Education

Bag Lady
Experiential Education on
Peace & Justice through
   Speaking Engagements
 Character Building
Leadership Training
 Outdoor Education
 Service Learning 

For ages 12 to adult

Jeannie Kirkhope is a certified teacher in West Virginia with a Master’s degree in   Theology.  Her 13 years combined experiences in the classroom, as a camp director  and working with the homeless have left her with a rich multitude of tricks in her bag.  She is eager to share them with you in or out of the school setting for suggested donation amounts.  The Bag Lady’s  vast variety of programs help people see themselves and the world through a different lens.  The are fun,  interactive and  developmentally appropriate, tried-and-true for youth, young adults and their teachers and ministers.  Jeannie currently lives with her three dogs and one-eyed cat on a farm outside Spencer.

“Psych-Ups”
Introductions and portions of the following programs can be presented:

for classes, clubs and youth groups
at meetings retreats and conferences

in classrooms, halls or churches
at assemblies or after school
COST:  gas money & donation

Character Building

Emmaus - on-the-road speaking engagements

 Stories from the Street
Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Worker Movement

COST:  gas money &                        donation appreciated

Volunteer Internships-for young adults interested in:                                  
 environmental and social justice issues and a lifestyle of simplicity, voluntary poverty, service and prayer.
 
Come for an overnight, weekend, week  or longer. 

COST:  donations appreciated

Leadership Training

  

1) Leadership Weekends
Nurture and hone your leadership skills

Basic Daily Schedule                                   (designed according to your needs and purposes)
Friday-at-Five:
Orientation, Ice Breaker
Dinner
Group Building Activity
Leadership Styles
Free Time
Lights Out
 
Lead -Me-Saturday:
Breakfast
Varying Perspectives
Trust Activities
Lunch
Incredible Journey Initiatives
Dinner
Free Time
Magic Circle Discussion
Lights Out

Follow-Me-Sunday
Breakfast
Training for those interested in being:
            group leaders  for junior high
            H.E.L.L.O days.
            peer  leaders  for high school
           Leadership Weekends.
Wrap Up and Say Goodbye

          

 

COST:    $300 per group,
 includes meals

2) Workshop Weekends  

Learn how to Brainstorm, Plan & Prepare: 
Dances, Assemblies, Fundraisers,
Community Service Projects,  ClassTrips, Club Activities

Basic Daily Schedule                                 (designed according to your needs and purposes)
Friday-at-Five:
Orientation
Dinner
Group Building Activity
Leadership Styles workshop
“Crash” Course workshop
Evening Activity
 
All-Day-Saturday:
Breakfast
Brainstorming workshop
Break-Out Session
Lunch
Committees & Planning workshop
Break-Out Session
Free Time
Dinner
Break-Out Session
Evening Activity

 Sunday-Summary:
Breakfast
Crossing “t’s” and Dotting “i’s” workshop
 Break-Out Session
Wrap Up and Say Goodbye

Breakout Sessions give you the time
to work on projects you came to plan
with the skills you came to learn.

COST:    $300 per group,
 includes meals

Service Learning

Hammer & Nail - (see also, “Service Groups”)
This Service Learning Weekend entails hard work, daily reflections, communal meals, stepping out of comfort zones, breaking down stereotypes, and building community among the local people and within your group.
 
Projects may include, but are not limited to:
chopping/hauling/stacking  wood          house cleaning,
 yard work,                                                              stacking hay,
home repair,                                                          fixing fence,
building projects,                                               visiting  the elderly
painting,                                                                  gardening  


 

COST:    $300 per group,
includes meals


 

Outdoor Education

H.E.L.L.O   Grades 6, 7, 8
Take your class on a field trip for a day for:
History, Environment &  LeadershipLearning Outdoors. 
 
 6th Grade History
WV State History
Native American Life
Early American Craft Fair
The Underground Railroad
 
7th Grade Environment
Hug a Tree Hike
Outdoor Living Skills
Web of Life Games


The Elizabeths

8th Grade Leadership
Group Building Games
Trust Activities
Varying Perspectives
Incredible Initiatives
 
Call to schedule a day for your class
 

COST:   $5 per student,
includes lunch

 


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