Chicktime Canyon Lake
(formerly Chicktime New Life)
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| New Life residents packaged 600 pounds of rice and beans for local food bank, project facilitated by New Life Chicks! Thanks to the Watts Chicks and the Roberts Chicks! |
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New Life Children's Center (Canyon Lake, Texas) is a children’s treatment center working to restore emotional well being and help the resident girls develop appropriate coping skills on the their journey of healing from severe physical abuse and neglect. Most of these girls will never return home, it isn’t safe. The average length of treatment is 6 months, but the girls can stay as long as 18 months if needed. Once they are well enough to leave New Life, the girls will hopefully be place with adoptive parents or placed in the foster care system.
Chicktime New Life believes that EVERY girls needs support from those who love her and we enter their lives as caring members of the community focused on their restoration and just doing what we can to bring a bright spot to their lives.
If you would like to volunteer with Chicktime New Life, please contact the Chick Leader listed on the calendar for the date you would like to join us. For more information about New Life, contact Lisa Brown at lgbrown@lsss.org and definitely visit the New Life website http://www.newlifechildrenscenter.org/ and watch the Children of Promise videos.
Lori coordinates the Chicktime New Life program, so contact her if you would like to join our mailing list become one of our chicks! lori@mlrhodes.com
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Chicktime New Life
Chick Leader Guidelines
Dear Monthly Chick Leader,
Thank you so much for leading the New Life Chicks, we LOVE spending time with the New Life girls and truly appreciate you for making it possible. Without monthly leaders bringing their joy and passion to New Life, we truly believe this program would not be the wonderful blessing it is to so many!
Please contact our New Life Group Leader with any questions, her contact information is below. You may also contact us if you would like to become a monthly group leader!
Here are a few general guidelines for leading a month with Chicktime New Life:
Your Programs:
- You will need to provide three 25 minute programs. We recommend you invite 2 girlfriends to lead two of the programs and you lead the third. The programs need to be based on the passions and talents of the leaders. For example, if you love to bake, prepare a program that will allow the girls to decorate cookies or cupcakes. If your girlfriend loves yoga, she will prepare a 25 minute yoga class and teach the girls the basics... or your girlfriend may love basketball and she could teach a 25 minute basketball clinic. *A listing of program ideas is available on this site, please go back to the home page and click on Program Ideas.
- Once you decide what programs you will provide, call Lisa Brown, the New Life volunteer coordinator and discuss your ideas with her. At that time, she will let you know if your activities are appropriate for New Life. All materials you bring to New Life must be approved so make sure you discuss those with Lisa. Lisa’s contact information is provided below
- There are 60 resident girls of New Life. You must make preparations for all 60 to attend, providing enough materials for all to participate, but please understand that on any given Saturday, we cannot guarantee how many girls will be able to attend. Chicktime is a treat and the girls must earn the right to come and play. We typically have between 30-45 girls each Saturday, but again, we ALWAYS prepare for 60.
- The New Life girls are between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- You are responsible to fund all materials for your programs. If you need fundraising advice and support, please contact our Lori (Chicktime New Life Group Leader).
- No idea is too big or too small for New Life. Please see the list below for past programs and our past newsletters on the www.chicktime.com website for more detailed information on past programs. You may also view the Chicktime calendar on the website for upcoming programs.
Your Volunteers:
- You are responsible to bring ALL volunteers needed to facilitate your programs.
- Additional volunteers will end up coming from the local community, but they will serve as mentors and rotate through the stations enjoying time with the girls. You may bring additional volunteers to come and ‘play’ in addition to you program facilitators!
- You are responsible for coordinating RSVP’s for your month. You will be listed on the Chicktime Calendar as the main contact.
Invitations:
- Chicktime New Life has our own graphic artist who creates professional invitations for our monthly Chick Leaders. We have a form for you to fill out so that Mari can create the perfect invitation to fit your program. You will receive that form about 2 months prior to your program date. If you would like the form sooner, just let us know.
- Chicktime New Life will send out the invitation for you using our database to our regular volunteers. You are encouraged to send the invitation out to your circle of friends and family as well as print them off and distribute to your community if you desire.
What to wear:
- We typically wear jeans, capris/long shorts and Chicktime t-shirts. We will have shirts for sale prior to each Chicktime. We have two colors and two styles to chose from. Both sale for $20 each. 100% of the money goes to the New Life girls! This is how we raise money for special projects for the girls. If you are not planning to wear a Chicktime t-shirt, New Life asks that the volunteers wear modest tops that show no cleavage, and shirts that stay tucked in or do not ride up past the waistline of their pants. When volunteers do wear shorts they need to be long, to the knee if possible.
What NOT to wear:
- No short shorts will be allowed and volunteers will be asked to change before entering the facility. New Life also suggests that excessive jewelry and designer clothing is distracting for the New Life girls, it makes them feel ‘small’. Our goal is to blend in with the girls and make them feel a part of our community. Thank you for respecting the clothing boundaries.
Other things to consider:
- Because New Life is a locked down facility (one step before prison basically) there are several rules all volunteers must follow.
- We are asked to respect the privacy of the girls and not ask for last names (or give our last names). We are to be on a first name basis with the girls.
- We are also asked to leave large key chains, purses, pens, and other sharp objects in our cars or locked in Lisa’s office while we are in the facility.
- We are not to ask where the girls are from not share where we live.
- Camera are allowed with special permission, NO pictures of the New Life girl’s faces are allowed to be taken at ANY TIME!!!
- New Life allows Chicktime volunteers to bring underage (ages 12-17)daughters as long as they are accompanied by their mom, aunt, grandmother or close family friend.
- Anyone may volunteer ONE time at New Life without filling out a volunteer packet. Please pick up a packet when you sign in at New Life if you plan to come back and experience Chicktime again.
Contact Information:
- Chicktime New Life contact: Lori lori@mlrhodes.com or 830-708-4254
- New Life Volunteer Coordinator: Lisa Brown lisa.brown@lsss.org or 830-964-4390
- Address for New Life Children’s Treatment Center: 650 Scarbourough, Canyon Lake, TX 78133
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Chicktime New Life
2010 Schedule
see calender for dates, details and online registration!
January: S.Jobe & D.Foster-Gods Love -White as Snow
February: Charlene and Aubrey Werner: Heart’s Delight Spa Day
March: Melissa Wind: Theme to be announced
April: Jennifer Clarke & Mari Alexendar: FIESTA
May : Koike Chicks: Music and Rhyme
June: Lori & Katy Rhodes: mini “women of faith/revolve”
July: Pamela Vandermey-Collins: Careers & Money
August: Lora Williams/ Rosa & Lexi Roberts
September: Jennifer Rasco & Girls for God
October: Terri and Jessica Watts: Theme to be announced
November: Audra Hughes: Exposing God's Beauty
December: Natalie Avalos & the Crossroads Women
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