19 November 2008

Summer 2008

In Summer 2008 we sent one child to a summer camp in the North. This child is part of a group called Beit Hagalgalim, [the House of Wheels], and during the year he attends their weekend programmes and in the summer he their summer camp. He had a great time.

The rest of our children took part in our Summer Programme in St Vincents.

Fun for young and old: An air castle in St. Vincent











The summer programme consisted of: Outings to the beach and to other fun places e.g. Mini Israel [from whom we received free tickets for all], Keif Tsuba [also gave us free entrance] etc

Mini Israel













We added additions to our summer programme calling them 'activity days' such as:

"sports day" with our own therapists and volunteer therapists from Germany


'icecream day' , with Sr. Susan, our afternoon teachers and therapists
















He was more than a professional dancer: Koen taught us wheelchair dancing AND painting.

The 'Sound of Music' corner is a quiet spot under the trees where the children can independently play musical instruments,' thanks to an Irish family who donated the instruments to us:














We also built a water fountain in our lower garden, which the children enjoyed very much, paddling in the water to cool off in the summer heat:












We made a special 'summer fun' corner for the more handicapped children, in a sheltered spot in the upper garden, thanks to a very special volunteer from the Netherlands - Esther!






























Farewells
Farewells are the most difficult parties we have in St Vincent. Its always hard to say good-bye.

At the end of the summer, we had to say good-bye to many of our dedicated volunteers. As always we express our gratitude to all the volunteers who helped man our house and not only took good care of the children, but also helped to create a homely warm atmosphere for them.














































Thanks and appreciation go out to all our volunteers who helped us over the years to make St Vincent Ein Kerem a Home for our handicapped children.








2 comments:

janina said...

We still stay togehter here in Berlin and meet each other , so if u are in Berlin just give us a call and we all can meet.
Janina

December 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
St. Vincent said...

Janina - please give me the dates and times when you meet and we will advertise it on the blogspot or a phone number the volunteers who go back can call......thanks,Leah

March 26, 2009 at 2:13 PM

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