We'd like to introduce you!

Heart House Dallas Volunteer Update
About Us   Heart House Dallas is a free after-school program that focuses on academics and character development while providing a safe haven for children within their apartment community.			Introducing Our New Volunteer Coordinator Meet Jane Teplitskaya   Please join us in welcoming Jane Teplitskaya as our new volunteer coordinator!  She comes to us from Stand Up for Kids, an organization that works with homeless children. An active volunteer herself, Jane is a familiar face to many of us since she volunteered last summer at our Wildflower site!    Please take a moment to record her contact information, since she will now be your primary contact for all volunteer information:   Jane Teplitskaya Volunteer Coordinatorjteplitskaya@hearthousedallas.org 214-750-7637   We are delighted to have Jane as a part of our team, and we know you will all enjoy working with her. We hope to see you on site soon!   Contact Us Heart House Dallas | P.O. Box 823162 | Dallas, TX 75382 214-750-7637  |  Fax: 214-750-1843 | www.hearthousedallas.org

Countdown to F-U-N!

It's been another fun-filled week at Heart House! Our kids are amidst an exciting New Years unit focusing on how cultures around the world celebrate the New Year.

Lessons and activities began with our American New Year, and have since covered Burmese New Year and Grecian New Year.  Next week will cover Chinese New Year, and will end with a Chinese New Year party on February 12th! (If any groups are interested in hosting a holiday party with the kids, please contact shelma@hearthousedallas.org!) 

In honor of our American New Year celebrations, the kids made and decorated their New Year's Resolutions. Program Leaders set up a clock to reach "midnight" during program time, and practiced the countdown from 10 with party hats! 

In celebration of Grecian New Year custom, all of our sites baked a New Year cake (or cupcakes) and placed a coin amidst the batter. Grecian tradition states that whoever ends up with the coin in their cake will have good luck for the year. The kids had an excellent time baking, check out the pictures below!

Always cool in their party hats

Happy New Year!

 

 The kids developed the scissors method for breaking eggs!

 

Carefully adding ingredients

Nicely done!

Focused on mixing

Filling the Cups

Can you spot the hidden coin?

Wildflower's Cake

Anxiously anticipating their cake!

Decidedly delicious!