Girl Scout Cookies FOR SALE!!!!!!!

Our Girl Scout Troop 3365 is selling Girl Scout Cookies starting on January 16th. The cookies are 3.50 a box... come and buy some! If you dont want to EAT them... we are a part of a program that will be donating cookies to a charity organization. So if you want to HELP the girl scouts but dont want the cookies.. buy a few boxes and we will donate them in your name!
Thank you!!!!

Knitting!!!!

Come to the After school Program and learn to knit! We are knitting every Monday for the next 12 weeks to learn the skill and make a blanket to donate to Cancer Care Northwest. A Cancer Treatment Center that will donate the blanket to a chemotherapy patient, to keep them warm and warm the heart too!

WHAT? OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WAS PICKED TO SEE THE SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH?????

I thought it would be so neat to expose the kids in Polson to NASA and the space program. So at last years after school conference in Helena I went to a session about the Federation of Galaxy Explorers (FOGE), a new program that teaches kids about the wonders of space through hands on activities and fascinating facts. I met Stephen Heffel who is the Montana leader for FOGE and kept in contact with him throughout the year. In November he sent an email to all FOGE volunteers letting them know that the FOGE program, NASA and Boeing were sponsoring someone to go to the next shuttle launch In Florida. I jumped out of my seat and wrote an email as fast as I could putting my name in the hat. I never thought I would be picked but it was fun to dream about for the next few days... well, dreams do come true and OUR FOGE PROGRAM was picked and I was off to Florida with a VIP pass to watch the launch from the closest possible spot!!! My husband and two FOGE mission team members were able to go with me (my two daughters). We were treated like we were a part of the Space Program at NASA, touring the International Space Center (ISS) building site, TALKING TO ASTRONAUTS!!, getting a backstage view of the Kennedy Space Center as well as seeing the beauty of Cape Canaveral Florida! THANK YOU ANN CHARLES AND BOEING FOR AN EXPERIENCE POLSON WILL NEVER FORGET!

• The best part came when we are driven on a private NASA bus to Launch Pad 39 A where the Space Shuttle Atlantis was perched. It was so much bigger and more regal than I had imagined! Wow!Even though Atlantis did not lift off on that December day.. it was an incredible experience shared by Mrs. Lozars 3rd graded class, the After School Program and the community of Polson. This life changing experience was made possible by so many people... THANK YOU!!

Well, here we go!

So today starts my journey into blogging! I have wanted to start a blog for us at the after school program for awhile now. Yet, where to start? I became a part of this great program five years ago and have loved my job ever since! The kids have taught me more than I thought possible.......love,caring,patience,kindness,humility,"new math" and the overall thought that our country is in good hands in the future! Polson is blessed to have such wonderful children who share with the community around them. I guess I will start off with the last few exciting months here at the after school program(ASP). So, here we go!