Worcester Refugee Assistance Project

What a great Saturday with the youth today! We had 15 youth to play badminton  and we had quite a few UMass students helping with a nutrition trivia game about fast food. 

I also want to take this opportunity to share that thanks to some incoming funding from generous donors at UMass and in the Worcester Public Schools, we are able to sustain our youth program. As a result, Courtney Temple has agreed to be our new Youth Program Coordinator for WRAP! She is copied here, so please feel free to use her as a resource if you are interested in getting more involved with the youth program.

Upcoming events to be aware of (and they should be on the google calendar as well!):
3/29/14: American football led by Dave
4/5/14: Yogathon sponsored by Ivy Child International at Boys and Girls Club
4/12/14: Art workshop led by Dani
4/19/14: Nutrition Bowl and volleyball
4/26/14: Wall climbing at the Central Rock Gym 
5/4/14: EPIC indoor soccer tournament

Please let us know if you are able to help out on any of these days! We need drivers especially on 4/5/14 to bring kids to and from the Yogathon.

Another great week with the WRAP youth this week! Jen led an awesome session on vitamins and we played a friendly game of volleyball. We presented WalMart gift cards to seven of the youth for their recent achievement on the Honor Roll in the Worcester Public Schools. We began soccer practice for the U18 boys to participate in the EPIC soccer tournament at Elm Park School.

Upcoming events to be aware of (and they should be on the google calendar as well!):
3/22/14: Badminton and nutrition activity to be led by the Global Health Program at UMass
3/29/14: ? flag football, ? basketball
4/5/14: Yogathon sponsored by Ivy Child International
4/12/14: Art workshop led by Dani
4/19/14: TBD
4/26/14: Wall climbing at the Central Rock Gym 

Please let us know if you are able to help out on any of these days! We need drivers especially on 4/5/14 to bring kids to and from the Yogathon to be held at the Boys and Girls Club.

We had another great Saturday youth group with a cool school nutrition jeopardy game led by Mark and soccer games led by Valerie and Paul. The red and purple teams beat the green and blue teams and then the volunteers beat the youth in a healthy adult-teen rivalry :) 

We also started an exchange with UMass medical students from the Global Health Program. We hope to continue and expand this exchange in the weeks to come. Thanks to everyone who made this day happen!

Here are the upcoming events/dates that you will find on the google calendar:

3/8/14 Worcester Sharks game at 7pm -- we need drivers!

3/9/14 Celtic 5K fundraiser at 11am -- sign up and/or give rides!

3/15/14 Vitamins and volleyball

3/22/14 Badminton and nutrition -- need someone to lead the nutrition activity

3/29/14 Boys and Girls Club field trip

4/5/14 Yogathon at FlowForms Yoga

4/12/14 Art workshop

4/19/14 TBD 

4/26/14 TBD