12/8/2016 0 Comments Final ExhibitionThe first group arrived at the fair at about 11, and set up our booth. In our booth, we displayed our writing pieces, pictures, and posters. While there, Vania, Michael, Claudia, and Anakarimhe talked to people about the project and what we did in the community. Javi, Naja, Valdemar, Azzael, and I arrived in the second group around 4. We brought our 'Next Steps' poster. When we got to the booth, we saw that the checkerboard wasn't out, so we put it out for the kids to play with. They loved it! They immediately dropped the jenga pieces, and ran over, asking us to teach them how to play. They even wanted us to play other games with them, like tag.
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12/6/2016 0 Comments Day Before ExhibitionWe finally finished painting the giant 7x7 checker board, and Naja came up with the brilliant idea to crochet the checker pieces out of yarn. All we have to finish by tomorrow is crocheting the pieces and laminating our writing pieces. Both of these things take a while because sometimes the printer gets jammed, and the laminating process takes a while since there are so many writing pieces.
12/2/2016 0 Comments Checker BoardToday we are finishing our finishing our giant checker board to bring to the fair for the kids' hour. We cut it before we went on Thanksgiving break, but now we are painting it. It takes a while since it is so big, and we still have to figure out what we are going to use as pieces. We are thinking of using the pieces cut off from the bottoms of christmas trees, and painting them.
12/1/2016 0 Comments Exhibition PrepThis week we are preparing for our final presentation that will take place next week at the fair. We will be presenting everything we have done for this project to the people attending the fair. We will be bringing our writing pieces, photos, and evidence to prove that we have made a difference in the community. To get the writing pieces ready, we have to edit them, laminate them, and put them in a booklet. We have finished most of them, except for one. We have also created a QR code, and begun to craft a schedule for the event.
11/14/2016 0 Comments Kids' HourToday Naja and Valdemar brainstormed a list of activities for the YMCA kids during the kids' hour. They had to take wind and the fact that kids like throwing things into consideration. They came up with some arts and crafts that could be done outside, like playing with play dough or painting plates. They came up with games the kids could play like mancala or giant jenga. There's also competitions based on the holidays like a ginger bread house making competition.
11/10/2016 0 Comments Shade that is not PermanentToday we solved (we hope) the shade issue. By putting PVC pipe in a bucket of liquid concrete while it drys, it will make the PVC stand up straight. If we put buckets of liquid concrete with PVC pipe stuck inside on the corners of the fair, then attached a tarp or canvas to the top of the PVC pipes, there would be shade over the seating area.
11/9/2016 0 Comments Meeting with MaritzaToday we had a meeting with Ms. Maritza, and we talked about the ideas we had come up with, as well as some plans she had. We were able to clear up some confusion on the surveys we had conducted, but we also learned that we need to restructure a question or two in order to get the proper information she was looking for. For the mural, the kids won't be painting tiles, but a freestanding wall that will be painted over every week by local artists or taggers. She also thought our idea to get the YMCA involved was great, but she thinks before contacting them, we should have a plan of how we want that time with the children to go. Maritza thought getting games, balls, and arts and crafts for the kids was also good, but she said they would have to be kid proof and wind proof. There is also the issue of shade over the seating area of the fair space. Maritza told us people keep expressing a need for shade, but the problem is, they can't make anything permanent in the lot space. She asked us to think about a way to make shade, but not making it permanent. The last thing we discussed was healthy eating. The community wants more healthy eating, especially for kids, so she wanted us to look into getting healthy vendors and ingredients for vendors that we could introduce to the fair space.
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