Cultural Thursday event to feature Tanzania

Cultural Thursday Helene — Helene Danielson, Forestview Middle School English language arts teacher, spent a month last year teaching English to under-resourced children in Tanzania. Danielson will talk about her experiences at Central Lakes College's next Cultural Thursday program from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 5, as a free Zoom webinar. Submitted Photo

By Nancy Vogt

November 03, 2020 at 4:00 AM

Central Lakes College will host its next Cultural Thursday program from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 5 online as a free Zoom webinar.

Forestview Middle School English language arts teacher Helene Danielson will present her life-changing experience she had in Tanzania. Her presentation is titled “Tanzania: Teaching and Growing.”

Danielson spent the month of June 2019 teaching English to under-resourced children in Tanzania. She came home filled with gratitude and hope, a desire to simplify life and a disdain for plastic bags, a news release stated.

Through a partnership between Concordia College and the Grumeti Fund, community outreach is provided to children in villages bordering the Grumeti Game Reserve, just north of Serengeti National Park. Danielson will discuss her experiences with the children she served, as well as the animals she saw while living on the game reserve. Experiences included seeing elephants every day and baboons that stole supplies.

To register for the event, visit tinyurl.com/y3szc9nb. After registering, people will immediately receive a link to the webinar. In addition, a reminder email will be sent a day before the event.

For questions about this presentation or the Cultural Thursdays Series, contact Tracey Kloeckl-Jimenez at 218-855-8183.

Cultural Thursday Giraffes — Giraffes were seen in June 2019 by children in villages bordering the Grumeti Game Reserve in Tanzania. Forestview Middle School English language arts teacher Helene Danielson will present “Tanzania: Teaching and Growing” from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 5 in a free Zoom webinar. Submitted Photo

By Nancy Vogt

Nancy Vogt is editor of the Pineandlakes Echo Journal, a weekly newspaper that covers eight communities in the Pequot Lakes-Pine River areas - from Nisswa to Hackensack and Pequot Lakes to Crosslake.

She started as editor of the Lake Country Echo in July 2006, and continued in that role when the Lake Country Echo and the Pine River Journal combined in September 2013 to become the Pineandlakes Echo Journal. She worked for the Brainerd Dispatch from 1992-2006 in various roles.

She covers Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Lake Shore and Crosslake city councils, as well as writes feature stories, news stories and personal columns (Vogt's Notes). She also takes photos at community events.

Contact her at nancy.vogt@pineandlakes.com or 218-855-5877 with story ideas or questions. Be sure to leave a voicemail message!