Sunday, July 8, 2012

Youth-LINC 2012 - Day Zero

Into the woods, they will go.

Tommorow begins a significant journey for a group of Houston high schoolers. They have agreed to be taken out of their urban comfort zones on a week long expedition into nature. Informative talks, energizing activities, and genuine camping will give them the opportunity to be a part of nature: a place that they may never have been, and may never have had an opportunity to go to.

First will be a Safety Briefing from the Texas Forest Service to start the day. A walk through the Sweetleaf Nature Trail will jump-start our team for the week ahead. We'll make one of our first positive impacts in nature at the Children's Forest in the Sam Houston National Forest. Finally, as the sun sets, will be sizzling fajitas with the Chikawa Aztec Dance Group, long-time friends of the USDA Forest Service, FNFGT, and the forests of Conroe.

Our humid evening at the W. Goodrich Jones State Forest is filled with the sounds of animals that are comfortable in these woods. The youth will hear those sounds too, while camping under a canopy of stars.

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