Our Challenge by Choice philosophy, encourages participants to test their mental, physical and emotional limits against a series of increasingly difficult individual and group tasks. No participant is forced to try anything that is beyond their capability, but with the encouragement of teammates, many surprise themselves and go farther than they ever thought possible. In coping with the various course obstacles, the groups experience fear, fatigue and physical challenge, but as they conquer those challenges, reach higher and shake off their fright, they also experience joy, laughter, compassion and understanding. The entire team learns that no single member can reach the top alone, but that, with a little help from some friends, everyone can go far beyond his or her own personal limits. Safety, cooperation, group and individual achievement are key elements of the experiential challenge course program.
Participants pass through a sequence of experiences.
This carefully crafted series of obstacles demands that group members accept personal and social responsibility for themselves and for others within the group. As they beat challenge after challenge, participants learn not only to trust the skills and good intentions of their comrades, but they also learn to trust their own skills and their own commitment to the other members of the group. An Important Community Asset Smith County Challenges, Unlimited works hand in hand with a wide range of East Texas non-profit, governmental educational and family outreach service. The staff loved the initiatives and left with renewed enthusiasm for working with kids. I have seen reluctance and fear transform into confidence and success.