On July mornings we learned about nutrition with Vince Ramirez, kayaked and canoed on Silver Lake, had fitness classes with Bari, went riding at Moonrise Farm, did crafts with Kitty, went to slip and slide day at the Hurd's house and it was amazing! We went to Wellwood Farms and picked Strawberries, we had a art class with Lolly and Bonnie, we went Bowling at Maple Lanes, and went to the Thompson Senior Center for Story Telling with Jools.

Mid-day we went to the Frates Pond, we had puppetry class with Angel, art with Fiona, farm programs at Billings Farm, photography with Holly and drumming with Ted.

In the afternoons we had yoga class, we sang with Jack Snyder and Kerry Rosenthal, we did art with Laura, cooked with Sarah, and played golf at Woodsotck Country Club.  Tomorrow at 3PM we have two very special guest coming to Zack's Place for a book reading!

We also went to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and took a great cruise of Squam Lake.

We read books with Pam, Ron, Diane and Bettyanne.

Our pictures are really great so be sure to scroll down!

Angel works with us in our Puppetry Class

Karissa and Nicole Bowling

Michael works on his putting skills.

Fred and Kitty are golfing buddies

Annie O'neill riding at Moonrise Farm

Jessica Burrell riding her favorite horse Barrister

Josh haming it up at Woodstock Fire Department

The gang showing off the bookmarks they made with Lolly and Bonnie

Lolly and Bonnie lead an art class

Denise cooling off at Silver Lake

Buddies hanging out at Silver Lake

Ed getting up on the paddle board.

Annie waiting to paddle

Slip and Slide Day at the Hurd's

Fred and Denise playing Volly Ball at Slip and Slide Day

The Gang at Billings

We love our summer

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We visited Squam Lake and hiked the trails

And then we went for a fabulous boat tour

Slip and slide day was really fun

Carl has perfected the slide

Erin O'Connell from Woodstock Fire Department stopped in to workout with Josh

Our Sunflowers are in Bloom

Every summer we get an amazing amount of volunteers. We have our steady interns that come each summer during school break and help us out with whatever. They are amazing! This summer we have Sam Matel, Graham and Andrew Jameson, Ruth Bollinger, Cam Cobey and Oscar Montano. These interns are essential to our programs. Another unusual group of volunteers arrived at our doorstep last week. It was an entire family.

Late last winter my husband and I were unloading from an event on a Sunday and a family walked by. They came over to us and asked what Zack's Place was. We told them about our center and gave them a tour. About a week later I received a letter in the mail asking if they could possibly volunteer for a week in the summer and it was accompanied by a generous donation. We connected and last week was decided upon. They rented a house and sure enough, Monday-Friday the entire family volunteered all day. They got to know our whole group including staff, volunteers and participants and they were a tremendous help. All of us from ZP, Board, Staff, Participants and families are grateful for their generous spirit and their sincere friendship. 

Will, Keegan, Hunter and Ben

Anna Tracey, Josh and Ruth Bollinger

Janice Elsesser, Fred Beebee, Will and Mark Baker

Andrew and Jessica and Graham and Erin

Judy, Karissa and Janice

Summer Intern Sam Matel and gang

   

   

   

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