal. The camp will be led by the principal and teachers of that school and is going to use a hybrid model with some programming done in person and some virtually. For my devoted and historical readers Doña Chucha is the school where we built the garden a few years back.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwGYtaoq2BhjSg-Fn6AjNrTDxJaLSkC3S9PumbT6hys7R2-ltQuMEaccA2giNVKkK1mVjUWZxTMsxOvy25jaw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-small;">Here's a video montage as a gentle reminder</span></div> <p></p><p><u>Super Fun & Exciting New Stuff (SFENS)</u></p><p>• Cradle to College: We started this program to support teen mothers. A number of former female participants in El Campamento became pregnant at a young age. In this initiative, we are donating care packages for these new mothers: formula, diapers, children's books, clothing, etc. to help them manage their newfound responsibility.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1X5YQFRbPN-iYcTCu2_D1inpQHuYjPY20Fua7BqZ5c4T88ysR8s1IePSAqCuF2by93F1NLBWR79F_8ijL4v9XkxMW5w980_bcn4z1jfS7sLjQq9ARm5MopbF0OMkoVpZGiA-pw84RRXs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1460" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1X5YQFRbPN-iYcTCu2_D1inpQHuYjPY20Fua7BqZ5c4T88ysR8s1IePSAqCuF2by93F1NLBWR79F_8ijL4v9XkxMW5w980_bcn4z1jfS7sLjQq9ARm5MopbF0OMkoVpZGiA-pw84RRXs/w431-h243/image.png" width="431" /><br /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZDe4V_EP7Xo0kVm4zINhecv8QKkZLoC25kbNVSDeQEt2TxEMdE7dj0ZigDovp4CUt4XmeeZonLfLIkvW2CWFZ9CeCc5HrSrAAizWjPNCbfjLIfE2V2GrRQ-QqQPu4pI6ClkWAs22GhU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="814" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZDe4V_EP7Xo0kVm4zINhecv8QKkZLoC25kbNVSDeQEt2TxEMdE7dj0ZigDovp4CUt4XmeeZonLfLIkvW2CWFZ9CeCc5HrSrAAizWjPNCbfjLIfE2V2GrRQ-QqQPu4pI6ClkWAs22GhU/w243-h320/image.png" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basket of Supplies</td></tr></tbody></table><p>• El Centro Comunitario: In our most ambitious project to date we are opening ... get ready for it ... a community center for the youth in San Cristobal. After many years of running El Campamento in the Summer we came to the realization that it was not enough. We were able to help los jovenes in our summer camp develop literacy and leadership skills, but some of that progress was lost during the school year. We needed to find a way for our campers to build on the progress that was made in the summer. We began the literacy clubs to address this concern but it was not enough. Hence, the community center. We have rented a space in the heart of Madre Vieja (near where El Campamento has traditionally run) and will begin programming in a few weeks. At first we will relocate the reading club to the new community center, create a lending library (which doesn't exist in San Cristobal) and develop a homework center. Once we get up and running we will add programming such as music, art, sports, and coding classes. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTCup7QslxZ1EZ7WhzWNWU2nz_f3b-6oCtImVyPoxUcEY04GP5UHoQQ4csjG1tgvp-qvvNCEvvD3v4hlmlZbsKOrkaMwcXmHVf5aQzlsiYpaXGCzlps6MF0tk3UwZXAhxR7_4ZsyDxPw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTCup7QslxZ1EZ7WhzWNWU2nz_f3b-6oCtImVyPoxUcEY04GP5UHoQQ4csjG1tgvp-qvvNCEvvD3v4hlmlZbsKOrkaMwcXmHVf5aQzlsiYpaXGCzlps6MF0tk3UwZXAhxR7_4ZsyDxPw/w392-h221/image.png" width="392" /></a> </div> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-small;">An artistic rendering of the lending library/homework center in our new community center</span><p></p><p>All of this is made possible, of course, by the generous contributions of our supporters. Of special note is the partnership that we have been able to create with the Burkhaven Family Foundation. We applied for and were awarded with a a $10,000 grant from this foundation for this year to get the community center up and running and they have committed $60,000 over the next three years. Wowza! </p><p>So, we've been busy right? </p><p><span><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-6742883952328129462019-10-02T16:43:00.000-07:002019-10-02T16:43:00.987-07:00From our teen leader Sarah Capute<pre class="aLF-aPX-K0-aPE" style="-webkit-user-select: text; background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">I travelled to Las Galeras in the Dominican Republic with Las Margaritas foundation. My aunt, who grew up in the DR, started this foundation with my uncle and the help of her family, who live in the Dominican. The foundation has been holding a summer camp for children in the DR for years now. They take teen leaders with them each year to help with the camp. My aunt and I came up with the idea of me leading a softball clinic as a part of the camp this year and tie it into a theme of gender equity. I collected equipment with the help of the Cheshire softball community to use in the clinic and donate to some local teams in the DR. On the day of the equipment drive, I had no idea what to expect or if anyone would even show up. But I was amazed at how much equipment we gathered and how interested and excited people were about the project. We collected enough equipment to hold a clinic at the camp and donate to three different places in the DR. There were about 50 kids at the clinic and I taught some basic skills (throwing, fielding, hitting). I had to improvise at times in order to communicate because my spanish isn’t too great. When the clinic was finished, I got to meet a few of the players on one of the teams we donated to (The Bandits) while they were receiving the rest of the equipment. Although baseball is a huge part of Dominican culture, softball is rare and girls don’t get nearly enough opportunities to participate in sports in general. This was an incredible experience for me to see the impact a small project like this could have. </pre>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-84831472139235638262019-08-03T14:00:00.000-07:002019-08-06T08:08:53.842-07:00Las Galeras Camp: InThe BooksSo, we came down to Las Galeras with few expectations. We had a couple of contacts that we had only conversed with online. And figured that we would be able to work something out once we got here but we’re never really sure if we were going to have any campers until they actually arrived. Given all of that in my view this camp was a huge success. Some thoughts.<br />
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* Literacy level of the campers in general is quite low. Lower than in Madre Vieja. Not sure why. We noticed that on Day 1 of the camp and backed off on some of the literacy activities we had planned. We've already talked about doing some intense reading work with some of the students at next year's camp.<br />
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* We took all campers who came every day. We even had one new camper on the last day. We figured we needed to allow word to spread to capture as many campers as possible. This inconsistency made it more challenging to connect with the campers on a daily basis. I think next year we need to limit it to those who show up on the first day.<br />
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* We played softball once. We need to figure out the logistics to make that part of the daily routine because the campers loved that activity. We just can’t let them traipse clay all over the classrooms after playing. (I’ll keep to myself the drama that resulted. No use burning bridges.)<br />
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You know I always wonder if we’re making a difference with these camps. I mean, can a week of literacy, STEM, art, and community development really improve these students’ lives. Then I think about it this way. Seeing all of us come from so far away in our free time (Is there such a thing?) to spend even just a week here I think would make at least some of the campers feel special. And that feeling goes a long way. So, Campamento #7 is now complete. Camp #8 starts Monday in San Cristobal.<br />
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We arrived at camp a little before nine and 25 campers were waiting for us! It took all week but Hora Americana has finally sunk in. Big doings today with a lot of moving parts. Her goes:<br />
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* We brought a number of books with us to use at the camp. We wanted to give each camper a book and then the rest we would donate to the school. So, that’s what we did. Tanya had the idea to give each kid three books out of which they could choose one to keep. I was skeptical. I figured this plan<br />
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We read “Where the Wild Things Are” and then had the campers write a reflection. They were captivated by the book(who isn’t after all). But also because I just don’t think they get to read that many books. Many of them had a real hard time getting their thoughts down on paper... or really forming their thoughts in the first place. Literacy skills are quite low I think.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-50038937976821613462019-07-31T11:20:00.000-07:002019-08-01T10:56:59.964-07:00Las Galeras Camp: Día TresLots of fun today! We arrived at the play a few minutes before nine and there were already a dozen campers waiting at the really well-kept baseball field. Ten minutes later we had 50 or so kids with us. Sarah did a great job splitting up the campers into three groups; for throwing, batting, and fielding. Her coach would be proud! Of course getting three groups of campers to rotate between the three stations proved a bit challenging. I’ve been trying for nine years to figure out how to do that without much success either. That’s why every time we want campers to rotate between activities Tanya sagely reminds me that we should rotate the activity and not the campers. Regardless, everyone got a chance to do all three activities... eventually.<br />
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At the end of the session Sarah created a competition in which the campers needed to throw a softball about 30 feet and knock another ball off a tee. One at a time all campers tried and failed (basically because they didn’t realize that accuracy was much more important than power and just threw the ball as hard as they could. I guess they don’t watch Survivor.) Finally the last camper came up, a tiny shy boy of eight. He gathered all his might and heaved. The ball bounced once , then again and then landed right on the tee, easily knocking the ball off. The campers erupted! And now this little boy is the proud owner of a Cheshire Flames t-shirt — that he may grow into in about five years.<br />
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After that rousing finish to the morning’s activity we headed over to the camp. We followed the campers and instead of going back to the main road the way we came, they took a back road that led right to the school. As we came home from the camp a couple of hours later I remarked that no one could have told us of this route to the school that avoided the traffic on the main road? For the rest of the way home we debated whether the locals would se us as silly Gringos if we walked on the main road or this back way in. My view was that since everyone walks on the main road with the trucks and motorcycles, and horses, that they would find us strange taking the long way around. Tanya took the opposing viewpoint. Share your view on this post as you see fit.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-655615089485503952019-07-30T16:58:00.001-07:002019-07-30T17:04:51.285-07:00Las Galeras Camp: Día 2Well, we must be doing something right. Forty five campers today. OMG. And to boot, when we arrived a few minutes before nine there were already three or four waiting for us. Here are some hilights/challenges:<br />
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* While the younger group decorated paddleball games for their art project we did origami with the older kids. I had Sarah show the kids how to do it while Frandy explained. All went well with the first piece - a dog - and then one of the campers saw the instructions for a crane and asked if we could do that one. I said yes! Not the easiest piece to do for a practiced paper folder, it would be quite a challenge for the novice campers - especially given that Sarah wastryaing to follow the directions and Frandy was translating to Spanish. I jumped in at some point, but my memory of the crane construction wasn’t too vivid. Eventually we sought out help from the other room, enlisting Tanya’s help. I mean she did build like 100 cranes for the Washington peace crane project a few years back after all. But that was awhile ago and she was rusty as well. Finally, Camila came to the rescue and after an hour or so we had ten functioning cranes in the group. The campers really needed recreo at that point.</div>
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* For the day’s STEM challenge we gave the campers one piece of paper and tasked them with constructing a container that would hold as much water as possible. Luli smartly had her group work individually and the kids had a blast. I, in my continued belief that the campers know how to collaborate, had my kids work in groups of three. They still had fun but the room was a bit charged with heated design thinking discussions.</div>
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* Roberto, our host at Casa Dorado, came along with us today. We talked about community leaders for a bit and then he spoke to the older group about Las Galeras and their responsibility to help take care of it. He then stuck around for the rest of the morning and was hugely helpful. Gracias Roberto por todo tu hospadilidad.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-69836628999274095122019-07-29T19:15:00.001-07:002019-07-29T19:20:31.379-07:00Las Galeras Camp: Día #1So, we left Casa Dorado at about 8:30 having been told that it was a 20 minute walk to the school. We headed to La Calle Principal, hooked a right and walked down the main road ‘til we reached the school — remarkably similar in color and style to the school in Madre Vieja as Camila so aptly pointed out. Made it in 15 minutes. Olga and Castro, two school employees were expecting us and showed us to the room. So far so good. Ana Reyes, Tanya’s local contact, showed up a few minutes later. She told us that she had posted a flyer about the camp but she wasn’t sure how many campers would show up. 9:00 came and went... still no campers. That’s OK, we always anticipate late arrivals in the DR right? 9:15 slips on by... still no campers. OK, now I’m starting to worry. Camila asks me, “What do we do if no campers show up?” My thoughts as well. Then a woman pulls up on a motoconcho and drops her daughter off! We have a camper. Caitlyn heads off into the neighborhood and corrals a few more kiddos. A few more show up on their own accord and by 9:45 or so we have 7 or 8 en total. As the teen leaders hand out camp t shirts and get the kids going on their name tags Tanya and I glance at each other and shrug. “It’s a start” she mouths. And I nod back. And then a funny thing happened. More kids kept on arriving. Alone, sometimes siblings, even two sets of twins. Every time we try to get started another camper shows up. By the time 10:15 rolls around, we have 30 campers and needed to split into two groups. So we did. This country never ceases to amaze me.<br />
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At this point less than two hours remained so we moved to Plan C, after abandoning both plans A and B (see yesterday’s post). We did some art, read a book about the environment, and had the students design and build paper airplanes (the day’s STEM activity). And that was that. All in all quite a successful first day. One thing we need to figure out is recreo. There’s a basketball court at the school but it’s too damn (I mean, darn) hot to have the kids run a lot. As you may recall we have lots of softball equipment with us and Ana Reyes told us that we could use the town’s baseball field but it’s about a 10 minute walk from the camp. Our latest idea was to start the camp at the field around 9 while it’s not too hot and then walk to the school afterward. Well start that on Wednesday because we thought of this after camp was over today. Ah well, it’s a start.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-5887311389042591072019-07-28T19:30:00.000-07:002019-07-28T19:36:03.314-07:00Las Galeras Camp: Here We Go!Well, ready or not, the camp starts tomorrow at 9 am ... hora Americana. We never were able to meet with our local contact here but she assured us electronically that the principal of the school will meet us there tomorrow and that we can expect a boatload of campers. Well, she didn’t say that exactly but my expectations are high.<br />
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I wonder if a good place to begin would be to start a letter writing campaign to Banco Azul to ask them to finish installing the new software the local restaurants need so that they can accept credit cards again and not lose all their tourist business. Or maybe not. Just a thought.<br />
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Don’t have any pictures of the camp yet but here’s a lovely bunch of mangos. So happy they’re in season!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-74533571573818636712019-07-27T19:39:00.001-07:002019-07-27T19:39:49.904-07:00Camp Las Galeras: The Eagle has LandedSo, I’m always amazed with modern travel. You leave your house, get on a plane, a few hours later get off the plane and whammo, you’re in a whole different world. It really is no different than what time travel would feel like, if that were possible. But our trip yesterday/today from Boston to Las Galeras was something else. We got on a plane at 10 pm, dozed through the 4 hour flight to Santo Domingo, dozed through 3 hour pitch black car ride from the southern to the northern coast of La Isla Hispañola and arrived aptly with the sunrise at Casa Dorado at 6 am. If I were a better writer I would be able to better describe the displaced feeling this adventure created in me. But I’m not after all. We got to the house so much efficiently than I anticipated that Roberto, el dueño de La Casa Dorado, wasn’t even awake yet. The dogs though announced our arrival and Roberto groggily let us in and showed us to our rooms where we promptly crashed for 4 hours.<br />
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And here’s why I love the DR so much. After our nap we headed in to town to pick up some supplies (discovering that it isn’t so easy to find sunblock here, which is odd since this a seaside community. But I’ll save that story for another time) and some food for lunch. On our way, we passed a limoncello tree and Tanya’s eyes lit up as she noticed that the tall, gangly tree was heavy with the ripe mini-lemons that she loves. So, she stopped and asked an older man who was hanging around if she could buy some. (She also asked if the fruits were “bueno” which I laughed at because she always asks this question and gets the same answer - oh sí sí - whether the fruits are tasty or not). The man called over a younger man who walked with us to the base of the tree and then called over to a friend who brought aover a ladder and proceeded to climb up the tree to get us bunches of limoncellos. Tanya gave the man 250 pesos (about 6 bucks) which was way more than she usually pays. When I commented on this - because I’m a cheap bastard- Tanya said, “I know. I’m making connections.” You would think I would know by now not to question anything my wife does. Here’s why. About an hour later we were still working on lunch items to buy because we really wanted some avocados and couldn’t find any ripe ones anywhere. We were at a colmado talking to the owner about where else we could try when a man drove up on a motoconcho with three ripe avocados for us. He was the brother of the colmado owner who, heard us asking her for avocados and went and found a few for us. When Tanya offered him some money he wouldn’t take any. Turns out he was the man who got the limoncellos for us. And so Tanya started chatting with this man as she does and asks him if he has any children. When he says yes she proceeds to tell him about the camp we are running and invites his kids to join us.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-56777142130596929632019-07-18T17:20:00.003-07:002019-07-18T17:20:31.051-07:00Getting Ready for Campamento 2019Well, here we go again. Campamento 2019 begins in a little over a week. We're spreading our wings a bit this year - with two camps. One in Madre Vieja (as always) and another in Las Galeras in the Samaná peninsula on the other side of the island. This is a beautiful seaside community that we've visited many times - and even brought the teen leaders there in 2016. We love the peace, beauty, and friendliness of Las Galeras and hope that we can give back in some small way with the running of our camp. It is bittersweet as many of the teen leaders from the past aren't able to join us this year but newcomer cousin Sarah will take up the slack.<br />
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Our plan for the camp is to focus on art and literacy and then add on a softball component for the girls. Baseball, as is quite well known, is super popular in the D.R. but really only for boys. We thought we'd do a little gender equity work and see if the girls want to play some softball every day after camp - taking advantage of Sarah's expertise. To support this endeavor, Sarah and a friend of hers ran a softball equipment drive in their hometown of Cheshire, CT. We shipped 6 big boxes of the equipment they gathered to the D.R. a few weeks ago.<br />
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On a related note, we've been working with a woman named Ana Reyes in Las Galeras who works with the mayor to set up the camp there. She contacted the principal of the local school and got us permission to run the camp there and promises that she'll be able to gather up 20 to 30 campers for us. I imagine that will happen but I have this recurring nightmare that when we get there there won't be a camper in sight. As always, I'll just have to have faith that it will all work out in the end - after all it usually does in the D.R. - one way or another. OK. That's it for now. See you in Las Galeras.</div>
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Dear Friends of Las Margaritas' Foundation,</div>
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Thank you for coming out on this SUPER COLD day. We were able to raise over $900.00 to support our Send a Girl to College fund!</div>
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See you all again next fall.</div>
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Our gratitude to Yolanda (Luli), Kelli, and Carmen for taking the leadership to run the camp this summer and to Gri, Felipe, and Gloria for their amazing help! We were incredibly pleased with the student leadership formed by Yeni, Thania, Desireth and Genesis! They were once campers who have transitioned into teachers!<br />
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This year we focused on the overarching theme of health. The students learned about the human body, emphasizing on the various organs. They learned about their function and how to take care of them. The students also engaged in deep discussions about organ donation (social and moral implications). We brought in two doctoras from the community to talk to the students about career choice, especially the importance of women in science.<br />
Looking forward to next year!<br />
Tanya and Josh Paris<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-91779933489073844082017-08-11T10:47:00.001-07:002017-08-11T10:51:15.515-07:00C2017: Final DayI'm tired. This really is a lot of work. Yet, as the camp ends every year I feel a pit in my stomach. A sadness that it's over. Always happens. This year it happened at the closing ceremony when two of the younger campers gave speeches about the meaning of the camp for them. About how they didn't know what to expect on the first day and then they made new friends and had so much fun. They even talked about the history of el campamento (I'm pretty sure they had some coaching for that part).<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> I mean sometimes I feel like we do so little. We bring in some art and science supplies and some sports equipment and spend a few hours with the kids for 10 days and then we leave. What have we really accomplished? Even the park we built, I'm not sure how long it will last.</span><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And yet somehow, some way, this camp is important to many of the campers. I think it might be this: The fact that a group of Americans come down to spend two weeks with them, to make spaces for them to play, adds to their self worth I think. In their minds they must be important if we take time out of our lives to be with them. Or something like that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">That, and the playground came out amazing. Here's some pictures. And then we are off to the capital with all the teen leaders for an afternoon of museums (our idea), playing in the Fortaleza (their idea), some souvenir shopping and then dinner. See you stateside.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_reFQM7-ERd_Ih4e7xRzDW7aJPewnIfrEFNq1A6Mwp9QPEtxskzIoJYEKZLqj_-I0xXtqr0yxLlsJ3kCuBlgk3sIqWjNZ1yU33UimvIF6Kl6sXxuhXe-P9_9EVu3wV4YE1glcMd2jQU/s640/blogger-image-626652996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_reFQM7-ERd_Ih4e7xRzDW7aJPewnIfrEFNq1A6Mwp9QPEtxskzIoJYEKZLqj_-I0xXtqr0yxLlsJ3kCuBlgk3sIqWjNZ1yU33UimvIF6Kl6sXxuhXe-P9_9EVu3wV4YE1glcMd2jQU/s640/blogger-image-626652996.jpg"></a>Playing in the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Camila leading solar spin art</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlZ2pwEjF05mGrHq-GBbxigMX5q9kReOUngV6TXXYjIk94hjH_dzcT4HEXlvM9-oexI7zUKcsQHMYZBigRXWmcTcAIY2cX9mloHb319XFi7mgu3xjYjHH1zDbJ-VIHqukmI67kxg5CPI/s640/blogger-image-1661876218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It needs a bit of background information to explain. Fifteen years ago a high school student named Jake Kheel, came to the DR as part of an exchange program with Northfield Mount Herman. Jake stayed with the Familia Montás during his visit and has stayed in touch with the family since then. Jake went back to the states to go to college and graduate school and then returned to the DR to live. He started a Foundation to support the ecology of the country and is involved in multiple environmental projects here. One of which is a documentary called "Death by a Thousand Cuts" he made about the charcoal industry and the deforestation of both the DR and Haiti. Tanya, Kelli, and I saw the film at a festival in Lowell and Samuel was able to get the movie for the camp. So we took the campers into San Cristobal to see the movie and then Jake stopped by for a question and answer session with the campers. The campers were entranced with the movie and asked great questions of Jake. I told you it was a cool day right?<div><br></div><div>On a side note, The movie was supposed to be shown at 9:30 and it didn't start until 10:15 because the school where we got the movie shown wanted to bring some of its students as well and they didn't get out of class until 10:00. The old gringo me would've thought, "how hard would it have been to tell us that in advance so we aren't waiting for an hour." But, as I've evolved of late, that thought didn't cross my mind at all. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-39510836980556582242017-08-09T17:20:00.001-07:002017-08-09T17:22:12.705-07:00C2017: Día 8Today was a day that tested my newfound Dominicatude to the limit as there was so much going on at camp and so many problems to solve at the same time. First and foremost, the Honorable Guadalupe Valdez, who worked with the students at Congress yesterday was coming to the camp to talk about a project she's working on called Zero Hunger which aims to eliminate hunger in the DR by the year 2030. She was supposed to come at 10:30 but we weren't sure how long her program was going to be. So, we decided to do one round of talleres and then see what happens. <div><br></div><div>In the meantime there was a problem with the science taller. Camila and Charlie didn't have time to plan last night because of the going away party for Richard and they didn't know what the students had done with us in science since they had missed the previous day due to the Congress visit. They decided to work with the electricity projects we had brought with us but needed time to figure it all out. Hmmm. What to do? No worries. We just combined four groups into the art talleres. </div><div><br></div><div>Then, the honorable Guadalupe Valdez arrived on time!!! And told us that she had a program that would last an hour and a half and wanted a room where all the campers could fit with a projector because she had a short movie to show. Hmmm. Patience. Flexibility. Well, there isn't a room at the school that fits 115 students. But, lo and behold, the school had a computer lab with a projector and air conditioning. All these years, and I never knew that. Did I mention that the room had air conditioning?</div><div><br></div><div>So, we shuffled some things around and had Guadalupe work with two groups at a time while the other groups rotated through their talleres. It actually all more or less worked out. By the way, as all this was going on we needed to get permission slips written, copied, and distributed for the movie tomorrow and then get all the students' names checked for spelling for the certificates that we will be giving them on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know. I don't think I described the chaos of the day well enough. But We, and I in particular remained calm and flexible the entire time as plans changed on the fly. So, there's that.</div><div>Then, on the way home, we find out that Kennel, Tanya's nephew is having a wedding celebration tonight. So, I better go get,showered up as the party starts in 15 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgO98VUhf3wtMuZyzLSa9tLpIKnkRIbcalbGmTtXza3yt91FW454h6Phpln8X0p34sxg5z6ZhAH6zGwKvOcu7BtdYfcc_2Zfw58srhaQfqt935r6YIMulFij7AbDAcUYELk5ckWpZpSg/s640/blogger-image--2047512639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgO98VUhf3wtMuZyzLSa9tLpIKnkRIbcalbGmTtXza3yt91FW454h6Phpln8X0p34sxg5z6ZhAH6zGwKvOcu7BtdYfcc_2Zfw58srhaQfqt935r6YIMulFij7AbDAcUYELk5ckWpZpSg/s640/blogger-image--2047512639.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Honorable Guadalupe Valdez with the campers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshFUXMFAKKCQQKnK8GSg1h2jbc1Lr6WoIw9L_tsujQ92c3HbwVNQMyCf2WITzL20nT_3HJyAi-Mz4yoGC2mm0upaXqfqnZHTMhkdWezzk-8JgvU0hwpNbAS1td9DrEXsIU0l2XZOGYEg/s640/blogger-image--704405588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshFUXMFAKKCQQKnK8GSg1h2jbc1Lr6WoIw9L_tsujQ92c3HbwVNQMyCf2WITzL20nT_3HJyAi-Mz4yoGC2mm0upaXqfqnZHTMhkdWezzk-8JgvU0hwpNbAS1td9DrEXsIU0l2XZOGYEg/s640/blogger-image--704405588.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Evan, pitching in to help the science taller with a solar powered spin art project</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3vCb5W4hmLR4Ir_lpiI4gI1d8lCbwuMSl-pX8k0rq3bMpBq7Y6rUSBOKZkp9rydWLlEZHk0i4TMR_piqhT9n9I5HqUowTfYIrH0IpUczaSVdiEdCXd28q6Gyxe_faQlndptyLPVFQes/s640/blogger-image--1864157242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3vCb5W4hmLR4Ir_lpiI4gI1d8lCbwuMSl-pX8k0rq3bMpBq7Y6rUSBOKZkp9rydWLlEZHk0i4TMR_piqhT9n9I5HqUowTfYIrH0IpUczaSVdiEdCXd28q6Gyxe_faQlndptyLPVFQes/s640/blogger-image--1864157242.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Students working on their Zero Hunger posters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zIDrQNafVfKTCt1FrbhA5vV3Iulwm8L2utyQTq84Imelo6Elq-0LVxN0Z-Dpx2uAW0cOuuD4-MUu4iE6haPylU5NumXuV8juSlFDnWuaS9IsUve9uIAk7rpu_MY3WuylmzbjRKz1pCk/s640/blogger-image--119346294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zIDrQNafVfKTCt1FrbhA5vV3Iulwm8L2utyQTq84Imelo6Elq-0LVxN0Z-Dpx2uAW0cOuuD4-MUu4iE6haPylU5NumXuV8juSlFDnWuaS9IsUve9uIAk7rpu_MY3WuylmzbjRKz1pCk/s640/blogger-image--119346294.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Charlie, showing the students the radio he made.</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-49290552340190797492017-08-08T10:09:00.001-07:002017-08-08T15:06:09.979-07:00C2017: Día 7<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Today the American teen leaders went on a field trip to the capital with some of the Dominican teen leaders and the oldest class of campers to see the Dominican Congress. Guadalupe Valdez, a former member of the Dominican congress, talked to them about what the Dominican congress does and how it is structured. This was a great opportunity for the American teen leaders to learn more about the Dominican government and how it is different from the American government. It was also a great opportunity for the campers to learn more about how their government works. La Señora Valdez has given a tremendous amount of support to the camp these past two years. Apparently, she appreciates what we are doing here because she told the campers that they should have a campamento las margaritas in every district in the country. Wow! </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g4E6-yUTCpMEEmEj-qjGRgNCri0n029Vtovz8EW7dbob_HumPCKLT6I5Ya4-cHafs8YanbJUb8yGkATg7vwwQvJTvYliERky02I5onbOP0NZIHsAJBPt45-U8boLPU6TLOux0z_exoU/s640/blogger-image-1849671850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g4E6-yUTCpMEEmEj-qjGRgNCri0n029Vtovz8EW7dbob_HumPCKLT6I5Ya4-cHafs8YanbJUb8yGkATg7vwwQvJTvYliERky02I5onbOP0NZIHsAJBPt45-U8boLPU6TLOux0z_exoU/s640/blogger-image-1849671850.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Eric sits next to Guadalupe in the seat the president of the Dominican Republic sits in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRa6fB1xNxqi9EeBehHj7Bu1bR713KhVInbD_U-Iig5FqBiCfBMDWxlnKBtJpkheBcpYsVtxc3GWjThIR8yXsbWlCYrcBFkjPLqTYSSgFn9BClbuSW3DwIBjvXB-xtPgSuiNRri82Pk0/s640/blogger-image-447045332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRa6fB1xNxqi9EeBehHj7Bu1bR713KhVInbD_U-Iig5FqBiCfBMDWxlnKBtJpkheBcpYsVtxc3GWjThIR8yXsbWlCYrcBFkjPLqTYSSgFn9BClbuSW3DwIBjvXB-xtPgSuiNRri82Pk0/s640/blogger-image-447045332.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9_QLHB-TL4dYHvVMepZNF3sNMzcrSSMBwY2pkMDhGm7UOcbwfVFIWOXCdiBEHCvIx7UVehlZFpwwZDtG5bf3mu2kHaCEGC_WmyVWYKlx5PjJJyXs9yPflr7B7QxfOZKy-2sh_c0vlnk/s640/blogger-image-62989695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9_QLHB-TL4dYHvVMepZNF3sNMzcrSSMBwY2pkMDhGm7UOcbwfVFIWOXCdiBEHCvIx7UVehlZFpwwZDtG5bf3mu2kHaCEGC_WmyVWYKlx5PjJJyXs9yPflr7B7QxfOZKy-2sh_c0vlnk/s640/blogger-image-62989695.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meanwhile, back at camp, the teen leaders worked on some finishing touches at the playground.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XUl82XMQcyF2CBsu3544ZrasSmDectOmn-oNAAaI7CJi93yzzbqqzyAJKAKRxxTWZquEmSuPHsyJmbEO4WK4wlGbWVZ8OWeb29SkzU5OW3xzRv0YFB2J25bHxgM6HX_p2_Q6nWuXIAU/s640/blogger-image-338677379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XUl82XMQcyF2CBsu3544ZrasSmDectOmn-oNAAaI7CJi93yzzbqqzyAJKAKRxxTWZquEmSuPHsyJmbEO4WK4wlGbWVZ8OWeb29SkzU5OW3xzRv0YFB2J25bHxgM6HX_p2_Q6nWuXIAU/s640/blogger-image-338677379.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-13032252153214121952017-08-07T17:32:00.001-07:002017-08-07T17:32:43.593-07:00C2017: Día 6Well I'm pretty beat and not feeling super inspired to write. Just got back to the house after working on the playground for 5 hours. It's looking really good though. We're just about finished. A few final touches and then some major cleanup and that will be that. Today the preschool teacher came by and she was overjoyed with the work that we had done. She was also really helpful, giving us some ideas that we could work with. Like she suggested that we paint a couple of hopscotch games on the concrete floor and that we build a separate area for the sandbox rather than use the structure that we had built. So we took care of that this afternoon and Ervin came by and finished up some of the work that Oscar left for him to do and then did some major painting. Tanya told the kids that the paint was this strong Dominican paint that wasn't safe for them so she and I would take care of all the painting. But the real reason that she didn't want the kids to paint is that (shock of all shocks) they make a complete mess whenever they do any painting!!! And we have enough to clean up already. The flaw in her reasoning, though, is that I am not a particularly neat painter either and probably made just as much of a mess as they would have.<div><div><br></div><div>The major success was finally getting the tires cut in half for the palette car that we've been working on. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to cut tires. I tried the circular saw and then a hacksaw and then we even were able to borrow a jigsaw. Nothing worked. Finally, one of the workers from the school came over with a saw used to cut metal. And that worked, with considerable effort. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Hmm. I guess I was somewhat inspired to write after all. Though, is anyone (aside from Meg and Tanya) reading this? I could write some corny line like, "If Josh writes a blog and no one reads it, did it actually happen?" But that wouldn't make any sense so I won't. </div><div><br></div><div>Here are some pictures of the day:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5-EvgPczrrVZTrzN9u6HNNPesZYzqgZ7SZEmASXvpdWSEe-pAbo6gfZR1dYocW64YyQkcMEN3wXsAefSGSIWpe3ifCajojs0oQwKdrQBoXBTmikewSxlL9xSG3SATDnc2FyFwk0OFpA/s640/blogger-image-546426959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5-EvgPczrrVZTrzN9u6HNNPesZYzqgZ7SZEmASXvpdWSEe-pAbo6gfZR1dYocW64YyQkcMEN3wXsAefSGSIWpe3ifCajojs0oQwKdrQBoXBTmikewSxlL9xSG3SATDnc2FyFwk0OFpA/s640/blogger-image-546426959.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Making a dream catcher in art class</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEPxAaNcqfpiuku4kR3TXfJ8OUUEC0xVCJpcTFzWt1v5y7smLRIuQs9juofpaaMhbvcyNGh2q9Jr8QfahwRCKRWa7rAPDjUbQ63kkObzRLu9BWClzWiSP2Rd46-hoUzskwSYCD9RyQ_U/s640/blogger-image-764367188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEPxAaNcqfpiuku4kR3TXfJ8OUUEC0xVCJpcTFzWt1v5y7smLRIuQs9juofpaaMhbvcyNGh2q9Jr8QfahwRCKRWa7rAPDjUbQ63kkObzRLu9BWClzWiSP2Rd46-hoUzskwSYCD9RyQ_U/s640/blogger-image-764367188.jpg"></a></div> Desire, Thania, and Ginny demonstrating their artistic headgear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyjwhEYe8KwwLu4anaHXKlgSFMjByQ5ZyX2MFkOG0zt8PvXa8lCsyh2wRLm6Mwg8820qdiydou2xRSWOBEIIkgsiJ5tZOsTUTGWbU93bU_7cpuiLpQrCApNWNA1OILaRiNr4n4zhab7Y/s640/blogger-image-964367967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyjwhEYe8KwwLu4anaHXKlgSFMjByQ5ZyX2MFkOG0zt8PvXa8lCsyh2wRLm6Mwg8820qdiydou2xRSWOBEIIkgsiJ5tZOsTUTGWbU93bU_7cpuiLpQrCApNWNA1OILaRiNr4n4zhab7Y/s640/blogger-image-964367967.jpg"></a></div> Testing the strength of the Popsicle stick bridges in science class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi91TsmSbLpkVEK0o3CaK8b0R05TKG96bg8WYHfpL-Qj6Qvs5N1Eq_yEuNmbRsEfHg_M4YTBwbyM0PEBtv3_7KDIta-NTM5q1WX6NWcN2CkNrM3R73It-1jlVsGAmmWFnX3m3kK2Gv2Gk/s640/blogger-image-1393321127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi91TsmSbLpkVEK0o3CaK8b0R05TKG96bg8WYHfpL-Qj6Qvs5N1Eq_yEuNmbRsEfHg_M4YTBwbyM0PEBtv3_7KDIta-NTM5q1WX6NWcN2CkNrM3R73It-1jlVsGAmmWFnX3m3kK2Gv2Gk/s640/blogger-image-1393321127.jpg"></a></div> Emily playing clapping games with the campers in sports and games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrreV5wdsEMut0LGv68PumSz7m_eWT-2iI5hJlMyQPm7kLVT37pWEz9CjNY1yhbLgVTepLF_ENP6-GqPpnQj5kmr-AYSFtQsm5XcrRYKSpa8nSt_QeimSL6luImvK1vmqdKTxqDN5OjF0/s640/blogger-image-569687914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrreV5wdsEMut0LGv68PumSz7m_eWT-2iI5hJlMyQPm7kLVT37pWEz9CjNY1yhbLgVTepLF_ENP6-GqPpnQj5kmr-AYSFtQsm5XcrRYKSpa8nSt_QeimSL6luImvK1vmqdKTxqDN5OjF0/s640/blogger-image-569687914.jpg"></a></div> Eric, Charlie, Bailey, and Emily working on the sandbox</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiq9cRhFYH8NTuGqTve0reV8GsF1Mh2PaMz3ywARhrYyMdQVKeJafJsi0GY0S2PuNkIFHgX_QUBDq2WsPniOkd8YcVj-ojdvGX849n2CVLTM58AFVVOmqPWBFk7Zw24YJtMBNwnxQWWc/s640/blogger-image-1883937148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiq9cRhFYH8NTuGqTve0reV8GsF1Mh2PaMz3ywARhrYyMdQVKeJafJsi0GY0S2PuNkIFHgX_QUBDq2WsPniOkd8YcVj-ojdvGX849n2CVLTM58AFVVOmqPWBFk7Zw24YJtMBNwnxQWWc/s640/blogger-image-1883937148.jpg"></a></div> Filling the sandbox with sand(what else would you fill a sandbox with, you might ask.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> After this photo the sifter broke<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> and the leaders</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> had to pick out the rocks and glass by hand. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Notice the cut in half tires? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Hafg0SfAorbJ-gqFs4axR39X6C4UkcShpB7dvzvDxFUSH-QspKwr9v6r-R-8jJwEGeyLGGLGA_DXuNeAsYuQRlOO9uZLWEA2mK9EZhD4_eD8zbuYIByhd43hBdu2hOMcpxY2j-YIQjY/s640/blogger-image-41782169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mark your calendars. August 4, 2017 I, Joshua Paris - gringo extraordinaire, became more Dominican than my Dominican wife and her sisters. Here's how this transformation went down. You see, today we were expecting a visitor, Carolina Santana - a recent graduate of Harvard Law School who was born and raised here in the DR - to come speak to the campers about her experiences (more on that later). She was set to come at 10:30 so around 10 Tanya pulled Luli and me together to figure out how we would fit this visit into the schedule. I said, "Why don't we wait until she arrives and then figure it out." But Tanya and Luli wanted to figure it out so I didn't pursue my viewpoint that one needs to be flexible here, waiting to see what develops before making grand plans. So, 10:30 rolls around. No visitor. 10:45 passes us by. Still no visitor. At 11:00 Carolina arrives and we gather the students for her presentation. Ha! After all these years I finally have become fully Dominicanized! But, as you know, I've said that in the past only to revert to my gringoness at the next inconvenient moment. Furthermore, I won't spoil this momentous occasion by sharing my gringo reaction to the organizational structure at the Acquarium yesterday. <div><br></div><div>Anyway, here's the day in pictures:</div><div><br></div><div>Science: the students built Popsicle stick bridges whose strength we will test on Monday.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYZQ3GKUzUvEYP_q0sbQ5Z0b8eCPDU6nMHkNwtT8k0o-dwQ-vSq8o23sF3h5hLs-WxQpDoAL1JhIem9iWUehI-YdnT6DhVy-gLGj7ZNXqo88N_xLLS6oE2VRs7esbi7gglmxeEwYcl0c/s640/blogger-image--1050372893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYZQ3GKUzUvEYP_q0sbQ5Z0b8eCPDU6nMHkNwtT8k0o-dwQ-vSq8o23sF3h5hLs-WxQpDoAL1JhIem9iWUehI-YdnT6DhVy-gLGj7ZNXqo88N_xLLS6oE2VRs7esbi7gglmxeEwYcl0c/s640/blogger-image--1050372893.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEs9KkitbyfmcVHW2ntRX4kNsphik_DmcTCCGxiVSZZLTXynqYK7VrW4u-JfUSuumMiO4_guEvpgQx4b04uE04SDTRFzY__71_lKVRMdK3Yjr0iniZd_pbv1VHbrKrhheD-GKziaB3Pzs/s640/blogger-image-917019104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEs9KkitbyfmcVHW2ntRX4kNsphik_DmcTCCGxiVSZZLTXynqYK7VrW4u-JfUSuumMiO4_guEvpgQx4b04uE04SDTRFzY__71_lKVRMdK3Yjr0iniZd_pbv1VHbrKrhheD-GKziaB3Pzs/s640/blogger-image-917019104.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And in art the kids finished their Eric Carle pieces:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPaBnA2iEhHpfrNP3u0xFFPVvzs__2oZ_SAS9MTZWjtjn7A26_-P3x11mn1aj2FUVBi9xEAG5tP7ea6R59UvnDqadVlvinLFnUGh6udZCdKrwCg-wVuN4rbQXOFHQezbTt_SnSQWKvyo/s640/blogger-image--1882079344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPaBnA2iEhHpfrNP3u0xFFPVvzs__2oZ_SAS9MTZWjtjn7A26_-P3x11mn1aj2FUVBi9xEAG5tP7ea6R59UvnDqadVlvinLFnUGh6udZCdKrwCg-wVuN4rbQXOFHQezbTt_SnSQWKvyo/s640/blogger-image--1882079344.jpg"></a></span><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPaBnA2iEhHpfrNP3u0xFFPVvzs__2oZ_SAS9MTZWjtjn7A26_-P3x11mn1aj2FUVBi9xEAG5tP7ea6R59UvnDqadVlvinLFnUGh6udZCdKrwCg-wVuN4rbQXOFHQezbTt_SnSQWKvyo/s640/blogger-image--1882079344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29JWsn4hDHVnMu_8QbnFdbp3Ws8Z6gC09TzMuUpWTwp61V2cCHvCmXEvP9HJS5slaxWgBSEEkjIqWYsgmifXy_Ia3I6NtyyKUXpk4zSYeq_lciTFtY1pLQiekMpOKzGh-vBglykjffsw/s640/blogger-image-1963278604.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;">And in deportes they played dodgeball:</div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rtWgBI8GaSR7_gfGNhnVDBInTzoXPULd4EfDEIqKi8UmMSm_SKG-lXzu7aGIxbVJuJg4ygl63kuQDYxvDrCEbVXOdWqEzRzMrU_sEqx99ezCU-JpONZajMSmzZPWzd4x9msa8I4lBRA/s640/blogger-image-975308938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rtWgBI8GaSR7_gfGNhnVDBInTzoXPULd4EfDEIqKi8UmMSm_SKG-lXzu7aGIxbVJuJg4ygl63kuQDYxvDrCEbVXOdWqEzRzMrU_sEqx99ezCU-JpONZajMSmzZPWzd4x9msa8I4lBRA/s640/blogger-image-975308938.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><br></div>And now it's back to the playground. It is Oscar's last day here. So I hope we can get a lot done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617150030221786012.post-41990276127089955082017-08-03T14:05:00.001-07:002017-08-03T14:05:15.881-07:00C2017: Día 4Great, great day! We took the entire camp to The National Acquarium. 108 students, 25 teen leaders, and 8 teachers. My expectations were pretty low as far as acquariums go as we come from a city with one of the best acquariums in the world and I think I'm an Acquarium snob. But I was pleasantly surprised as there was lots to see. And the best part, as always, is seeing how excited all the campers are just to go on a field trip, any field trip. I think they had as much fun eating their lunch in the park next to the aquarium and playing in the playground as they did seeing the sea life. One thing to remember for next year:<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Leave earlier! We forget that it takes at least 30 minutes to load (and then get an accurate account of) so many campers into 5 buses. And It took 30 minutes to get into the museum once we arrived. I don't think they're used to such big groups. 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I thought that we wouldn't be as tired as in the past since we're not teaching all day but that doesn't seem to be the case what with us running around looking for this, settling that dispute, and supporting the teen leaders in their teaching. Won't bore you wth the details even though I guess I already did a bit. Of greater import and interest is what the leaders did in the talleres today.<div><br></div><div>Science: They continued there work in chemistry by "exploding" plastic canisters using alka seltzer. Then they transitioned to the material sciences and made slime.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4CHhAq8ZY90Tg41gwCU16fMj71T5_jY3ntqPc2g5bh2GDEh8mBpxStD36_bXIMf_H7qkYImsSIU0U-TmNpPuo5cPFP4GjrYFfCxx_5MDkt4FF9mjuLis59CG8963K-L8LCfl3mn0Pg4o/s640/blogger-image--1375220448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4CHhAq8ZY90Tg41gwCU16fMj71T5_jY3ntqPc2g5bh2GDEh8mBpxStD36_bXIMf_H7qkYImsSIU0U-TmNpPuo5cPFP4GjrYFfCxx_5MDkt4FF9mjuLis59CG8963K-L8LCfl3mn0Pg4o/s640/blogger-image--1375220448.jpg"></a></span><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4CHhAq8ZY90Tg41gwCU16fMj71T5_jY3ntqPc2g5bh2GDEh8mBpxStD36_bXIMf_H7qkYImsSIU0U-TmNpPuo5cPFP4GjrYFfCxx_5MDkt4FF9mjuLis59CG8963K-L8LCfl3mn0Pg4o/s640/blogger-image--1375220448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjAowe-7PHtY7n-OsB7hcM3cUkM3V7w5985PpCgyiHKGGzHWcQGb_A-_naIEbDiZ-sWz8BaJhP_vfwNfQKlyEeZRyiaRC54UjJTCpjhiPXJMOlT0WHtlv0gc4csaTW0i9FYrGVAhPlow/s640/blogger-image-1340058145.jpg"></a></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4CHhAq8ZY90Tg41gwCU16fMj71T5_jY3ntqPc2g5bh2GDEh8mBpxStD36_bXIMf_H7qkYImsSIU0U-TmNpPuo5cPFP4GjrYFfCxx_5MDkt4FF9mjuLis59CG8963K-L8LCfl3mn0Pg4o/s640/blogger-image--1375220448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br></a></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4CHhAq8ZY90Tg41gwCU16fMj71T5_jY3ntqPc2g5bh2GDEh8mBpxStD36_bXIMf_H7qkYImsSIU0U-TmNpPuo5cPFP4GjrYFfCxx_5MDkt4FF9mjuLis59CG8963K-L8LCfl3mn0Pg4o/s640/blogger-image--1375220448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBO1vnQ2g2WQYcR0gJkeKNUr-FjWAmJpcSK4syLHjJVHGpQvcH1H9U0s5UOePJX4aFa2wi0_pHHYPEZaC7DtQoF08uIFtU1gMY0yg6A3uscBjbq_mx_hyphenhyphenBCCd7o8IIGtvm7ngPofGjQ00/s640/blogger-image-1220194707.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;">And in art the started a two day activity making a work of art in the style of Eric Carle. So today they painted a design on tissue paper. And you'll have to wait to hear about the second part until they do it. As a hint I can tell you that it has something to do with scissors.</div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27rqF5tXNPZn-zYOMGkgPsHl3DXg_sxxxTVrldWCoN7oLDhTlij3HGBL_0l7-7VwHcY8qswYwli_uGOJ46mAfrYMZqrheUN6pc44Fj_PASNHTE0GZTwD_Pz9FivWOTybpG5JE2qEqCOY/s640/blogger-image-510410578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27rqF5tXNPZn-zYOMGkgPsHl3DXg_sxxxTVrldWCoN7oLDhTlij3HGBL_0l7-7VwHcY8qswYwli_uGOJ46mAfrYMZqrheUN6pc44Fj_PASNHTE0GZTwD_Pz9FivWOTybpG5JE2qEqCOY/s640/blogger-image-510410578.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx_SDFlRNitRfiJvWoGouKK7EiAyE-CPBLejCyAR8AeItdjOqPsNWogyN0FuZ-uGAjnZVEogMPjywHljtoOuLvfFj2itgTzhb9rSnAsMbYa5NCfeO1lynmTx-tpWZP2jJwlyLRWykKXc/s640/blogger-image-1266006485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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After la comida we took all the teen leaders, gringos and locals, into la capital to go roller skating. The kids were super excited. Then, after a very loud hour bus ride (I am now officially burnt out on "despacito") we arrived at Rollers to find out that there was a skating lesson taking place and it was closed to the public until 5. Well, as my loyal followers should know by now, one must always have a plan B here. Which we fortunately did. We got back on the bus and went to a mall not to far away for pizza and a movie. But not just a regular movie. We saw the new Transformers movie in 4D! This meant that while we were wearing our 3D glasses the seats moved with the action and they sprayed us with air or water as the plot indicated. In general I find all that more distracting than entertaining (I can barely handle 2D after all) but the kids had a blast. And, since the movie was really bad ( if they're going to make a summer blockbuster technology filled movie the least they could do is have the plot make sense and write some good dialogue. Is that too much to ask?) all the 4D antics provided much needed distractions.</div><div><br></div><div>On a side note, at Rollers the students in the class were all decked out in traditional figure skating outfits complete with flesh colored tights that went over their skates even though the didn't really match the actual color of their flesh. And they were practicing axles, flips and toe loops(that's right I know some figure skating terminology. What of it?) The question I have is what exactly they were training for?</div><div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0