Reaching Out to Those Who Serve: Military Teen Adventure Camps
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2014-05-01
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
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OSU Extension partners with the Ohio National Guard and Ohio University to conduct adventure camps for a unique audience – military teens. They have unique challenges setting them apart from their peers. These camps bring together those who share the experience of being in a military family. They develop connections with others who can relate to their situation, building a common bond and social support. The combination of challenge, mastery, and success leads to participant growth.
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IMPACT. 1: Because campers tackle challenging activities, a residential camp experience combined with adventure programming provides a multitude of emotional, cognitive, and physical benefits. -- 2. The adventure camp experience fosters adaptation to change – something needed by all of today's young people, but especially military youth, who must adapt to separations during moves or deployments. -- 3. A partnership with OSU Extension, the National Guard, and Ohio University has made three years of successful camps possible, reaching 250 military teens from Ohio and 21 other states.
OSU PARTNERS: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (4-H); College of Education and Human Ecology (Family & Consumer Sciences); OSU Extension
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Ohio National Guard (Family Readiness and Warrior Support); Ohio University (Department of Recreation and Sport Pedagogy)
PRIMARY CONTACT: Theresa M. Ferrari (ferrari.8@osu.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (4-H); College of Education and Human Ecology (Family & Consumer Sciences); OSU Extension
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Ohio National Guard (Family Readiness and Warrior Support); Ohio University (Department of Recreation and Sport Pedagogy)
PRIMARY CONTACT: Theresa M. Ferrari (ferrari.8@osu.edu)
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Engaged Scholars, v. 2 (2014).