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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

A New Class!

Hello Friends!

We are so excited to have started the summer and our new schedule off with a bang!

We've already had so many great things going on around the club this summer and we're only 3 weeks into the summer! We've had volunteers from all over, all sorts of new classes introduced, great opportunities for the kids to get involved in, and lots of fun!

This past week we welcomed two volunteers back from Canada, Jenny and Jencen, who will be with us for a month and the kids couldn't have been happier to see them. Jencen is going to be working with James on the health and nutrition class and the 2 of them together will be running the English class for the kids 4 days a week. Everyone was so happy to see them!

Yesterday Jencen introduced the kids to one of our newest classes, yoga and dancing split throughout the week. Yesterday we started the class with the introduction to yoga! They were very curious at first, but took to it very quickly!

He started by getting them to stretch and showed them different ways their bodies need to be warmed up before being able to go into the positions safely. They asked questions and were so curious about what he was doing as he moved from one stretch into another.

He taught them different yoga positions and what they were stretching and working out in each individual position. They thought it was so funny to see Jencen contorting his body into the more complicated positions - they were having so much fun with him!

Overall, yesterday was a great day at the club and the kids can't wait for the yoga/dancing course to continue!

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