St. Francis of Assisi volunteers are making August a little more interesting (for the fourth year in a row) for children out at Du Russell Potato Farm in Manchester. Families come to Du Russell in May/June to plant crops, cultivate them all summer, then harvest them in August-October. Their elementary age children have summer school until the end of August and regular school after Labor Day BUT August is very long for them. They are in daycare with one of the mothers who doesn't work in the fields. We have been going out with books, balls, games, crafts, projects, etc. on Tuesday and Friday mornings, and Wednesday afternoons.
The children are a lot of fun to be with and easily interested in doing things with us. Some have played "chair base" kickball; others have been making stuffed animals. We have made puzzles, heard the book Dinosaurs Before Dark, measured the wing span of a Pteranodon (30 feet), made things with Legos, etc. All of the volunteers are wonderful and pitch in to help the children be engaged and have fun. Learn more about how you can participate in this ministry, contact: Teri MaryAnn Young <maryannteri@yahoo.com> or Rita Kieras <ritakieras@gmail.com> (734-821-2121)
Picture Captions (Du R. = Du Russell) (St. F. = St. Francis)
(St. F) Teri Young reading Dinosaurs Before Dark to (St. F) Beth Russell, (Du R.) Ashley Castro, (St. F) Ana Markel, (St. F) Cecie Miller, (Du R.) Enrique Rubio Jr., (St. Joes) Ancy Tietze, (Du R.) Esteban Nieves
(St. F) Will Russell (sp.?) reading stories to (Du R.) Haley and Nicholas Castro with (St. F) John Russell looking on
(Du R.) Santos Ortiz, (Du R.) Esteban Nieves, (Du R.) Tyler Ortiz, (St. F) Will Russell
(Du R.) Haley Castro, (Du R.) Ashley Castro, (Du R.) Enrique Rubio Jr., (Du R.) Santos Ortiz, (Du R.) Estaban Nieves, (Du R.)
(Du R.) Nicolas Castro, (Du R.) Haley Castro, (Du R.) Ashley Castro, (Du R.) Enrique Rubio Jr. with (St. F) John Russell and (St. F) Rosemary Markel looking on.
(St. Joes) Nancy Tietze teaching crocheting to (Du R.) Santos Ortiz Jr. He is making a pouch
(St. F) Beth and John Russell help (Du R) Tyler Ortiz make a decoration for his bedroom after doing the dinosaur puzzle under their decoration work.
Triceratops size shown by L to R and (St. F) Ana Markel as the tail. (St. F) Jacob Sanchez – Tail, (St. F) Anthony Mollo, and (Du R) Ashley Castro as the body and (St. F) Rosemary Markel as the head with "horns"
(Du R.) Ashley Castro, (St. F) Anthony Mollo playing "chair kickball"
with (St. F) Lynette Mollo as "referee"
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(St. F) Teri Young reading Dinosaurs Before Dark to (St. F) Beth Russell, (Du R.) Ashley Castro, (St. F) Ana Markel, (St. F) Cecie Miller, (Du R.) Enrique Rubio Jr., (St. Joes) Ancy Tietze, (Du R.) Esteban Nieves
(St. F) Will Russell (sp.?) reading stories to (Du R.) Haley and Nicholas Castro with (St. F) John Russell looking on
(Du R.) Santos Ortiz, (Du R.) Esteban Nieves, (Du R.) Tyler Ortiz, (St. F) Will Russell
(Du R.) Haley Castro, (Du R.) Ashley Castro, (Du R.) Enrique Rubio Jr., (Du R.) Santos Ortiz, (Du R.) Estaban Nieves, (Du R.)
(Du R.) Nicolas Castro, (Du R.) Haley Castro, (Du R.) Ashley Castro, (Du R.) Enrique Rubio Jr. with (St. F) John Russell and (St. F) Rosemary Markel looking on.
(St. Joes) Nancy Tietze teaching crocheting to (Du R.) Santos Ortiz Jr. He is making a pouch
(St. F) Beth and John Russell help (Du R) Tyler Ortiz make a decoration for his bedroom after doing the dinosaur puzzle under their decoration work.
Triceratops size shown by L to R and (St. F) Ana Markel as the tail. (St. F) Jacob Sanchez – Tail, (St. F) Anthony Mollo, and (Du R) Ashley Castro as the body and (St. F) Rosemary Markel as the head with "horns"
(Du R.) Ashley Castro, (St. F) Anthony Mollo playing "chair kickball"
with (St. F) Lynette Mollo as "referee"
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