6/24-6/25
event blogger : (police) are you enjoyinq yourself so far? "sure"
are you having fun and what can we change to make it better? "yesssss its really fun..and i wouldnt change nothing"
what would you have been doing if you werent here? (weight lifter) "home chillin...i think since its open later then 7 its better"
PARENTS:
what do you think about summer night light so far? "wonderful idea for the community to get together as a family...we will be here everyday to support! " (ms.curry & ms.jefferson )
Parent:
what do you think about it so far? "its alright i heared about it last year and i never came but since i live down the street i decided i will go this year and so far im excited"
(kid) " im mad cause the popo here"
(teen) "at first it was skimp" "if i wasnt here i would be at a party or somethin"
7/1-7/2
Question: (1) what do you think about summer night lights so far? (2) where would you be if you weren’t here? (3) do you think its something you would come back to?
[parent] "so far... it's good for the community, if I wasn’t here I would be sitting on my mothers' porch rocking in the rocking chair, yes I would come back."
[parent] "I live in this neighborhood and its something good for the community to get them out of trouble"
[parent] "we been here all our life and needed something like this. This makes history for our neighborhood"
[kid] "Its fun, if I wasn’t here I would be sitting on the couch, and yes I would come back"
[parent] "A lot of people come together and it’s a family atmosphere, I would be at a movie or something. And yea"
[parent] "its my first time Eva coming, I would be home and yes I would come back"
[employee] "If the kid enjoying it then its worth it, I would be in the shower getting ready to go somewhere, yes this the best money in the world"
[parent and ] "my child has something to do after school, I would be home watching t.v and on twitter eating something. Yep and yall need free food or go down on these prices"
[kid] "basketball, I would be at a club, and naa."
[kid] " I like that its open 7-12pm"
[kid] "I like to come out and beat people like tyree in basketball"
[parent] "I like the atmosphere, with the community interacting with each other and im enjoying myself"
[kid] " umm..its straight if I wasn’t here I would be at a party or something"
[parent] "since I just got here and this is my first time at summer night lights...i would say so far im enjoying myself"
[kid]" its ight, I like comin to play basketball and looking at all the females"
[parent] "to see the community coming together is a sight to see and so far I like it"
[kid] " man..where the free food at? Im playin..i like it though"
[parent] "so far I cant complain, im liking what I see"
[parent] " it’s a good thing to do on Saturday and Sunday to keep the kids out the streets and yes I would come back and support this event"
[kid] " im having fun with everyone, playing in the park and stuff"
[kid] " summer night lights is ok...if I wasn’t here I would be home, in my bed or getting dress to go somewhere"
[parent]"so far so good thing for the kids"
[kids]" honestly these bugs are killing me and im getting ready to go, but I had fun"
Ju
Event: origami
QUESTIONS : What did you like about it? Did you feel you learned something?
Idea: She tells a story and based on the story she told the kids create something out of paper with the assigned group.
[kid]” I liked how she made all the different creations with one sheet of paper, mmhm I felt that I can have fun with one sheet of paper”
[kid]” it was creative, interesting, enlightening and yea”
[adult]” it exposed the children to something they have never done before and allow them to be exposed to new experiences …they were excited, even though it was challenging to few but they overcame it”.
July 8-9
Event: origami
QUESTIONS : What did you like about it? Did you feel you learned something?
Idea: She tells a story and based on the story she told the kids create something out of paper with the assigned group.
[kid]” I liked how she made all the different creations with one sheet of paper, mmhm I felt that I can have fun with one sheet of paper”
[kid]” it was creative, interesting, enlightening and yea”
[adult]” it exposed the children to something they have never done before and allow them to be exposed to new experiences …they were excited, even though it was challenging to few but they overcame it”.
Event: judicial offender
Idea: to explain to the kids what they should do if they are stopped by an officer.
[kid]” I learned that marijuana cant be illegal because people don’t pay taxes on it [technically] “
Event : summer night lights party !
[kid]” it was fun, I wouldn’t change nothing and I plan on coming back”
[kid]” it was fun, I wounldnt change nothing and yea I would come back”
[parent” it was nice, it gave the children something to do, (what I would change?) Nothing”
[kid]”I liked it , everybody dancing and all the cool dancers, I would change nothing but I want to dance with bigger kids”
[parent]” It was nice for the kids, Nothing”
[kid] “free food and drinks is what I like but more people would be nice]
[kid] “yall should have told us ahead of time..only thing I would change is more people my age”
[worker]” dancing and watching the kids dance, nothing but more food”
7/15 Friday-
QUESTION: WHAT DID YOU ENJOY MOST TODAY?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS?
[ WORKER ] “PLAYING POOL AND BEING WITH THE KIDS”
[ KID ] “PLAYING THE WII AND PING PONG AND THE EXTENDED HOURS THAT ALLOWED ME TO PLAY LONGER”
[ ADULT ] “I WOULD SAY I ENJOYED WATCHING MY DAUGHTER HAVE A GOOD TIME, I LIKE THAT WITH ALL THE KIDS SHE IS ABLE TO INTERACT MORE WITH OTHER CHILDREN”
[ KID ] “I LIKE PLAYING THE WII AND LISTENING TO MUSIC, SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS ALLOWED ME TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND HAVE MORE FRIENDS”
QUESTION: WHAT MADE YOU COME BACK?
HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE RAIN?
[ KID ] “ ITS FUN”
[ KID ] “ ITS EXCITING AND I ENJOY MYSELF”
[ KID ] “ ITS SOMETHING TO DO INSTEAD OF BEING BORED AT HOME”
[ WORKER ] “WE CAN COME IN WITHOUT BEING IN THE WEATHER AND PLAY GAMES AND IT’S A NICE WAY TO MEET FRIENDS”
[ MS.SHORTY ] “ I ENJOY GIVING EVERYONE FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS SOMETHING TO DO”
[ KID ] “ AT FIRST WHEN IT RAINED I WAS NOT GONNA COME BUT I GUESS I JUST TOOK A RISK AND CAME ANYWAYS”
[ KID ] “I WAS GOIN TO COME REGARDLESS CAUSE ITS NOTHING TO DO AT MY HOUSE”
7/16 Saturday-
QUESTIONS:WHICH EVENT DID YOU ENJOY MOST?
IF YOU WEREN’T HERE WHERE WOULD YOU BE?
[KID]”IT WAS FUN, I LIKE THE MUSIC”
[KID]”ITS OK, I LIKE PLAYING BASKETBALL”
NUTRITION:
EXPLAINING THE GRAINS TO THE CHILDREN AND LETTING THEM EAT
AFTERWARDS GAVE THE KIDS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
DANCE:
TO RELAX AND HAVE FUN AND LOSE SOME OF THE ENERGY BUILT
UP INSIDE THEM.THE DANCING PART OF THE EVENING ALLOWED THE
KIDS NOT ONLY TO DANCE BUT SOCIALIZE AMONG THEIR PEERS.
[KID]”THE DANCE WAS FUN, I WISH IT WAS MORE PEOPLE THAT
WANTED TO DANCE THOUGH”
[WORKER]” I GUESS BRIBING THE KIDS WITH FREE FOOD AND DRINKS
REALLY HELPED MORE PEOPLE TO COME BUT IT WAS A GOOD THING
AND FUN FOR THE KIDS”
[KID]”IT WAS FUN,I LIKED THE DANCING PART”
[KID]”I LIKE THE FOOD AND MUSIC”
[KID]” DANCING , I LOVE TO DANCE SO I HAD FUN”
[ADULT] “ I ENJOYED WATCHING THE KIDS HAVE FUN AND IT GOOD BECAUSE
WHEN THEY COME HOME THEY WILL BE GOOD AND TIRED”
[WORKER]” IM MAD IT TOOK FOOD TO ACTUALLY BRING A CROWD…THAT’S SAD BUT
I ENJOYED WATCHING THEM HAVE FUN”
Friday 7/22
QUESTIONS: DID YOU ENJOY YOURSELF TODAY?
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS?
“ I LIKE PLAYING POOL …AND YES”
“ BEING ABLE TO HAVE FUN WITH OTHER KIDS….”
“ COMING TO THE CENTER AND LIFTING WEIGHTS”
“ GOING TO THE POOL LATE AT NIGHT “
WHATS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE PROGRAM?
“WE GET TO HAVE FUN, BE WITH OUR FRIEND AND NOT BE IN THE STREET”
“IT’S A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN BE A KID”
“IT’S A FUN PLACE FOR KIDS TO HANG OUT LATE AND ALSO PLAY
VIDEO GAMES”
“ITS SOMETHING TO DO INSTEAD OF BEING BORED AT HOME”
“THE VARIETY OF ACTIVITEYS “
Saturday 7/23
[ KID ] “I LIKED THE FLASH DANCE THING”
[ ADULT ] “ I ENJOYED THE DANCE , AT FIRST I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT YALL WAS DOING”
[ KID ] “ I HAD FUN DANCING WITH YALL DOING THE FLASH MOB”
[ ADULT ] “ THE MICHALE JACKSON DANCE WAS UNEXPECTED, BUT I ENJOYED IT”
[ KID ] “ I LIKE THE BASKETBALL GAMES WE PLAYED AT THE COURT”
[ KID ] “I LIKE PLAYING POOL WITH THE OTHER KIDS”
[ KID ] “ I LIKE THE PING PONG GAME”
[ KID ]” THE FLASH MOB WAS COOL, I LIKED IT “
[ ADULT ] “EVEN THOUGH I COULDN’T CATCH ON RIGHT AWAY I ENJOYED THE FLASH MOB”
[ KID ] I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE FLASH MOB”
[ KID ] “ THE DANCE PART “
July,29
Question: what did you like today?
“ I enjoyed being at the pool with everyone”
“playing pool with the other kids at the center”
“the food!!”
“the lil celebration party in the back”
“the party.”
“playing the wii with my friends”
“going to the pool”
“playing pool and listening to music.”
“ the party in the back”
“the food too”
July 30, 2011
“the party”
“ playing the nitindo game”
“dancing to michale Jackson on the wii”
“michale Jackson game”
“the party outside”
“the music”
“playing pool so far…..”
“playing the foos ball with my sister”
“playing the wii is my favorite”
8/05 -8/06
TODAYS EVENT :
- ROCK CLIMBING
- -ARTS && CRAFTS
QUESTION:
- WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS OR TODAYS EVENT?
[ TEEN ] “ I ENJOYED ROCK CLIMBING IT WAS SCARY BUT I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE TOP”
[ WORKER ] “AHH MAN I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA FALL…TRAGIC”
[ KID ] “ I CANT ROCK CLIMB BECAUSE THEY SAID IM TOO YOUNG”
[ KID ] “ME TOO THEY SAID IM TOO LITTLE”
[ WORKER ] “ IT WAS STRAIGHT, NOTHING MAJOR”
[ KID ] “PLAYING THE WII WITH MY SISTERS CAUSE WE HAVE FUN”
[ KID ] “PLAYING POOL WITH MY HOME BOYS”
[ TEEN ] “JUST HANGING WITH MY FRIENDS AND STUFF”
[ TEEN ] “ GETTING TO KNOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE”
[ KID ] “WELL IM GOING TO THE POOL LATER…SO I GUESS THAT’S WHERE I HAVE THE MOST FUN AT “
Friday, August 12:
QUESTION: WHATS YOUR FAVORITE ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER?
[ KID ] “ MY FAVORITE THING WAS BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE POOL UTILL 12”
[KID] “ WHEN THE STAGE CAME AND PEOPLE PERFORMED”
[KID] “ COMING TO THE CENTER AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE”
[PARENT] “ KNOWING WHEN MY KIDS ARE HERE THEY ARE BEING WATCHED”
[KIDS] “COMING IN THE CENTER AND PLAYING POOL”
[KIDS] “ WHEN THE NUTRITION LADY BRING THE FOOD”
[KIDS] “I GUESS GOING TO THE WEIGHT ROOM”
[KID] “ INSTEAD OF BEING HOME BORED I CAN COME HERE AND CHILL”
[PARENT] “IT GIVES THE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE STREETS ALL OURS OF THE NIGHT”
[KID] “UMM…I MET A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE SO I WOULD SAY MEETING NEW PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHTBORHOOD”
[KID] “ PLAYING POOL AND CHILLIN”
[KID] “MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS IS PLAYING THE WII AND GOING TO THE POOL LATE”
[KID] “ MY FAVORITE THING WAS THE STAGE”
[KID] “ SUMMER NIGHT LIGHTS WAS FUN AS IS NO SPECIFICS “
[KIDS] “ MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND PLAYING THE GAME”
[KID] “THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THE MUSIC”
[KID] “PLAYING THE MICHALE JACKSON GAME AND BASKETBALL”
[KID] “ IMA SAY BASKETBALL TOO”
[KID “THE STAGE WITH ALL THE DANCING AND SINGING”
[KID] “ PLAYING POOL AND FOOSEBALL”