Last week was definitely my busiest week in Edgerton. Saturday was the Amazing Race, Monday was the Seniors BBQ, and Thursday was Edgerton's Kids day!
The Amazing Race was on Saturday August 13. Out of all the events I planned this summer, I was most excited for this one. I spend many hours promoting this event, and organizing locations and volunteers. I am very happy to say that the Edgerton community supported me in many ways with this event. Everything came together well and all of my locations had fantastic challenges. I used facebook as my primary way to stay in contact with the youth, and I had 14 youth register prior to the event and 13 maybe. After seeing these response I was very excited to see the turn out for the Amazing Race.However, to my shock only 3 youth actually come. This was very disheartening; however, we made the best of it and ran with it. One of the participants called her little brother and we ran the event with two teams. Despite the small turn out, this was still an amazing event. The challenges were very entertaining, and all the youth had a great time. Also, each participant went home with tons of awesome prizes! When I reflected on this event, I was initially was very sad because of the turn out, but then I thought of what the Mayor of Edgerton said. "It not about how many people come to the event, we do for one what we would do for 100, but what matters is that it impacts those who attend, and that they have a good time." Therefore, I can now proudly say that this event was a success, despite the small numbers, because the youth that attended did have a great time.
My next event was Monday August 15, a Seniors day. This event was designed to simply show the villages appreciation for our seniors. Originally we had planned to do lawn games and a BBQ. However, due to weather we were unable to play games, instead we enjoy a nice BBQ and visiting. 25 seniors attended this event, and overall I believe it was well received.
Finally, my last event was Edgerton Kids Day on August 18. This event was very well received by the community and families in the community. I had 20 kids registered and 19 attended. This event was designed to be an afternoon of games for kids ages 7 to 12. Overall, I would say this event was a success, all the kids seemed to really enjoy themselves. I believe the community of Edgerton benefited from these events, and I had lots of fun putting them.
Monday 22 August 2011
Friday 5 August 2011
The Beauty of Edgerton
Flower on Hwy 610
Clear Lake
Field on the gravel road just outside of Edgerton
Edgerton's train track
Edgerton sunset
Edgerton's Sports Grounds
My awesome walk to work
Edgerton's water tower
Only one month to go....
Wow, I can't believe that the summer is almost over all ready. This summer has been so awesome, and I have really loved working with the village of Edgerton. This month will be crazy for me, I have three major events, the First Responders conference, as well as finishing up everything I have started.
This last Wednesday was lots of fun for me. I experienced my first ever radio interview. I was interviewed on both Wainwright stations; Key AM, and Wayne FM. During both interviews I was able to talk about the Rural Capacity Internship, as well as Edgerton, and my events that are happening there. So far I have talked to a few people who heard me, and I am hoping that these interviews will boost the amount of people at my events. Furthermore, I was also interviewed by the news guys for course radio in this area, and he was going to play my interview during the news for the next couple days. All in all, I think it was a great time, and a great way to get some free publicity for Augustana LaB, Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities, Edgerton and for myself. Also this week there was a write up about me in the Edgerton Sand paper, as well as in the Wainwright Edge. I'm beginning to feel like I'm famous!!
This week has been finalizing many of my events. The Amazing race is just a week away.... bah! But I think it will be great! Right now I have 9 youth signed up and there are 14 maybes on facebook. Here's hoping they all say yes!! My next event will be on August 15. This is my Seniors BBQ night, which will be held at the Edgerton museum. This event is pretty much a seniors social. We will have a BBQ (which is sponsored by the village) then everyone can just visit and play lawn games for the rest of the evening. It will be a really relaxed evening, but also something nice to show our appreciation for our seniors. My last event will be Edgerton's Kids day.This will be an afternoon of fun games for kids ages 7 to 11.Similar to the seniors event, it is nothing formal, we will just play circle games, soccer and tag like games. This will be followed by a BBQ at 5 from participants and their families. Currently we have 9 kids signed up and I am hoping to get a few more. I am very excited for these events, and I hope that they show the youth and seniors that they are valued by their community.
I look forward to seeing how these events turn out, and how this last month goes. Its been a great time so far, and I am sure I will enjoy my last month.
This last Wednesday was lots of fun for me. I experienced my first ever radio interview. I was interviewed on both Wainwright stations; Key AM, and Wayne FM. During both interviews I was able to talk about the Rural Capacity Internship, as well as Edgerton, and my events that are happening there. So far I have talked to a few people who heard me, and I am hoping that these interviews will boost the amount of people at my events. Furthermore, I was also interviewed by the news guys for course radio in this area, and he was going to play my interview during the news for the next couple days. All in all, I think it was a great time, and a great way to get some free publicity for Augustana LaB, Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities, Edgerton and for myself. Also this week there was a write up about me in the Edgerton Sand paper, as well as in the Wainwright Edge. I'm beginning to feel like I'm famous!!
This week has been finalizing many of my events. The Amazing race is just a week away.... bah! But I think it will be great! Right now I have 9 youth signed up and there are 14 maybes on facebook. Here's hoping they all say yes!! My next event will be on August 15. This is my Seniors BBQ night, which will be held at the Edgerton museum. This event is pretty much a seniors social. We will have a BBQ (which is sponsored by the village) then everyone can just visit and play lawn games for the rest of the evening. It will be a really relaxed evening, but also something nice to show our appreciation for our seniors. My last event will be Edgerton's Kids day.This will be an afternoon of fun games for kids ages 7 to 11.Similar to the seniors event, it is nothing formal, we will just play circle games, soccer and tag like games. This will be followed by a BBQ at 5 from participants and their families. Currently we have 9 kids signed up and I am hoping to get a few more. I am very excited for these events, and I hope that they show the youth and seniors that they are valued by their community.
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