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Please spread the word! Tell others about this site and about the Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School - OWLS.
This is the blog site for the Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School, also known as the "OWLS" program, where participants learn confidence, compassion, contemplation, communication, and all kinds of life skills through participation in active adventures in the time-tested classroom of God's creation. For more information about OWLS please go to www.OutdoorWisdomLeadershipSchool.org or simply email Ben at BenSimms@aol.com
Please spread the word! Tell others about this site and about the Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School - OWLS.
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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.
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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
----------------------------------
* 9/7/2013 - Day-paddling on the Savannah River with GRN - Educational and Fun Family Friendly Trip
----------------------------------
* 5/28 - 6/13/2013 - OWLS Backpacking in Yellowstone & Grand Teton NF - (Sponsor a deserving youth for $900)
----------------------------------
* July 8-14, 2013 - Annual OWLS Summer Expedition - Current River - Canoe-Camp through MO - (Estimated Total Trip Cost is $650+/-)
----------------------------------
* 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.
----------------------------------
* May 27, 2013 - Monday on the Metro - Celebrate Summer Break with a daypaddle & Lunch on the Chattahoochee River - ($75.00 Each)
----------------------------------
* April 20-21, 2013 - A Weekend Celebrating "PTSD" (Post-Tax Stress Decompression)- Canoe-Camping North GA's beautiful Toccoa River. (Trip Cost only $175)
----------------------------------
* 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!
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!
Join those on the OWLS newslist!
OWLS Files and Information to Read and Download
Interesting Links and Affiliated Organizations
- Biblical Botanical Garden Society-USA
- Christ in the Tetons
- Forgiven Six
- Life Jackets Float - Do You?
- Life Leadership, Now
- Northstar Adventures
- Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School
- OWLS on the Etowah - Link to YouTube
- Paddlers 4 Christ
- PEAK Adventure Ministries
- River of Life Canoe Camping
- The Canoe - Its Place in our Heritage
- Wilderness Works, Inc
It's not about me!
- Ben
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- I could tell about my BA in Marketing and Economics from Davidson College, my MBA in Marketing and Management from GA State, my M.Div. in Strategic Outreach from U.H.L. and too many years of reaching goals, setting records, and chasing worldly success, primarily in the area of real estate development and management, but this blog is about the Creator and I hope by reading through these entries you will find out all you need to know about Him. If you really want to know more about me, check out my profile or email me with any questions.
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