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Girls on the Run has received generous support from the OSU Women’s Giving Circle
“Remember, you’re going to go at your pace. This is your run,” announced Amy Lee as 75 girls and their “sole mates” eagerly cued up at the start line of the 5K walk/run. Sixth grader Sabrina Simpson was among them, with her volunteer running buddy Shirley Shaw. “She’s a really good runner, but she went at my pace…
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a good night
i love love love my friends. i could listen to jenna tell stories all day long :):):):) heather is so comforting and inviting and safe. emily is so kind and caring. nathalie makes me feel like i can breathe. i’m in love with my friends. tonight was such a good night. i’m still smiling. they filled my bucket up to the brim.
KidSpirit wants to thank all the staff who worked so hard to make this summer one that impacted the lives of others. And the kids and their families for sharing your summer with us! KidSpirit believes that every moment holds the potential for learning and growth. We strive to provide a fun, open learning atmosphere where both participants and staff are encouraged to challenge themselves daily. KidSpirit instructors cater to the wide variety of learning styles by creating engaging and individualized lessons to ensure that every participant has the opportunity to increase their skills and confidence.
Gracie Griffin, one of the 2012 KidSpirit Award winners for poetry reads her poem "With a Pencil in My Hand." Read the original poem on KidSpirit's website: http://kidspiritonline.com/2011/09/with-a-pencil-in-my-hand/
A year at KidSpirit with our teen writers, artists, and photographers talking about what makes KidSpirit such a unique forum for youth.
This Year
Life and death, the main events,
The moon, rising up out of the midnight sky.
The beach with all of its happiness
And stars way up high.
Shadows lurking in the distance
You their final prey,
And colors fill the sky and earth
Every night and day.
Falling in the midst of nothing
Through the blackness of your heart,
And poetry in all its beauty
The finest form of art.
By Alexandros Hubert
For more teen poetry, visit www.kidspiritonline.com!
Time Like a petal in the wind Flows softly by As old lives are taken New ones begin A continual chain Which lasts throughout eternity Every life but a minute in time But each of equal importance
CINDYÂ CHENEY, "Time"
KidSpirit: Where Youth and the Spirit of Pluralism Converge
"Take a moment to look back on your youth. Do you remember being 12 or 14? That awkward age on the cusp of adulthood, when you were neither a child nor yet an adult, but alternately identifying with both? Imagine your deepest held values and beliefs at that age; your fledgling sense of self and vulnerability. Did you have opportunities to share what mattered to you? To listen to voices different from your own and marvel at their unique worth and beauty? Flash forward a few years to your late teens and early twenties. How do you recall that sense of self now? Stronger? More settled? Perhaps a bit less open-minded than before?
"We know that traits we develop as children become the basis of the adults we will become. If a child develops empathy, for example, early in life, we know they are more likely to be empathic later on. Conversely, what happens with negative traits? What about intolerance or its cousins, aggression and fear?"
Read more from the founding editor of KidSpirit in her article on nurturing pluralistic dialogue among youth for the Council for a Parliament of the World Religions.
