The Gene Doyle Memorial Foundation has identified
three structured
adventure programs that will be available to Collier County students. Students may apply
through one of these programs, or may submit an adventure proposal of their own design.
Structured adventures range in location, duration, cost and activity type. Applicants
should review program listings and schedules and then select a specific program.
Information about these organizations is also available in all Collier County high schools.After
reviewing applications and interviewing finalists, the Scholarship Committee will award up to
$3,500 each to scholarship winners. This money will be applied directly to the
adventure trips, including travel and supplies.
Self-Designed Program
Students who have long held a dream to adventure elsewhere in
the country or world can submit an adventure plan of their own creation. A self-designed
program is a good way for applicants to demonstrate their adventurous spirit. The
scholarship committee encourages creativity and daring with a reminder to work out the
logistics.
National Outdoor
Leadership School (NOLS)
"The wilderness itself teaches lessons that you will learn well."
Live in a small, self-contained expeditionary community while learning wilderness skills,
natural history and leadership. Choose from eight courses on five continents.
For more information, contact:
288 Main Street
Lander, WY 82520-3128
Telephone (307) 332-6973
Outward Bound
True backcountry expeditions that require each individual's active
involvement. Instructors inform, inspire and then step back. You will lead, follow, set up
camp and use technical and safety systems.
For more information, contact:
P.O. Box 429
Rockland, Maine 04841-9981
Telephone (800) 341-1744
Alaska Mountaineering School
Tread lightly through the vast Alaska Range
with accomplished mountain climbers.
The school teaches technical climbing skills, safety, leadership
and wilderness appreciation from the base in Talkeetna, Alaska.
For more information, contact:
Colby
Coombs or Caitlin Palmer
P.O. Box 13
Talkeetna, Alaska 99676
Telephone/Fax (907) 733-1016
Contact Robin Doyle, with questions or problems.
©Gene Doyle Memorial Foundation
