Scout troops can utilize the Poplar Ridge facilities to combine camping at the Ridge with an Adventure and riding for a booked weekend. In addition, merit badges related to riding and care of horses are possible through arrangement with the Stable staff.
By creating a community of trust where risk-taking is rewarded, individual challenges become group challenges in a nurturing and supportive environment. Participants are given a safe place in which to experience the ways they work together and learn from each other. This empowers them to create new approaches for problem solving, communication, and teamwork. The sense of personal accomplishment is enriched with the acknowledgment and growing support of the team.
These programs are distinct by enlisting high participant involvement while facilitating an adventure experience with these elements:
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communication |
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out-of-the-box thinking |
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collaboration |
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trust |
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risk taking |
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fun |
This type of learning engages both the intellect and emotions, a combination guaranteed to ensure that any group will be fully immersed in the learning process. It is learning that combines:
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adventure-surprise |
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out-of-the-box thinking |
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support |
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significance |
We have over 100 activities that are carefully sequenced with increasing levels of personal challenge and perceived risk. Included, are dozens of different outdoor games and initiatives that we can use our low ropes course during the segment of our program. By participating in a series of initiatives and problem-solving activities, team members break through their own self-limiting boundaries, strangers become friends, and groups become teams.
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