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Operation: Military Kids Essential Survival Skills Course


We are excited to collaborate with Operation: Military Kids to serve military families who are serving our country. Our military families have given so much to our country and it’s our turn to help these American heroes by providing a fun opportunity for their children to get out of the house and into the outdoors to practice survival skills, leadership skills, and to help complete environmental service projects to give back to the land.

During this course, students will learn about survival priorities, tips, strategies, and techniques, practice making survival shelters, primitive and modern fires, participate in an interactive survival challenge, and learn how to make a survival kit.

This course will be action packed, so get ready to learn how to survive!

SAMPLE ITINERARY:

  • We will meet at at a central location for quick introductions, to check our gear and equipment, and to head to our base camp.
  • We will embark on a short hike to our base camp where we will set up camp and learn minimum impact camping skills.
  • We will get to know each other, play games, and explore our new surroundings.
  • We will have a hearty lunch, so come hungry.
  • We will have an introduction to wilderness survival skills, learn from real survival stories, and cover survival priorities, basics of natural shelters, primitive and modern fire methods, and survival kits.
  • We will dive in deep in the afternoon spending our time building survival shelters, including the debris shelter and lean-to shelters.
  • We will take a break in the afternoon and have some personal downtime.
  • Before dinner, we will also work on primitive and modern fire methods such as 1-match fires, striker/cotton ball fires, and friction fire methods including the bow-drill method.
  • We will have a big dinner together and everyone will help cook.
  • We have a few night activities planned, but there will be plenty of time to hang out and relax around the fire.
  • In the morning we will wake up and have a big breakfast together.
  • We will play a few more games to work on our awareness skills and have more time to practice our fire and shelter building skills.
  • Then we will complete a small Action Project to give back to the land.
  • In the afternoon, we will have lunch, break down camp, complete a final debrief, take a post course survey, and head back to our meeting location to be picked up by 5pm.

UPCOMING COURSES:

  • Colorado Springs: March 26 – 27, 2011
  • Family Course: July 16 – 17, 2011
  • Fall Course: TBA

HOW TO REGISTER:

  • Call: 303.447.1076 if you have any questions and to check the availability of the course you want to register for.
  • Download: Click here for the application form.
  • Complete: The application form, risk and release form, and medical form.
  • Mail: Completed forms and $25 refundable deposit to: Cottonwood Institute, PO Box 7067, Denver, CO 80207
  • Space is limited to 12 participants for each course and fill on a first come, first serve basis so register today!

OTHER LINKS TO CHECK OUT:

  • To read an article about our fall course, Click Here.
  • To check out a slide show of the course, Click Here.
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