Got up bright and early today at 6.30 so I could go
swimming, then I got dressed and ate breakfast with the rest of the team. After breakfast we all got assigned to our
projects, today I was working at the Head Start Centre helping with maintenance.
Before I got started I was given a tour
of the full Head Start Centre by Wayne. The Head Start caters for children aged 2
months to 5 years of age. Wayne informed me that when a child starts at the
centre they get assigned to a specific teacher and class room, he went on to
say that as the child moves through the centre with age the teacher moves up
with them. I believe this is a fantastic thing especially in Browning were the Childs
home life may be troubled and unsteady, they are given a stable figure in the
in the centre therefore this will hopefully make them be enthusiastic about
going to school at a young age which will carry on as they grow and encourage them
to stay in education.
I was then assigned to help Bill who is in charge of maintenance
of the Head Starts out of the Browning community. After an eventful start ,we
headed at to a centre which was in Babb , a town about 40 miles out of browning.
The drive was quite long but Bill had some good stories on, we were talking
about the wild animals in Glacier National park and he told me about a bear
attack about three years ago. There were two attacks at two different campsites
in one night and one woman was dragged out of her tent in the middle of the
night. This was not a reassuring thought considering the upcoming camping trip I
have planned in Glacier, but what will be will be! At the Centre I was given
the job of sanding walls, it was quite messy but I enjoyed it. After all the
jobs were completed we headed back to a different centre just outside browning driving
aside the wonderful mountains and rolling plains.
The work day finished at four, so we had some free time to
explore Browning. At six we headed down to the Hut and were given yet another
very friendly welcoming by Carol and her family. The food was fantastic, a
feast of baked trout, mixed bean salad and fries. For desert we had a root beer
float, this was alien to me as I have never tried root beer or ice cream and
pop mixed together (this is not common in the U.K). Well it was an experience and it’s up there with one of the
most bizarre things I’ve eaten. After we
were done eating we walked round browning to tried to burn some of the food off
then headed back to the centre. Bob Tail
Feathers had kindly lent us a DVD of the Lakota people Brule dancing, this was
brilliant to watch the different types of dancing and music that it encompassed.
Once we had finished the DVD a very tired team headed to bed at about ten o’clock
to get our rest in preparation of the flood memorial tomorrow.
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