Inclusive Playground Embarks on Second Year
Coordinators are seeking college-age volunteers to make the program a success.
About 75 children will report to Klode Park Monday for the first of two terms of Inclusive Playground, a thrice-weekly day camp offered through the Whitefish Bay Recreation and Community Education Department for youths with and without differences. The goal of the sessions, which run concurrently and conclude on August 10th, is to promote social interaction in a fun and entertaining setting. Unlike last summer, however, this year’s Inclusive Playground is poised to occur with fewer Inclusion Facilitators – the prospect of which concerns one of the parents who partnered with the Rec Department to launch the 2010 pilot program. “Last year we had three or four college students, who did great jobs as Inclusion Facilitators working with …
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Terri Hart-Ellis
4:43 pm on Thursday, July 7, 2011
Thanks, ike. We did focus on education, PT and OT departments in hitting up all the local colleges and universities earlier this year, but psych is another to add to our list - thank you. I think any outgoing young adult or adult with genuine interest and faith in kids could do a solid job making the most out of social opportunities at playground. We got such great feedback from our volunteers … more ›