Activity Sign-Up

Today we officially signed up for our various activities in Africa. I have chosen to teach dance and help build an outside porch for the school. I'm especially excited to teach dance to the kids, because with every group of kids I teach I learn something different and experience new things. It will be incredible to watch them grow over the course of the week; I really believe dance can help in so many aspects of peoples' lives. It will be amazing to open the kids eyes to how art can help issues in their community. I know dance is already a big part of the culture in South Africa, so I'm sure I'll learn a few dance moves too :) My three best friends are also doing the dance program with me, and we started brainstorming playlists today. I really can't wait to get there and dance with these kids.

The First Meeting

Our first WWW meeting was today. Three of my best friends are on the trip with me, two of twhich are on the cheer team as well, so that's really exciting. The trip is mostly filled with juniors, but that's part of the fun of WWW. You always get to make new friends and have inside jokes with people you've never even talked to before. We learned that we're going to be helping out at an orphanage. The orphanage has over 300 kids, so there will be a lot to do. Ms. Watts one of our supervisors, said the orphanage really needs school supplies as well as necessities like blankets and clothes. I suggested we have a bake sale or something to raise moeny to buy all the kids tshirts, but we settled on the idea of a clothes drive instead. We'll be starting the clothes drive sometimes in January. We also started brainstorming activities we could do with the children. One of our supervisors is also the head of community service, and I had previously discussed with her my work in Klong Toey. She though it seemed like a great idea for me to take that philanthropy and initiative and apply to to our South Africa trip. So, if everything goes as planned I will be teaching hip hop to the children in South Africa! It's such a great opportunity to help them learn and grow as people, and I know dancing will give them hope for a better future. During the next meeting we'll sign up for our activities.