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Project Venture
Project Venture is an outdoor experiential youth development program
designed primarily for middle school aged youth. It aims to develop the
social and emotional competence that facilitates youths' resistance to
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. The program is designed to foster
the development of positive self-concept, effective social interaction
skills, a community service ethic, and improved decision making and
problem-solving skills.
Project Venture utilizes a series of experiential activities, adventure
challenges, leadership development, environmental and community awareness
and personal reflection to increase a participantís sense of self and
responsibility to the surrounding world. The following goals and
objectives will be addressed during Project Venture. Program activities
are customized to the needs of the participants. The following topics
will be addressed in the program:
· Introductions and Getting to Know Each Other
· Trust and Communication
· Diversity and Culture
· Planning and Goal Setting
· Social Action
· Leadership Development and Adventure Skills
· Substance Abuse Prevention-including decision-making and refusal skills
Participants will have the opportunity to help plan and implement a
community service project, build their adventure and leadership skills,
and attend the Coastal Horizons Adventure Learning Center Team Challenge
Course and Alpine Tower II.
For more information about the program, please contact Meredith Lott, Safe
and Drug Free Schools Coordinator at (910)202-0840 or
adventure@coastalhorizons.org
*Project Venture is federally funded through the Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Act with support from the NC Department of Health
& Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities,
Substance Abuse Services and Community Policy Management-Prevention &
Early Intervention.
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