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Celebrating the Hausmans
by Taylor Bradford | April 24, 2024 | Adirondack Expeditions, College Expeditions, Commitment Move, Discovery, Staff Stories | 0 Comments
Celebrating 10 Years with Joel Cox
Oct 5, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, Adventure Pursuits, College Expeditions, Discovery, Staff Stories
Dear La Vida Community, I remember exactly where I was when I thought, “I want to give back to La Vida the way it gave to me”. It was during my participant trip in May 2013. I was walking in the rain to fill up our water bags from the stream for pumping our drinking...
La Vida Summer Testimonies
Sep 26, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, Adventure Camp, Adventure Pursuits, College Expeditions, Rock Gym
Adirondack Expeditions and Retreats "Wow, thank you all so so much! Mom of recent La Vida participant. What an amazing experience and wonderful guidance and leadership he experienced. I wanted to personally thank you...for all you did this summer for so many. I am...
La Vida’s Run Dedication and the Power of Prayer
Aug 30, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, College Expeditions, Staff Stories
At the end of every La Vida Adirondack Expedition, participants are driven 8.6 miles away from base camp and challenged to run, safely and at their own pace, back to camp before packing up gear and loading up the vans for their return home. For many participants,...
From woods to table: Former guide leads food to those in need
Aug 17, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, College Expeditions, Commitment Move, Staff Stories
A few short weeks after Steph Tyler Smith began her new role at Food for Free, the world shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. During a time when organizations were scrambling to stay open, Steph’s team at the hunger relief non-profit pivoted, to create new...
Finding Strength in the Mountains
Jun 12, 2023 | Commitment Move
Gordon grads celebrate “La Vida” in Switzerland
Teaching Internationally During a Global Pandemic
Jan 12, 2023 | Adventure Camp, Staff Stories
The following article was originally published by Gordon College on The Bell. If you had asked a second-grade Angela Epplett ʼ20 (‟Angie”) what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would have told you, ‟a teacher.” Today the students she serves are about the age she...