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Countdown to the Arctic
0 Comments | Posted by Rachel in Arctic Ambassadors, Polar Bears, San Diego Zoo Blogs
Hello everybody!
The official countdown to Teen Leadership Camp, sponsored by Polar Bears International, is in two weeks! (Read post Teen Leadership Camp: Arctic Ambassadors 2010.) I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to go immerse myself in polar bear habitat. I am eager to learn about these great white bears, and I am even more excited to come back and inspire others to make changes that can help the bears in the wild. There is so much we can do to help, and I am ready to share that information with my peers when I get back from Churchill!
A major goal I have for Leadership Camp is to take back a greater understanding of the polar bear itself, its status in the wild, and a variety of ways that each and every individual can help these bears be around for future generations. I was inspired to attend Leadership Camp because I have a strong passion for animals and an even bigger desire to protect them and do what I can to help them out, and I think that Leadership Camp will be the place where I can learn how to do exactly that.
I’ll be inspired to go green and do what I can to help polar bears AND have the opportunity to get my family, friends, and neighbors just as excited about helping polar bears as I am. That is my ultimate goal for Leadership Camp: inspiring change in my community, one person at a time.
Rachel is the San Diego Zoo’s 2010 Teen Arctic Ambassador. She will be posting updates on her adventures in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
