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ADVENTURE GUIDES OF THE
CROSS TIMBERS EXPEDITION

Users:

Who is taking your child down the early path of learning?

From a parent’s perspective Y Adventure Guides is exactly what I hoped for and so much more. I was looking for an opportunity to spend concentrated, scheduled fun time with my son, but I was afraid he’d think the program was hokey or that it would be just one more thing to add to our already busy schedule. However, he absolutely loves both the meetings and, of course, the group outings.

Through our involvement in Adventure Guides, my son has developed friendships he would have never developed, learned things he would never have learned, and experienced activities we never would have taken time to do. But even if we had done some of these activities on our own, it has been so much more fun experiencing them with our YMCA friends. I can see in his eyes the joy and empowerment he has experienced from this child-centered, family focused program.

We can’t imagine not being in Adventure Guides. His sister will join us in the program this year. Through the circle meetings and outings, my son and I really have become forever friends.

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The immediate gains of the parent-child program are obvious—you’ll enjoy spending time with and getting to know your son or daughter at a deeper level—but the long-term gains are significant. You will build a solid foundation for a relationship that will likely result in your being friends forever with your child. You will also help to build and

develop a set of assets and patterns that your children (and other Circle members) will carry with them into adolescence and adulthood.

The Family is True North—the focal point of the program.

Nature and the camping experience are integral parts of the program.

The spirit of the program is experienced through belonging to a small Community, called a Circle.

Fun is the magic of the program.

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