***Rivers and Roads - Public Health - Fryeburg,ME

Rivers & Roads' Dreamcatchers program is a six-year program that connects young people with caring adults. These relationships help young people grow into resilient, thriving, responsible young adults. The key is that trusting bond between a student and a program manager, from seventh grade through high school graduation and beyond. Dreamcatchers students have the advantage with access to 360 degrees of support We collaborate with teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors and principals. When school is not in session students in our program will become involved in civic projects. Summer of 2024 our focus is agricultural and culinary inventiveness. Learning how to garden, grow, and cook from experts. Program participants travel to other parts of Maine and New England and the world, visiting college campuses along the way. We will engage in a variety of outdoor activities, including camping, skiing, and canoe trips. Most importantly is learning to be part of a community and developing powerful new relationships. Our goal is for program participants to form relationships with their adult mentors and other students involved in the program ¿ people outside of their immediate family and social circle with whom they otherwise might never connect. Through these shared experiences and relationships over their six-years in the Dreamcatchers program participants develop the confidence to take on new challenges and dream bigger dreams.