Puppet Camp
      
  Purpose
 
  • Teach basic academic subject areas
  • Promote positive relationships
  • Encourage positive social experiences
  • Preserve cultural heritage
   
  Process
 
  • Puppet Camp is run by volunteers working with teachers to design a week long day camp.
  • During the week campers learn how to; make puppets, create stories, and perform puppet shows. Age appropriate education is integrated into the day camp.  For example: when waiting for glue to dry we count to ten.
  • Recognition of donors: Each non-profit organization sends donation documentation to the donors for their taxes.
  • All volunteers who work for companies which match volunteer hours with money, should report their hours to their employer. This way the organizations who get the winter coats may also receive the matching company cash donation.
   
  Costs
    Start up cost for this program is around $200 for a group size of 20. 
This cost decreases after the first year. 
     
  History
   
Year 2007 2008 2009
Students*
20
20
18
15
Grade
1-5
pre-K
pre-k
1-5
*Cottonwood School, Corrales, NM.
     
  Future
    Our dream is to expand this program both locally and globally.
    Send for information on how to start a Puppet Camp in your community
See the Virtual Connections through Puppetry page on this site


 
last updated: 10/8/09
 

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