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Community Service
Teens in the LEAD program have
all been attending Camp Fiver for at least 4 summers,
and they provide positive role models for our younger
campers. Teens volunteer to work as assistant teachers
instructing one class per day, they are given responsibilities
to plan and lead camp-wide events, they mentor first-year
campers as part of our Teens Leading Campers (TLC) initiative,
and they each have a discrete task in camp (i.e. distributing
water jugs around camp) that they fulfill everyday.
Helping campers recognize their role in positively impacting
the community is fundamental to the Fiver experience.
Leadership
It is our goal to help adolescents
grow as leaders in the camp community and beyond. Teens
in this program develop problem solving, communication,
and decision making skills as they prepare for a 5-day
wilderness expedition in the Adirondack Mountains.
Self-Discovery
Our adolescents learn
a great deal about themselves, what they are capable
of achieving, and the impact they can have on their
own lives, their communities, and the world around them.
They push their physical, social, and emotional boundaries
on a 5-day wilderness expedition; extend their intellectual
boundaries as they ponder, discuss, and research the
role of ethics on historical events in Fiver’s
learning center; and broaden their understanding of
the great potential they have as they make plans for
their future educations and careers. |
