RK Families,
Great first meeting! A song, a reading of an excerpt from one of Al Gore's books, discussion of water conservation and the need for RK, a team building game, and an assignment to come to this week's meeting prepared to to discuss our hopes and dreams for this year.
There is a canoe trip with Mike Clark scheduled for this Thursday afternoon. Read carefully for details and respond if necessary by Tuesday if at all possible.
We are planning to meet at the performing arts room ASAP and leave NCS at 3:40; we'll return to NCS by 8:30pm. We will meet Mike at North Riverfront Park a little after 4pm, portage our canoe to the water and paddle across to Mosenthein Island where we'll clean for a half-hour before gathering around the campfire for veggie kabobs. We'll return to Riverfront Park and portage back to vehicles and leave by a little before 8pm.
Those kids and adults wanting to join us should come prepared in a variety of ways:
If you have any questions, send them my way. And any adults wanting to join us should explain that in the comments to this post. Also indicate if there are any other email addresses I need to add to my list for you.
Rock on!
Ben
Great first meeting! A song, a reading of an excerpt from one of Al Gore's books, discussion of water conservation and the need for RK, a team building game, and an assignment to come to this week's meeting prepared to to discuss our hopes and dreams for this year.
There is a canoe trip with Mike Clark scheduled for this Thursday afternoon. Read carefully for details and respond if necessary by Tuesday if at all possible.
We are planning to meet at the performing arts room ASAP and leave NCS at 3:40; we'll return to NCS by 8:30pm. We will meet Mike at North Riverfront Park a little after 4pm, portage our canoe to the water and paddle across to Mosenthein Island where we'll clean for a half-hour before gathering around the campfire for veggie kabobs. We'll return to Riverfront Park and portage back to vehicles and leave by a little before 8pm.
Those kids and adults wanting to join us should come prepared in a variety of ways:
- Wet feet - Waterproof Boots are preferred, but shoes that can get wet/messy are an absolute must.
- Cold conditions - boots and thick socks will help here. It is also important to wear enough layers and pack extra clothes in a drybag. I will bring one big drybag and we have individual drybags in the Performing Arts room for those who would like to borrow one. They are $18 if you'd like to own one. They will come in handy multiple times this year. Polar fleece will still keep you warm even if you are wet. COTTON clothes are the ENEMY when wet and cold.
- Food and Water - we will provide veggie kabobs, chips, lemonade, water for refills, and tea. Kids should bring a filled water bottle, and afternoon snack (if they want one) and food of your own for dinner if the aforementioned does not sound good.
- Light - We will be returning to vehicles as it gets dark, so we will need some lights. If you have a headlamp, it will be very helpful to have along on the trip. Hand-held lights are only moderately useful as they keep you from using your hands to carry things during portage.
- HW Warning - Kids may work on HW in the vehicle on the way, but you have HW that cannot be done in the vehicle, it will have to be done when you get home.
If you have any questions, send them my way. And any adults wanting to join us should explain that in the comments to this post. Also indicate if there are any other email addresses I need to add to my list for you.
Rock on!
Ben
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