Back to School!!!

School is starting back up soon, but before it does we wanted to recap the awesome summer we had. Our summer got off to a great start with our annual trip to Kids Across America Kamps. We took 6 students and they all had an awesome time. After KAA, we went right into Summer Slam and started teaching the students about making healthy food choices and partnering that with exercise. We had a great time at Summer Slam and ended the program with some community service and a trip to Indiana Beach. Our summer concluded with a trip to SpringHill Camps with 18 of our Bridges students. The students had a great time and some awesome experiences at SpringHill. If you are a Bridges student and you participated in any of these activities leave us some comments what you thought about them.

Student comments on recent bridges events

Students- take the opportunity to comment on some of our recent experiences the past few months. The 7 Project, Dare2Share in Chicago, North Beach, volunteering at Camp Tycony, or anything else you want to share about. Use as many details as possible!!

Student's Perspective on the Blog

The Bridges "blog page" is going to be student focused. They will report their reactions to past field trips and Bridges events, communicate with each other and staff, and show off some off their talents. Please check it every once in a while to see how Bridges is looking from the student's perspective. The Bridges "news page" is where the staff will communicate our news to the community and all our supporters. Both pages will be used to keep people up-to-date with Bridges Outreach.

Winter Wonderland!!!

Our city has been taken over by snow!!! The city of Kokomo is pretty much shut down for the second day in a row. School has been cancelled for the last two days, so obviously we haven't met with our students in two days either. We are leaving on Friday to head up to Michigan for a weekend retreat at SpringHill Camps with our high school students. Please pray that the weather cooperates for us. Please also pray that we have safe travels, snow could turn this 5 hour trip into a 7 or 8 hour nerve-racking trip. We know we'll have a great time and we'll tell you all about it when we return!

Earl, try to stay on the tube next time!

Last weekend Bridges went on our annual ski trip with First Church of God. We went up north to Timber Ridge in Kalamazoo, MI. We got there Friday night and stayed the night at the Holidome. There we did some swimming, played some video games and some ordered some late night pizza. We also joined some other students to hear a message from Pastor Brad Johnson and a time of worship.
Altogether Bridges had 11 students go, 7 from Bon Air and 4 from Central. 1 of the 11 tried snowboarding and the other 10 went tubing. We had an awesome time doing everything! We didn't have any moments quite as funny as Israel taking out the orange safety fence at full speed last year and no one topped the smell of Jons' socks from two years ago, but we still had a great time!