A view of the front of the club building, there is a small park to to the right, a large, often goose filled playing field behind the camera, and a conveniently located, reasonably priced movie theater next door on the left.
My sleeping space in the Education Room. Each morning the team packs up their bedding and sleeping pads and hides them away in our closet as they cannot be out during club hours. We were originally supposed to be sleeping on cots but it was too much of a pain to set them up and take them down everyday so we've settled for sleeping pads on the floor. However, developing back and hip aches are inspiring a reconsideration of the cots... so stay tuned to see how this intriguing situation turns out!
Ah, yes, the lovely closet space that the whole team stores alllllll of our belongings in!
Anyway, that's the club for you, here's some info on the project. We started our work with various United Way non-profits in the area last week. I'm working at the Echo Food Bank with Dani every morning for 3 hours sorting through the many boxes of food donations.
I enjoy spending the morning there, we are mostly just working by ourselves right now so we listen to our iPods and get lost in organization zone and think about all this food we could be eating if we weren't on an Americorps budget...
I have to tell you guys that Idaho potatoes are ALL OVER the place in there and I have a strange pride about it... It's a helpful reminder that the place still exists, home sweet home!
Since we've started our individual morning jobs, our schedules have gotten much more consistent and I feel like things are starting to come together lifestyle wise. Dani and I have a large break in the middle of the day in between the food bank and when the kids arrive at the club so I've been able to use that time to get outside and run and explore a bit! The exercise and the familiarity with the area that I'm developing has helped my attitude and moral for the project and I'm much more excited to be working in this community.
Life at the club with the kids is getting more fun as well. We're all getting more familiar with individuals and the staff. It's cool to have kids look forward to seeing you everyday!
It turns out I won't be doing darkroom photography here, so that was kind of a bummer, but I'm still going to be doing photography lessons with digital cameras. The club has a book with a full curriculum for varying levels of photography so I'm using that for ideas and activities. I'm excited to do my first lesson using cameras tomorrow!
Water 2 is also helping to organize and initiate a recycling program here at the club. Farmington has only recently developed residential recycling but a lot of the kids seem to be very aware of it already so it's very exciting! The Club has purchased several containers that we will be decorating with drawings from the kids inspired by the concept of recycling and going green. We had the kids do the drawings today so hopefully we'll be able to get the bins decorated and in use very soon!
Finally, basketball season is officially upon us here at the club! My 2nd and 3rd grade co-ed team, the Dragon Force, had their first game tonight and I think we're off to a good start. The kids have so much energy and enthusiasm for the game, or life or something, and it's wonderful! I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to coach and hopefully show them how fun basketball can be!
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