February 8 - Treasure Trunk Program at Brenda's House

Our February 8, Treasure Trunk at Brenda's House was a great success! It was a busy night with lots of children, all of whom seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves.

Babies in the Story (BITS), led by Tammy Figol and assisted by Cyndi Cox, had the mothers and babies on their feet singing and dancing in between some engaging stories and rhymes.

Kids in Motion & Music (KIMM), led by Emily Roback and Nikki Stephenson and assisted by Robyn Ketchey and Jennifer Cox, had 13 children enthralled in a version of 4 square and "freeze".

Kids in the Arts (KARTS) rounded out the evening, led by Melanie Tewksbury and assisted by Lily Mioc and Philippa Gear. The 13 children assembled kaleidoscopes out of materials that can be found around the home - paper towel rolls, wax paper and rubber bands to name a few. The kids loved the craft and clean-up was a snap with all the JLC volunteers pitching in.

Our seventh Treasure Trunk session, delivered on February 22, was a night filled with great stories, lively activities, and fun food creations in the kitchen.

BITS, again led by Tammy Figol and Cyndi Cox, offered reading and the singing of a variety of nursery rhymes with four babies and parents.

Elaine Tsekouras, Lily Mioc and Jocelyn Egden worked with ten children during the KARTS story time, where they read “How Do Dinosaurs Eat?”.  While creating bracelets, which the children loved making, another three children showed up and joined in.

Kids in the Kitchen (KITK) was very lively with 13 children and three babies with parents making Pizza Pita’s.  Robyn Ketchey and Carla Gustafson couldn’t tell what the kids loved more, creating the fun faces or eating the delicious fruits and veggies. All leftovers stayed at Brenda's House for the staff and families.

Several of our JLC volunteers who had attended our January 28 Brenda’s House Training Event commented on "how the training helped make the experience of working at Brenda’s House smoother".

Sign up to be a part of this terrific program!  The five remaining sessions of Treasure Trunk for this year will be delivered at the Brenda’s House facility located in the Southwest neighbourhood of Killarney in Calgary.