During summer holidays this year we will be organizing day camp, camp and bivouac. Day Camp will take place in Children's Diamond Club in Białystok from 28th of June to 3rd of July. Summer Camp will be held in Narewka from 18 to 27 of July. Youth from "Shelter" Youth Club will go to their bivouac to Surażkowo at the end of July.
After holidays we will present reports on these events together with photos.
Each thing has its beginning, but in some moment of time there is also an end. Children's Club of Friends at 14 Targowa Street in Warsaw was established in 1998. For 12 years the Club has played it social role, organizing various activities, programs and projects for children and youth living in the neighborhood, both during school years and holidays. In those projects tens and even hundreds of pupils took part. The team of teachers consisted of pedagogists, psychologists and wide group of voluntaries. Among them, there is one of our pupils, who educated and became a teacher. The time of our work there was full of many challenges and joys. They will stay in our hearts and they will be precious experiences, which we may use in other places of our work with children and youth.
Main reason, which made us make the decision about closing the Club in Warsaw, were plans of District Government concerning renovation of the building, where our rooms were rented. It meant also to resettle all the citizens of that building. If we wanted to continue our functioning we would have to look for a new local and start our work from the beginning with the new group of children. Of course one of the most important problems would be also funds, which are more and more difficult to gain. Taking all this into consideration, we have decided to concentrate at the moment on our work in Białystok.
For "diamond" youth from "Shelter" Club in Białystok, June is always connected with Football Championships of Education Centers of Podlaskie Voivodship in Supraśl. This year's, already tenth Championships took place on 12th of June. Our pupils very seriously treat their participation in this game and they have made their ambitious goal to defend the Champion Title, which they gained two years ago and the last year. All the games were played like concerts by "Shelter" team, and we won all of them. As the result they fully deserved first place. It is important to add, that this is three years now that "Diamond's" Team is winning the first place. Congratulations! We would also take the advantage of this text to thank very much the Board of Directors and Employees of Orphanage in Supraśl for wonderful organization of the Championships.
For many years already there have been many sport events between teams of "Diamond" Center and the Orphanage in Supraśl. Until now the Orphanage was the only organizer of all the events. We have decided to pay back to our great partners and we have invited them to Białystok for a football game. It took place on 13th of February 2010 in the Sport Hall of Public School 37. "Diamond" Center was represented by "Shelter" Club Team. Match was held in a very nice atmosphere and gave us all a lot of positive emotions. For the hosts the final result was very satisfactory, and for the guests the match brought important information to build strong football team in the future. Taking advantage of that note we would like to thank very much Mr. Tadeusz Gaszyński and Mrs. Elżbieta Ignatowicz - the Directors of Public School 37, for renting their sport hall for free.
In the framework of our Christmas Campaign we have also reached Narewka. This year together with Children's Club "Good News" we have prepared presents for group of children from families facing difficulties. They were given during special New Year's Meeting organized by Friends of Narewka Region Society on 12th of February 2010. We are very glad that we too were presented with joy and smiles on children's faces. We appreciate very much our cooperation with the Board of Directors of Narewka's Schools and with the mentioned Society.
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