Speaker In Waverley August 25

Hi everyone,

I was asked by the members of the Heritage Society to post the info for a speaker they have coming to Waverley next week. If you or anyone you know is interested in geology Dr. Michael Parsons is coming to talk about gold mining (gold mining is how Waverley got started as a Village). He's speaking about the environmental legacy historical gold mining has and continues to have on Nova Scotia. The event is happening at 7:00 pm Wednesday, August 25 in the Waverley Legion (
2234 Rocky Lake Drive, Waverley, NS) and if you want any more info feel free to email me or post a comment on the post :)

- sarah

Success

Our biggest success this summer was with a girl who joined our camp, without any real knowledge of computers or technology. At the beginning of the summer, she was reluctant to do much of anything, because she didn't feel comfortable. Throughout the week, we were able to get her to start trying new things with the computers. By the end of the week, she was the most interested and excited one in the group. When she left, she was completely comfortable using the computer, and exploring new possibilities. We are excited to see her next year, and see how she has progressed throughout the year.

By Miles and Matt

Closing words from dartmouth north

My summer here at darmouth noth community center has been great ! The lab over here is very busy and lots to do ! My summer computer camps (http://campdncc.tripod.com) went very well. Attendance was a bit slow at first but picked up as the summer went on ! Those who took part in the camps really enjoyed them ! The best part was that they went and told their friends who came in and asked me to re-do camps because they heard how fun it was !

It was great to teach these people some things that they can use and even show other people ! Without this c@p site it's likely they would not have had an opportunity like this!

Rainy days were especially busy in here ! All of the school aged kids come in and play a game called "combat arms" which is a first person shooter similar to counter strike ! It's great to see them all playing together! The computer knowledge of some of these kids (who are about 8-10 years old) is amazing !

I hope everyone else has had a great summer !

THE 2010 BLOG AWARDS!

I am pleased to announce that we have had a very successful Summer with our blog! We've gotten a lot of attention for it, and there's always something interesting each week!

That being said, there are some of you who have gone above and beyond the Blog expectations, and we would like to thank you!

Drumroll.....

The first place winner of the 2010 Blog Challenge Awards is.....

Keegan Moser!
Thank you for participating with creativity and quality in every challenge! We will be bringing you your prizes this week!

The runner-up for the 2010 Blog Challenge Awards is....

Sarah Haworth!
You have done a wonderful job bringing life to the Waverley CAP program through participating in the challenges! We will be bringing/sending you your prizes this week!


Two Honorary Mentions for Blog Contributors:
These two people always managed to share humorous stories from their CAP sites, useful hints, and they have also both been working with the program for a long time!

Thank you to ....

Brittney Hartling and Brian Berry!
You will both be receiving your prizes this week as well, by visit/mail.

Please continue posting, everyone, until the end of the Summer! This is the time in the program when the best stories tend to happen!

3rd Round of Movie Nights at the ROC Update

Last Thursday (August 12) was the third round of Summer Movie Nights at the ROC. The feature film last week was "Up" and it was a very appropriate because the number of people who attended was up significantly from two weeks ago when we had our last movie night. In turn the amount of pizza eaten was up from last time. As with the previous movie nights everyone appeared to have a good time. "Up" was by far the most successful movie night of the summer so far. If the trend continues, our last movie night of the summer (which will take place on August 29th) should have just as much success.

Connecting the CAP Site to the Community

In Waverley the CAP Site that I work in shares a building with the Waverley Heritage Museum. As a result I have gotten to know many of the Heritage Society members and have learned more about the history of the community while being able to share my computer skills with them.

Over the course of the summer the society hosts two Teas. This is an opportunity to raise money and socialize for its members and a chance for me to publicize the CAP Site.

In July I enjoyed helping with the Tea and getting to know some of the people in the community. Next Friday they will have their second Tea and I will once again volunteer my services. This week I helped them with their advertising in the community by making this flyer and posting it in the community.

Challenge #5 Entry - Keegan Moser

I've always been fairly interested in history, genealogy and related subjects, so this weeks challenge was quickly used to once again partnered with and draw attention to our community historical society. Basically, we began by posting signs around Moser River announcing that one afternoon we would be having a barbecue and prize draws at the local museum and genealogy center. Then, once people were aware, we moved over to the museum for one afternoon and fired up the barbecue. We saw many people over the course of the afternoon, some of whom even brought old photographs and documents to contribute to the museum. I've scanned some of them, they'll be attached below.

Some of the older community members were particularly excited , and were happy to have a chance to discuss people, places and artifacts.

Some of the community youth were more drawn by the promise of a barbecued lunch, but once they actually came in to the museum, some of them were just as enthused as any of the adults.

And some of the donated pictures (these are only a few, there are many more):

In the end, I feel that we were quite successful in drawing more attention and interest to the Moser River and Area Historical Society.

The beginning of an adventure packed week

This week started the Sheet Harbour Seaside Festival. the most celebrated events of the year in this small town are happening starting last Wednesday and ending not this Sunday but next Sunday with a beautiful fireworks display. there are several events everyday for the whole family.
If you find yourself bored come on down to Sheet Harbour. On saturday we have the Seaside Festival Parade which both us and the Moser River C@P Site interns will be participating in. it will be so much fun and hopefully we will generate more peoples interest in the C@P Site. Next week you will get to see lots of pictures of the Festival on our Blog. this picture below is one I took last year:
this is the Seaside festival link for more details: http://seasidefestival.sheetharbour.ca/
Just about everyone that grew up in Sheet Harbour and the surrounding area come home for this festival.
Nothing much happened this week except people preparing for the celebration of the year.
Hope your week is as good as ours
Have Fun
~Brittney and Delaney

Geeky Prizes

So, this week has been the final challenge for the Blog!

Dan and I ordered some prizes from ThinkGeek, and they are well-deserved with the Summer we've had.
There are plenty to go around, so there will be several smaller prizes beyond the Big Blog Winner, for Summer Projects and contributions, which will be divided up and given next week on our site visits!


For now, take a peek at the nifty things you may be winning!

USB Chargeable Batteries

USB Plasma Ball

Linux Penguin

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Periodic Refrigerator Table

Paper E-Mail Notepad

Bumper Sticker

G-Mail Shortcut Keyboard

USB Pet Rock

USB Christmas Lights!

"Opportunity"

Super-Powered Batteries

Rubik's Cube Alarm Clock

USB Lavender Incense Burner

A Taste of Summer Camps at the ROC

Challenge # 5: CAP for a Cause

This Challenge makes use of the resources your CAP site offers. You've got a computer, likely a printer and some other gadgets, and most importantly: YOU.
We're nearing the end of Summer, and challenges, so I'm giving you some leeway here.
What matters most to you? Use your CAP site to reach out -whether for a cause in your community, or a global organization- it doesn't matter.


Create something by using your site, Implement something in your site, Inspire others at your site... just do something to help the greater good on behalf of yourself and your CAP site. It doesn't need to involve money, think outside the box!


I'm excited to see what matters to you, and how you go about with this challenge!

A glance at Sheet Harbour!

Hey guys,
I don't really have anything to exciting to share about our week here. So instead I decided that I would share some pictures of our community with you. Enjoy!
Have a great weekend!






























Sheet Harbour gets sidewalks!

Challenge #4 Entry - Keegan Moser

My letter to Peter MacKay, Minister of Defense & MP for Central Nova. I actually wrote this last week, but forgot to post. You'll probably have to enlarge it to read it.

3rd Round Of Summer Camps at The ROC

This week has been a busy one for me as it was my turn to lead one of our biweekly summer camps held here at the Resource Opportunities Centre. The following novel should give you a basic idea of what went on.

Camp Report
“Sports! At The ROC”
Duration: August 4-5, 2010 10:00am-3:00pm Daily
Submitted By: Brian Berry

Background Info

“Sports! At the ROC” is the third instalment of 4 biweekly summer camps held at the Resource Opportunities Centre in the summer of 2010. Advertising for this camp took place in the form of a brochure that was sent out to all the elementary schools in the area which the Resource Opportunities Centre serves. Accompanying this brochure we also advertised on our website www.prospectcommunities.com .

How It All Went Down

As the title suggests the camp was most obviously sports themed. The target audience was children ages 6-11. We were hoping for a group of six kids as we had set that number as our target number of kids. We had six kids sign up, but then two backed out at the last minute.

The First Day (Aug. 4)

The skies were angry that day and the weather was not in our favour for outdoor activities. It basically rained as hard as possible all day which kept us inside. We started off with colouring sports related pictures so the kids got to explore their artistic side. This was followed by a shoot out which went as well as could be expected. This was followed by lunch, which also went well. The rain continued to pour after lunch and we substituted the reality of outdoor sports for the fantasy world of Wii Sports Resort and Mario Kart. The kids enjoyed this. The day was ended with the sports related movie “Air Bud.”

The Second Day (Aug. 5)

The weather was better than the previous day, although it was overcast and foggy...at least it wasn’t raining. We braved the fog and went outside for some outdoor sports, consisting of Basketball and Soccer. This was followed by a spontaneous trip down to the SS Atlantic Heritage Centre. The kids enjoyed this trip and were eager to read each information podium along the boardwalk. We had lunch down at the Gazebo and then preceded leisurely back to the ROC. The kids then played a few sports tournaments on the Nintendo Wii. During this time while they were occupied we prepared the water balloons for the epic battle royal that would happen out in the baseball field across the street from the ROC. This would prove to be the climax of the day as the kids had a great time getting wet and throwing water balloons at each other and myself. (They mostly threw them at me...). We spent the last 20 minutes of the day playing a popular local game called “Grounders” in an attempt to dry off. All in all the camp was immensely enjoyed by all the participants.

Important Things to Note for Future Camps

• If you have a plan that you think will cover the entire day...it won’t. Plan twice as many activities as you think you will need because kids of that particular age group will go through your activities much faster than you yourself might.
• Movies work for a certain amount of time, but don’t assume the kids will sit through the whole thing.
• Water fights tend to work really well...but if you’re the only person of authority who is participating in the water fight then the kids will target you. (I got soaked!)
To sum up, if you can keep your campers busy with a good variety of activities then the camp should be a success.
The moral of the story...Keep them busy!

That’s all for now,


Brian Berry