PROJECT CHALLENGE

Contact Name: Barney Crooks

Names of additional program supervisors (optional):

College/Department: Youth Learning Institute
264 Poole Agricultural Center
Box 340133
Clemson, SC 29634-0133

Phone/email: 864-650-2211/ crooks@clemson.edu

Name of Program: Project Challenge

Age Group of program participants: 4-8th grade students

Is this program ____ in school, or __X__ nonformal

Brief description of program:

The Project Challenge Program is a one-day experience that utilizes group activities to challenge students personally and collectively. Group games and obstacles are used to strengthen the life skills and build the self-esteem of today’s youth. Cooperation, communication, trust, and goal setting are among the necessary life skills the program is designed to foster. Through “processing” sessions after each part of an activity, students are encouraged to relate the experience to their daily lives on a personal level so that it will remain with them. Project Challenge is a portable program that can travel to any school or facility with very minimal set-up time and space requirements.

The Project Challenge Program is offered from mid-January to the end of February of each year.