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Identifying a lack of access to libraries, they work with the park and community center to help all citizens of Willow Creek have access to free books.\n\nHow can you Take Action in your own community?\n\n\nIdentify a problem that you see in your community. Think about the problem, and what you can do to improve it.\nResearch the issue: Go to the library or look on the internet for resources that can help you learn about the issue in your community, and some solutions that you could help put in place.\nTake Action: Work on a plan for solving the problem. Work with friends and family on your plan, and even connect with people that can help you, such as members of the local government, teachers, or experts on what your problem relates to. Put your plan into motion.\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew and Max are assigned a project at school, where they must take action to solve a problem in their communities. Identifying a lack of access to libraries, they work with the park and community center to help all citizens of Willow Creek have access to free books.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow can you Take Action in your own community?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify a problem that you see in your community. Think about the problem, and what you can do to improve it.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearch the issue: Go to the library or look on the internet for resources that can help you learn about the issue in your community, and some solutions that you could help put in place.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake Action: Work on a plan for solving the problem. Work with friends and family on your plan, and even connect with people that can help you, such as members of the local government, teachers, or experts on what your problem relates to. 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They make sure to buy her a present before attending and are excited to have a good time celebrating with Alexis and friends.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eComing back from a bike ride on a hot day, the Bryson kids see Alexis Padgett delivering invitations to her fifth birthday party, and are excited to be invited! They make sure to buy her a present before attending and are excited to have a good time celebrating with Alexis and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"The Brysons are invited to Alexis Padgett's birthday party.","date_published":"2023-06-14T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/75e2d511-bf06-4010-a6b3-8ab2dcbd4574/bed6f6e6-688f-4056-9e49-b5b55c76ed23.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32094106,"duration_in_seconds":1854}]},{"id":"75968068-61b3-47a0-ab08-f11a44581081","title":"A Field Trip","url":"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/fieldtrip","content_text":"Caleb goes with his accelerated science program on a field trip to Asheville, North Carolina. He has fun with his fellow aspiring scientists at a science museum, the park, and exploring nature and its processes.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eCaleb goes with his accelerated science program on a field trip to Asheville, North Carolina. He has fun with his fellow aspiring scientists at a science museum, the park, and exploring nature and its processes.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Caleb goes on a field trip.","date_published":"2023-06-10T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/75e2d511-bf06-4010-a6b3-8ab2dcbd4574/75968068-61b3-47a0-ab08-f11a44581081.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26075568,"duration_in_seconds":1487}]},{"id":"f5665fa9-03c1-43de-8b0e-523e3d118c5b","title":"The Trumpetist","url":"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/trumpetist","content_text":"Matthew signs up to play the trumpet for Elm Ridge Elementary School's band. He and his bandmates prepare for their winter concert, and Matthew has fun and makes friends on the way.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew signs up to play the trumpet for Elm Ridge Elementary School\u0026#39;s band. 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While all this is going on, Matthew is watching the Marvel movies- and falling in love with them. Are Anne and David ever going to not be frazzled?","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAfter her old shoes are battered to the point of no return, David makes several unsuccessful attempts to get Finley new shoes- and once they find suitable ones, Finley is adamant in wearing her old shoes. Meanwhile, Caleb is building an expansive rube goldberg machine that is going to take over the house- and then the neighbourhood. While all this is going on, Matthew is watching the Marvel movies- and falling in love with them. Are Anne and David ever going to not be frazzled?\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Finley gets new shoes, Matthew watches the Marvel movies, and Caleb builds a Rube Goldberg machine.","date_published":"2023-05-30T22:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/75e2d511-bf06-4010-a6b3-8ab2dcbd4574/04c20bda-79ff-40ce-a64c-cacf47c16f3e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26641906,"duration_in_seconds":1480}]},{"id":"3ead0d9e-a06f-492d-b684-59eab1f8fe62","title":"The History of the Brysons","url":"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/historyofthebrysons","content_text":"After listening to some music from Matthew, Caleb gets interested in family history and meets with his grandad, Isaac Bryson, to learn about the history of the Brysons. Meanwhile, Anne takes Finley's training wheels off and Finley works to learn to ride a bike without training wheels.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAfter listening to some music from Matthew, Caleb gets interested in family history and meets with his grandad, Isaac Bryson, to learn about the history of the Brysons. Meanwhile, Anne takes Finley\u0026#39;s training wheels off and Finley works to learn to ride a bike without training wheels.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Caleb learns about family history, and Finley learns to ride a bicycle.","date_published":"2023-05-20T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/75e2d511-bf06-4010-a6b3-8ab2dcbd4574/3ead0d9e-a06f-492d-b684-59eab1f8fe62.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27372232,"duration_in_seconds":1530}]},{"id":"bb960136-540e-494e-8546-8c210681546a","title":"'23 Summer Special: Spending Time in Summertime","url":"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/spendingtimeinsummertime","content_text":"How exciting! Finley is going to school next year!\nIn theis special summer episode, Finley prepares for school, while enjoying rock-climbing camp, summer camp, the waterpark, and family barbeques, enjoying and geting the most out of summer that she can before heading to kindergarten in autumn.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eHow exciting! Finley is going to school next year!\u003cbr\u003e\nIn theis special summer episode, Finley prepares for school, while enjoying rock-climbing camp, summer camp, the waterpark, and family barbeques, enjoying and geting the most out of summer that she can before heading to kindergarten in autumn.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Finley prepares for school while enjoying summer with family.","date_published":"2023-05-10T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/75e2d511-bf06-4010-a6b3-8ab2dcbd4574/bb960136-540e-494e-8546-8c210681546a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70528382,"duration_in_seconds":3979}]},{"id":"b86996f8-9947-4de1-b3ce-d10130958461","title":"'23 Spring Break Special: Camp Green Woods Part Five","url":"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods5","content_text":"5 of 5\n\nListen to Part One Here\n\nListen to Part Two Here\n\nListen to Part Three Here\n\nListen to Part Four Here\n\nWhen Caleb arrives at Green Woods for summer camp, he misses his parents, is in a different unit from the only two people he knows, and barely passes his swim test. He doesn't like the food, the bugs, the heat, or the latrine. It seems to him like nothing can get worse until the heat goes up, the bugler plays swim call, and all two hundred campers are rushed to the lake for all camp swim. Caleb looks for Matthew, but he is making friends with the kids in his unit and does not seem interested in playing with Caleb. After Caleb tells him this, Matthew decides to make things right, and seeks Caleb out: wherever he is.\nSince he's spending so much time with Caleb, Max is very upset with Matthew, and an exciting time at camp as best friends is ruined by Max's jealousy and Matthew's stubbornness.\nFinley arrives with Anne, Jen, and Jake for a few days of Me and My Mum camp, where she's put in the bunkhouse with the other young kids. Finley begins to make friends with the other children, but is dismayed when she realises that she may not ever see them again after camp.\nDespite all of these conundrums, can Matthew, Caleb, and Finley enjoy summer camp?","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e5 of 5\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods1\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eListen to Part One Here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods2\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eListen to Part Two Here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods3\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eListen to Part Three Here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods4\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eListen to Part Four Here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Caleb arrives at Green Woods for summer camp, he misses his parents, is in a different unit from the only two people he knows, and barely passes his swim test. He doesn\u0026#39;t like the food, the bugs, the heat, or the latrine. It seems to him like nothing can get worse until the heat goes up, the bugler plays swim call, and all two hundred campers are rushed to the lake for all camp swim. Caleb looks for Matthew, but he is making friends with the kids in his unit and does not seem interested in playing with Caleb. After Caleb tells him this, Matthew decides to make things right, and seeks Caleb out: wherever he is.\u003cbr\u003e\nSince he\u0026#39;s spending so much time with Caleb, Max is very upset with Matthew, and an exciting time at camp as best friends is ruined by Max\u0026#39;s jealousy and Matthew\u0026#39;s stubbornness.\u003cbr\u003e\nFinley arrives with Anne, Jen, and Jake for a few days of Me and My Mum camp, where she\u0026#39;s put in the bunkhouse with the other young kids. Finley begins to make friends with the other children, but is dismayed when she realises that she may not ever see them again after camp.\u003cbr\u003e\nDespite all of these conundrums, can Matthew, Caleb, and Finley enjoy summer camp?\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"The Brysons head to camp for a couple of weeks of fun.","date_published":"2023-04-04T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/75e2d511-bf06-4010-a6b3-8ab2dcbd4574/b86996f8-9947-4de1-b3ce-d10130958461.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28360117,"duration_in_seconds":1620}]},{"id":"d59ba1f9-4dd6-404d-942f-9295f5960be2","title":"'23 Spring Break Special: Camp Green Woods Part Four","url":"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods4","content_text":"4 of 5\n\nListen to Part One Here\n\nListen to Part Two Here\n\nListen to Part Three Here\n\nWhen Caleb arrives at Green Woods for summer camp, he misses his parents, is in a different unit from the only two people he knows, and barely passes his swim test. He doesn't like the food, the bugs, the heat, or the latrine. It seems to him like nothing can get worse until the heat goes up, the bugler plays swim call, and all two hundred campers are rushed to the lake for all camp swim. Caleb looks for Matthew, but he is making friends with the kids in his unit and does not seem interested in playing with Caleb. After Caleb tells him this, Matthew decides to make things right, and seeks Caleb out: wherever he is.\nSince he's spending so much time with Caleb, Max is very upset with Matthew, and an exciting time at camp as best friends is ruined by Max's jealousy and Matthew's stubbornness.\nFinley arrives with Anne, Jen, and Jake for a few days of Me and My Mum camp, where she's put in the bunkhouse with the other young kids. Finley begins to make friends with the other children, but is dismayed when she realises that she may not ever see them again after camp.\nDespite all of these conundrums, can Matthew, Caleb, and Finley enjoy summer camp?","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e4 of 5\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods1\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eListen to Part One Here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods2\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eListen to Part Two Here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://willowcreekbunch.fireside.fm/greenwoods3\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eListen to Part Three Here\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Caleb arrives at Green Woods for summer camp, he misses his parents, is in a different unit from the only two people he knows, and barely passes his swim test. He doesn\u0026#39;t like the food, the bugs, the heat, or the latrine. It seems to him like nothing can get worse until the heat goes up, the bugler plays swim call, and all two hundred campers are rushed to the lake for all camp swim. Caleb looks for Matthew, but he is making friends with the kids in his unit and does not seem interested in playing with Caleb. After Caleb tells him this, Matthew decides to make things right, and seeks Caleb out: wherever he is.\u003cbr\u003e\nSince he\u0026#39;s spending so much time with Caleb, Max is very upset with Matthew, and an exciting time at camp as best friends is ruined by Max\u0026#39;s jealousy and Matthew\u0026#39;s stubbornness.\u003cbr\u003e\nFinley arrives with Anne, Jen, and Jake for a few days of Me and My Mum camp, where she\u0026#39;s put in the bunkhouse with the other young kids. 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He doesn't like the food, the bugs, the heat, or the latrine. It seems to him like nothing can get worse until the heat goes up, the bugler plays swim call, and all two hundred campers are rushed to the lake for all camp swim. Caleb looks for Matthew, but he is making friends with the kids in his unit and does not seem interested in playing with Caleb. After Caleb tells him this, Matthew decides to make things right, and seeks Caleb out: wherever he is.\nSince he's spending so much time with Caleb, Max is very upset with Matthew, and an exciting time at camp as best friends is ruined by Max's jealousy and Matthew's stubbornness.\nFinley arrives with Anne, Jen, and Jake for a few days of Me and My Mum camp, where she's put in the bunkhouse with the other young kids. 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