Introductions to Lifepegs International Club

1. Company Purpose
· Lifepegs is an international life skills activity club geared towards providing young adult members with unique opportunities for healthy relationships, new and exciting recreation, and essential life skill education.2. Company Aims
· Lifepegs seeks to accomplish its purpose through several different avenues:
o Endeavors: These are 2-4 hour activities held in our clubhouse to introduce new games, contests, skills, and/or training to members. Each week, several of these activities will be hosted in the club house for members.
o Encounters: These are 4-6 hour outdoor activities which introduce an exciting new game and also endeavor to instill the beginning structures of a life skill. Each month, the club holds 4-5 of these activities
o Expeditions: These are 2-5 day activities which take members on a trip to venues of interest while at the same time maintaining an overall life skill theme members are asked to develop throughout the course of the trip. Almost every month, the club holds 1 of these activities.
o English Essential Summer Camp: This two-week event introduces members to an American-style camp environment while at the same time teaching and encouraging them to develop their English communication skills while surrounded by foreign teachers.
3. Company Staff and Membership
· Lifepegs maintains a staff of highly qualified individuals who share an interest in meeting the club’s goals and in continually improving and implementing opportunities to create a fun-filled teaching and training environment at Lifepegs.
· Lifepegs maintains an international membership base with members currently from China, America, Singapore, Russia, and the Philippines.
4. Company Action Plan
· Understanding the purpose of a membership in Lifepegs, the staff, interns and volunteers are fulfilling that purpose by following this proposed action plan:
o international club—each activity maintains an international member base which allows for members to learn from each other’s cultures as they develop friendships
o healthy relationships—both the clubhouse and the activities designed by Lifepegs are structured to allow like-minded individuals to meet each other, develop solid relationships, and continue those relationships. Lifepegs desires to provide an environment that allows members to get to know each other and find an energetic and enthusiastic group of friends.
o new and exciting recreation—the activities planned at Lifepegs are activities directly chosen to introduce students to new experiences. Whether it’s playing dodgeball, climbing a mountain, or learning about photography, Lifepegs desires students to learn new, healthy ways of having fun.
o essential life skill education—Lifepegs desires not only for students to have a good time but also for them to learn how to better live their lives by teaching them principles of leadership involving how to get along with others, setting goals, overcoming obstacles, and others.
§ The majority of Lifepegs activities are centered around having fun while at the same time learning one of these essential life skills.
§ Members are also invited to take part in a leadership training program which evaluates their development of leadership skills and presents them with an opportunity to plan, organize and eventually lead activities
