Cape Cod (May 18th-May 22nd)

CAPE COD GIRLS said...
Today, the cape cod girls went to Habitat for Humanity. Even though we had to wake up really early and had a 8 hour day, it was well worth it. We meet tons of people who live on the Cape all year round and want to help their community. We meet several women and men that build house every tuesday and saturday. They were very excited to see young new faces (they are all retired and enjoying life.) What surprised me the most was that when i asked the people what they did, i got a wide variety of professions. One man comes every tuesday but on the other days, he makes his own software. When i asked him why he is doing it, he simply replied because working with a chainsaw was fun. Another woman who was working there is actually going to recieve one of the houses and said that she has been working on these houses since april. It was nice to see the sense of community in this small team working to help others build a future.
It was a long, hard day but we all felt like we had completed something worth while. I can't wait to come back in the future to see the actually houses we helped build (we put about 20 window frame/door frames together). I am looking forward to tomorrow when we go to the WE CAN group which helps abused and unemployed women get their lives on track and feel empowered.

-Kathryn Veale (Cape Cod)

May 19, 2009 4:26 PM

CAPE COD GIRLS said...
Today, the cape cod girls went to We Can. Today was not a hard working day compared to yesterdays but todays meeting was one of the most interesting meetings I have sat in on listening to Arlene Kirsch who is the Directior of We Can. We Can is an organization that focuses on Women impowerment.
" Helping Cape Cod women help themselves" is the quote the mentors focus on to help out the women who have a little bump in their lives. We Can has a group called " Pathmakers" which is a group of women who meet with mentors as much as needed and sit with them and listen. The mentors are not there to fix anything that is wrong in their lives but they are there to listen, give them any type of advice they can give and also to be very supposrtive with whatever they decide to do with their lives. This program is to help boost the sel-esteem in women. Another group they have is for the younger women. Women between 18-25 yrs old. This is a group to help guide 18 yr olds pick the right careers and start ont eh right path before they start going int eh wrong direction. But I am really looking foward to activites planned for the day tomorrow.

May 20, 2009 10:55 PM

CAPE COD GIRLS said...
Today, the Cape Cod Crew had a great day enjoying two different activities. Waking up at seven thirty this morning the crew went to Mass Audobon to search for Horseshoe crabs.This is important for reasearch because this type of animal is going extinct because people are using them for bait and their blood for medicine. Our group of four split up into two and we searched every foot of the beach (at high tide) to count the number of horseshoe crabs. This event was alot of fun because we got to meet two wonderful women who were doing it with us, and it was very educational because we learned how horseshoe crabs mate and we actually got to see it! Following this activitie, we ate a quick lunch and went to the Family Pantry in Harwich Cape Cod. There we divided food into different categories and helped box them. Today was a great learning axperience and was very satisfying for the soal.

-Heather

May 21, 2009 3:47 PM

CAPE COD GIRLS said...
On friday of our busy week, the cape cod girls had a very exciting day! The first of our two activities planned for the day consisted of waking up at 7 and heading about a half an hour away to work with the national seashore. Our day began with meeting a number of park rangers who were thrilled to have us on site. Next Barbara Dougan, a Cape Cod National Seashore Education specialist, informed us that we would be working with a group of 35 fourth graders from a local school. Our group of 4 girls was then split and placed into three groups, each of which was paired up with a park ranger. We then were instructed in and helped to run three activity groups for the children. Although weary at first about our knowledge of the plants and creatures along the beach, the morning turned out to be nothing less than wonderful. Not only was it a great experience to work with the children, but I think that I speak for all of the cape cod girls when I say that we all learned a great deal from both the rangers and the students.
After leaving the site of the field trip, and having a quick lunch, the real fun began. We took a van with Pat, a park ranger, and headed toward Provincetown. In Provincetown we were able to see a fin whale that had washed up the night before. It was about 4 or 5 years old, and it was concluded that it had died while still out at sea. The whale was about 45 feet long! We were able to get right up close to the whale, and it was absolutely amazing! Once we had seen the whale we headed back to Harwich, and were able to see a few of the many gorgeous beaches along the way!


-MacKenzie

May 27, 2009 6:26 PM