Summer Student

Hi!!! My Name is Jill Redden; I have been hired by The Friends of Harmony Park Society as a summer student for a twelve week program. I am currently enrolled at CCMH taking massage therapy. I am super interested in the holistic approach to a healthy lifestyle and preventative medicine. I am more than delighted to be a part of the Harmony Park/Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School team. I have been hired for a variety of tasks including maintenance, promotion, fundraising, programming and administration. With balance and organization this large mission has been successful and rewarding thus far.

As most of you know Harmony Park is dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyle and my job is to help make this happen. Part of my job is to maintain the gardens here at Harmony Park with weeding and watering of course! The Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School students have planted the gardens and will harvest the vegetables in the fall for use in their cafeteria as part of the healthy lunch program. I will also help to coordinate the activities held at Harmony Park throughout the summer. (Check out the rest of the Harmony Park website to find out what’s going on this summer; it is bound to be a good time!!!!)

I will be coordinating and running a five week enrichment program at the Health Center that gives students the opportunity to stay focused on the school curriculum, maintain and increase their existing abilities and hopefully increase their interest with regards to school work. So far, there are fifteen students enrolled in the program which whom I will provide tutoring services to in various subjects such as math, reading and writing. As part of an incentive to enroll in the program the students enrolled will meet with me at Harmony Park every other Friday just to have FUN!!

Fundraising and promoting are also tasks to conquer this summer at Harmony Park!!! On Tuesday nights I am assisting to coach six and under soccer at Harmony Park. As part of the fundraising for Harmony Park we have established a license allowing us to hold a 50/50 draw every Tuesday night during First Kicks Soccer. All proceeds will go to help maintain and develop Harmony Park. I am currently working on a brochure that will hopefully be an aid in gathering people to Harmony Park. The brochure will discuss the area and the purpose of Harmony Park. The Friends of Harmony Park Society would like anyone who wishes, to hold an event here at the park! The brochure will be placed in locations that will draw people to the community and to the park.

In closing, I hope to see you all at Harmony Park this summer. It is my pleasure to be a part of this wonderful program and to help out in such a beautiful community full of caring people. Together, we can hold events at Harmony Park where the children can have fun, be active and healthy and we can bring the community together.