Friends & Me
Bringing Kids Together!
Non-Profit 501(c)(3) 47-5043980
FriendAndMe.org
Major Activities
Summer 2016
Camping with special kids.
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April 2016
On April 2016, Friday from 9:00 am-12:00 am, Friends & Me met together. This event took place at 40000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538. 9 student volunteers and 5 special students attended. Our goal was to enrich social opportunities and assist in developing friendship circles for elementary and middle school students with Asperger's Syndrome or Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Exercise: One of the new events we added was kite flying. The children would take turns teaching the younger ones to run a kite. Despite unfavorable winds, both volunteers and students had a beautiful time watching their hopes and dreams rise into the air.
Relaxing: Between breaks of flying kites, students could perform many activities on the benches. The most well received was station where the children could make balloon makes.Their was also time for blowing bubbles and do coloring books.
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August 2015
On August 14, 2015, Friday from 9:00 am-12:00 am, Friends & Me met together. This event took place at 40000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538. 9 student volunteers and 5 special students attended. Our goal was to enrich social opportunities and assist in developing friendship circles for elementary and middle school students with Asperger's Syndrome or Autism Spectrum Disorders.
During the event all the kids had fun. The volunteers had a great opportunity and experience to learn. Kids from both parties played on the playground and swings provided at the park. Between periods of running, jumping, and laughing the volunteers spent time teaching the others card games. One of the favorite activities was ball tag. When not playing, everyone was provided with refreshments of chips and water.
Playing Games:
One of the favorite games was ball tag. When a person was hit with the blue ball he or she became “it” and to find someone else to throw the blue ball to.
It was a thrilling game of running, hiding, climbing, and sometimes even hiding in plain sight. Volunteers and students alike had a great time.
Relaxing:
After tiring play, people hung around the picnic table with the adults. One time, card games were brought and introduced to the students.
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June 2015
Special thanks to Allstar Institute for providing the facilities for free. Link to website
On June 06, 2015, Sunday from 9:00 am-12:00 am Friends & Me held its monthly event at 43687 Mission Blvd., inside a Chinese school building. 9 student volunteers, 5 adult volunteers, and 5 special students attended. During the time, adults also communicated with each other advice and counsel on how to properly nurture and raise these special kids.
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Feedback from the parents
“Thank you for the DDR system. My child really enjoyed it”-one parent
“Thank you for such a great event!”-another parent
“Both children who attended and the children who volunteered, I am sure, learned a lot from this
experience.”-another parent
“Please keep these coming.”-another parent
Making Gifts
Our leader Catherine Zeng designed the blue plushies and organized, overnight, the making of these gifts for the kids.
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Our multiple fun events:
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Arts and craft sessions overseen by student volunteers
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In door exercise activities
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DDR(Dance Dance Revolution)
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Blowing Bubbles
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Card Games(mostly Apples to Apples)
2014 Summer Camp
In Summer 2014, we organized a camp in Lake Elizabeth.
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2017 Fall
On 9/2/-9/4 of 2017, Camping at Lake Chabot. Kids are playing poker and hiking around the lake.
2018 Summer
On July 15th 2018, we co-hosted a reading event with Reading River Corporation at Lake Elizabeth. Our volunteers read books together with nearby children as well as children with autism that signed up for the event.
