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width="400" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolWoodsideKids" id="HomeschoolWoodsideKids"></a>Homeschool Introduction to Nature Connection for Kids -- Woodside, CA.</h3> <ul> <li>Location Dates and Times: Woodside, California Wednesdays 9:00AM – 3:00PM</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: Open to all Kids and Preteens. Ages 5-12</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fee: $300 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>We will spend our days exploring the creeks, meadows, forests, learning hands on skills, animal tracking, wilderness safety, navigation, playing nature-based games, science-based natural history, free play and more. The children will learn from skilled nature mentors. These programs are on public land and are subject to the restrictions of public open space.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolKidsSantaCruz" id="HomeschoolKidsSantaCruz"></a>Homeschool Introduction to Nature Connection for Kids Santa Cruz County - Session A</h3> <ul> <li>Location Dates and Times: Santa Cruz, California Fridays 9:00AM – Noon</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: Open to all Kids and Preteens. Ages 5-12.</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fee: $180 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454 </li> </ul> <p>Each day the participants take a short hike into our base camp in a privately owned pristine redwood forest for supervised undirected free play and exploration in the trees and along the creek. The participants will be introduced to the core routines of deep nature connection including wandering and sit spot, storytelling, music, and journaling, expanding senses and awareness, questioning and tracking, animal forms, mapping, exploring field guides and science-based natural history, thanksgiving, and primal crafts.</p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/wsiKidsLookingAtHorse.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="kids looking at the skull of a horse" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolSurvivalKidSantaCruz" id="HomeschoolSurvivalKidSantaCruz"></a>Homeschool Introduction to Nature Connection for Kids/Preteen Survival Skills, Shooting Sports, Scout Games, and Primal Crafts for Kids Santa Cruz County - Session B</h3> <ul> <li>Location Dates and Times: Santa Cruz, California Fridays Noon - 3:00PM</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: Open to all Kids and Preteens. Ages 5-12. Concurrently enrolled in Session A above</li> <li>Charter school enrollment is <strong>not</strong> available</li> <li>Fee: $120 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454 </li> </ul> <p>This is a continuation of the morning program above <em>Homeschool Kids Introduction to Nature Connection </em>with the addition of learning hands on survival skills, archery, tomahawk, atlatl, friction fire, wilderness safety, navigation, blacksmithing and more. Again this program is not open for charter school enrollment.</p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/wsiKidTomahawk.jpg" width="400" height="533" alt="Tomahawk throwing with kids" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolpreeTeenSantaCruz" id="HomeschoolTeenSantaCruz2"></a>Homeschool Preteens -- Deep Nature Connection Santa Cruz County</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and Times: To be arranged with the instructor 12 hours per week</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisite: None</li> <li> Ages 9-12</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $600 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p> This is a total immersion, experiential study of nature from both scientific and indigenous perspectives. This program's focus is about developing deep nature connections. Each day the teens will start the day by wandering in the forest or beach spending some time alone in their own plot of land that they will connect with during their time with us observing the plants and animals.</p> <p> They will return to our base camp and debrief; sharing what they saw with their peers and mentors. The rest of the day will be spent storytelling, music, journaling, expanding senses and awareness, questioning and tracking, animal forms, mapping, exploring field guides and science-based natural history, tending the forest, wild crafting, playing scout games, and just having fun with their peers. </p> <p> </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="WildernessSkillsInstitute.com/Images/sitSpot.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="sitting at beach" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="PreteenPrimalSkills" id="PreteenPrimalSkills"></a>Homeschool Preteens Primal Skills, Tracking Skills, And Absailing Skills For Deep Nature Connection</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: To Be Arranged with the instructor 12 hours per week</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: None</li> <li>Ages 9-12</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Open to: Because of the nature of this program…</li> <ul> <li> Must have instructor approval to enroll and</li> <li>Not open to charter school enrollment.</li> </ul> <li>Fees: $600 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>This program is fun and packed with those skills that our indigenous ancestors needed to know to thrive. Skills, activities, and projects are planned with the instructor. Some are individual; some are collaborations with other participants. Not all participants will choose to participate in all activates offered. Participants may learn, apply, and master the skills necessary to thrive with simply their skills and what nature can provide: food, water, fire, shelter, etc.</p> <p> The participants will learn to make those items that we need in everyday life, like eating utensils, water containers, baskets, clothing, musical instruments, hunting tools, wood working and leather tools from wood, plant fiber, bone, horn, leather, raw hide, stone, natural adhesives, and steel. Making leather and buckskins, soap from plants, animals, earth, and fire.</p> <p>The participants can learn a wide range of shooting sports.</p> <p> Since many areas in nature and industry are hard to get to rope access is also apart of this program. We teach using the rope for safety in case of a fall as in rock climbing, as well as absailing rope, going up and down using rope techniques used by both arborists and industrial climbers.</p> <p> This program provides continued mentoring in the core routines of deep nature connection including wandering and sit spot, storytelling, music, and journaling, expanding senses and awareness, questioning and tracking, animal forms, mapping, exploring field guides and science-based natural history, thanksgiving, and tending the wild.</p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/bowHunt.jpg" width="400" height="533" alt="preteen 3d archery" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolTeenSantaCruz" id="HomeschoolTeenSantaCruz"></a>Homeschool Teens -- Deep Nature Connection Santa Cruz County</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and Times: To be arranged with the instructor 12 hours per week</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisite: None</li> <li> Ages 13-18</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $600 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p> The teens immerse themselves in intensive, experiential studies of nature from both scientific and indigenous perspectives. This program's focus is about developing deep nature connections. Each day the teens will start the day by wandering in the forest or beach spending some time alone in their own plot of land that they will connect with during their time with us observing the plants and animals.</p> <p> They will return to our base camp and debrief; sharing what they saw with their peers and mentors. The rest of the day will be spentstorytelling, music, journaling, expanding senses and awareness, questioning and tracking, animal forms, mapping, exploring field guides and science-based natural history, tending the forest, wild crafting, playing scout games, and just having fun with their peers. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p></td> <td align="left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><img src="WildernessSkillsInstitute.com/Images/smelling 2.jpg" width="400" height="533" alt="sensory awarness" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><img src="Images/wsiAnimalTracks.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="animal tracks" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><img src="Images/wsiNinjaTraining.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Ninja training" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolPrimalSkills" id="HomeschoolPrimalSkills"></a>Homeschool Teens Primal Skills, Tracking Skills, And Absailing Skills For Deep Nature Connection</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: To Be Arranged with the instructor 12 hours per week</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: None</li> <li>Ages 13-18 </li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Open to: Because of the nature of this program…</li> <ul> <li> Must have instructor approval to enroll and</li> <li>Not open to charter school enrollment.</li> </ul> <li>Fees: $600 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>This program is packed with those skills that our indigenous ancestors needed to know to thrive. Skills, activities, and projects are planned with the instructor. Some are individual; some are collaborations with other participants. Not all participants will choose to participate in all activates offered. Participates may learn, apply, and master the skills necessary to thrive with simply their skills and what nature can provide: food, water, fire, shelter, etc.</p> <p> The participants will learn to make those items that we need in everyday life, like eating utensils, water containers, baskets, clothing, musical instruments, hunting tools, wood working and leather tools from wood, plant fiber, bone, horn, leather, raw hide, stone, natural adhesives, and steel. Making leather and buckskins, soap from plants, animals, earth, and fire.</p> <p>The participants can learn a wide range of shooting sports.</p> <p> Since many areas in nature and industry are hard to get to rope access is also apart of this program. We teach using the rope for safety in case of a fall as in rock climbing, as well as absailing rope, going up and down using rope techniques used by both arborists and industrial climbers.</p> <p> This program provides continued mentoring in the core routines of deep nature connection including wandering and sit spot, storytelling, music, and journaling, expanding senses and awareness, questioning and tracking, animal forms, mapping, exploring field guides and science-based natural history, thanksgiving, and tending the wild.</p></td> <td align="left"><img src="WildernessSkillsInstitute.com/Images/bowDrill2.jpg" width="400" height="533" alt="bow drill" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><img src="Images/bowHuntingWorkShop.jpg" width="400" height="602" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolScienceMathForest" id="HomeschoolScienceMathForest"></a>Science and Math for Natural Resource Management</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: 6 hours per week for 12 weeks To Be Arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks </li> <li>Prerequisites: <ul> <li>Open to: Teens 13-18</li> <li>Must have good study habits and a desire to learn</li> </ul> </li> <li>Must have scientific calculator or laptop with MS-Office professional </li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $300 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>This is a rigorous yet experiential learning nature program that uses the forest, meadows, creeks, and tidal zones as our classroom to teach ecology, physics, zoology, entomology, botany, silviculture, chemistry, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and more. Participants will use these tools to survey the forest boundaries, catalog plant and animal species, monitor water quality, monitor the health of both the plants and animals of the forest and tend the forest to improve its health. The students build on their skills and knowledge each week of the 5 years they could be in this program. </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/timberCruzing.jpg" width="400" height="280" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolScienceMathAg" id="HomeschoolScienceMathAg"></a>Science and Math of Agriculture </h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: 6 hours per week for 9 weeks To Be Arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Prerequisites: </li> <ul> <li>Open to: Teens 13-18</li> <li>Must have good study habits and a desire to learn</li> </ul> <li>Must have scientific calculator or laptop with MS-Office professional </li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $300 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>This is a rigorous yet experiential learning nature program that uses the soil, plants, and animals of gardens, farm, and ranch as our classroom to teach ecology, physics, chemistry, zoology, entomology, botany, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and more. Participants will use these tools to survey the farm boundaries, catalog plant and animal species, monitor water and soil quality, monitor the health and tend both the soil, plants and animals of the gardens, farm, and ranch, as well as the economics of the enterprises. The students build on their skills and knowledge each week of the 5 years they could be in this program. </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/girlsRH.jpg" width="400" height="340" alt="testing the relative humidity" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="Permaculture" id="HomeschoolScienceMathAg2"></a>Principles and Skills of Permaculture</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: 6 hours per week To Be Arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: </li> <ul> <li>Open to: Teens 13-18</li> <li>Must want to work and get dirty</li> </ul> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local farms</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $300 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p> Permaculture is an approach to creating human settlements and agricultural systems that is modeled on the relationships found in nature. What we demonstrate is not merely self-sustaining but regenerative, not to leave the land the way we found it but to make it better, to heal the land.</p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/permLogo.jpg" width="400" height="451" alt="Permaculture Logo" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolMusic" id="HomeschoolMusic"></a>Music in Nature</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times -3 hours per week/To Be Arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: Open to Preteens and Teens 9-18</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved </li> <li>Fees: $150 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>Bring your fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bass, banjo, bones, washboard, and/or voice. Hang out in the redwood forest looking over the valley with like minded people, exploring the music of our ancestors, create your own music, and perform as a part of community.</p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/beckyfiddle.jpg" width="400" height="266" alt="Becky Hendricks teaching fiddle" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="Crafts" id="Crafts"></a>Crafts from Nature</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times - 3 hours per week/To Be Arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks </li> <li>Prerequisites: Open to Preteens and Teens 9-18</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $150 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>This is not about going into the forest to collect twigs, leaves, and pine cones and gluing them onto paper plates. No this is about going back to a time when objects of everyday life were objects of art and pride. This is about developing a deep connection to materials from nature that we will make the objects of everyday life from. Go back to a time when there was no zip lock bags, Tupperware, cardboard boxes, plastic buckets, plastic combs, brushes, eating utensils, synthetic fiber, rope, or fabric, or acrylic paint. Go back to a time when we used baskets, pottery, and canteens made with tulles, clay, rawhide and leather. When we combed our hair, put on our shoes, ate our meals with objects made of wood, bone, or horn. When we used plant and animal fibers for clothing, cordage, or rope. When we used soil, plants, and animals for dyes and pigments. </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/potteryInCampFire.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="pump drill" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="Art" id="Art"></a>Art of Nature</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times - 3 hours per week/To Be Arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks </li> <li>Prerequisites: open to Preteens and Teens 9-18</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $150 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>Go into a world without technology become deeply connected to a member of that world and then convey that connection to others using the same media that your ancestors did. The participants will make charcoal, paint, dyes, and chalk from nature. </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/sketchofForest.jpg" width="400" height="300" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolPhilosophyLiterature" id="HomeschoolPhilosophyLiterature"></a>Philosophy and Literature in Nature and Indigenous Cultures </h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: 3 Hours per week to be arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: None</li> <li>Ages 13 -18</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $150 per 4 week block</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>No matter what continent you descended from if you go back far enough we all descended from indigenous people living in nature, feeding, clothing, and sheltering themselves with plants and animals and looked to the earth, stars, sea, animals, and dreams to answer the questions that just could not be answered like: What happened here? What is it telling you? What is it teaching you in a deeper way? How is it helping you? and How is it helping you help others?</p> <p>Spend the morning sitting under the redwoods reading the works from Indigenous people world wide. Then sit and discuss their philosophy with your peers and mentors.</p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/readingUnderTree2.jpg" width="400" height="471" alt="Reading Under a Tree" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="HomeschoolLeadership" id="HomeschoolLeadership"></a>Leadership and Mentoring </h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: 3 Hours per week to be arranged with the instructor and 3 Hours assisting instructor in kids program</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites: None</li> <li>Ages 13 -18</li> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $150 per 4 week block of 6 hours per week</li> <li>Register: e-mail: <a href="mailto:Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</a> or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>Learn and use the tools of cultural mentoring and ecology of leadership to build a healthy community and how history shaped California and US federal government, and how laws and change come about within those governments. Public speaking. </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/wsiTeenStoryTelling.jpg" width="400" height="533" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="Photography" id="Photography"></a>Nature Photography for Teen Home-Scholars</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: 3 Hours per week to be arranged with the instructor and 3 hours of on-site lab work </li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites:</li> <ul> <li> Ages 13 -18</li> <li>Must have access to a camera contact Wilderness Skills Institute for details</li> </ul> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $180 per 4 week block of 6 hours per week</li> <li>Register: e-mail: Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com or call 831-431-6454</li> </ul> <p>Participants will learn how best to present the information from the field as a way of self-expression and scientific documentation. A tool home-scholars use to increase their chances to enter the college of their choice or to get that dream job is to have a portfolio of photos that effectively communicates the scope and details of their work, and growth. Topics include sound practices of depth of field, lighting, composure, how best to convey an understanding of relative size, speed, distance, time, shape. Use of game cameras, bellows, macro, zoom, wide angle, and telephoto lenses. </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/jayPellet2.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Jay pellet" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><h3><a name="WebDesign" id="WebDesign"></a>Website Development and Design For Teen Home-Scholars</h3> <ul> <li>Dates and times: 3 Hours per week to be arranged with the instructor</li> <li>Open Entry: Must register for a minimum of 4 weeks</li> <li>Prerequisites:</li> <ul> <li> Ages 13 -18</li> <li>Must have a laptop loaded with Adobe Dreamweaver 5 and Fireworks 5</li> </ul> <li>Location: Santa Cruz with trips to other local wilderness areas</li> <li>Charter School Enrollment: Ocean Grove and FAME Approved</li> <li>Fees: $150 per 4 week block of 6 hours per week</li> </ul> <p>A professional website is a great way to present and to outreach a home-scholars portfolio. Participants will use professional web development tools to help in development of Wilderness Skills Institute’s website and develop their own websites. Participants will use Dreamweaver 5.5 to generate code as well as using any text editor to read, trouble shoot, and write HTML code. Students will also use Fireworks to prepare photos for their website as well as create dynamic graphics. </p></td> <td align="left"><img src="Images/dreamweaver.gif" width="400" height="250" alt="dreamweaver screen" /></td> </tr> </table> <h1><img src="images/feet.jpg" alt="photo of happy feet at Wilderness Camp" width="100%" height="81" align="middle" /></h1> <table width="100%" border="1"> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="index.htm">HOME</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="aboutUs.htm">ABOUT US</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="youthFamilyPrograms.htm">YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMS</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="adultWorkshop.htm">ADULT WORKSHOPS</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="supportUs.htm">SUPPORT US</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="contactUs.htm">CONTACT US</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="mentorResources.htm">MENTOR RESOURCES</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="blog.htm">BLOGS</a></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center">Phone<span dir="ltr" tabindex="-1"> <span dir="ltr" skypeaction="skype_dropdown" title="Call this phone number in United States of America with Skype: +18314316454"><span skypeaction="skype_dropdown" title="Skype actions"> </span>831.431.6454 </span></span></td> <td align="center"><p>Wilderness Skills Institute, LLC</p> <p>Wilderness Skills Camps Reserves the right to change dates, times, locations, and pricing.</p></td> <td align="center">Toni@WildernessSkillsInstitute.com</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </body> </html>