Allegheny Outback - White Sulphur Springs

Allegheny Outback (AO!) and Outback!

What is AO?

AO is our six-day high school adventure program. The group size is around 10-12 teenage guys and girls, two college counselors and an adult counselor (usually a retired or active duty officer) which gives us about a 4:1 camper to counselor ratio. We hire spiritually mature counselors, and require them to go through our two-week training program.

What is Outback?

Outback! is a five day trek that includes rock climbing, backpacking, orienteering, basic survival skills, and of course, plenty of fellowship. This summer we invite rising 10th graders to just-graduated High School students to come with us on a journey where the adventure is not in the activity, but in the relationships… where we are not concerned with how fast we get from Point A to Point B, but seek to worship our Father in EVERYTHING we do.... A week that can truly show us what it is to live as one. The group size is around 10-12 teenage guys and girls.
hike in the laurel highlands

Activities

The AO activities include:

high and low ropes course
backpacking
white water canoeing
rappelling
climbing
white water rafting.

The program uses these activities to teach teamwork, responsibility, and most importantly reliance on Christ through a consistent, lasting personal relationship. Our spiritual part of the program includes a 45-minute quiet time in the morning during which high-schoolers work through a booklet we provide.

During the day, activities are often introduced with a spiritual emphasis and at night, our staff leads praise and worship around the campfire, followed by a spiritually focused discussion of the day's activities.

Mission

The AO mission statement is “To challenge teenagers to develop their very own personal knowledge of God by modeling Christ in real life situations, and by facilitating an environment in which they must exhibit personal responsibility, work with others, and rely on God."
log beam on the high ropes

2009 Dates

AO!1 6-12 June (Early Bird AO!)
AO!2 20-26 June
AO!3 27 June- 3 July
AO!4 4-10 July
AO! Outback 1 5-10 July
AO!5 11-17 July
AOX!6 17-24 July (AO! Extreme)
AO!7 25-31 July
AO!8 1-7 August
AO! Outback 2 2-7 August

AO!9 8-14 August

Prices

Allegheny Outback! $250
Earlybird AO! $230
AO! Outback $250
Allegheny Outback! Extreme (AOX) $275

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4499 Milligans Cove Rd · Manns Choice, PA 15550
phone: 814.623.5583 · fax: 814.623.1520 · email: office@whitesulphursprings.org

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