Newsletter ExerciseIn this exercise you will create a flyer for a fictional community service project. Your goal is to get elders in the community to sign up to mentor youth. You and your partners have decided that a newsletter format will engage the elders, so you plan to include a range of content to broaden your appeal.

You may use any word processing package that has these capabilities, but please save your file as a Microsoft Word document.

This exercise has two files. You are reading the first one. Using the hints in the right column, turn the text in the left column into an appealing newsletter like this one:http://wheatoncollege.edu/technology/files/2016/09/Word-2-Newsletter.pdf

A Walk in the ParkA new Youth Mentoring Program in Norton

Use any font for the title

Volunteers Wanted!Do you remember the fun of playing in a park on a sunny afternoon? Would you like to do that again? There are children in Norton who would love to go to a park, but their family situations do not allow it.

By volunteering for an hour per week, you and a Norton child could enjoy the park together. Photo by Eric Vikne, provided by Wikimediahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Crowded_swing.jpg

Insert a Section Break.Then set up your document for two columns.

Use any sans serif font for the body of the newsletter

Copy and paste the image, then remove the hyperlink so it appears as plain text on paper (not blue & underlined!)

Positive Youth DevelopmentPositive youth development is an intentional, pro-social approach that engages youth within their communities, schools, organizations, peer groups, and families in a manner that is productive and constructive; recognizes, utilizes, and enhances youths' strengths; and promotes positive outcomes for young people by providing opportunities, fostering positive relationships, and furnishing the support needed to build on their leadership strengths.

Positive Experiences + Positive Relationships + Positive Environments =

Crop the image to get just the faces. (don’t just shrink it)

Wrap the text around the image. Use “Wrap Square”, the most common format.

Positive Youth Development Source: Text and image copied September 5, 2016 from http://youth.gov/youth-topics/positive-youth-development.

Create an endnote with the number 1 (not i). You don’t want the source in the body of your newsletter.

ApplicationIf you are interested in hearing more about this program, please return this slip. Someone will be sure to contact you.NameAddressTown, State, ZIPPhone

Return to a single-column layout.

Create a table for people to enter their contact information

Make a DifferenceTaking a child to a playground once a week gives you the opportunity to feel like a kid again, and gives the child an opportunity for active fun and exercise. You both will enjoy making a new friend!

Return to two columns.

Put this in a Text Box.

Mentoring Positive youth development research has long demonstrated that youth benefit from close, caring relationships with adults who serve as positive role models (Jekielek, Moore, & Hair, 2002). Today, 8.5 million youth continue to lack supportive, sustained relationships with caring adults (Cavell, DuBois, Karcher, Keller, & Rhodes, 2009). Mentoring - which matches youth or “mentees” with responsible, caring “mentors,” usually adults - has been growing in popularity as both a prevention and intervention strategy over the past decades.

Source: Text excerpted from http://youth.gov/youth-topics/mentoringPut this source in another endnote

The Oak By Alfred Lord TennysonLive thy Life,Young and old,Like yon oak,Bright in spring,Living gold; Summer-richThen; and thenAutumn-changedSoberer-hued Gold again. All his leavesFall'n at length,Look, he stands,Trunk and boughNaked strength.

Put the poem into Times New Roman size 12 font. This is a less casual font, so it is a good choice for your academic papers.

Images contributed to

Image copyright Alan Murray-Rust, licensed for reuse under Creative Commons

Creative Commons can be used without permission. However, most of them require you to credit the person who owns the copyright.

Where to Take a Child?Every elementary school in Norton has a playground. For more adventure, consider Centennial Park & Community Playground, located near the Middle School.Add the map below.

Return to one column.

Play with the format so it fits on the paper.

Add the header and footer.You want a different first page; you don’t want them to appear on page 1.

Set it up so the date and page renumber automatically. (This is important for a longer document!)

When you have finished, save and send your file:

If you are using MS Word: Name your file with your name and the initials of your professor or supervisor. For example, if your name is Chris Smith and your professor is Albert Einstein, you will name your file ChrisSmith_AE.

Email your file to techlit@WheatonCollege.edu

If you are using Pages: Save your file as a Word document. Name your file with your name and the initials of your professor or supervisor. For example, if your name is Chris Smith and your professor is Albert Einstein, you will name your file ChrisSmith_AE.

Email your file to techlit@WheatonCollege.edu

If you are using Google Docs: Share your file with TechLit@WheatonCollege.edu. Send email with your name and the initials of your professor or supervisor. For example, if your name is Chris Smith and your professor is Albert Einstein, you will name your file ChrisSmith_AE.