July 8 – 13, 2012
Program Schedule
| Sunday, July 17 | |
| 2PM-6PM | Arrivals and Registrations |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | Orientation (including volunteering for committees) |
| Ice Breakers | |
| Leadership & Personality Workshop | |
| 9:30 PM | Pod Meeting (reflect on the day and preview Monday) |
| Journaling | |
| 10:15 PM | S'Mores and Campfire |
| 11:15 PM | Return to dorms |
| 11:45 PM | Lights out |
| Monday, July 18 | |
| 8:00 AM | Committee meetings |
| 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Energizers & Newscast |
| 9:30 AM | Team Building Workshop |
| Division into small groups | |
| Obstacle Course | |
| Low Ropes Activities | |
| 11:00 AM | Pod Rotation I |
| Resume Writing Workshop-Legal & Environmental | |
| Introduction to Project Citizen-Public Health | |
| 12:30 Noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Pod Rotation II |
| Resume Writing Workshop- Public Health | |
| Introduction to Project Citizen- Legal & Environmental | |
| 2:30 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM | Keynote: "A Citizen's Role in Public Policy" |
| Jeremy Yamaguchi | |
| City of Placentia Councilman | |
| Freedoms Foundation Alumnus | |
| 4:00 PM | Pod Meetings |
| Assign Readings in Policy Pods | |
| Focus on Defining Public Policy | |
| 5:00 PM | Break |
| 5:30 PM | Dinner |
| 6:00 PM | Explanation of Service |
| 6:30 PM | Keynote: "Public Health Concerns for the 21st Century" |
| Dr. Paul Currier, MD, MPH | |
| Harvard Medical School | |
| 9:00 PM | Pod Meeting |
| Journal Time | |
| 9:45 PM | Ice-Cream Social |
| 10:30 PM | Return to Dorms |
| 11:00 PM | Lights Out |
| Tuesday, July 19 | |
| 6:30 AM | Breakfast for Environmental Track |
| 7:00 AM | Environmental Bus leaves for Palmerton Zinc Superfund Site |
| 7:15 AM | Breakfast for Legal and Public Health Tracks |
| 8:00 AM | Board Busses for Day of Service |
| 9:00 AM | Service Learning |
| Drexel University School of Public Health & Hahnemann Hospital | |
| Lehigh Gap Nature Center | |
| Montgomery County DA's Office | |
| Lunches will be provided for the day | |
| 3:00 PM | Depart for Freedoms Foundation |
| 5:00 PM | Visit King of Prussia Mall |
| Shopping and Dinner | |
| 7:30 PM | Return to Freedoms Foundation |
| 8:00 PM | Pod Meetings Debrief Service and Research in Pods |
| Journal Time | |
| 10:00 PM | Return to Dorms |
| 11:00 PM | Lights Out |
| Wednesday, July 20 | |
| 7:45 AM | Committee Meetings |
| 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM | Energizers & News Committee |
| 9:15 AM | Keynote: "Crime, Law and Justice in Today's World" |
| Risa Vetri Ferman | |
| Montgomery County DA | |
| 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM | Pod Meetings |
| Policy Identification and Selection | |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Keynote: "Environmental Policy - Protecting Our Planet" |
| Professor Diane Husic, PhD | |
| Moravian College | |
| Chair of Biological Science Department | |
| 2:00 PM | Break |
| 2:30 PM | Pod Rotation I |
| Essay Writing Workshop -Legal & Environmental | |
| Outline Policy Presentation-Public Health | |
| 3:45 PM | Pod Rotation II |
| Essay Writing Workshop- Public Health | |
| Outline Policy Presentation- Legal & Environmental | |
| 5:00 PM | Break |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | "Navigating the College Admissions Process" |
| Panel Discussion with University Admissions Counselors | |
| 9:00 PM | Pod Meeting: Debrief Day and Preview Thursday |
| Journal Writing | |
| 10:00 PM | Return to Dorms |
| 11:00 PM | Lights Out |
| Thursday, July 21 | |
| 8:00 AM | Committee Meetings |
| 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00AM | Energizers & News Committee |
| 9:30 AM | Small Group Work: Finalizing Presentation Outline |
| 11:15 AM | Break |
| 11:30 AM | Communication Workshop - Verbal & Non Verbal Communcations |
| Tara Musser | |
| Communications Lecturer | |
| West Chester University | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Presentation Preparation and Script Development |
| 4:00 PM | Rehearsal |
| 5:30 PM | Break |
| 6:00 PM | Load Bus for Arnold's Family Fun Center |
| Dinner, Lazer Tag, Go Karts, Arcade Games | |
| 8:00 PM | Return for Freedoms Foundation |
| 8:30 PM | Finalize Presentations based on feedback |
| 10:00 PM | Pod Meetings and Journaling |
| 10:45 PM | Talent Show |
| 11:30 PM | Return to Dorms |
| 12:00 AM | Lights Out |
| Friday, July 22 | |
| 7:00 AM | Committee Meetings |
| 7:20 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Energizers & News Committee |
| 8:45 AM | Rotations: Packing, Presentations, Survey/Focus Group |
| 12:00 Noon | Banquet |
| 12:45 PM | Awards Presentation and Keynote Address |
| 2:00 PM | Program Concludes |
| *This is a sample schedule subject to change and amendment. | |
Learn more:
To download the program brochure, click here
For the Environmental Policy track, click here
For the Crime, Law & Justice track, click here
For the Public Health track, click here
For the College Application Success Strategies track, click here
For the program schedule, click here
For teachers/educators wishing to nominate students, click here for the online Student Nomination Form
For students/parents seeking to register, click here for the online Student Reservation Form
To contact the Freedoms Foundation Education Department:
(610) 933-8825 ext. 292 or e-mail: education@ffvf.org