1. Summer Blast – Learning Empowerment Activities for Summer Programming Kathy Daley, ACPS Training Coordinator Rainbow Days, Inc. Victoria Esparza-Gregory, LCSW Lead Social Worker/Homeless Liaison Pflugerville ISD

2. After you catch the Thumball, share: 1)Your Name 2)Your Position 3)Where you live 4)Look under you thumb … and tell! www.thumball.com Ice Breaker Thumball

3. Rainbow Days’ Family Connection Program Comprehensive Supportive Services for Homeless Children & Families

4. Family Connection Program Fills gaps in the continuum of care for homeless children and families

5. Provides a MENU of services from which shelters and transitional housing programs can build their own program Family Connection Program Support Groups Camps School supplies School clothes Art w/Heart Family Outings

6. Kids’ Connection, Too For children and youth ages 4-15 living in shelters or transitional living programs For children and youth ages 4-15 living in shelters or transitional living programs Family Connection Program

7. Let’s Play MemoryMadness

8. Life Empowerment and Life Enrichment Activities  Art With A Heart  Family Outings  Three Day Camps  Back-to-School Party  Fall Harvest  Community Service Projects Family Connection Program

9. Art With a Heart

10. Sound & Movement Wheel Say your first name. Say your first name. Create a movement while you say your name. Create a movement while you say your name. Other group members mirror your name and movement. Other group members mirror your name and movement.

11. Family Outings

12. Kids’ University

13. Kid’s University National Replication Pflugerville ISD

14. Camp Broadway

15. Metamorphosis What is metamorphosis? What is metamorphosis? Name some examples from nature. Name some examples from nature. Let’s play. Let’s play.

16. Outdoor Adventure Camp

17. Back-to-School Backpack Drive & Party

18. Someone Who … BINGO

19. Fall Harvest Clothes Drive

20. Community Service Projects

21. Questions

22. Training Information www.rdikids.org/training

23. Kathy Daley, ACPS kathyd@rdikids.org Rainbow Days, Inc. 8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1600 Dallas, TX 75206 1.800.899.7828 or 214.887.0726 Vicky Esparza-Gregory, LCSW Victoria.Esparza-Gregory@pflugervilleisd.net Pflugerville ISD 1401B W. Pecan Street Pflugerville, TX 78660 512.594.1953 Contact Information