september 4th 1991

Community Involvement Day


8:00am: Staff HDO - First United Methodist Church
8:15am: Cast HDO
8:30am: Good Morning Turlock!!!
8:45am: Prep and load buses
9:15am: Buses leave for Hershey's Chocolate Plant!!!
10:00am: Tour of Hershey's plant & Visitor Center

We have been visiting a chocolate factory (Hershey's as I remember). It was fun to watch and great to smell... We have been shown around and they told us all about the production. At the end of the tour we all received a coupon for free chocolate. I remember eating the Herhey Kisses.

10:50am: Buses leave for lunch
11:00am: Lunch at Golden Corral Restaurant - All you can eat at food bar & drinks, but NO dessert!
12:00pm: Buses leave restaurant for afternoon activities. (4 split groups and activities)

• Group 1: Winos & Nutty People
• Group 2: The M*A*S*H* Team
• Group 3: Marketing Madness
• Group 4: The Dancing Dudes (This is where I went)

Group 4   12:30pm: Arrive in Turlock at the Community Continuum College - Meet the 18-70 year old handicapped students, sing a few songs, and join them for a dance, this weeks big social event.
We visited a school with handicapped students in the age off 17 till 70 years. We sang a few songs and we made a lot of friends..... and we all ended up dancing. There was this guy who told me I had beautifull hands, and when our dance was finished he put his arms around me and thanked us for being there, and than..... he wanted to kiss me....(must be the impact of the Herhey kisses) on the mouth...
3.30pm: Leave and walk back to the church

Group 1: Winos & Nutty People
12:45pm: Arrive at Delicato Winery - You will tour the winery and have a chance to taste some of their wines. If you are 21 or older, bring ID - otherwise  you get grape juice.
1:45pm: leave Delicato
2:15pm: Arrive at Bleu Diamond Almond plant - Here you will see a movie that shows how these nuts are grown, harvested and packaged, and then get to try a few.
3:10pm: Back on the bus, and return to First United Methodist Church.


Group 2: The M*A*S*H* Team
12:45pm: Arrive at American Red Cross - Stanislaus Country Chapter - Learn basic principles of First Aid and CPR with Steve Crabtree
2:15pm: Load them buses and leave for Medic-Alert
2:45pm: Arrive at the world headquarters of Medic-Alert Foundation - See how this medical emergency information system works.
3:45pm: leave and return to methodist Church


Group 3: Marketing Madness
12:30pm: Arrive at Turlock High School to visit 2 Drama classes - Greg Volk, the drama teacher, traveled in UWP 1972, and wants to have you do theater games with the students. The second class already knows the UWP song.
2:30pm: Leave and go to The Turlock Journal
2:45pm: Take a tour of The Turlock Journal, our Sponsor - See how a newspaper is created and talk with the editor about PR/Media interaction
3:45pm: Return to the Methodist Church


WHOLE CAST!
4:00pm: Evaluation of CI activities
5:30pm: HPU at First United Methodist Church.
Free evening with you host families

Tonight we have a bonfire!