Canoes for Summer Camps for the underprivileged

Once again this summer, literally hundreds of underprivileged and inner-city kids had the chance to try their hand at paddling, learning to communicate with each other, and determine their destination as the Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School made our tandem canoes, kayaks, and Sit-On-Tops available to a number of summer camp programs. Sometimes only 12 or 16 at a time but often 30 or more boys and girls would eagerly fill the boats and race across the lake or down a river.

English Avenue Community Revitalization

On May 10th the Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School was pleased to be part of the 150+ volunteer force which responded to requests from the English Avenue Community Development Corporation to work on eight specific problem sites within the neighborhood. Our specific area of concern was to clean weeds, bottles, cans, wire, drug paraphernalia and other debris from around an abandoned and boarded up apartment project at 744 North Avenue. It was hot, dirty, and difficult but, at the end of the day, the impact of our labors was evident. As a matter of fact, it was our site that was chosen to be featured in the organization's followup newsletter!