ROCK CLIMBING NEWS ITEM

Chill Program Sends 18 Kids to BC

WEDNESDAY, 21 JUNE 2006

Summer is here but it does not mean that one cannot go snowboarding whenever one wants to. Once again, Chill has chosen a number of kids to spend eight days at a snowboarding camp in British Columbia to learn about freestyle snowboarding and engage in a lot of other sporting activities.

"Chill is an intervention program for disadvantaged inner-city kids, ages 10 to 18," according to their website at www.burton.com/chill. This year's program, which started last June 15 and will run until the 22nd, will not only give the 18 lucky children a chance to learn how to do freestyle snowboarding, but they will also get the chance to go mountain biking, rock climbing and a lot more activities. Aside from that, they will also get to meet other people and to make friends and bond with them.

Founded in 1995 by Jake Burton, Chill has already touched the lives of more than 10,000 children by teaching them snowboarding. They believe that that sport can help children, "accomplish goals they never thought they could," while at the same time teaching them the values of patience, persistence, respect, courage, responsibility and pride, "through positive adult role models who treat the kids with respect and encouragement."

To learn more about Chill and their current program, you may visit their website www.burton.com/chill.