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ABOUT US
Have fun with your child
exploring the world and discovering nature through Y Adventure
Guides. Together participants build, play games, learn new skills
and enjoy the great outdoors with other parents and kids.
Adventure Guides enables you to
get to know your child through fun and organized activities. This
program includes a strong emphasis on the parent and child doing
activities together, earning patches that reflect the Adventure
Guides themes, wearing traditional apparel, selecting unique names
and emphasizing volunteer participation and leadership.
Meaningful symbols used in the
program include a compass with four main directional points:
• The Family is True North– the
focal point of the program
• Nature and the camping
experience are an integral part of the program
• Program spirit is experienced
by belonging to a small Community called a Circle
• Fun is the magic of the program
The other points of the compass
are the YMCA values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility.
As YMCA Adventure Guides, fathers
and kids will be members of Circles. "Circle" activities will
include games, camping trips, ceremonies and adventures with other
parents and children. Conducting group exercises in the Circle
fosters leadership, problem solving, group work skill and a sense of
commitment to larger community—all of which reinforce the YMCA's
pledge to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.
You will also participate in larger scale activities such as weekend
campouts, parties or parades.
Our adventure guides are certain
to create lifetime memories through shared experiences together in
this wonderful program. Join us, won't you?
For more information, contact us.
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