Category Archives: Edward C. Gartland Youth Center
TCI Shines and Earth Day
Rag wreaths for the Christmas Fair
Tie Dye Class at ECGYC
Last Saturday morning I had a dozen boys attend my tie dye class at the Edward C. Gartland Youth Center. We had a pair of white cotton curtain panels donated by the Taylor family, which we then cut into sections which will later be sewn into chair covers for the games room. Each student had one to two piecess to twist, fold, and manipulate into their unique design. Once all the pieces were wrapped and secured with rubber bands we put on our gloves and got started with the dying. Each color was soaked for 5 minutes before moving onto the next. Once finished, each piece was wrapped in a plastic bag and left in the sun for two days to fully saturate the dye into the fabric. On Monday, just before closing, I had one faithful student Marc waiting to see how his creation turned out. He helped me unwrap each of the pieces, rinse them in cold water, and hang them to dry. What a kaleidoscope display we left on the line; great job to all the participants! Stay tuned for part two of this class. If you want to have your own tie dye fun on Provo, visit Nell’s gift shop for a small selection of boxed dyes.
Summer Bash at the Youth Center
From top to bottom left to right:
Basketball competition, jamming to the tunes of the dj, Director Nikita giving a helping hand to her daughter under the limbo, preparing for the talent competition, volunteer Taylor Drotman and one of the star limboers getting his strategy down, and the Bean Bag Toss with director Roxann looking on.
The ECGYC is always looking for volunteers, if you have some spare time to teach a class, monitor the computer lab, tutor, or have ideas of your on how you can help, please contact here.