[Dialogue] Rite of Passage 1974

[Ken and Clare Whitney]

I know that our son Mark was on that trip.  We were at the camp in
Wisconsin with a mass of order children at the same time!  Clare Whitney

On Sat, Jul 6, 2024 at 5:10 PM Dharmalingam Vinasithamby via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> That is awesome! Would love to hear their stories as well.
>
> On Sunday, 7 July 2024 at 07:01:08 am GMT+8, Jo Nelson via Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>
> I just realized this week that exactly 50 years ago, Wayne and I were
> leading the Rite of Passage Journey with 35 6th graders from staff
> families, 5th City colleagues, and guardian families.
>
> We spent most of the trip camping in the North Woods of Minnesota. Steve
> Harrington and his wife were also with us. Being organized in teams was
> really important to have success with such a large group.
>
> Among other activities, we led the kids on a week-long backpacking trip,
> where they carried all their gear, and we finished the whole journey with
> what I think was the first overnight solitary vigil for kids on those
> trips. There was also an awesome night with incredible northern lights that
> lasted for hours. (We didn’t make that cosmic event happen! But we did
> shift plans so that everyone stayed up together in awe most of the night in
> a meadow.)
>
> Those “kids” are now about 62 years old!
>
> I’d love to hear stories of anyone who experienced it and is still around.
>
> Take care,
> Jo
>
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> From the mobile desk of
> Jo Nelson
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