Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Wilderness Programs



Ok I'm a little excited. I was recently invited to participate in the development of a Wilderness based program for kids/families down the West Coast. This website gives a bit of an overview.
www.wildernessprogram.tas.gov.au
I'm going to die from embarrassment if anyone involved in this actually reads this post, but what the hey. Have to get this off my chest. I know I don't have all the uni qualifications that a lot of the facilitators already involved have, but I do have heaps of enthusiasm and that's got to count for something right? If I had my way I'd have been doing this work years ago, hence the reason for joining Scouts, but things just didn't work out that way. So anyway I thought maybe I can boost my confidence a bit by listing all the positives I could bring to the program.
1. Mother for 24 years
2. Solo bushwalker for 15 years
3. SES trained for 12 months including some abseiling, remote search and rescue, RAR
4. Cub scout leader for 5 years, currently about to start training at Scout level. Training has included, public speaking, bushwalking, knots, ropes and shelter construction, outdoor cooking, abseiling, first aid and Certificate of Adult Leadership.
5. Over 10 years involvement on various levels with Ulverstone Community House.
6. 20 years worth of parent help, assisting with reading programs, arts/craft and excursions.
7. Computer literate, learning to develop websites.
8. Current licence
9. Love learning
10. Not afraid to admit when I'm wrong

Downside to all of this...
Underestimates ones worth

Looking forward to climbing a few more mountains, literally and figuratively

Love and Light

Annie

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