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On February 26-28, 2021, our long-awaited away training took place. We decided to implement it in the town of Kluszkowce, located in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship at the foot of the Pasmo Lubania and Gorce slopes and the Wdżar mountains. Kluszkowce is a small, but incredibly picturesque town that captivated us at first sight. The very view of the Czorsztyńskie Lake with the mountain landscape in the background fills you with energy, and in combination with the sports disciplines practiced by our participants, we get a real energy bomb! 🙂

We were extremely lucky to enjoy this landscape just after warming. The mountains covered with a white coat look magical, but we did not hide our joy from the sight of melting snow, because the spring landscape made it much easier for us to train. As it happens in the mountains, one day we had to arm ourselves with warm jackets, and on the second day the sun illuminated our routes.

The change of the environment for these 3 days not only allowed us to intensify our trainings, but also to fully focus the participants on their health and, of course, tightening new acquaintances. Everyone was enjoying the moment without thinking about their daily duties. What is more, due to the possibility of focusing more attention on sport and healthy eating, our participants felt the need to maintain a healthy lifestyle and to convince the largest group of people, especially their relatives, to this lifestyle. Our participants understood that the project, apart from spreading the idea of a healthy lifestyle, actually helps to change this life for the better. A bit of self-confidence, a little effort and effort and we have a ready recipe for a longer, healthier and, most importantly, happier life! 🙂

So far, the participants of our project have gained a large and extremely valuable dose of knowledge about the technique of practicing selected sports. They learned how the proper organization of everyday life, time control and stress can influence their happiness and health. They learned the secrets of healthy eating, made new friends, and during our training in Kluszkowce they received a condensed dose of all new information and knowledge.

We regretfully parted on the last day, but fortunately our adventure will continue.
For now, we will traditionally share with you our photo report from these wonderful days. 🙂

On Saturday, February 27, 2021. at the largest marketplace in southern Poland, i.e. in Będzin, a cashless exchange of clothes, bags, shoes, records and antiques took place. The barter transactions were made on a thing for thing basis. The idea is recycling.

The action was really popular among people who are close to the idea of ​​the zero waste movement, which includes, among others reducing the amount of possessed items or replacing them. It was organized as part of the project “Give your things a second life!”

On February 26, 2021. in the non-public nursery and kindergarten “Children’s World” in Siewierz, in a group of five and six-year-olds, creative workshops entitled Recycled Dinosaurs. During the workshops, the children used materials that are not usually used to play, but end up in the basket, i.e. egg wrappers, toilet paper rolls, plastic caps, i.e. objects that we gave a second life to. These items were a grateful material for creative recycling workshops in which we created ecological dinosaurs. Our eco-dinosaurs were original designs that put a lot of effort and heart into. The workshop was a great opportunity to promote ecology among children and reuse things.

On Friday, February 26, 2021, the third meeting of the project’s partner group took place
“The Academy of the Conscious Parent – A replacement parent is urgently needed!” Due to the state of the pandemic, the meeting was held online on the Mirosoft Teams platform.

SMART Foundation together with partners:

The Municipal Social Welfare Center in Żory
Instituto de Apoio à Criança from Lisbon
Viešoji įstaiga Mano šeimos akademija from Kaunas
we focused on improving our website and discussed alternative ways to carry out the training and meeting in Lithuania planned for May. We discussed the action plan and the first steps of creating the “Help-desk” guide.

On February 19, 2021, on Friday at At 2 p.m. in the Non-Public Nursery and Kindergarten “Children’s World” in Siewierz, the action of exchanging individual items was carried out. Two days before the planned operation, an exchange rack was placed in the corridor of the kindergarten. This unique object encouraged children and parents to bring toys, books, bricks, puzzles, stuffed animals and other things that could still be useful to someone.
The presence of individual members of the initiative group on the day of the exchange campaign significantly contributed to the increased interest in the action.
The action made it possible to share (almost) everything. She popularized the idea of ​​a cashless exchange of goods – says the coach of the project “Give your things a second life”.

On February 17, 2021. in the non-public nursery and kindergarten “Children’s World” in Siewierz, children from the “Smurfs” and “Skrzats” groups celebrated the World Cat Day.

On this day, preschoolers willingly participated in ecological workshops on handicrafts, making cat masks by themselves. During the classes, they used recycled materials, e.g. paper, cardboard, textiles. Creating recycled masks was very interesting and creative for children, and at the same time “very creative and aesthetic”.

Cats, kitties, kitties, thank you very much for your commitment in today’s workshops.

Just before Valentine’s Day, ie on February 12, 2021, in the “Rainbow Land” Private Kindergarten in Dąbrowa Górnicza at Legionów 67, a creative handicraft workshop entitled “Valentine’s eco-heart”.

During the classes, the group of “Bears” and “Little Tigers” made beautiful eco-cards for Valentine’s Day. They used recycled papers, newspapers, feathers, fabrics, beads, ribbons, etc., thus giving them a second life. The meeting was very creative and fruitful, and the participants were already asking about the next eco-workshops.

Hurrah!

We can already confirm that we will certainly implement our training away!

It will be held on February 26-28, 2021.

For now, we have to share another dose of wonderful views that we have the opportunity to admire during training. This time our routes have been covered with a white robe.

On February 8, 2021, with the carnival in mind, we conducted special workshops for children.
Creative handicraft workshops on making “Eco-carnival masks” were a real attraction for children from the “Rainbow Land” Private Kindergarten in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
At the beginning, the group of “Bears” and “Little Tigers” got acquainted with various handicraft techniques, and then they made eco-masks on their own, using a variety of ecological materials and gifts of nature, i.e. recycled paper, felt, feathers, paper straws, glitter, cotton threads e.t.c.
During the workshops, each participant could create an effective eco-mask in the spirit of zero waste, which will certainly be useful for him at the carnival ball as a great complement to the outfit.

The Foundation for SMART education in Opole joined the campaign consisting in collecting plastic caps from beverage and juice bottles or household chemicals for the little Oliwka from Boguchwałowice. ?
Thanks to the huge commitment of many people, we took a few bags of caps to the headquarters of the TSO Boguchwałowice !!
From birth, the girl has been struggling with SMA1 spinal muscular atrophy. The salvation in stopping the rapidly progressing disease is very expensive gene therapy.
The collection for the child is open all the time on the siepomaga.pl portal.
PLN 9.5 million is needed. So far, over 5 million zlotys have been collected.
We keep collecting !! ❤️❤️❤️