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Alumni Profiles: Where Are They Now
Zipline catches up with alumni from the A/U Ranches and DiscoveryBound programs, including four of the eight new members on Adventure Unlimited’s National Alumni Board. Beate Hathaway Beate first came to…
Alumni Getting Involved: Why Our Family Makes Camp a Priority
In this recurring column, alumni of the A/U Ranches and DiscoveryBound programs (including the formerly named A/U Chapters) share why they’ve stayed involved or reconnected with Adventure Unlimited and its…
Youth Camp Transformed by Staff Focusing on ‘Why?’
Leading up to the 2016 summer season, the A/U Ranches management team prayed deeply about how to improve camper engagement by more clearly communicating staff expectations. “We wanted to help…
Where There’s a Chapter, There’s Home
By Kate Robertson, National Alumni Board The year I turned 14, my family of eight pulled up stakes and moved from the sun-drenched desert of the southwest to the rainy,…
Abundant Firsts
I watched my son pedal away on his new bike with little help from me or my husband. Our role was only a matter of holding the seat while he climbed aboard, and then he was off in a hurry. He had gracefully transitioned from a small toddler’s balance bike to what he deemed his “big boy bike with pedals” with little interruption, and we were so proud.
There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays
As my cab emerged from the Midtown Tunnel into Manhattan, I noticed a Christmas tree lot at one end of an overpass. As long as I can remember, I’ve associated New York City with Christmas, though not on a personal level. Rockefeller Center, ornate department store windows and holiday musicals have always come to mind when thinking about holidays in the city.
To Be a Child Again
My favorite part of Mini Camp this year – and every year, for that matter – is the sense of appreciation these campers feel at the end of each day. At the close of dinner, the dining room is opened up for sharing of gratitude and highlights from the day. You cannot contain the joy that percolates in that room.
Q&A: What Makes the NLC Mentor/Mentee Relationship Successful?
NLC graduate Will Adler and his mentor, Don Wallingford, didn’t have an immediate connection. But the lessons they learned throughout the program helped make the relationship successful, and one they continue today.
Cowgirl Reflections from Camp
Before that summer, I was a girl who lived like a raindrop at the end of a pine needle. Playing fast and loose with time, a loner orb stained by rebellion, questioning my worthiness, searching for my voice. Funny how when God calls, plans melt. Mine dripped all over the points of the steely mountains while the wide Colorado sky opened in torrents of holiness.
Two Joy-filled Days: What I Learned about 100 Elk
In October, I had a great time witnessing how two entities – 100 Elk and Rainbow Valley Resource Network – merged as natural partners to offer enrichment activities to individuals who are striving to break out of society’s label of “disabled” and prove their God-given abilities.