Blue Door Bulletin | Fall 2018
SUMMER RECAP Mollie Spencer Farm This summer we were thrilled to be able to take a group of our Members to the Mollie Spencer Farm in Yukon every week. Formerly known as the Kirkpatrick Family Farm, the Mollie Spencer Farm aims to serve the community through farm festivals and educational programming. Throughout their visits, our Members learned from the Farm Manger about the relationship between donkeys and sheep, helped find eggs in the chicken coop, and explored the inner workings of a bee hive. They also got to watch the garden grow delicious summer fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, squash, peppers, and watermelon! We are excited to continue our partnership with Mollie Spencer Farm in the months to come. Photo Credit: Katie Kerr WRiTE BRAiN Our Members are now published authors! Thanks to a generous grant provided by the Sarkeys Foundation, our school sites had the opportunity to participate in a program called WRiTE BRAiN this summer! WRiTE BRAiN books begin as illustrated, textless books that are designed to ignite and inspire creativity and imagination in kids. The books help kids write their own stores and become published authors! WRiTE BRAiN allowed our Members to work on their literary skills in a fun and creative way while also enhancing their interest in learning. Afterwards, many of the youth discussed how it pushed them out of their comfort zone and taught them important values of teamwork such as being respectful of other people’s opinions. OSU Engineering Adventure Camp Who doesn’t love playing with lava and making messes? Our Members had so much fun participating in Oklahoma State University’s Engineering Adventure Camp. Put on by the OSU College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, the Adventure Camp pairs students with kids in kindergarten through 5th grade to help teach them about STEM related topics while also having fun! Our Members had the opportunity to learn about different careers in Engineering while also building egg drop parachutes, volcanoes, and LEGO vehicles. 10
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SUMMER RECAP<br />
Mollie Spencer Farm<br />
This summer we were thrilled to be able to take a group of our Members to the Mollie<br />
Spencer Farm in Yukon every week. Formerly known as the Kirkpatrick Family Farm, the<br />
Mollie Spencer Farm aims to serve the community through farm festivals and educational<br />
programming. Throughout their visits, our Members learned from the Farm Manger about<br />
the relationship between donkeys and sheep, helped find eggs in the chicken coop, and<br />
explored the inner workings of a bee hive. They also got to watch the garden grow delicious<br />
summer fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, squash, peppers, and watermelon! We<br />
are excited to continue our partnership with Mollie Spencer Farm in the months to come.<br />
Photo Credit: Katie Kerr<br />
WRiTE BRAiN<br />
Our Members are now published authors! Thanks to a generous grant provided by the<br />
Sarkeys Foundation, our school sites had the opportunity to participate in a program called<br />
WRiTE BRAiN this summer! WRiTE BRAiN books begin as illustrated, textless books that<br />
are designed to ignite and inspire creativity and imagination in kids. The books help kids<br />
write their own stores and become published authors! WRiTE BRAiN allowed our Members<br />
to work on their literary skills in a fun and creative way while also enhancing their interest<br />
in learning. Afterwards, many of the youth discussed how it pushed them out of their<br />
comfort zone and taught them important values of teamwork such as being respectful of<br />
other people’s opinions.<br />
OSU Engineering Adventure Camp<br />
Who doesn’t love playing with lava and making messes? Our Members had so much fun<br />
participating in Oklahoma State University’s Engineering Adventure Camp. Put on by the<br />
OSU College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, the Adventure Camp pairs<br />
students with kids in kindergarten through 5th grade to help teach them about STEM<br />
related topics while also having fun! Our Members had the opportunity to learn about<br />
different careers in Engineering while also building egg drop parachutes, volcanoes, and<br />
LEGO vehicles.<br />
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