Miss Utah & Mondo Art Project add artistic expression to our Real Life refugee mentoring program.
This has been a great week for the Real Life Program! Monday we were able to got to know the kids involved in the program on a more one on one level. Students talked about where they were from, their families, school life, who their hero is and just got to feel comfortable with everyone! It was truly a great day to be a part of. It is such an inspiration to me to see our amazing Youthlinc students reach out and touch these refugees lives. The program has been running for over a month and we have seen such success! We have between 25-50 refugee teens participating in our program and a huge THANK YOU to the STELLAR Youthlinc students who have gone above and beyond to make this program a safe and fun place for the kids involved.
Through our partnership with Miss Utah we were able to add a day to the program that is devoted to art expression. So to celebrate that we wanted to have a cool collaborative project and we came up with "Life's Puzzle". Since we have so many people involved in this program we thought this would be a great way for everyone to be represented. This program is just like a puzzle when all the pieces come together you have a masterpiece. All the contestants in the Miss Utah and Miss Teen Contest donated over $2,000 dollars worth of art supplies that were used in this project and throughout the program, we are so GRATEFUL!
Through our partnership with Miss Utah we were able to add a day to the program that is devoted to art expression. So to celebrate that we wanted to have a cool collaborative project and we came up with "Life's Puzzle". Since we have so many people involved in this program we thought this would be a great way for everyone to be represented. This program is just like a puzzle when all the pieces come together you have a masterpiece. All the contestants in the Miss Utah and Miss Teen Contest donated over $2,000 dollars worth of art supplies that were used in this project and throughout the program, we are so GRATEFUL!
Here are some awesome photos from the week, hope you enjoy.
Here is the whole group of students and volunteers with the finished product! It looks AMAZING!
Here is the whole group of students and volunteers with the finished product! It looks AMAZING!
The crown holders had a wonderful time getting to know the students!
It is starting to come together....
Everyone hard at work designing their puzzle pieces.
Our amazing Judy Zone even came down and created her very own puzzle piece!
This week the girls taught the Youthlinc Students about Thai Jump roping, a very challenging sport! Everyone loved it.
Explaining the art project and talking about what we all have in common and how we are also very unique.
We were able to label all the countries represented by the participants in the program.
One on one time getting to know the students was so much fun!
Hope you enjoy learning about Real Life! We will keep you posted on what else we are up to.
Great post, Miss Ellie ;)
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