Hello everybody!
The official countdown to Teen Leadership Camp, sponsored by Polar Bears International, is in two weeks! (Read post Teen Leadership Camp: Arctic Ambassadors 2010.) I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to go immerse myself in polar bear habitat. I am eager to learn about these great white bears, and I am even more excited to come back and inspire others to make changes that can help the bears in the wild. There is so much we can do to help, and I am ready to share that information with my peers when I get back from Churchill!
A major goal I have for Leadership Camp is to take back a greater understanding of the polar bear itself, its status in the wild, and a variety of ways that each and every individual can help these bears be around for future generations. I was inspired to attend Leadership Camp because I have a strong passion for animals and an even bigger desire to protect them and do what I can to help them out, and I think that Leadership Camp will be the place where I can learn how to do exactly that.
I’ll be inspired to go green and do what I can to help polar bears AND have the opportunity to get my family, friends, and neighbors just as excited about helping polar bears as I am. That is my ultimate goal for Leadership Camp: inspiring change in my community, one person at a time.
Rachel is the San Diego Zoo’s 2010 Teen Arctic Ambassador. She will be posting updates on her adventures in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
good luck Rachael! you will have a blast! what an opportunity and adventure for you to be able to travel and go to the artic and learn about these beautiful giants! keep a journal of everything so you won’t ever forget anything!! we will be waiting for your return and your informational post about this trip! you are a very lucky girl!!!!
Hope your trip is awesome! Can’t wait to hear your updates.
Rachel, congratulations on being selected as San Diego Zoo’s 2010 Teen Arctic Ambassador! You are certainly entering into this adventure with the right attitude! I know you’ll have a great time in Churchill and will send back many interesting posts on what you’ll be doing and what you’ll be learning. I live in San Diego and my sister lives in upstate Vermont. She’s fallen in love with polar bears, and for her last birthday I gave her an “adopt a polar bear” certificate, which she loved! I’ll be sending a reminder to her to check the Zoo’s web site for posts from you, as I will be doing here. I’m looking forward to reading your posts from Churchill!
A wonderful job. Super helpful infroatmion.
Have fun! I was in Churchill 4 years ago and will never forget it as long as I live!
What an awesome opportunity….ahhh to be 40 years younger ….have a great SAFE trip!!
Congratulations, Rachel! I hope you have a wonderful time and look forward to hearing your reports and sharing your new-found wisdom on the greatest bear on earth!
I am so proud of you and can’t wait for you to get out there!!
So wonderful to read your amazing reports. I love your enthusiasm. Actually I am envious —– I would have loved doing the same thing at your age. And I do love Polar Bears — they are beautiful. Be careful and continue to have a great time. Hope you get to MN next summer so I can watch you as you explain all ;your stories..