Furniture Party and Spirograph Demo

Staff: Gabe, Myles, Saafir
Attendance: Nisha, Jasmine, Bianca (and her friend), Micah, Jonathan, Taylor, Marcus, Vittoria, (boy #1), (girl #1)

Melvin (director of operations) was the first person I saw when we arrived at Panther. He was checking out the teen room and obviously excited about way our programs complement thier plans for working with teens at all the clubs. He mentioned several upcoming programs. Best Buy donateded a superb package of software and hardware tools that we can help the Clubs use. Also, Taco Bell sponsored the Teen Supreme program and will provide a training workshop for staff working with teens. He wants me to attend.along with his Club staff.

The major goal for the day was getting the teens to help put together the IKEA furniture. This worked really well after we promised a suprise pizza dinner for anyone who built at least one piece. This quickly developed into a good spirited team effort to put together as many of the tables, chairs, and stools as we could. I'm disappointed in the dark table tops that we bought since they don't look nearly as durable as I'd hoped. Of course, the table legs are great and it would be easy enough to make plywood tops in odd shapes later on.