Play Acting and Candy Machines

This week at the Boys & Girls Club there was a church group volunteering at the club. As Bonners serving our community allows us to make long lasting relationships with the people we serve and hopefully make a long term difference that the people who only volunteer for a short period of time don’t have the capability to accomplish. However, one of the great things about having so many volunteers for such a short period of time is that there is the opportunity to change up the everyday routine and add some extra excitement to the days. With this church group at the Boys & Girls Club the kids were able to perform short plays about anti-bullying. The kids were great! They were so excited to be doing something new and be able to perform it in front of all of their friends. Even though it was impossible to understand the kids in most of the acts and some of their plays didn’t actually cover bullying, the kids learned so much from the experience (like hopefully not to bully one another and public speaking) and they really enjoyed it!

Since most of the kids have managed to read almost, if not all of the books available to the Boys & Girls Club Mr. Chris, the staff member of the middle age group, and I had the kids act out the short story “Blame it on the Wolf”. This spin-off of LIttle Red Riding allowed the kids to act out the characters and really gave them the opportunity to hone their public speaking skills. Some the kids loved it and others really looked like they would rather have been anywhere else, but overall most the kids definitely enjoyed this reading time more than than any other.

The Border Collie Rescue was also an interesting place this week. We were clearing up the yard which basically translates to getting rid of the twenty-five of so candy machines (90s flashback) located next to one of the sheds. Ani, Abby and I probably made some significant damage on the mosquito population considering how much sitting water was lodged into those machines. All of the events of this week have made one thing clear: being a Bonner is never boring and you never know what to expect.