PRESS
RELEASE - 2003
Announcement
of the Launching of PROJECT LOST
WSC
Survival School Inc. (Wilderness Leadership Company) and ARGUS Residence
for Youth (Emergency Shelter for Males/Females in Cambridge, Ontario)
are pleased to announce the launching of a visionary “Wilderness
Challenge Therapeutic Program” for at-risk youth, to be offered
to / at social organizations that are responsible for troubled young
people.
The
program is initially sponsored and partially funded by the Ontario
Ministry of Tourism and Recreation (RDF Fund-Recreation Development
Fund).
The
goal of the program is to offer Wilderness Adventure Challenge Programs
(1-day to 7-days duration) to youth at-risk groups, in partnership
with various social services organizations and residences throughout
Ontario, whereby clients/participants learn survival skills in the
wilderness, so that they can learn how to cope and survive in our
wild civilized world.
The
program focuses (and is not limited to) on the following learning
outcomes / changes for clients: improved respect (for themselves,
adults, teachers, the environment, and our world), survival skills
(for planning, prioritizing, overcoming obstacles and challenges,
panic and anger-avoidance), and team-work/building-decision-making
skills.
The
partnerships involve the professionals at the social services agencies
/ organizations, and the wilderness expertise and safety-orientations
of WSC Survival School Inc.
It
is hoped that numerous organizations involved in youth rehabilitation
will adopt all or part of this innovative program. Municipalities
are also encouraged to utilize the program, to reduce youth problems
in their jurisdictions.