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New Hampton School's "Project Week"at New England's Kurn Hattin Homes
Westminster, VT, March 3 - 7
Kids Helping Kids: 2014
A graduate of Harvard, pastor of Berkeley Temple in Boston, MA, and native of Westminster, VT,
the Reverend Charles Albert Dickinson had an idea.
Kurn Hattin Homes: a Place of History
Essential Question:
The United States has changed much since 1894, but given all we now have as a nation, why are there still so many children in need 120 years after Kurn Hattin Homes was established?
Links for Consideration
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/12/23/christmas-the-city-provides-happy-holiday-for-children-need/2KFo1IVQinCsfL57GV6hGJ/story.html
Food for Thought
Percentage by which New York City’s homeless-shelter population has increased under Mayor Michael Bloomberg: 65http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/nyregion/january-tally-of-homeless-population-found-13-jump-in-city-us-data-say.html?_r=0
Portion of the city’s shelter population who are children: 2/5http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/nyregion/january-tally-of-homeless-population-found-13-jump-in-city-us-data-say.html?_r=0
Percentage of black U.S. children under the age of five who live in poverty: 43http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1076.html
Portion of U.S foster children who will experience homelessness by age twenty-six: 1/3 http://www.klockedesign.com/_svdpd/facts_onhomelessness.html
Median age of a U.S. woman giving birth for the first time: 25.7; Getting married for the first time: 26.5http://www.cbsnews.com/news/almost-half-of-first-babies-in-us-born-to-unwed-mothers/
Portion of U.S. births from unintended pregnancies that are paid for by Medicaid: 2/3http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-Unintended-Pregnancy-US.html
Project Information
Faculty Leaders: Rick Marcella and Darren Redman Students: Matt Beckoff, Elias Camacho, Hannah Cuthbertson, Hanne Haldorsen, Ria Hardcastle, Maryna Kushkova, Bianca Maheia, Madison Schumacher, Alexa Srolovitz, and Laura Young Project Location: Kurn Hattin Homes for Children, P.O. Box 127, 708 Kurn Hattin Road, Westminster, VT, 802-722-3336
What to Bring: layers for all types of weather, a sleeping bad and pillow, your iPad, cell phone, and chargers, personal hygiene items, and a positive attitude, open to helping others.
Project Logistics
Dates: Monday, March 3rd to Friday, March 7th Transportation Needs: one NHS mini-van for 8 – 12 students/faculty and one NHS gas card Housing Needs: none (students to bring sleeping bags) Meal Needs: March 3rd – $ for one lunch and one dinner during travel; March 7th - $ for one lunch and one dinner during travel ($ supported by NHS?) Contact Person: Thomas G. Fahner, Co-Executive Director, New England Kurn Hattin Homes, PO Box 127 – 708, Kurn Hattin Rd.,Westminster, VT 05158, 802-721-6983 (phone) [email protected] (email)
Week’s Itinerary
Monday, March 3: after breakfast at NHS, leave for Our Place Drop-In Center and Soup Kitchen, Bellows Falls, VT (6 Island St. Bellows Falls, VT 05101, 802-463-2217) for volunteer work; arrive at Kurn Hattin Homes for introductions, dinner, and preparation. Tuesday, March 4: Thursday, March 6: after breakfast at Kurn Hattin, work with students, teachers, and staff to move their program and facilities forward. Meals and lodging at Kurn Hattin Homes. Friday, March 7: after breakfast at Kurn Hattin, leave for Brattleboro, VT or Keene, NH soup kitchen volunteer work; arrive back at NHS campus to prepare for Project Fair.