Dear HCN,
The issue on outdoor
education (HCN, 6/10/96) was excellent. I was delighted to see our
photo and the quality of the entire issue. Then I read the blurb
about Deer Hill.
Deer Hill does not “yank bored
teenagers out of suburban high schools and drop them on the
Colorado plateau.” What a message to give a reader about our
school! We are a very small company and can’t afford the national
exposure which larger companies can, (so) participants track us
down because of our combination of wilderness and service in the
Southwest.
Your blurb also said, “Deer Hill’s
awakenings require a healthy bank account.” Do you have it in for
Deer Hill? I don’t see any such remarks for any of the other $100-
to $150-per-day programs. Deer Hill, in its own small way, helps
people become healthier young adults who respect themselves and
life on the planet more after our program.
Doug
Capelin
Mancos, Colorado
Doug and his wife, Beverly, are co-directors of
Deer Hill.
Elizabeth Manning
responds:
While the information was correct in
the blurb about Deer Hill, the tone was dead wrong. The directory
was an odd bird for us – it was almost like free advertising copy –
and the result was inconsistent characterization. We
apologize.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Un unfair rap.
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