Returning Young Men and Returning Young Women
There are places available for past participants to return and deepen their original experience on every Pathways to Manhood and Pathways into Womanhood program.
On a Pathways to Manhood program, for example, a boy takes his first steps on the long road to healthy manhood. It is a peak experience and it is highly beneficial to reconnect with that experience after a period of integration (we recommend nine months).
Returning Young Men
are looked up to by the boys on a Pathways to Manhood camp and welcomed by all the men. The presence and example that our Returning Young Men set for the boys is a very important part of each Pathways to Manhood camp.
As a Returning Young Man or a Returning Young Woman there is the opportunity to deepen the experience you started on your Rite of Passage, to learn leadership skills and the ability to work within a team and receive personal coaching from the program Leaders.
Many of our camps take place during school term. Our experience and the feedback that we receive is that any lost school time is far outweighed by the benefits received. Indeed many schools give community service or work experience credit for students participating as a Returning Young Man or Returning Young Woman. This experience can also be used as community service credits for students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
There is no cost for Returning Young Men or Returning Young Women to attend the camp and we encourage a $200 donation to the Pathways Foundation to help cover food costs.
For more information you can contact the Pathways National Office by phoning 1300 850 766 or be sending an email to
admin@pathwaysfoundation.org.au
.