Bosho, everyone! This is a post from Rachel Fix, the contact person for Hannahville Youth Services and their involvement in the "100 Hours of Hope" campaign. I know I've been a bit lax in getting something up here, but we've been busy!
The photos above show some of our youth working on the Martin Luther King, Jr. mural we completed in January, at the very start of this campaign. Rebecca Spreitzer, Youth Work Coordinator, and local artist April South-Olson worked with a group of about a dozen youth over two days to create this mural in our Youth Center. The kids really took pride in being a part of this, and many expressed interest in being a part of more events like this one.
Our second project involved some pampering, too: the Youth Services department and our 21st Century Community Learning Centers program held our 2nd Annual Girls' Night In for females of all ages on the rez. A special prize was given to the person bringing in the most items to be donated to our local food pantry (congrats to Sophie Manitowabi!). Part of the night included the usual suspects for an "all girls" party- manicures, make up, hair, romantic movies- but also some purely fun stuff, like a cupcake decorating contest and movie trivia.
Okay, so enough about the fun, one important thing we learned at this event (via survey results) is that 87% of the adults surveyed and 93% of the youth surveyed said they liked the idea of helping others in the Community through things like the canned food drive. Wow! This gives us energy to plan more events where there is a Service Learning components.
Another on-going program here at the Hannahville Indian School/Nah Tah Washs PSA is our partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters and our mentoring program with Margie Gregoire's 4th grade class. We may only meet for an hour each week, but both kids and adults alike look forward to our meetings.
Lastly, congratulations to Cheryl Sagataw (one of our Tribal youth) for successfully logging in her first 20 hours! Cheryl has volunteered her time to the MLK mural project, Elder's Bingo, and Youth Services' Family Recreation Night. Woo hoo!
As for me, I'm almost there: BBBS mentoring each week (7 hours so far this year), and an additional 4 hours at Escanaba Area High School's Solo & Ensemble Band competition on February 7th. Only 9 more hours until I get that yellow shirt!
So that's all from the Rez this time around. Check back for more news soon, and keep logging those hours!
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