[pct-l] Youth Outreach Program

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

Carolyn,
 
The "presentation" to the Pyles Boys is just one piece of what we are doing  
and trying to do with them.  The next issue of the Communicator has an  
article detailing our progress so far.  You are so right.  Getting the  kids out 
there on the trail, in the beauty, is THE best way to ingrain ownership  and 
inspiration in them.
 
Greg
 
In a message dated 1/29/2005 7:56:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
ecpg@peoplepc.com writes:

I have a  crew of teenage foster boys that help me with the goats and also
are not  adverse to hiking and doing more than their share of carrying just
to get  to go.
I also have a pair of girls (my business partner's daughters) that  go, one
of which has done volunteer steward work with me for the last 2  years.
You can get a lot of work out of some teenagers if it looks like  fun.

Kids raised on the trail are much less likely to take it for  granted later
on in life. I long ago figured out that that standing up in  front of them
giving a Leave No Trace lecture was pretty useless compared  to making a
campsite, spending a great time and leaving it pretty for the  next guys.

Carolyn Eddy
"Sweet Goat  Mama"
www.goattracksmagazine.com


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