Summer Workshop 2014

It's a new year, with a new crew, with new ideas, and new visions for the future. It's time to bring Neural Activity to the next level, and we are ready for the challenge!

For our summer workshop we decided to head to Crested Butte, Colorado where we experienced many adventures, learned many skills for teaching middle school classes and had the abilitiy to learn new knowledge as well.

A quick overview of our workshop!

Day 1-
We headed to Crested Butte and went rock climbing up the side of Mt. Crested Butte and then proceeded to repel down the side. It was such a great experience and it gave the ultimate feeling of gratification when we reached the top of the 12000 ft mountain. Then we went back to the cabins where we had a class on purely marijuana. It was in-depth and helped us to better understand the downsides of the drug. Then the returning crew headed out to talk about fundraising ideas that would have to be carried out later in the year.

Day 2-
Today my group had the opportunity to go Zip-lining! This helped us to face our fears much like the push it takes to be able to push past fears such as public speaking when we are presenting to the middle school students. After we went on the Zip-lining tour we came back and had to do research for the rest of the day on different studies that had been done based on the effects of marijuana. We had a great time working together to try and put together presentations for the rest of the group on the research. This tested our group work skills as well as our ability to put together presentations.

Day 3-
This is the last day of the trip and my group is up to go white water rafting! This was by far my favorite part of the whole workshop in terms of adventure activities. It was challenging and during many parts of it I was really and honestly scared. We were in a purely female group trying to make our way through rapids with one male guide--lets just say he had his hands full! We spent the rest of the day listening to Chad lecture on the importance of helping the younger teens that we do and presenting to us the best way to make connections with them through our presentations.

All in all the workshop was a success! It gave us returners a chance to meet and bond with the newbies. We learned so much about the effects of drugs on the body and brain and found even more motivation to help the younger teens in Mesa County. I'm so thankful for the Mesa County law enforcement and our other sponsors within the area because without them this opportunity would not have been possible! Thank you!!