TTCC Day 6- Symposium Work

We spent our final day working on posters for the symposium!  We reviewed our two competencies; developing empathy for others, and positively collaborating with group members.

On posters, each member of our group wrote a journal entry about what empathy or collaboration means to him/her and what more they learned about it from our experiences this week!  Some members of the group had some really cool things and experiences to share!

The group works diligently on their posters!

Overall, it was a great week together and we felt good about giving back to our local community!

TTCC Day 5- Final Day at the TTCC

This morning we started off with another group breakfast.  Then we watched a movie together after a week of hard work. In the afternoon we went to TTCC and played with the kids.  The activities included bingo, game room games, gaga, dodgeball and free play. 

We helped set up their inflatable gaga pit and then played gaga with the kids. 

Some of us went downstairs and played bingo while others hung out in the game room. 

After cleaning up gaga, an intense game of dodgeball started. We also took a nice group photo with the kids and gave them each a cookie that we made on Thursday. 

We had a great week working with the kids and staff at the TTCC. We hope NHS continues to work with them!

Huge group of kids on Friday anxiously await the next game while enjoying a cookie!

David hanging with a buddy!

Gaga ball is so fun!  Alex used his goalie skills to stay in the ring for a while!

Molly is all smiles as we hand out our cookies to the kids!

Awesome group photo to end the week!

TTCC Day 4- Faculty Children Activities and Baking Cookies

Thursday was an awesome day for our group.  After planning and getting set up all afternoon on Wednesday, the group was excited to run the activities for the faculty children.  We had a HUGE turnout in the morning, with over 20 faculty kids in the upper gym ready to play!

We began by playing musical carpets, a very inclusive game, and then transitioned into either gym games or arts and crafts.  Gym games were kickball, dodgeball, and elimination.  Crafts included miss you cards, friendship bracelets and coloring.

We had so much fun playing with the faculty kids and they all had smiles on their faces throughout the morning!

Luke and Zola work on some coloring!

Molly and Ms. Shackett held down a fun filled crafts table!  Look at all the smiles!

This kickball team was a force to be reckoned with, led by Coach Visor.  Juniper said they took home the win by a score of 1000 to 7!

1... 2... 3... Dodgeball!

In the afternoon, we went to Hannaford to purchase ingredients to make cookies for the kids at the TTCC.  We cooked all afternoon and had fun doing it.  Overall, we made over 100 cookies.  We are very excited to bring the cookies to the TTCC on Friday for an end of the week celebration with the kids!

The girls killed it in the kitchen all afternoon!

Our final day at the TTCC will be tomorrow and after a long week it will be a bittersweet ending!

TTCC Day 3- Newest addition to the TTCC and Planning for Faculty Kids

We ventured over to the TTCC once again on Wednesday morning for more help.  The tasks for the day included organizing a crafts closet while also helping deliver a new air hockey table to the TTCC and we added it to the gym floor.

We were very happy to help, and can't wait to see how excited the children will be for their newest toy!

The boys went to Hill, NH to move the donated air hockey table.

Almost finished product at the TTCC.

MCC is so funny!!

Alex and Jameson give a test run to the table!

In the afternoon, we planned for a day of games and crafts with faculty children for Thursday morning.  The students ran the planning and did a great job communicating and setting up the various activities for the day.  We are very excited to see how it turns out tomorrow!

Lesson planning at its finest!

TTCC- Day 2- Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive, and Dodge!

Another great day at the TTCC for our group.  The morning began with finishing the Easter Eggs in preparation for the TTCC Easter Egg Hunt.  We stuffed them with all sorts of candy and can't wait to hear about how much joy it brings the kids!

The whole group gets involved in Egg madness!

After that, we took our hands upstairs to clean out the game room.  Multiple tables, shelves, chairs, and toys were cleaned up and the room smelled brand new by the end!

Jameson is committed to making sure the chairs get a deep clean!

In the afternoon, we returned again for the after school program.  Plenty more dodgeball was played, but also some sidewalk chalk, homework, and four square.  Mr. Ladd even got shown up by a few kids in a coloring contest!

Andrew schools MCC and Zola in a Flossin' contest!

Molly has some girl-time playing hop-scotch with a friend!

Four square is a hit at the TTCC.  Ms. Shackett even stepped in, boy was she rusty!

Andrew and TJ taking a break.  Andrew is the man!

At the end of the day, it was hard for us to leave after so much fun!  We will see what the snow brings us, but we plan on heading back to the TTCC tomorrow for more.

A successful (and fun) first day at the TTCC!

The group took off to the TTCC early Monday morning to see what the staff had in store for the day.  After some introductions to their managers, we got our hands dirty right away, helping organize their holiday costumes and decorations closet.

Molly, Syd, and David are all smiles helping out!

Jalen getting in the mood dressing up in the costumes!

After finishing the closet, the group spent some time wiping down tables and chairs that are used for various functions at the TTCC.  There was a lot of work to be done, as these items had not been cleaned for a while.

To finish the morning, the group stuffed hundreds of Easter Eggs with candy in preparation for the TTCC Easter Egg hunt coming up.  It was fun talking about how excited the kids will be when they are cracking the eggs open!

The whole group stuffing eggs for Easter!

After a lunch break back on campus, we returned to the TTCC for some fun in the afternoon with the after school program.  The day started with some dodgeball, but basketball, four square, musical chairs and tag were all played as well.  Some of the kids had some big arms and knocked our group out easily!  It was enjoyable seeing the kids exercising and having fun after school, and we hopped in on everything we could.

Girls having fun playing four square with the kids!

Jameson searching out his next target in dodgeball.

Molly and Syd killing it in their dance lesson from the kids!

More to come tomorrow!

TTCC Community Service

The TTCC Group is excited to work with the local community and "get our hands dirty".  We will be out in the morning working on local cleaning/repairs and in the afternoon assisting the after school program at the Tapley-Thompson Community Center.

We have outlined a few goals to accomplish for the week.  Our competencies we would like to achieve are:

1. Students will communicate through working collaboratively on projects and with local youth.

2. Students will develop empathy by gaining perspective on local challenges.

We believe our experiences this week will help us improve our skills in this area.

Stay tuned for more as we enter into project week on Monday March 5!