Millhill’s Team Trenton Next Generation Community Leaders Are Stretching Their Horizons!

Stretching can take on many forms: from leaving the city limits for the first time to sleeping in a cabin with no electrical outlets! As a coach, it was something to see the transformation taking place during our Team Trenton’s weekend retreat with other Next Generation Community Leaders teams at YMCA Camp Ockanickon this fall! A low ropes course designed to warm us up was closely followed by a high ropes course and other challenging teambuilding opportunities that stretched our minds and ideas around what working as a team really means. After a campfire, s’mores, and an interesting game of Uno, our youth conquered their biggest challenge to date: 98% of the group (some of who cannot swim) got into canoes and paddled down an expansive and mildly challenging river on a rainy Sunday afternoon! It was no small feat, but they did it!

When asked “What are you learning about yourself” team member Paola Noel said, “I learned that I walk away from challenging situations.”

Wow, what a revelation! Who among us hasn’t done that? Paola and her teammates resisted the urge to turn away from their challenges during the retreat and found a way to get through them TOGETHER. Team Trenton is well on its way to creating meaningful connections, which we are confident will extend to our Trenton community.

Track all of the Next Generation Community Leaders teams through the hashtag #NJLeaders2030.

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