Outreach: Chinese New Year Program

This week Katie, two volunteers, and I went to Hempfield Recreation Center to work with children from kindergarten through sixth grade discussing Chinese New Year. The children created their own dragon masks and took part in a dragon dance. Each child who wanted to wear the dragon head was given a chance. The older children created a water clock. Unfortunately, the sweltering weather of the day did make the event slightly more difficult. The Make and Take Event was not as successful as the past couple of weeks with only one child coming to the event. Since I was at the Rec Center during most of the event time, my volunteer took care of the Make and Take. In addition, I copied one more slideshow, proofread over the manuscript one more time, and pinned some new clocks to Pinterest.

Child wearing a Chinese dragon head costume.

In the library, I typed up James Gibbs Collection paperwork.  I then began to work on the Theodore Crom collection.  One of the other interns had began to work on the collection, but has left so I am trying to finish the work.

Sarah, Penn State University

Museum Intern