No Bullying at YLC

After calisthenics in the morning, our leaders had a full day filled with learning how to trust each other during Discovery activities, how to make fire during Outdoor Living Skills class, playing a new exciting game called Gaga, and meeting our first guest speaker of the month, Maureen Behrens.

Behrens came from Washington State to give a workshop on ways to prevent bullying at YLC. She explained to our leaders about different types of bullying and how we can avoid and prevent them during the month and after YLC, too. After her educative workshop, each of us signed No Bullying Zone pledge to ensure that we won’t tolerate bullying on our campground.

Afterwards, Behrens had the honor of telling her story of her experience adopting her daughter, Neelamma, from India. Neelamma is now eight years old, deaf, and will be a third grader at Washington School for the Deaf in the fall, and hopefully a YLC camper herself in 2022!

Leaders at Discovery Class! 

Learning how to make a fire! 

Attempting on creating their first fire from match. 

Mission Accomplished!

Maureen Behrens and her Preventing Bullying workshop. 

Leaders being engaged at Behrens' workshop.