August 2020 Wrap Up!

 

Our BHCFL Village is a very active and hands-on group and it has taken some creativity to figure out how we will navigate this pandemic and keep our youth learning & growing. So far so good! The month of August turned out to be a great month for us. Thanks to some great community partners like Microsoft, Publix, Southern Grocers-Winn Dixie, Sam’s Club, and the American Red Cross,  we were able to move forward with the following: 

Create our BHCFL exhibit at the Deltona Regional Library for the month of August. We are honored to have been asked by the library to keep up our exhibit for the month of September as well. 

Outdoors and socially distanced, our first event of the year, The annual Meet and Greet, was a success! With plenty of games, individually packaged lunches, and the immersion of culture, we all had a blast! We missed each other so much and there was such a great energy among us. Thanks to Camille of Kale Cafe' for bringing us her famous Kale salad! 
Each of our families were given a djembe from either Burkino Faso, Senegal or Ghana to take home with them so they could learn and practice African drumming. To make the day even greater, we also participated in a community service project honoring 106 year old Ms Venus Tucker.  

Our Lending Library was able to update laptop computers, add technological equipment, STEM items, and stock up on books and educational materials to make sure our youth and parents have what they need to be successful in their homeschooling. Our families can check out laptops for the entire school year. 

Our youth received class materials ahead of our American Red Cross virtual classes on Water Safety, Fire Safety, General Preparedness, Hurricane Preparedness and Coping Skills. These classes were engaging and kept our youth on their toes. 


Our rescheduled Graduation Awards Ceremony and Kings and Queens Dance finally took place! Our youth dressed up in semi-formal and formal attire, receiving certificates from their parents for their academic achievements & gifts from BHCFL rewarding them for a job well done. Pizza, drinks, cupcakes, and music filled the room while BHCFL made sure that our future Kings and Queens felt like royalty. 

Our youth enjoyed BHCFL’s first “Be Our Guest”speaker of the year, Artist Zoi Hunter, as she introduced us to her budding career as a commissioned artist.  

That's our August Wrap Up. As you can see we're still here learning and growing! 
If you'd like to contribute monetarily to our organization to help us continue our mission of helping homeschooling youth and their families, Text "BHCFL" to 44-321. 

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