We have included again the PDF of the Sacred Path flier and the registration form so that you can complete and return your registration if you’re planning to attend the men’s retreat. The flier and registration form for the CTA is being revised and will be forwarded later this week for those interested in attending the Rites of Passage portion of the retreat.
The pricing for the CTA retreat is as follows: Call To Adventure Individual Registration - $550 before Thursday, March 25th, $595 after. Call To Adventure Dyadic Registration - $1,050 before Thursday, March 25th, $1,100 after. (Dyads comprise a father and son or a boy and his mentor. Fee includes accommodations, food, program, Stone Peoples’ Lodge and Ropes Course.) Watch for the CTA flier and registration form later this week.
In brotherhood,
Stephen
PS - As a result of our being able to move forward with the CTA for this spring, the following message was sent out by community servant Cameron Bonner to those on his mailing list that have been supporting the united efforts to bring peace and harmony to the neighborhoods in the South Central Los Angeles community. I thought you would be touched by his expressed sentiments:
Dear friends,
I was blessed to get this wonderful news and I need to share it with you. Each person on this list represents something special to the youth of West Athens and Athens area's of south Los Angeles. Words can't describe how happy I am to be able to take young men up to the retreat in the beautiful hills in Malibu. For 4 days our boys get the chance to see men of all backgrounds. Kids are taught to use tools to help them avoid trouble and peer pressure that destroys so many lives before they even begin to live.
Friends, it's time to revive the team that fights for our children's lives. Because many of you don't live in the community you don't get the chance to see the changes. Because of all of you my hood is now a community again. I see families walking their dogs. I see kids walking to and from the parks. Please understand that from time to time we'll fall down but because of the our efforts we now have a line of communication that focuses on ending the killings in the inner cities as well as stopping the violence the destruction of a generation of kids by providing programs and activities that offer a way up and out for our youth. All children need hope, and with that being said, I pledge along with my team to continue to work as hard as we can for peace as well as bringing positive people like all of you and positive images to our communities so our families will never need to know the pain like Saleka Ortiz, mother of Marquise Ortiz, had to face and deal with since he was taken from us.
Bless you Dr. Stephen Johnson and the brothers of the Call to Adventure retreat. I pray someone can help us get publicity for these men. They deserve light shinned on them for helping plant seeds of hope in as many young boys that they can afford to scholarship each year. We take boys up to the mountain and we bring home young men.
Thank you all for all you do or have done over the years. May you your families all be blessed with as much kindness, joy, love and happiness as you desire. I truly believe when you give from your heart you'll be blessed 10 times what you give. I say this because I look at all my community has now and I smile.
Bless you all!
Cameron Bonner
Proud community servant
Kalikoats Kidz outreach/public relations
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