30/10/2008<BR>
WCP volunteering day 68, NR5 were on half-term holiday today, but YMCA Training group visited again, as normal<BR>
 As it was raining very heavily and a very cold day, we decided to stay in the barn and carve pumpkins for Halloween<BR>
 After some reluctance to get hands 

dirty

 all the youngsters got stuck in and we carved sixteen pumpkin heads. I took pictures of everyone concentrating. Zoe and Chloe borrowed my camera and took some shots - mainly of faces<BR>
 Russell was meeting with the HR manager of the Broads Authority: I spoke to her about being a volunteer and feeling like a member of an extended family<BR>
 What went well: manual skills, explaining templates for designs, creative expression, team spirit during games and strory telling later. , What went wrong: insufficient planned activities. Tasks assigned me by manager included several which excluded the group - setting up for tomorrow's Halloween event and collecting souvenir water plants for a leaving BA staff member.