Both DREAM and Community Friends, two of the mentoring programs on campus, held their end-of-semester events right as exams rolled in this past weekend.

DREAM, which meets with children from the Pine Meadows and John Graham neighborhoods of Middlebury, took the group to Whirlie’s World on Exchange Street. Among other things, the children were able to play on arcades, explore the bouncy castle, and have an excellent lunch of pizza alongside college mentors. Who knows what sorts of prizes they walked away with after winning all of those raffle tickets! Over twenty-five DREAMers were in attendance!

Community Friends hosted a Gingerbread House Decorating party for mentor-mentee pairs. Children were able to decorate a gingerbread house from a large array of candy, make small craft items like bead necklaces, and enjoy holiday cookies and music. Some friends decided to head outside and toss a football around in the cold! All in all a very successful gathering.