What matches are doing together...
Breona & Ginny
Breona and Ginny met as part of the Everybody Wins! program last year and are spending their first winter together as a Community Mentor Match. These are some ideas of activities they plan to try this snowy season...
- Go sledding
- Try ice skating with skates borrowed from Twinfield
- Shovel off part of our pond to slide across on boots
- Snowshoe in the woods
- Ski on easy trails, maybe the railroad bed or around our field
- Hopefully walk or snowshoe with our neighbor's puppy at least once. Breona loves him!
- Walk a mile down the road to visit pigs, chickens and kittens at Hollister Hill Farm
...and when the weather gets too chilly Breona and Ginny plan to stay cozy inside by playing cards, making magnetic poetry on the fridge, or learning to play a simple tune on the piano together.
- Go sledding
- Try ice skating with skates borrowed from Twinfield
- Shovel off part of our pond to slide across on boots
- Snowshoe in the woods
- Ski on easy trails, maybe the railroad bed or around our field
- Hopefully walk or snowshoe with our neighbor's puppy at least once. Breona loves him!
- Walk a mile down the road to visit pigs, chickens and kittens at Hollister Hill Farm
...and when the weather gets too chilly Breona and Ginny plan to stay cozy inside by playing cards, making magnetic poetry on the fridge, or learning to play a simple tune on the piano together.
What Tt Matches did Together in January
A little inspiration for what you can do with your mentee.
What Matches did Together in September
What Matches did together this summer
What Matches did together in May
What matches did together in April
Here are the fun things matches did in February
Examples from January
Examples from December
Examples from September:
A little inspiration for what you can do with your mentee.
- celebrated 15th birthday!
- went to the movies
- hot chocolate and walking in Plainfield
- Mentor Appreciation Dinner
- playing music together
- cross country skiing
- learning to knit
- going out to 13th birthday lunch
- playing basketball at the Old Schoolhouse Common
- attending mentee's basketball game
- making cookies
- going out to dinner
- making dinner together
- talking about friends, school and family
- reading
- playing games
- making crafts
- shopping and doing errands
- walking and talking
- lots of snacking
- basketball games
- reading chapter books
- making gifts together
- shopping
- walking the dog
- hanging out over break
- playing basketball at the Old Schoolhouse Common
- cocoa and popcorn snacks
- taking a drive and catching up
- dinner and star wars movie
- playing games and cards
- scrapbooking
- decorating for the holidays
- watching a movie
- coffee shop in MOntpelier for games and tea
- ringing in the New Year
- making dinner together
- making cookies
- attending the craft bazaar
- attending a play
- holiday concert at school
- playing music together
- making butter sculptures
What Matches did Together in September
- Old Home Day Parade
- Book store in Montpelier and out for ice cream
- Champlain Valley fair
- Walking and talking
- Helping with homework
- Wiffleball game
- Making dinner together
- Making juice together
- Taking the bus to mentors house after school
- Thrift store shopping
- Watching a soccer game
- Watching the sun set
- Fishing
- Having lunch at school together
- Celebrating birthdays and anniversaries
- Working in the shop
- Exploring the river
- Having a first meeting together (Welcome back Joseph with new mentee Samuel)
- Gardening
- Reading
- Boating
- Hike up Owl's Head
- Reconnecting after a summer of busy schedules
- Walking around the village
- Visiting animals at Hollister Hill Farm
- Volunteering at the Humane Society
- Apple picking and candy apple making
- Talking about school and friends
- Walking to "Paradise"
- Watching a movie
- Exploring in the woods
What Matches did together this summer
- Kayaking, canoeing and paddle boating
- Movies at home and the theater
- Board games and card games (including learning new ones together)
- Making lunch or dinner together
- Enjoying a picnic together
- Going out for creemees
- Boulder beach
- Swimming holes and rivers
- Visiting the big city (Burlington)
- Running errands together
- Hanging out at home
- Touring the statehouse
- Cooking and baking
- Celebrating birthdays
- Hiking the tower at Hubbard Park
- Fishing
- Mini golf
- Biking
- Building in the shop
- Mountaineers games
- Trying new sports and adventures together
- Going to the theater (Quarryworks and Plainfield)
- Having first meetings in the community together
- Visiting horses
- Farmers markets and farm visits
- Animal shelter visit
- Building and playing in the river
- Reading together.
What Matches did together in May
- Having their first match meeting
- Skinny pancake and conflict mentor Event
- going out to lunch or dinner
- seeing live music
- going out for tea and playing games
- yoga and dancing
- running errands
- fishing
- going to the library
- going out to lunch or dinner
- hanging out at home
- games and snacks
- emailing each other
- fixing up our bikes
- biking though town
- going out for ice cream
- Montpelier farmer's market
- Reading together
- Swimming indoors over school vacation
- making mother's day gifts
- cooking and baking together
- emailing and texting each other to keep connected
- Spring fun...sugaring and snowshoeing
- watching a movie (at home and in the theater)
- shopping and running errands together
- walking and talking
What matches did together in April
- First match meeting (welcome Paul and Brandon)
- Skinny pancake and conflict mentor Event
- going out to lunch or dinner
- seeing live music
- going out for tea and playing games
- yoga and dancing
- running errands
- fishing
- going to the library
- going out to lunch or dinner
- hanging out at home
- games and snacks
- emailing each other
- fixing up our bikes
- biking though town
- going out for ice cream
- Montpelier farmer's market
- Reading together
- Swimming indoors over school vacation
- making mother's day gifts
- cooking and baking together
- emailing and texting each other to keep connected
- Spring fun...sugaring and snowshoeing
- watching a movie (at home and in the theater)
- shopping and running errands together
- walking and talking
- First match meeting (welcome back Sandy and her new mentee Aleacya)
- Ice skating at the mentor Event
- going out to lunch or dinner
- celebrating birthdays!
- visiting each other's family
- board games
- going to the library
- Celebrating 4 YEARS of being matched together (happy anniversary Michele and Felisha)
- listening to music
- making lunch or dinner together
- tapping trees together
- cooking and baking together
- emailing and texting each other to keep connected
- reading together
- chatting on the phone
- Cabot maple fest
- walking around the neighborhood
- playing basketball and soccer at the school
- making easter bonnets
- Seeing a play
- shopping and running errands together
- walking the dogs (Ceomania and Jasmine pictured above)
- studying for a test together with acting and laughs
- snow shoeing and tracking animals
- dying easter eggs
- going to the school play together
- looking up things on the computer together
- making maps together
- shopping, chatting, getting to know each other better
- snacks, snacks and more snacks!
Here are the fun things matches did in February
- making ice sculptures
- going out to lunch or dinner
- another mentee gets her first library card!
- made a birdhouse
- crafts, crafts, crafts (it is that time of year)
- making lunch or dinner together
- cooking and baking together
- snowshoeing
- going to Lake Morey
- emailing and texting each other to keep connected
- playing basketball at the Old School house common
- playing games and cards
- puzzles
- ice skating at the the Plainfield and Marshfield rinks
- reading together
- walking around town
- shopping and running errands together
- watching movies
- visiting and playing with animals
Examples from January
- attending the mentor Appreciation dinner
- cooking and baking together
- emailing and texting each other to keep connected
- playing hide and seek
- playing games and cards
- puzzles
- ice skating at the the Plainfield and Marshfield rinks
- reading together
- going out to lunch
- volunteering at and attending a music festival
- walking around town
- shopping and running errands together
- having their first match meeting (Welcome Alyssa and Kathy)
- Picking out fabric for a sewing project
- watching movies
- lots of snack eating (boy these kids can eat)
- visiting the animals at the Hollister Hill Farm
- making valentines cards
- celebrating birthdays
- JUST BEING PRESENT TOGETHER!
Examples from December
- attending the pizza game night at Kenzie's house.
- imaginative play
- tree trimming with the whole family
- sledding
- cutting down a christmas tree
- walking the mall and catching up
- making dinner together
- sewing together
- cookie and cocoa making
- making crafts and presents
- roasting hot dogs over an outdoor fire
- wreath decorating
- swimming (indoors at a hotel pool)
- playing games and talking after school
- exercising together
- family christmas visiting
- going to church
- emailing and texting each other
- watching a Christmas movie
- running errands together
- Visiting the library (one mentee even got her first library card!)
- Walking the dog
- Playing board games together
- Visiting with friends
- Eating cider and donuts
- Family dinners (with mentor's family and mentee's family)
- Painting
- Wandering the mall together to catch up
- Visiting the animals at Hollister Hill Farm
- Visiting the nursing home
- Tea party
- Walking in the Marshfield Town Forest
- Doing chores together
- Card making
- Playing hide and seek (never too old for this :)
- Having a first match meeting
- Wreath making
- Reading together
- Bread making
- Pizza Putt
- Watching the Wizard of Oz
- Planting garlic
- Playing with pictures on the computer
- attending the harvest festival
- making dinner together
- cider pressing
- fairbanks museum
- seeing a play and laughing out loud
- watching a soccer game
- bike ride
- hot tub (with two matches together)
- arts and crafts
- Swimming in the river (but don't try that this month)
- visiting Woodridge nursing home
- frisbee golf
- just hanging out at the house
- running around with the dog
- carving pumpkins
- eating, eating, eating...
- having a tea party in the woods
- lots of popcorn making :)
- picking carrots
- going to playground 2000
- reading books together
- doing a shop project
- bread baking
- board games and puzzles
Examples from September:
- Playing board games
- Taking a trip to the library and walking the dog
- Taking a bike ride and getting an ice cream
- Playing basketball
- Apple picking
- Building fairy houses
- Planting trees
- Lots of pairs enjoying food: baking bread , cookies, muffins, and cooking dinner together
- Playing on the playground (kids love it when adults will play with them!)
- Planting mums at the Cutler Memorial Library
- Having their first match meeting
- Going to the Tunbridge Fair (always took longer than expected)
- Boating and swimming
- Working on a scrap book
- And the all time favorite activity: Just Hanging Out
