Jessie Stone's 4th Annual NYC Kids Camp is a hit

August 20, 2005

Jessie Stone is making the world a better place. Jessie
is offering these kids from the urban jungle a chance to become whitewater
kayakers providing them quite the contrast from their everyday lives.
Her organization, Soft Power Health is dedicated to making the lives of
others more fruitfull by helping individuals one at a time. The concept
of "Soft Power" is in contrast to military might. The philosophy
is that true lasting positive change can only be implimented through helping
others overcome their personal hardships through education and opportunities.
I am paraphrasing and extrapulating from Jessie’s description of it to
me, however, I think I am getting it right.

This camp proved that there are great leaders, and
individuals willing to go outside of their comfort zones to achieve their
goals. They showed that they can act as a team to get the job done. NYC
has some great kids and I am happy to have met and worked with some of
them.

Next week, Jessie will take the kids to Maine
for some big time river runs, awesome! I will work with her next in Africa,
with Emily’s project.

🙂 EJ