Debrief of the 2013 Lexington Strong Camp

By Amahlia Lena, 2013 Lexington Strong Camp Program Leader

Originally posted on July 11th, 2013

Full Circles Foundation Lexington began our debrief session on Monday July 8 with a successful program leader meeting. At this meeting we discussed our hopes for next year, which focus on expanding and improving Strong Camp. One aspect that we hope to change for next year is to tighten up the camper enrollment process, which was not as timely and organized as it could have been.

On our second day of debrief, the whole team gathered; this meeting included all three program leaders, our two summer fellows, and two of our volunteers. We went through and discussed each aspect of this year’s camp agenda, and commented on what we thought went well or what didn’t go so well for each activity.

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Wildly successful fundraiser in the Twin Cities

“The work tells me why I’m doing it.”

That’s how Francisco, one of the participants in the Twin Cities Summer of Solutions, started his speech at our fundraising dinner last night.

This event truly struck me as everything a fundraiser should be. Let me tell you how in pictures! Continue reading