Meet the Interns: Abi
Some people call her by the first part of her name (Abi), some call her by the last (Gail), we picked the middle and call her Beagle. Abi is a junior at University of Georgia in Athens and spends her spare time hanging out with her middle school WyldLife students or watching Netflix.
Training
Not even halfway through our planning session for our 2015 fall break trip – our Adventure Team had an epiphany. They realized that we were going on a serious rock climbing trip and that meant they needed to get serious about rock climbing – it was time to start training. We climb nearly every week […]
Planning
For over six years, we have been planning, coordinating and executing the highest quality outdoor trips possible for at-risk kids all over South Carolina. Since 2009 we’ve provided these trips for free for over 6,000 students and have meticulously planned each trip. As we began to plan more advanced trips for our Adventure Team students, […]
Fall Break 2015
Our Adventure Team program is by far the coolest thing that we do at GOAT. It began as an accident a few years ago and has since grown to be a part of everything we do here. You can read more about the program on our website, but the short of it is that the […]
How does an indoor climbing gym connect kids with Jesus?
A couple of weeks ago I sat in the lobby of GOAT talking and praying with a group of “friendterns”, as I prepared to experience my first trip as a new member of the GOAT family. I was super excited and a little nervous—not really knowing what to expect. We were about to hang out […]
Meet our Program Coordinator: Anna
If you’ve been around GOAT at all over the past few years, you’ve no doubt met Anna. She’s been a fixture around GOAT for a while now, and this summer she’s been working with us as our Program Coordinator. Helping train interns, lead trips, coordinate food and gear, and basically keeping us all in line. […]
Meet the Interns: Cayce
Cayce is currently in college at Anderson University. Don’t be fooled by her quietness, when you can get Cayce out of her shell she’s a whiz with the kids. Cayce is down to help with anything and everything, but has very much a love/hate relationship with bicycles – ask to see her most recent battle […]
Meet the 2015 Interns
Christmas comes twice a year at GOAT. You know that feeling of Christmas eve as a kid – nervous anticipation of what might be the best day of the year. We still get that feeling around Christmas, but around GOAT, we also get that feeling every year in mid-May when our new team of summer interns […]
Full Circle
Three summers ago on a mountain biking trip, there was a thirteen year old boy in the group who told us that he “would work for GOAT one day”. If you’ve been around GOAT at all over the last three years you’ve no doubt heard about our Adventure Team program. It’s a mentoring program designed […]