July was a month full of events, especially because the teenagers were having the summer holiday and they had a lot of spare time. For this reason we planned more recreational activities than usually: we watched educational movies together, we had games and crafts at the Day Center, we walked in the park. We also organized outdoor activities, like a one day trip to a forest near Cluj with some of our teenagers. We visited with the teenagers the Tarnita dam; we had lunch in Polus Center.
We had weekly meetings with the volunteers to organize the summer camp and we discussed the themes for each day, the program, we chose the games and activities, etc.
In early August the long awaited camp took place and we spent six wonderful days together at Palatca. We enjoyed and benefited from the time we had in the middle of the nature. Every day topics of discussion took into account various battles we have to carry, like the battles against ourselves, against negative values of today’s society and we tried to find out how to be victorious. Every evening we had different speakers who shared from their personal experiences as an example so that our teenagers could learn from their failures and successes. In the last day of camp, each teenager received a present from Herald Charity, present consisting in pieces of clothing, cosmetic and personal hygiene products.
From September we had meetings with the schools representatives to sign the new cooperation agreements and we began the process of taking in new teenagers at the Day Center. We visited the adolescents at their homes as we did every year during this period, and we started doing the social surveys.
In September we had a 10 year anniversary since the founding of Herald Charity and together with Graham, Joy and the Herald staff we had a special celebration at the Day Center for Teenage
Outdoor activities
Group photo
Playing games together
Horse ride
The boys
Playing games together
The highly expected desert in the camp
Playing games together
Our campfire
Playing games together
Farewell cake before leaving the camp
Group photo
Team building activities
Outdoor activities
Group activities
Celebrating 10 years of activity at the Day Center for Teenagers
Celebrating together
