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Show A-17 EDUCATION EDUCATION EDITOR: Taylor Elsenman 649-9014 ext.118 education@parkrecord.com THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, DEC. 29, 2007-JAN. 1, 2008 A.C.T. brings the community together BRIEFS Group hopes to expand holiday celebrations into a year-long program Basin Recreation Holiday Camp Sign up now for Basin Recreation's Holiday Camp. The camp is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 1 to Friday, Jan. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ac Ecker Hill International Middle School. Kids will be playing gym games, doing arts and crafts, sledding and swimming. The cost is $75 for three days or $30 per day.To join in the fun, register online at www.basinrecreatlon.com and click on Holiday Camp or call Basin Recreations front desk at (435) 655 - 0999 exL 11. By TAYLOR EISENMAN Of the Record staff Six-year-old Gabby Silva helped her cousin, four-year-old Alexia Silva squirt Elmer's Glue onto cotton balls. The girls were making snowman crafts at the A.C.T. (Agencies Coming Together) holiday celebration at Parkside Apartments Thursday. "I like putting all these cotton balls on because they're very soft," Gabby Silva said. ' i like coloring the hats,1' Alexia Silva said. Events like these where A.C.T. brought crafts and activities to Parkside began last June, said Veronica Monroy, manager at Parkside in Park City and Meadow View Apartments in Kamas. When she first started working at Parkside, she said the kids were running wild doing things like breaking sprinklers and damaging apartment units. Monroy approached A.C.T. during one of its meetings last spring to ask for help. "Veronica told us she had all these kids who didn't have anything to do, so we got together to figure out how to we could help," said Heather Reynolds, Park City Youth Services Librarian and A.C.T. member. A.C.T. began hosting events at Parkside Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. They wanted to bring the activities to the apartments, according to Park City Recreation Supervisor Jessica Moran, because transportation can be a problem for the kids. The summer program was a success, Monroy said. "Usually I would talk to them, (the kids) and they wouldn't listen to me," she said. "A lot of the kids didn't want to go to school, and after these events, they began to want to go to school to learn English and to play with other kids." For Monroy, learning English was one of the greatest unforeseen benefits of the program. "Before they would only talk with kids who spoke Spanish, but with these activities they have to speak with everyone." Parkside maintenance worker Ramon Family open play Kids getting antsy aver the holiday break? Head to Basin Recreation Field House Recreation Center for open pby time from 10 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. It's $2 per family to get out on the field and have some fun. Basin Recreation is located at 1388 Center Drive @ Newpark. For more information, call (435) 655 - 0 9 9 9 ext 10. Student Latino theme art show The Kimball Art Center in conjunction with Arte Latino is hosting its annual show of young artist in Summit and VS^isatch counties. Students grades K-12 are eligible to submit a two- or three-dimensional entry that contains Latino influences. Artwork can be dropped off at the Kimball A n Center's front desk on Monday, Jan. 28, and Tuesday, Jan. 29. Entrancefeeis $1 per student Donations benefit the air education programs at the Kimball Art Center. For more information, contact Education Director Jenny Dlersen at (435) M9-8882 or e-mail her at edumtion@kjmball-art.org. Start the New Year with a new do O n Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 4 to 6 pm.Trailside Elementary School is having a hair-cutting party in the cafeteria.The hair will be donated to Locks of Love to make wigs for children who have lost theirs due to illness, chemotherapy or other causes. The school is lookingforpeople with hair at least 10 inches long to volunteer. Peter Anthony, from Peter Anthony's 5tudio, and stylists from Marc Raymond Salon and O o h La La Hair Studio will be volunteering their time to cut and style hair. If you would like to participate, please contact Andrea Solum at (435) 659-1848 or asolum@pcschools.us. SCOTT SINE/fW/W RECORD Kids from Parkside Apartments and volunteers from A.C.T. (Agencies Coming Together) make snowman crafts together Thursday for a holiday celebration in the Parkside office building. Silva said he has seen an improvement in The group hopes to turn the the children's behavior as well. "Its great "Apartment Kids Program" into a yearbecause it gives them new things to do," he round program, meeting twice a week in said. "They're staying out of trouble, the summer and twice a month in the winwhich is great because I have to fix the ter, serving 200 kids at four low-income things around here. I just wish they had it Park City apartment complexes: Parkside. every day." Aspen Villas, Elk Meadows and Iron After school started, A.C.T. recognized Horse. that there was still a need for the program Park City Museum Curator of to continue. Reynolds said. "Parents and Education and A.C.T. memher. Johanna kids were asking when we were coming Fassbender, said that a lol of the organizaback." tions in A.C.T. have been going to these Since the 2007-2008 school year started. apartment complexes on their own to do the group has hosted a Halloween party activities. She visits Aspen Villas to show and two holiday celebrations, one at the kids old photographs, do a craft, and Aspen Villas Apartments and one at talk about the history of Park City, includParkside, but they wanted a more perma- ing what it was like to be a miner. nent solution. To accomplish this, A.C.T. "If we all work together." she said referdecided to write a grant for the United ring to the members of A.C.T, "its much Way through Holy Cross Ministries. easier, and wu can do something once a week, instead of once a month." According to Judy Sobin. Regional Director for the United Way of Summit County, A.C.T. must turn in its grant proposal by Jan. 11. Sobin is a member of A.C.T., but she says she has no final say in grant approval. She said the Leadership Council for the United Way makes those decisions. Putting the grant together has taken a lot of decision making by A.C.T. as well. •'We have had to really start thinking about the details." Fassbender said. 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