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Thanks to Aunt Susy for the card this week! I don't have much to report on this week- just another long week of trainings. On Monday my CMs learned about a program called safe spaces through the Save the Children Foundation. Safe spaces is about creating a safe environment for children in disaster shelters to bring some normalcy to their lives and give their parents a chance to get what they need to get some things done. I really liked this training and hope that I get a chance to use it this year. In the afternoon my team split up and went to trainings on their specialty roles. Within each team every individual has specialty roles. There are five national roles: "vehicle, safety, tools,"-handles safety conserns and manages our 15p and tools for spike "Project Outreach Liason,"-searches out and fosters relationships with possible new sponsors "Service learning initiator,"-ensures the team is fully emersed in service learning relating to the project we are on and leads reflections, "Media rep,"- writes press releases and keeps the local media informed on what our team is doing, and "CAPper (Corps Ambassador Program)"- plan and execute recruitment activities. While my CMs were in specialty roles training I spent some MUCH NEEDED time catching up on paperwork and organization. On Tuesday we did an entire day of disaster training. I don't think anyone got much from this training. It was long and boring and everyone was fighting to stay awake. The fact that Vicksburg is so small is having a big effect on the quality of the outside trainers we are entering into contact with. I hope that next year many of these hang-ups can be rectified. Wednesday we were supposed to go off site for service projects, but the plans fell through so we worked on our campus. Some people did some serious trail clearing around our woods and the majority of my team spent the day painting inside. They did a great job and had a blast doing it!
Thursday was really fun! We had three hours of free team time in the morning. We decided to all cook breakfast together and had a delicious feast! After breakfast we worked on life maps. I did one-on-ones with everyone on my team throughout the morning. In the afternoon we had time with our units for three hours. Thursday was a really good day.
Friday we were supposed to go to the military park to do trail clearing and invasive species removal but the weather did not permit, so we did project prep and more trainings all day. Friday night I had the absolute worst CPR and First Aid training I have ever experienced. After their training we took all the CMs to another room and debriefed them on everything that was improperly taught.
Saturday a group of TLs went to Crystal Springs to do some camping. We hiked, swam, and ate delicious food around our great camp fire.
This coming week is a lot of project prep. Induction is next Tuesday, so this week we will be doing project briefings and clearance meeting with staff. Our first spike is getting so close!
Thanks to Aunt Susy for the card this week! I don't have much to report on this week- just another long week of trainings. On Monday my CMs learned about a program called safe spaces through the Save the Children Foundation. Safe spaces is about creating a safe environment for children in disaster shelters to bring some normalcy to their lives and give their parents a chance to get what they need to get some things done. I really liked this training and hope that I get a chance to use it this year. In the afternoon my team split up and went to trainings on their specialty roles. Within each team every individual has specialty roles. There are five national roles: "vehicle, safety, tools,"-handles safety conserns and manages our 15p and tools for spike "Project Outreach Liason,"-searches out and fosters relationships with possible new sponsors "Service learning initiator,"-ensures the team is fully emersed in service learning relating to the project we are on and leads reflections, "Media rep,"- writes press releases and keeps the local media informed on what our team is doing, and "CAPper (Corps Ambassador Program)"- plan and execute recruitment activities. While my CMs were in specialty roles training I spent some MUCH NEEDED time catching up on paperwork and organization. On Tuesday we did an entire day of disaster training. I don't think anyone got much from this training. It was long and boring and everyone was fighting to stay awake. The fact that Vicksburg is so small is having a big effect on the quality of the outside trainers we are entering into contact with. I hope that next year many of these hang-ups can be rectified. Wednesday we were supposed to go off site for service projects, but the plans fell through so we worked on our campus. Some people did some serious trail clearing around our woods and the majority of my team spent the day painting inside. They did a great job and had a blast doing it!
Thursday was really fun! We had three hours of free team time in the morning. We decided to all cook breakfast together and had a delicious feast! After breakfast we worked on life maps. I did one-on-ones with everyone on my team throughout the morning. In the afternoon we had time with our units for three hours. Thursday was a really good day.
Friday we were supposed to go to the military park to do trail clearing and invasive species removal but the weather did not permit, so we did project prep and more trainings all day. Friday night I had the absolute worst CPR and First Aid training I have ever experienced. After their training we took all the CMs to another room and debriefed them on everything that was improperly taught.
Saturday a group of TLs went to Crystal Springs to do some camping. We hiked, swam, and ate delicious food around our great camp fire.
This coming week is a lot of project prep. Induction is next Tuesday, so this week we will be doing project briefings and clearance meeting with staff. Our first spike is getting so close!
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