Youth Teambuilding & Leadership Program

We are pleased to offer for youth groups, a modified version of our adult Pull Together Program. This leadership and followership enhancement program lasts 2 hours and can be provided to youth groups from 10 to 120 members. When offered through school course work, this program can be taken for school credit. It is also availabe to scout programs for merit badge credit.

P - preparing youth for team leadership by allowing them to be effective leaders and followers in challenging situations

U - under stress, program participants overcome ambiguity and role confusion to develop a cohesive team

L - learning to communicate, collaborate, and commit in ways that strengthen team goals and results

L - laughing about how poorly their team can perform when leadership and responsibilities are unclear on the water

T - testing the fibre of their group relationships by listening to divergent ideas, and thinking outside of the box

O - overcoming huge obstacles presented by our unique "flat boats" that make paddling nearly impossible without common goals

G - gaining insight about what it takes to Pull Together, and then doing it infinitely better in their second paddling challenge

E - educating team members about how individuals can make contributions toward the team task

T - thinking the impossible is possible through clarity and agreement about how to succeed as a team

H - help will come if teammates clearly consider what help they need and ask for it in a positive way

E - everyone makes a difference in Pull Together

R - resolve -- in spite of adversity in the initial boating experience, the team comes together and learns to pull together

Price of the Youth Pull Together Program is negotiated on an individual basis, as are scholarship opporutnities for participants.