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Planning Details

Purpose: To focus attention on the negative aspects of violent play and to model play activities that promote affirmative, cooperative, non-violent play.

Background: Programs to accomplish the Purpose described above have been on-going in Columbia over the past four years, as sponsored by Columbia United Christian Church (CUCC) as part of Focus on Peace Week. In 1998, Running Brook Elementary School (RB) and it's PTA, joined with CUCC in sponsoring these events for the Rimning Brook Elementary School community. In the three previous years, CUCC organized and carried out these programs as pan of its community outreach activities.

Planning: Fran D., Principal of Worthington Elementary School and a member of CUCC, was instrumental in bringing the two communities together. An exploratory meeting was held at Running Brook with School Administrators and CUCC representatives. An overview of CUCC's experience in organizing and conducting these events in 1995 through 1997 was presented. Following discussion and expressions of interest, plans for a follow-up meeting were made. Materials were left for review and further consideration.

Subsequent meetings were held in developing a program based on the CUCC model, modified to meet the needs of Running Brook Agreements were reached in sharing responsitilities for:

  • planning,

  • organizing,

  • assembling materials and equipment,

  • gaining commitments from the broader Columbia community,

  • assembling staff and materials,

  • gaining publicity, and

  • carrying out the events.

Division of Responsibilities: The sharing of responsibility for planning and executing a successfuI program generally followed this scheme:

Responsibility or Activity

Assumed By

Scales and Tails

CUCC

Violent Toy Turn-In

Staffing

RB

Publicity within the RB community

RB

Publicity within the broader community

CUCC

Collection bin for toys

CUCC

Signs

RB

Providing Peace Sculpture

CUCC

Use / disposal of toys

RB

Soliciting Paecemaker Partners

CUCC

Preparing / printing Peacemaker Certificates

CUCC

Distribution of Peacemaker Certificates

RB

New Ways to Play Night

Layout

RB

Staffing

RB, CUCC, PTA

Legos / Blocks

CUCC

Face Painting Supplies

CUCC

Craft Supplies - Collections

RB, CUCC, PTA

Craft Supplies - Preparation
(Kazoos, Egg Carton Rabbits, and Quilt Squares)

CUCC

Play Dough

CUCC

Kangaroo Kids (Jump Rope Exhibition team)

CUCC

Parachutes

RB, CUCC

Story Teller

CUCC
Soliciting Door Prizes RB, CUCC

Preparing Handout Packet Materials CUCC
Assembling Handout Packets RB
Set-Up RB, CUCC, PTA
Dinner RB, CUCC, PTA
Registration of Participants RB
Distributing Handout Packets RB
Distributing Door Prizes RB
Evaluation RB

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