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Youngsters have fun at Raccoon Strong Start

Wednesday of last week Raccoon Strong Start at Vavenby Primary School focussed on St. Patrick’s Day
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Kylie Prince shows off the gold coin that the leprechaun had hidden.

Wednesday of last week Raccoon Strong Start at Vavenby Primary School focussed on St. Patrick’s Day. The children made hats from paper plates for their project. Mother Goose showed up for story-time and read a book about a leprechaun. Before going to the gym the children looked for a gold coin and a bag of gummy gears that leader Ms. Amy said, “A leprechaun has hidden for each of you.”

Raccoons Strong Start is held at Vavenby Primary School for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers every Wednesday, 8:50 a.m. – 12 noon.

The day starts off with free time. Then they do a project. Following this they do action songs, have healthy snacks, listen to a story, sing more action songs, and finally go outside or into the gym for playtime.

Strong Start is a learning time for the children and a good socializing time for the adults. After the kids found their bag of candy they laid their bears out in rows of similar colours, counted the number in each row, and printed that number down or had an adult print the number for them. It is wonderful to see how well the children play together and share.

Teens raise money for Edmonton trip

On Friday, March 8, the inter-church youth group called Y2C held a spaghetti supper to raise money for a field trip to Edmonton and Calgary, and to help cover costs for when they go to the Sunnybrae Bible Camp in May.

The teens helped prepare the dinner, greeted the guests at the door, and served the beverages. Throughout the evening they behaved like wonderful young adults.

There was a silent auction for various delicious looking desserts. “Winners” for the desserts were not announced until the end of the evening.

After everyone had eaten five teens performed some DRIMEs, which means Disciples Ready in Mobile Evangelism. These are musical dramas without words. They were performed by Shaianne, Morgan, Ryleigh, Shanequa, and Cheyenne. Following the DRIMEs some games were played – youth group versus guests. The adults were picked by MC Wayne Richardson or by the teens. The youth group won all three games!

A video showed the guests what takes place on Y2C evenings. At the end of the video Richardson asked, “And what do you see?” The clear answer was joy.

Approximately 40 – 50 guests and 25 – 30 youth came to the dinner. The dinner was by donation. Between that and the silent auction, $800 was cleared. Y2C and their leaders put on a wonderful and fun-filled evening.

The group left for Edmonton on Mar. 15 and were to stay in Millwood Evangelical Church, which is pastored by Doug Holtby, a past resident of Clearwater. The youth took part in the Sunday service at the church and visited the West Edmonton Mall. In Calgary they will stay at Alberta Bible College.

Crib and darts about to take a break

For those who enjoy playing crib and/or darts, you better come out soon. Both will be stopping for the summer until the fall. The last day for darts will be Thursday, April 25 and for crib will be Tuesday, April 30.

Both begin at 7 p.m. sharp and cost $3 for the evening.

Hope to see you there.