A Deer Hill custom program participant cleans up after a service project in the Bri Bri village of Yorkin. For the first time, participants on our Costa Rica Exploradores summer program will work with the Bri Bri during their 3-week expedition. Deer Hill Program Director Jason Kroll reflects on the 10th anniversary of our Costa …
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Staff Gallery 2011
We looked through thousands of pictures from this summer to come up with this gallery of our 2011 field staff in action. From canyon floor, to mountain top, from ice-cold lakes to parched reservation land, they provided memorable, meaningful, and above all, fun, experiences for our participants. We miss every individual, and wish we could …
read moreHelping, Fixing, or Serving? How to think about Community Service
It is a warm Arizona day at the sheep ranch, which is located on a hillside outside the tiny settlement of Low Mountain, about three hours drive from the nearest town. Next to a sheep pen, in the slanting shadows of the late afternoon sun, a group of Deer Hill students are working with their …
read moreMore Magic! Remembering DHE
This is a guest post from Allison Dobscha, from Portland, OR, who attended our Wilderness Leadership program this past summer. Thank you to Allison for putting her experience into such lovely words. When people ask me what I did over the summer, my answer seems to change every time. I’m not quite sure how to …
read moreFeatured Photo: Fun Service
Teen Community Service: Canyon Country 2010 in the process of building a shade arbor at a sustainable ranch in Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Photo by the lovely Genevieve Uhl, Deer Hill leader. Top 3 reasons we love this picture: 1. It’s fun Community service has been part of Deer Hill’s teen adventure camps for …
read moreSpring Renewal with AEE
Deer Hill Expeditions was first accredited by the Association of Experiential Education in 2001, and conducted their first continuing accreditation review in 2004. This second re-accreditation review was conducted by Shawn Tierney, Bob Stremba and Simon Priest in June, 2010. Having reviewed Deer Hill groups in the field during the last reaccreditation, the review team …
read moreFeatured Program: Service Leadership
Service Leadership teen summer camp. Mudding bread ovens in Zuni is dirty work but fun. Activities: Inflatable Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Campcraft, Leadership Workshops and Initiatives. Community Service: Cross-cultural service projects in Navajo and Zuni; Conservation service project with the US Forest Service (80 total certified service hours) Locations: Deer Hill Basecamp, CO; Animas River, …
read moreStealing Heat
An amusing anecdote from the leaders on a recent Deer Hill school custom program. The host for their service project with the Navajo, or Diné people, was Patricia, who plays the role of healer in her community close to Gallup, New Mexico. “One evening Patricia came out to sit around the fire with the group …
read moreIn the Heart of the Rockies
This gallery of photos is a guest post from Michael Barton, a Deer Hill field staff member since 2002, who was Program Leader on our Heart of the Rockies adventure summer camp program last year. The Heart of the Rockies features the Weminuche Wilderness, the largest Wilderness area in Colorado. In the winter, Michael runs …
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