The Outdoor Classroom: January 2008

Better get this up - the sun's going down.

Felix enjoys some time alone on the river.

Look closely - Felix really gets into setting up this tent.

Everyone takes a break at the waterfall.

Limbo - Canoe style.

Stopping for lunch on a gravel bar.

All smiles in spite of the rain.

Upcoming OWLS Adventures & Events

Act Quickly To Get Your Group Event Scheduled !!Scholarships available for most OWLS Adventures!! Download files of trip ideas from the "Files" section below or make a suggestion of your own. Let OWLS make your next outdoor adventure and learning experience safe and successful!

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Please Note: Events preceeded by a "*" are open to the public and we would love to have you, your family, class, or other group join us in one or all of these. For more information, please contact Ben at BenSimms@aol.com or by phone at 770-845-6900. Thanks!

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Other Dates & Adventures at Your Request

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* 9/7/2013 - Day-paddling on the Savannah River with GRN - Educational and Fun Family Friendly Trip

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* 5/28 - 6/13/2013 - OWLS Backpacking in Yellowstone & Grand Teton NF - (Sponsor a deserving youth for $900)

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* July 8-14, 2013 - Annual OWLS Summer Expedition - Current River - Canoe-Camp through MO - (Estimated Total Trip Cost is $650+/-)

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* June 24-30, 2013 - Annual Paddle GA Trip - A Week of Fun, Fellowship, and Festivities as we canoe & camp across GA. - (Estimated Total Cost/Sponsorship is $750+/-)
SOLD OUT! Let's try next year.

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* May 27, 2013 - Monday on the Metro - Celebrate Summer Break with a daypaddle & Lunch on the Chattahoochee River - ($75.00 Each)

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* April 20-21, 2013 - A Weekend Celebrating "PTSD" (Post-Tax Stress Decompression)- Canoe-Camping North GA's beautiful Toccoa River. (Trip Cost only $175)

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* March 16-22, 2013 (Paddle Florida's "Dam to the Bay" Trip) 76 miles through the panhandle on Florida's Ochlockonee River - (Trip Cost $625) - Note: Registration Deadline is February 28, 2013

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* March 2-9, 2013 - Spring Break Paddle - Return to Florida's 10,000 Islands - (Come Paddle with us or Sponsor someone else for only $375)

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* February 15-18, 2013 (Presidents Day Weekend) - Father-Son-Grandson Trip on St. Marys River - Canoe-Camp the GA-FL Border - (Exact Trip Cost TBD - $300 +/-)
Note: Registration Full - Waiting List Only.

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* January (MLK, Jr. Weekend) - Men's Fraternity Fellowship Paddle - Peace River (or...?) - Canoe-Camping in Florida - (Exact Trip Cost TBD - $300 +/-)

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* January 2&3, 2013 - Water Resource Restoration Project - Chattahoochee River & Weracoba Creek - Columbus, GA (Join us with boats to paddle & bags to fill)

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* October 21, 2012 - South River Canoeing - Daytripping in Atlanta's Backyard

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NOTE: Please Register ASAP for Everyone's Benefit!

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*April 2013 Exact Date TBD - During area schools' Spring Break - "Way Down Upon the S'wanee River" - Canoe-Camping - from Fargo, GA to Live Oak, FL - Come One and Come All - (Sponsor a Scholarship for $295)

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Please see the Blog Archive below for those prior OWLS Adventures with entries.

About the "OWLS" Program

The Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School (OWLS) is a nonprofit Christ-focused ministry which uses active outdoor challenges and experiences to teach our participants important life skills and communications techniques and thereby equip them to properly interpret life and enable them to share God's love and His awesome plan for our lives with others in a very winsome, non-confrontational way.

Most of the OWLS courses take the form of adventures involving activities such as backpacking, canoeing, rock climbing, rappelling, COPE, mountain biking or whatever the group leaders determine would simultaneously appeal to and challenge their members.

Ben Simms serves as the Director of the Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School. You can reach him via email at BenSimms@aol.com or by phone at 770-845-6900 to volunteer, make a tax-deductible contribution of cash, real property, or useful gear and equipment, or to just ask a question. Thank you for your interest!

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

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