PARENT TESTIMONIALS

"GREAT program layout for building self esteem, developing my son’s inherent talents and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, his wonderful loving self. Each and every day, I allow myself to believe more and more that my son has passed through his time of struggle, confusion, drugs, etc. thanks to CanAdventure. If every parent were as fortunate to have seen the same impact CanAdventure had with their child as I did with mine, then I would say GOOD NEWS will travel..."

“I was impressed by the focus of your mission to help these kids. I was impressed by each of you. You are wonderful people who care about these kids and have the ability to reach them and teach them and bring them out and think. THANK YOU so much! My son has come home a big step up in maturity. He will give you eye contact now when speaking. He speaks up and doesn’t mumble –huge improvements! And the big thing is, I haven’t heard him say once ‘I can’t do that.’ He’s learned he can!! He’s running cross-country now –going to school at 6am -running- and a 2hr workout after school. No complaints. You guys are awesome. You have a fabulous program –the way you teach and reach these kids is a real gift. Keep it up!”

"I felt very pleased with how my daughter felt she became a part of something, which in turn made her feel important. There was such a good feeling of belonging due to all the staff. It was very touching. I believe she is more able to see herself as someone who can make a difference in herself by making better choices. She sees as her actions as the cause of direct consequences."

It was an excellent process. My child came back more calm, appreciative of life, and willing to be open and try to come back and work at rejoining the family."

“[My daughter] and I may be going kayaking and of course she will be my teacher.
She feels very proud to be able to teach me something. I know the time you took to help my daughter has made a big difference in all of our lives. …I am so glad to have my daughter back. Thank you and tell everyone to keep up the good work.”

"I also told [my friend] what we learned in the 2 days at your camp and how valuable it was... I want to thank all of you, I believe you saved my son's life, we still have alot of issues, but I hope with alot of love, attention and refocusing him on positive things, it will get better."

CAMPER REFLECTIONS

"Life is a beautiful thing that people take advantage of by not cherishing the moments that go by... Through hard times and good times, living is making mistakes and learning from them. Living is meeting people who make you laugh and make you cry. But most of all, living is having new experiences and learning something new every day. The feeling that many people have not experienced is being happy with who you are as a person and acknowledging your faults, trying to make them better, being proud of who you are, not holding back any desires, and living is being on your death bed and having no regrets, no what-ifs."

"Nature will speak to you in different ways. You just need to learn and to listen. With every breeze from the wind and every chirp from a bird, there is a message to be sent. With every leaf that falls and bug that buzzes there is a message to be sent."

"Little Dave peering at his wall,
thinking of when his will fall,
waiting for the time he'll be able to get up.
He knew he needed someone to wake him up.
CAE then came and gave him a boost.
Finally he's got the gusto of himself to use.
Now the time is near where he'll need
to take in what he has here,
Strength in body, mind, spirit."

"My highlights were going kayaking on beautiful waters, hiking so long to get to a beautiful place. The company made it even better. I learned a lot more in those five weeks than in my whole life!! Just by experiencing, rather than reading or just being told, a lot more is learned."

"I feel more at peace with myself. I've learned more patience and better ways to interact with people. And it's fun to brag about what you've done."

"I just want to share that my experience was priceless. There is so much to be learned and there are people that help. The most important thing is to go in with an open mind.