WILD WOMEN:

Empowering, Helping , Healing

Alternative Spring Break March 2010

Women’s Center at VT presentation

TRIP DEVELOPMENT “Fragile Female” Stereotype Wilderness Therapy Women’s Center at VT Eight Bullets by Claudia Brenner

ABBA HOUSE Why Abba House? Mission and methodology

House EnvironmentLeadership PhasesThrift store

ABBA HOUSE Interactions with Abba women

Working alongside themHonesty; testimonialsMutual appreciation

Important lessonsTruthfulness with oneself and othersPatience/unconditional loveFinding self worthStrength

BACKPACKING ON THE AT Why backpacking? Accomplishments

30 miles hikedWaterFoodCamping sites

CHALLENGES AND LESSONS

Group interactionsAcceptance of othersPatience

Physical challengeEndurance

Not taking things for grantedAbba House lessonsBackpacking lessons

THANK YOU Kathy Lokale and Jessica Prince-

Saunders (Women’s at VT)

Sandy Wirt and Jen Pollard (YMCA at VT)

Travis Coad (VentureOut)

Melody Blaney (Wildside Adventures for Women)