CELP
WINTER -
2011
Josh “Pansy” Beckon
I’m sad to see it end but happy to see
what is next.
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Jaspar - Otter
• All these journals, these projects, these
assignments, they aren’t just for my
teachers, friends and family to read.
They are for me. They are to help me
connect to the natural world and express
my inner thoughts. They are helping me
become one with nature.
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Christina (tadpole) Borgs
I do not fear the unknown anymore, I venture into
the yet to be discovered.
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Hanna - Bee
I have definitely proved to myself that I am capable
of way more than I think I am, like, when I pull
the sled and get tired I feel like dying sometimes,
but then when I finish it is a huge
accomplishment.
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Audrey (aka Cardinal)
I feel like, for the first time, things are coming
together for me… in a very open-ended sort of
way.
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Caite - Calypso
• “Sitting on the sled was amazing because I could
look up and only see trees and sky. I felt so
minuscule compared to such a rich forest.”
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Andrew - Kingfisher
I couldn’t imagine my life without CELP, without
my friends, and without the feeling that I am not
alone in this world
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Marnie Cornett (Echo)
• Pictures and stories are lovely, movies are fine
but it is the things you experience for yourself
that make you who your are.
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Nick “blueberry” Elrick
• We got to run around the lake today. I really
like the feeling of the lake and how each
group has their own corner. The stars were
so bright with no moon. Tonight, is just
another night in paradise.
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Marielle Fernback (Moose)
“I can see the sun through the trees and every time
I look back at it, it has sunken lower and lower
into the sky. I feel peaceful here.”
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Nick - Pine Marten
• CELP is the greatest thing that has ever
happened to me and has created memories that
I will always cherish, friends I will always
remember and empowered me to change the
way I live for the better.
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Alex “Badger”
Kamarianakis
• “Celp has changed me. At the end of the
semester, I feel more connected to nature
and even more connected with myself.
Funny how that happens…”
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Allison M - Chickadee
“There comes a moment when I look up and
notice, with a kind of first time
astonishment, the amazing complex
delicacy of the wood, the casual ease with
which elemental things come together to
form a composition that is – perfect.”
--Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods
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Caleb “Grizzly” Monk
CELP has changed my outlook on life.
Now, not only have I changed the way I
live, but I have realized the consequences
of my actions on the Earth.
Kendra - Ivy
• The roots of my soul have dug down into
the soil, interlocking with the roots of the
trees and plants. Holding me here. Not
letting go. I am a part of here.
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Peter “Peregrine” Quosai
(From winter trip solo) “I love my tent group and it’s
leaders, but variety is the spice of life, and no
matter how much you love oatmeal, it will always
taste better with some spice; and some nuts
don’t hurt either.”
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Keenu - Ash
“At the beginning of CELP when I got asked
what it was all about, I wouldn’t know what
to say. Now, at the end when I get asked
this, I still do not know how to explain
CELP, I just have tons of amazing stories to
tell from it.”
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Calder - Fog
• They said “Welcome to CELP”, they should have
said, “Welcome to the World”.
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Camille - Wild Ginger
• Don’t be sad that’s it’s over, Be glad that it
happened.
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Serena - Tansy
• The saying goes that “no one is perfect” but
that’s not true. Perfect is who you are in
every way. There are no flaws, merely
characteristics. Everyone and everything is
beautiful and perfect, you just have to look.
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Elise - Sunshine
• Things are simple in nature, yet incredibly
complex. No two things are ever alike but there
is a feeling of simplicity that frees you from the
constraints of the daily factory.
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Allison - Daisy
• Some people come into our lives leaving
footprints on our hearts, never to be the same!
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...and may you live
deliberately
ever after