Final Presentation Garden County
Tristan Powell
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Final Presentation by the Garden County Fellows
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- [00:00:00.890]I am a Kersten Peters.
- [00:00:02.280]I am a student at UNK,
- [00:00:05.640]and am currently studying
- [00:00:08.200]elementary special education
- [00:00:09.730]and early childhood development,
- [00:00:11.560]and I'm actually not in school,
- [00:00:13.320]well, technically in school right now.
- [00:00:15.880]I am student teaching in Fremont
- [00:00:17.810]for this semester,
- [00:00:18.643]and we'll graduate in December.
- [00:00:22.570]I'm Courtney Albrecht,
- [00:00:23.610]I'm from Kearney, Nebraska.
- [00:00:24.890]I go to school here at UNL.
- [00:00:26.540]I'll be finishing up my degree
- [00:00:28.750]in leadership and communication,
- [00:00:30.330]and then a minor in psychology, in December.
- [00:00:38.070]So, just to start off,
- [00:00:40.440]we decided that this was a quote
- [00:00:41.910]that best described the work
- [00:00:43.280]that we did this summer.
- [00:00:45.127]"Children are the worlds most valuable resource,
- [00:00:48.330]and its hope for the future."
- [00:00:51.210]Garden County, they are almost
- [00:00:55.830]every time along Interstate 80.
- [00:00:58.660]Garden County happens to be
- [00:00:59.890]a very lucky town that has this unique byway,
- [00:01:02.890]that can take you to Chimney Rock.
- [00:01:06.100]With that being said,
- [00:01:08.120]it is off the Interstate,
- [00:01:09.900]so it doesn't get a lot of travel traffic.
- [00:01:13.290]But that also means that they
- [00:01:16.090]don't have as many crucial resources
- [00:01:18.970]that a normal rural town would have.
- [00:01:23.580]Obviously with crucial resources
- [00:01:25.900]that means that,
- [00:01:28.360]resources for your school can also be limited.
- [00:01:32.770]Our work this summer
- [00:01:34.670]was to help Garden County
- [00:01:37.420]get some of those crucial resources
- [00:01:39.230]to really make an impact on the children,
- [00:01:41.740]and give them the best that we can
- [00:01:43.700]for the future.
- [00:01:47.950]Prior to Kersten and I
- [00:01:48.880]coming to Garden County this summer
- [00:01:50.770]there was a survey done
- [00:01:52.360]by Nebraska Children and Families Association.
- [00:01:57.020]These are some graphs actually from that survey.
- [00:02:00.448]Right here,
- [00:02:01.281]the first graph on the right.
- [00:02:02.710]How important is it
- [00:02:03.543]to have enough childcare options in your community?
- [00:02:07.139]Out of 161 people,
- [00:02:08.740]95% felt that it's important to have options
- [00:02:12.080]even in a rural community.
- [00:02:14.330]Then the second question is,
- [00:02:16.110]how important is high quality child care in your community?
- [00:02:19.370]Again about 95% of people out of 161
- [00:02:22.760]felt that it's very important.
- [00:02:25.140]Even in rural communities,
- [00:02:26.220]that just goes to show you that
- [00:02:28.290]it's still a big issue,
- [00:02:30.110]and it's something that needs to be addressed as well.
- [00:02:38.470]Besides working with Volunteers of America,
- [00:02:41.670]Western Nebraska this summer,
- [00:02:43.970]we were able to have the chance to
- [00:02:45.930]also do some different projects in Garden County.
- [00:02:49.710]The first one here is the Champs Summer School program.
- [00:02:52.970]That is a program run through 21st Century,
- [00:02:56.850]that the Garden County school district utilizes.
- [00:03:00.910]That provides before, after school,
- [00:03:03.620]and then a summer place for the students to go,
- [00:03:08.750]and Courtney and I helped teach weekly lessons,
- [00:03:11.840]based on theme that week.
- [00:03:15.250]Then what our main focus was
- [00:03:18.140]this summer was
- [00:03:19.170]to perform interviews, and focus groups
- [00:03:23.100]with different community residents,
- [00:03:25.940]asking five additional questions to
- [00:03:30.730]figure out what kind of childhood experience
- [00:03:34.020]are children receiving,
- [00:03:35.570]and what kind of quality do they want.
- [00:03:39.875]95% of them wanted quality,
- [00:03:43.380]but quality has many different definitions.
- [00:03:47.020]We wanted to find out what the community wanted for quality.
- [00:03:52.630]This was very stressful.
- [00:03:54.110]I suggest if you're going to plan a carnival,
- [00:03:57.160]don't do it three weeks in advance.
- [00:04:02.087]We had 4th of July carnival in the city park.
- [00:04:04.860]It was a great turnout.
- [00:04:08.455]I think that's something that could be repeated probably.
- [00:04:14.245]Then we also took on the abilities of writing a
- [00:04:18.767]weekly newspaper article.
- [00:04:21.807]I just looked up random things,
- [00:04:26.190]pertaining to childhood.
- [00:04:30.120]Nutrition, the word gap that can happen over the summer.
- [00:04:36.560]Just different early childhood topics,
- [00:04:38.810]and we wrote a weekly news article about that
- [00:04:41.150]to inform community residents.
- [00:04:44.280]Then we also created two different Facebook pages.
- [00:04:47.420]We created one for the Oshkosh public library,
- [00:04:51.815]and then we also created one for the
- [00:04:54.550]Garden County Communities for Kids program,
- [00:04:56.860]which is the,
- [00:04:58.840]as Rachel would say
- [00:05:00.910]the guinea pig program in the panhandle right now.
- [00:05:06.990]Getting activities / experiences for all children
- [00:05:13.810]in a community.
- [00:05:15.560]Then lastly we visited the Chapel Early Learning Center.
- [00:05:20.550]Chapel is about 30 minutes south of Oshkosh.
- [00:05:27.360]I had the opportunity to take pictures
- [00:05:30.030]of staff and the children there,
- [00:05:32.890]just interacting,
- [00:05:34.340]seeing what day to day stuff looked like.
- [00:05:37.366]Then we also had the opportunity
- [00:05:39.874]to help the new pre-school teacher set up her room,
- [00:05:43.150]and then we also spoke with Connie Lowes,
- [00:05:47.270]about who is in charge of the Thomas D Buckley Trust,
- [00:05:51.160]who helps funds the Chapel Early Learning Center,
- [00:05:54.800]and as well as help fund us this summer.
- [00:05:59.920]Oh still me.
- [00:06:02.930]My first point,
- [00:06:04.000]this is my testimony about how great RFI is.
- [00:06:07.940]It allowed me to understand
- [00:06:10.380]how poverty affects children.
- [00:06:12.390]I'm sure you know,
- [00:06:13.870]when you're in a poverty area,
- [00:06:15.280]that means obviously you have high poverty.
- [00:06:18.480]That poverty goes to your children.
- [00:06:20.890]When children are not allowed to
- [00:06:24.460]have such crucial resources handed to them,
- [00:06:28.490]they can tend to lack in school.
- [00:06:33.250]I was able to understand
- [00:06:36.610]how much poverty
- [00:06:37.520]affects the Garden County school district.
- [00:06:41.476]I'm trying to think what Dustin said,
- [00:06:43.470]the IEP rate was.
- [00:06:46.130]I want to say that the teacher did,
- [00:06:48.340]I mean between the two,
- [00:06:49.290]close to 100 IEPs this last school semester,
- [00:06:52.760]which is crazy high.
- [00:06:54.300]I just want you to know that as a special ed teacher.
- [00:06:58.310]It was just amazing to look at
- [00:07:01.980]why it could be so high,
- [00:07:03.810]and how we can work to change that.
- [00:07:07.150]Secondly, becoming a better inclusive community leadership.
- [00:07:13.640]Being out in Western Nebraska there are many challenges.
- [00:07:18.163]One of those challenges are is,
- [00:07:20.480]walking into a community when you're 22 years old,
- [00:07:24.110]and everybody looking at you like,
- [00:07:26.290]what are you doing here?
- [00:07:27.537](laugh)
- [00:07:28.898]Like what do you know that can help our community?
- [00:07:33.520]I think I was able to learn
- [00:07:37.690]that even though I am young,
- [00:07:39.490]it is okay to walk into a community
- [00:07:41.280]with your head held high,
- [00:07:42.520]and that you can make a change in that community.
- [00:07:47.640]A real community,
- [00:07:48.860]I'm from Scribner,
- [00:07:51.228]which is about an hour and half north of here.
- [00:07:54.200]We are very populated with traffic,
- [00:08:01.070]and we have all the resources we need.
- [00:08:03.320]As I mentioned earlier,
- [00:08:04.360]Garden County unfortunately
- [00:08:05.580]does not have access to those crucial resources.
- [00:08:11.338]I think it really affected me
- [00:08:12.620]by learning that
- [00:08:13.980]I came from somewhere,
- [00:08:15.690]and I was able to use that knowledge
- [00:08:17.730]in a place that didn't have those resources.
- [00:08:20.380]I was also able to use the knowledge that
- [00:08:23.410]we do in my community
- [00:08:25.150]to try and help improve that community as well,
- [00:08:28.040]up to a certain point.
- [00:08:30.360]Then lastly,
- [00:08:32.620]I am going to take this experience as,
- [00:08:36.770]I move forward with my teaching
- [00:08:38.590]to look at every student as an individual.
- [00:08:41.940]Sometimes I have the tendency to generalize,
- [00:08:46.210]as I'm sure some of you all do too.
- [00:08:49.810]But, instead of looking at a group of students,
- [00:08:53.300]and saying, "Oh there's five kids with behaviors,
- [00:08:55.847]"I already know what I'm going to do with these kids."
- [00:08:58.280]I want to look at each of those kids,
- [00:08:59.550]and say, "Why though?
- [00:09:01.117]"Why are we having this behavior.
- [00:09:02.797]"Why are we doing this, why are we doing that"
- [00:09:05.270]I think this was a great experience for me
- [00:09:07.240]to kind of understand
- [00:09:09.860]the behind the scenes that we all don't get to see.
- [00:09:16.310]One of our biggest projects this summer
- [00:09:17.990]was we conducted interviews, and focus groups
- [00:09:20.870]with community members.
- [00:09:21.960]Just getting a better understanding of
- [00:09:24.823]what they feel about the current child care options,
- [00:09:27.920]but also what they feel is needed.
- [00:09:30.740]Total, we conducted about 22 interviews,
- [00:09:34.130]two of those were focus groups.
- [00:09:36.590]Just kind of with these different events we held,
- [00:09:39.680]the biggest impact that I think we had on the community,
- [00:09:42.020]was opening those channels of communication
- [00:09:44.870]about the importance of early childhood resources.
- [00:09:47.970]Whether it was having conversations
- [00:09:50.830]with Senator Erdman,
- [00:09:52.080]who he,
- [00:09:54.190]part of his district is Garden County,
- [00:09:55.760]about why it's important,
- [00:09:57.780]and how that helps community vitality.
- [00:10:01.514]I think another great example
- [00:10:02.347]as I was talking with one of the business leaders,
- [00:10:04.680]as I was saying good bye to the community.
- [00:10:07.714]He said, "I'm not a parent.
- [00:10:11.223]"I was never really interested in child care,
- [00:10:13.427]"but having talked with you guys,
- [00:10:15.217]"I understand why it's important now."
- [00:10:17.620]I've started asking more questions,
- [00:10:19.250]and looking at other communities of
- [00:10:21.670]what they're doing well,
- [00:10:22.800]and what we can do here.
- [00:10:25.230]That would be the biggest impact
- [00:10:26.480]I think we made this summer.
- [00:10:28.590]As far as how it's impacted me
- [00:10:31.620]as an inclusive leader,
- [00:10:33.930]I would say is just
- [00:10:35.170]having a better cultural intelligence,
- [00:10:37.630]and that commitment to diversity.
- [00:10:41.130]For our Garden County like we talked about it,
- [00:10:43.880]is a higher poverty level.
- [00:10:45.860]For example at the carnival it was
- [00:10:48.240]okay we need to be able to offer this so it's free,
- [00:10:51.320]so that money isn't an issue
- [00:10:52.700]for a child to be able to come and have fun.
- [00:10:56.250]Just simple things like that,
- [00:10:57.560]but that's crucial to being an inclusive leader,
- [00:11:01.644]is getting all of those people involved.
- [00:11:05.090]As far as rural communities,
- [00:11:07.050]I'm from Carney, and I thought that was rural.
- [00:11:11.080]Living in Garden County just,
- [00:11:13.640]I really didn't think much of rural communities
- [00:11:15.880]prior to living there,
- [00:11:17.754]and being able to experience the family,
- [00:11:20.300]and community this summer,
- [00:11:22.270]I really grew to love Garden County,
- [00:11:25.892]and just getting to see the great leadership
- [00:11:27.820]that there is,
- [00:11:30.004]and all these things that these leaders in the community
- [00:11:31.730]are working to make it a vital community,
- [00:11:34.820]is just amazing.
- [00:11:37.360]I just think rural communities are,
- [00:11:38.874]kind of going to be the backbone of America going forward,
- [00:11:42.770]and there's so much potential for growth.
- [00:11:45.640]Lastly going forward,
- [00:11:48.120]I would say the biggest thing
- [00:11:49.640]I will use from this internship,
- [00:11:51.260]is just utilizing those problem solving skills.
- [00:11:55.880]Rural communities don't always have as much resources
- [00:11:58.980]that you would find in a city,
- [00:12:00.360]so you have to get a little more creative
- [00:12:02.160]with those problem solving, and solutions.
- [00:12:05.990]Just taking that skill
- [00:12:07.420]with any opportunity, or career in the future,
- [00:12:10.140]as well I would say just those people skills,
- [00:12:13.300]whether it was working with kids that are half my age,
- [00:12:16.810]or people that are double my age,
- [00:12:18.840]just being able to connect with people.
- [00:12:24.710]This is Dustin Steiskil,
- [00:12:26.010]he's a second grade teacher at
- [00:12:29.280]Garden County Elementary School,
- [00:12:30.930]but he was also one of the community innovation fellows.
- [00:12:36.421]Hey there my name is Dustin Steiskil
- [00:12:37.880]from Garden County.
- [00:12:38.870]This summer I had the privilege
- [00:12:40.580]of working with Courtney Albrecht,
- [00:12:43.030]and Kersten Peters on our Garden County
- [00:12:45.110]Communities for Kids project.
- [00:12:48.370]Throughout the summer
- [00:12:49.950]we were able to accomplish a lot,
- [00:12:51.810]thanks to the university partnering
- [00:12:54.332]with Volunteers of America, Western Nebraska.
- [00:13:02.020]This summer we focused a lot on
- [00:13:04.710]early childhood opportunities.
- [00:13:07.220]Initially a lot of people in the community
- [00:13:08.920]thought that was daycare,
- [00:13:12.880]maybe some thought it was pre-school,
- [00:13:14.780]maybe a few people thought it was our after school programs,
- [00:13:18.760]but as the summer went on,
- [00:13:20.830]Courtney and Kersten did an excellent job
- [00:13:23.020]of educating the community
- [00:13:24.340]about what early childhood opportunities really are.
- [00:13:27.710]It really is enhancing the whole experience for children
- [00:13:31.300]from ages zero all the way up to eight, or nine,
- [00:13:34.400]about third grade.
- [00:13:39.450]Courtney and Kersten were able to lead focus groups
- [00:13:41.910]to not only educate people,
- [00:13:44.240]but also to gain their insight
- [00:13:46.100]of early childhood opportunities.
- [00:13:47.720]we have in the community already.
- [00:13:50.100]A lot of those people focused on childcare,
- [00:13:51.900]which is great,
- [00:13:52.810]because we lack that here.
- [00:13:54.550]In Garden County we only have one option,
- [00:13:57.060]and through the focus groups,
- [00:13:58.680]the surveys,
- [00:14:00.970]the community has kind of voiced their opinion and said,
- [00:14:03.917]"Hey we would like to have more options
- [00:14:05.497]"when it comes to childcare."
- [00:14:06.690]Along with enhancing other
- [00:14:07.760]early childhood opportunities,
- [00:14:09.990]but that was our main focus.
- [00:14:13.354]What we did as a team is,
- [00:14:14.910]we led some core team meetings,
- [00:14:17.410]the Garden County Communities for Kids
- [00:14:19.780]is the organization.
- [00:14:21.970]The core team is made up of about 20 ish people,
- [00:14:26.020]we're lucky of eight to 10 show up.
- [00:14:29.530]Through those meetings,
- [00:14:32.210]Courtney and Kersten were able to present
- [00:14:33.870]information to the team,
- [00:14:35.680]and they had put together a plan,
- [00:14:38.630]some objectives,
- [00:14:40.370]and they've really gotten the ball rolling
- [00:14:42.380]on what our next steps are as an organization
- [00:14:47.640]for Guardian Communities for Kids.
- [00:14:50.960]I believe the work we've done this summer is important,
- [00:14:53.470]because when you invest in early childhood,
- [00:14:56.450]you're investing in the future.
- [00:14:59.360]The best way to help out your future community
- [00:15:02.120]is to invest in it's young people.
- [00:15:04.570]I think we brought that necessary awareness
- [00:15:08.590]to this community.
- [00:15:09.590]I think before this summer
- [00:15:10.950]it was kind of just like
- [00:15:13.580]we can pawn our kids off on anyone,
- [00:15:15.790]and they'll be fine,
- [00:15:18.150]or they didn't trust a lot of people,
- [00:15:19.830]and then they would keep their kids at home.
- [00:15:21.730]I think through this,
- [00:15:23.450]hopefully we can do a better job
- [00:15:26.350]of giving our children ages zero to nine
- [00:15:30.580]better opportunities.
- [00:15:33.200]Personally this experience has taught me a lot of patience,
- [00:15:38.330]now only patience with maybe
- [00:15:41.440]the process of what it takes
- [00:15:43.490]to make a change in a community
- [00:15:45.500]that is strongly reared in its traditions,
- [00:15:49.760]but also to push me outside my comfort zone
- [00:15:53.120]when it comes to working with people,
- [00:15:54.420]as I worked with a wide range of age levels,
- [00:16:00.234]from people who are older,
- [00:16:01.400]people who are younger than me.
- [00:16:03.420]As you start to work with those people,
- [00:16:04.980]you realize that
- [00:16:07.130]we all learn a little bit differently,
- [00:16:08.600]we all think a little bit differently,
- [00:16:10.700]but at the end of the day
- [00:16:11.600]we are all working towards the common goal,
- [00:16:13.410]and we just needed to find a way to get there together.
- [00:16:16.390]I think that was something that this
- [00:16:21.870]fellow internship was able to provide for me.
- [00:16:24.970]It was able to push me a little bit more.
- [00:16:27.150]At times it was very frustrating,
- [00:16:29.390]but at the end of the day
- [00:16:30.750]that's how you grow.
- [00:16:32.070]It was a good experience in that way.
- [00:16:35.390]I think moving forward
- [00:16:36.580]I will take this experience,
- [00:16:38.590]and help it enhance not only my teaching career,
- [00:16:41.640]but hopefully my level of involvement
- [00:16:43.330]when it comes to my community.
- [00:16:45.780]I've always wanted to be more involved,
- [00:16:47.380]but this was able to give me a platform
- [00:16:49.530]to almost launch
- [00:16:51.370]if you want to say that, and
- [00:16:58.710]I've learned that change just doesn't happen.
- [00:17:00.810]It has to be something that you put in the time,
- [00:17:02.770]and effort, and most of all patience.
- [00:17:05.480]At the beginning of the summer,
- [00:17:06.730]I was all gung ho, ready to get stuff going,
- [00:17:09.130]and I was almost moving too fast.
- [00:17:13.092]I've learned that
- [00:17:13.925]if you're going to make a change in the community,
- [00:17:15.270]you got to let the community voice,
- [00:17:17.900]their opinions, and thoughts,
- [00:17:19.140]and not just tell them what they need.
- [00:17:21.210]I think this has been a great two to three months,
- [00:17:24.460]it's really shown me what it takes to be a community leader.
- [00:17:31.600]In this next video is Rachel Sissel.
- [00:17:34.000]She was also a community innovation fellow.
- [00:17:36.160]She works for Volunteers of America, Western Nebraska,
- [00:17:39.730]as the CEO.
- [00:17:46.280]Our fellows, Courtney and Kersten
- [00:17:48.710]accomplished a lot this summer in Garden County.
- [00:17:51.110]They worked with a number of different organizations,
- [00:17:53.690]and projects while they were here.
- [00:17:55.880]Some of these projects, and organizations included
- [00:17:59.150]the UNL extension office,
- [00:18:01.660]our Summer of Champs program,
- [00:18:03.830]the Oshkosh public library.
- [00:18:06.000]They of course connected with
- [00:18:07.280]Volunteers of American, Western Nebraska,
- [00:18:09.210]early childhood programs in Oshkosh,
- [00:18:12.730]in Chapel, and also in Potter.
- [00:18:15.340]They reached out
- [00:18:16.173]to the Chapel Economic Development director,
- [00:18:19.140]to see if there were projects
- [00:18:20.300]that they could get involved with in Dual County as well.
- [00:18:24.690]I would say that
- [00:18:27.640]the impact that they've had
- [00:18:29.320]is one of the most important things that they did
- [00:18:31.770]for Garden County was to work,
- [00:18:33.560]and help coordinate, and support
- [00:18:36.250]the Garden County communities for kids, foundations,
- [00:18:39.120]core team here in Garden County.
- [00:18:42.260]What they really helped us do
- [00:18:43.820]was pull together the survey information,
- [00:18:47.200]and research that we're trying to put together,
- [00:18:49.210]to really understand what it is
- [00:18:51.010]that our community needs
- [00:18:52.090]in regard to early childhood here in Garden County.
- [00:18:55.210]It was very important,
- [00:18:56.090]because without these young ladies,
- [00:18:57.470]we would've not been able to do it
- [00:18:59.060]in the timeframe that we wanted to get it done,
- [00:19:01.300]so that we could really start working on
- [00:19:03.580]closing the gap between what people want,
- [00:19:05.550]and the options that we have here in our community.
- [00:19:13.740]This is the last video for Rachel.
- [00:19:15.461](laugh)
- [00:19:18.730]I think in Garden County
- [00:19:20.520]we do a really great job of
- [00:19:21.570]being collaborative.
- [00:19:23.530]We're sort of forced to,
- [00:19:24.430]because we're a rural community.
- [00:19:26.290]But one of the impacts
- [00:19:29.310]of creating an inclusive community,
- [00:19:32.910]and having inclusive leaders
- [00:19:34.230]that this experience with the fellows has really taught me,
- [00:19:37.710]is that we have moved towards thinking
- [00:19:41.450]in a broader way when it comes to the topics
- [00:19:43.870]that we're discussing.
- [00:19:45.440]For instance we had an early childhood meeting
- [00:19:48.690]that we were gathering together
- [00:19:51.340]to talk about early childhood.
- [00:19:53.430]It went from speaking about resources in our communities
- [00:19:57.930]related to early learning experiences,
- [00:20:00.210]to communication in our communities.
- [00:20:02.280]And then it developed further into
- [00:20:04.560]using businesses as
- [00:20:07.460]a vehicle for delivering communication to the community.
- [00:20:10.670]I thought that was such a great conversation,
- [00:20:13.270]because of the way that it developed.
- [00:20:15.210]It really showed us
- [00:20:16.410]that we needed to think in broader terms
- [00:20:18.260]than just one specific area.
- [00:20:22.930]I think that my perception
- [00:20:27.970]has been impacted
- [00:20:29.030]as a result of RFI fellows in our community,
- [00:20:31.630]with the energy that they have brought to our community.
- [00:20:35.290]I'm pretty sure that I could convey a message
- [00:20:37.530]from all of the people that I've spoke to,
- [00:20:39.360]that everyone was so impressed
- [00:20:41.200]with the level of commitment,
- [00:20:43.890]and energy that Courtney and Kersten brought
- [00:20:46.800]to Garden country.
- [00:20:49.260]They were very dedicated to working with us,
- [00:20:52.290]and we all felt that.
- [00:20:53.650]We're very appreciative.
- [00:20:56.220]How I will use
- [00:20:57.340]what I've learned from this experience in the future,
- [00:20:59.990]is that I will remember to say "Yes."
- [00:21:02.840]Courtney and Kersten brought a new lens with them
- [00:21:06.010]in the way that they view Garden County,
- [00:21:08.960]and the way that we do things.
- [00:21:10.360]It was very helpful to have that new perspective,
- [00:21:15.370]and so it's reminded me that we don't
- [00:21:17.160]always have to do things
- [00:21:18.520]the way that we've always done them.
- [00:21:20.920]I'm going to work harder to say yes to new ideas.
- [00:21:25.810]I'm probably going to get Dustin to do the same, thank you.
- [00:21:29.392](laughing)
- [00:21:35.280]We just wanted to thank
- [00:21:36.570]RFI for this really great experience,
- [00:21:38.270]and also just Garden County
- [00:21:39.950]for an incredible summer as well.
- [00:21:42.400]But did anyone have any questions closing out?
- [00:21:45.940]Most times was spent at (mumbles)
- [00:21:51.110]It's hard with the hours,
- [00:21:53.030]but we did visit every couple weeks, definitely.
- [00:21:55.830]Cynthia is incredible there.
- [00:21:59.261]For those who don't know what we're talking about,
- [00:22:00.880]would you share that?
- [00:22:03.141]Yeah. They're mostly da la, la, la.
- [00:22:07.330]The most likely place
- [00:22:09.571]is a restaurant / gallery in Lewellen, Nebraska.
- [00:22:15.712]It has artwork from three different people.
- [00:22:20.410]They're all family.
- [00:22:24.170]I mean there is woodwork, there is oil.
- [00:22:28.480]There is water color.
- [00:22:31.421]I mean it is just the most amazing place.
- [00:22:34.140]When we had our meeting with the rest of the RFI team
- [00:22:37.320]we said, "You guys we have to go here."
- [00:22:40.100]I think they really wanted to go to the
- [00:22:41.920]Mark Ferrari Coffee Shop,
- [00:22:43.860]but we were like, "No we got to go here."
- [00:22:46.770]I'm pretty sure we spent two hours longer
- [00:22:49.100]then we were supposed to there,
- [00:22:51.720]but if you ever get out west,
- [00:22:53.230]please stop at the most likely place in Lewellen.
- [00:22:58.350]It is open from Wednesday until Saturday, from
- [00:23:05.021]9:00 to 2:00.
- [00:23:05.883]9:00 to 2:00, yeah.
- [00:23:08.021]You're kind of limited,
- [00:23:10.571]but you could pretty much spend 9:00 to 2:00 there
- [00:23:12.470]just looking at everything.
- [00:23:15.690]Anything else?
- [00:23:17.360]Yeah?
- [00:23:18.621](mumbles) nutrition, or food access,
- [00:23:22.699]or supporting the (mumbles)
- [00:23:26.350]I mean I think it's definitely part of the conversation,
- [00:23:29.750]but there was other issues
- [00:23:31.530]that we felt needed to be addressed prior.
- [00:23:33.420]For the summer we were more focusing on
- [00:23:37.290]that foundational piece.
- [00:23:39.340]Through the survey,
- [00:23:40.800]through our interviews.
- [00:23:42.950]We had a community listening session,
- [00:23:44.490]so anyone in the community could come,
- [00:23:46.430]and voice their opinions
- [00:23:47.590]about the child care offered in Garden County.
- [00:23:50.660]Getting those community opinions
- [00:23:52.930]to get that investment from the community
- [00:23:54.950]of what's needed,
- [00:23:56.080]and to make the community feel heard.
- [00:23:58.320]Nutrition is definitely a factor.
- [00:24:00.780]Part of that is addressed with,
- [00:24:02.700]they have a free lunch program
- [00:24:05.070]in the summer offered through Champs.
- [00:24:08.511]They also have reduced, and free lunches,
- [00:24:10.710]and for breakfast and as well as lunch.
- [00:24:14.270]I also want to say that
- [00:24:16.230]the Volunteers of America, Western Nebraska in Lewellen,
- [00:24:19.820]they do get a weekly Walmart,
- [00:24:23.630]supplies of food,
- [00:24:24.777]and then they have like a food pantry.
- [00:24:28.430]Anyone can come to Volunteers of America,
- [00:24:30.440]and grab some food.
- [00:24:32.120]Then there is also a backpack program,
- [00:24:35.060]that a Methodist church puts on in Oshkosh.
- [00:24:39.340]It will send home a backpack full of food
- [00:24:41.580]for those families that may not be able to afford it.
- [00:24:44.170]There are some programs that are
- [00:24:46.440]definitely trying to help with the nutrition.
- [00:24:48.760]But like Courtney said,
- [00:24:50.240]mainly just the early childhood aspects
- [00:24:52.190]were our main focus this summer,
- [00:24:54.320]but we did still think about those.
- [00:24:59.530]Yeah?
- [00:25:01.468]You talked about (mumbles).
- [00:25:11.649]Was there any other way (mumbles)
- [00:25:20.090]I can speak a little more specifically
- [00:25:21.710]of the interviews that we did.
- [00:25:24.570]The interviews,
- [00:25:25.987]we were very intentional
- [00:25:26.820]with trying to get a diverse perspective
- [00:25:28.650]from the communities.
- [00:25:29.900]Whether that is a single parent,
- [00:25:33.940]maybe not a parent at all.
- [00:25:35.620]High income level, low income level,
- [00:25:37.930]different ethnicities.
- [00:25:40.110]Just getting a very broad perspective
- [00:25:42.170]on what the community feels is needed
- [00:25:44.050]for early childhood.
- [00:25:45.630]I know we kind of,
- [00:25:46.463]that was a specific example I gave of that diversity,
- [00:25:49.650]but you kind of have to think about it for everything,
- [00:25:54.740]and so that's kind of a little more in depth about that.
- [00:25:58.857]Anything else.
- [00:26:02.797]Thank you.
- [00:26:03.987](clapping)
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