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For Immediate Release - December 23, 2008 (Boulder, Colorado) - After more than 12 months of in-depth internal and external assessment and review, The Women's Wilderness Institute has been granted Accredited Status by the Accreditation Council of the Association for Experiential Education (AEE). This status will be valid through November 5, 2011, three years from the date of accreditation.

Attaining accredited status through the AEE Accreditation Program is solid evidence of an organization's commitment to quality and safety, belief in professional standards, and allocation of resources toward continued excellence and improvement. Programs that achieve AEE Accredited Status can be confident that they meet or exceed recognized industry standards. Read more about AEE Accreditation.

Denver Women's Examiner - It doesn't matter if you're 14 or 55, a made-for-the-mountains kind of gal or just plain overwhelmed by all things outdoorsy. If you're looking to sharpen your ski skills, break into backpacking, meet other women, overcome a major life change, or just try something new, there's no better go-to place than The Women's Wilderness Institute.
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Special Matching Grant through December 2008A group of Foundations and individuals have joined together to create a pool of dollars for a challenge grant. Until December 31, 2008, any donation you make to The Women's Wilderness Institute will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to an amount of $19,000! Find out more!

Wyoming Tribune Eagle -Follow these tips to be ready for anything the great outdoors throws at you and you'll have an enjoyable wintertime experience. Winter brings a certain set of hazards to the Rocky Mountain west. With blizzards, high winds and avalanches, it takes a certain amount of skill and preparation to enjoy this snowy wonderland at it's fullest. The most important thing you can do is plan before you go, says Jody Radtke, program director at the Women's Wilderness Institute in Boulder.
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Yellow Scene Magazine - People always say that if you are afraid of heights you shouldn’t look down, but for Caitlyn Levy looking down provided her the support and inspiration of new friends willing to challenge her.
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Daily Camera - Fifteen-year-old Miah Yager is getting ready to leave the people she calls her second family. As it does every year, Manhattan Middle School will soon say goodbye to the eighth-graders moving on to high school. But during the last two months Yager has had help in preparing for her departure from the school she calls home. Yager is one of five eight-grade girls participating in Girls on the Rise, a program the Women's Wilderness Institute started in February.
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Colorado Daily - TWWI, based in Boulder, runs several programs designed to build confidence and leadership skills in girls and women. The majority, save for the new Girls on the Rise -- a program that helps eighth-grade girls make the difficult transition to high school -- are grounded in wilderness experiences. All the courses are tailored to the unique learning style of the fairer sex.
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Laramie Boomerang - linging to a frozen waterfall near Boulder, Colo., I didn't hear the near-constant roar of cars driving up and down the road a short hike away. I didn't hear the scramble and murmur of the people 40 feet below me. I didn't hear the ringing of ice pieces shattered by my ice tool breaking against the ground.
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The Women’s Wilderness Institute founder Laura Tyson, and YWCA of Boulder County Executive Director Janet Beardsley were honored yesterday with a "Be Bold" award at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s 20th Anniversary celebration.
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Daily Camera - The Women's Wilderness Institute is a nonprofit organization with the mission of strengthening the courage, confidence and leadership qualities of girls and women, through the support and challenge of experiences in the wilderness and in the community.
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Grand Junction Sentinel - You’ve heard this before. Exercising is a huge part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle… Finding an outdoor activity you love – as opposed to strictly working out in a gym – has the added benefit of reconnecting you with the natural world.
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yourhub.com - When you think of a yoga retreat, what comes to mind? Refresh, relax, and rejuvenate? How about completing that picture in your mind with visions of serene desert arches, winding canyons and vast mesas. Think of this retreat as "yogini" meets Backpacker Betty.
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Denver Post - Tall and athletic, Laura Pringle has a presence about her that’s hard to miss…like a growing number of women, Pringle wanted a different hiking experience, so she joined an all-female expedition with The Women’s Wilderness Institute, a Boulder-based nonprofit organization.
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New York Times - “When was the last time you did something for the first time?" shouted Cindy Read's friends from down below. Scared and injured with a scraped-up leg, Ms. Read, from Denver, struggled to make it to the top of Edward's Crack, a narrow crevasse in a granite dome rock in Vedauwoo, Wyo. But the moment she heard her five friends call out the group's encouraging motto, Ms. Read realized she could not give up. Her 50-foot ascent was a success, and when she reached the summit she thanked Raleigh Coburn and Danika Gilbert, the two instructors who led the climb.
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The choice is yours. Fight the sun, and the humidity, and the 100-foot cragged rockface in front of you. It's just another obstacle you have chosen to place in front of yourself. Or you can choose to embrace it, consider it a challenge and prepare to scale the mountain with purpose, zeal and the promise of great growth and satisfaction in the end.
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As long as there have been children and adults, there have been adolescents negotiating the rickety bridge between the world of childhood and adulthood. What parent hasn't beamed with pride as she watches her 15 year old manage a complex adult situation one day, only to throw up her arms as he reverts to the familiarity of ten-year-old behavior the next?
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