Edisto youth build and launch boat

Official boat launch, Friday July 13

Kit Fox leads and gets kids engaged in the outdoors

A smile and a boat rounding into shape

Students paddle the first sea trial

Getting youths involved in boat-building is not an easy task. Factor in that the Edisto Island youths involved in this project come from a Title One school, then this feat is even more impressive. Of course,  a lot of hard work comes into play, starting with Kit Fox who is a Student Support Specialist at Baptist Hill Middle School. The boat-building project is part of the Communities in Schools program and had a great deal of support from Edisto's Learning Through Loggerheads organization. To read my feature article, published in the Walterboro newspaper click The Colletonian.

To view past blog entries about youths that are engaged in the outdoors on Edisto click here.