Michigan Teen Boot Camps

Health Officer Vehicle!

Midcourse Correction — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:15 +0000

Midcourse is blessed to announce that we are in the final process of purchasing a 2013 Polaris Ranger 500 EFI!
~This vehicle will add support to the camp by giving our Health Officer, for the weekend, a reliable means of transportation to gain access to all squads during their outdoor initiatives.
~Midcourse Correction’s Health Officers are specially trained in dealing with medications for the weekend, medical emergencies, and ensuring that all objectives, courses, and activities are accomplished in the most safe and secure manor.

Rap written by a Midcourse Challenge Camper

Midcourse Correction — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:59:46 +0000

Every day I was sayin’/
sayin’ and prayin’ that God give me another chance/
Hope that he could at least be my best friend/
Hope that the relationship with parents will never end/
Happy, I guess the sergeant taught me a lesson/
If I make my bed, I lie in it, the reality just sets in/
Writin’ down these lyrics but I just keep on forgettin’ what I writin,
It ain’t my parents fault that I am in this position/
It’s my fault because I’m making these bad decisions/
And all of these women wait a minute.
Let me get off sex and pay attention/ for what I am missin’/
Because it’s me against the world and it’s like an Armageddon
But the only thing I’m setting, is more fire to the flame and keep on sweatin’/ Some people say that’s sad but others say it’s hard/
But if I keep going down this path I will be starin’ at my graveyard/
2 words “no quitter”/
And being at this camp is just going to make me better.

- Rap written by a camper

Parent Testimony at an Honor Company Graduation – touching!

Midcourse Correction — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:20:46 +0000

I want everyone to know Marie’s whole story so you realize your teenagers can make a change. Marie is 14, about to be 15. From k5-6th grade Marie was a great student in school. She was part of student counsel one year and loved school. Slowly we noticed her changing. What we thought was the usual, was actually warning signs, but we didn’t know that. She started talking disrespectful to us, once in a while. She became very secretive. She didn’t want to have a relationship with her sisters. She really didn’t want to be around anyone but a few friends she had from when she was younger. Those friends were good girls when they were little and we did didn’t want to tell her she couldn’t be around them anymore but they were changing for the worst and we were scared Marie was too. And she was. By last year Marie wanted to drop out of school, she had horrible grades. She was cussing at us and threatening to fight us if we tried to get her to do anything. She was calling her sisters brats and hitting them. She tried to run away a few times and the worst was when she started taking pills to try and kill herself. We spent most of last year sitting at the hospital with Marie or visiting Marie in a hospital for mental health. They would keep her for a week or two, she would come home and the cycle started all over again. We live in a small town so the police station now knows us from all the calls we had to make. We were online trying to find someone to help us because everything seemed hopeless. They have boarding schools for troubled teens but their $4000 a month and there’s really nothing police can do but take your child to jail and once they’re in the system, you’re really the one who suffers. Finally we found this camp. The day we were coming here, Marie was calling us losers and trying to jump out of the car. We pulled up and she smiled and said anything was better than home. When we picked her up, she had a whole new look at home. Then a few weeks later, Marie was back to her old ways. We called camp and back she came. The second time worked for about a month and she tested us again so we had a few sergeants come out to our house and Marie realized we weren’t going to let this get any worse; it was either going to get better or her weekends would be spent in boot camp for the rest of her teenage years. We knew it wasn’t just Marie that had to make a change, it was us too, so we signed up for the parenting classes and started marriage counseling to make our house run as smooth as possible. Any chance we can get to take a class on raising kids, we take it. We thought she was the only one at fault but it was a combination of things. It was the kids Marie was hanging out with, the choices Marie was making on her own and us as parents. We made a commitment to change it all and stick to it. This camp was huge in helping all of us make those changes. It helped Marie see what she was doing wrong in life. It gave her people to talk to when she didn’t want to come to us and it kept her focused on a goal to become better. It gave us as parents the support we needed from the outside.
So now I’ve come to where we are now. Marie is a great daughter. She helps around the house no matter what we ask her to do. She babysits her sisters and we know they are in good hands when she is watching them. She works at our church in the kid’s rooms and in the coffee shop and never misses. They know when Marie’s on the schedule, they can count on her. We drop Marie off with her friends whenever she asks to make plans because she now has chosen good Christian friends and Marie herself can be trusted so we never worry. The biggest accomplishment Marie has made in the last year is her grades. She now has above a 4.0, she has a 4.08. She can’t wait to go to college and she is focused on a positive life. She’s happy most of the time now; she wouldn’t be a teenager if she smiled all day right?
If it wasn’t for this camp, I truly believe Marie would be a runaway or have died from overdosing, but instead, she is graduating today from Honor Company and we couldn’t be prouder.

Recent Outreach

Midcourse Correction — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:23:27 +0000

Midcourse Correction Challenge Camps recently had the opportunity to meet with several Walled Lake School District counselors during their professional development day. During the presentation Director, Rich Wood, and Drill Instructor, Kayla Cruthers, were able to outline the programs objectives and answer questions about the impact Midcourse has on the students in its 45-hour Challenge Camp. We look forward to working with the students and families in the Walled Lake School District.

Midcourse also had the opportunity to present at the Oakland County Counseling Associations event, “Agencies in the Round”. At this event counselors from the private sector as well as several school districts, and other agencies were introduced to the Challenge Camp program.

We greatly appreciate the opportunity to meet with professionals in our area and look forward to better serving our community through the connections made at these two events.

Midcourse Correction Announces New Website

RRWebdesign — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:17:24 +0000

Brighton, MI, December 15, 2011 – Midcourse Correction Challenge Camps, a non-profit organization committed to giving at-risk youth new direction and headquartered in Brighton, Michigan, is proud to announce the launch of a new and much anticipated website redesign at http://www.midcoursecorrection.org.

Michigan Teen Boot Camps – 2012 Weekend Challenge Camp Schedule

RRWebdesign — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:12:14 +0000

Midcourse Correction Challenge Camps of Brighton, Michigan has announced the 2012 Weekend Challenge Camp Schedule.

Court/Agency Referrals: Please call to confirm a slot, and then fax us the “Advanced Reservation Form” as soon as possible. Also, it is important that we have the “Permission/Medical Form” filled out by the parent or guardian and faxed or sent to us by the MONDAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED CAMP DATE.

Private Referrals: For parents and guardians directly referring a camper, there is no need to use the Advanced Reservation Form, but please call us for an initial screening and phone interview and we will send you a Parent Pack which includes the Permission/Medical Form that you need to fill out and send to us via fax or mail along with your payment to guarantee a slot for your child.

Maximum Number of Campers: the maximum number of campers on a team (or squad) is set to 10. This has been set to ensure a quality experience with a high staff-to-camper ratio and a number that works well with the activities in our program. Once the maximum of 10 per team has been reached, it is unlikely that additional campers will be accepted for that weekend. However, we do have a waiting list available should there be a dropout or cancellation from the list.

For more information, please contact us or call: 810-227-0243.

Midcourse Correction Challenge Camps Press Release

Midcourse Correction — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:40:37 +0000

Brighton, MI, November 25, 2011 – Midcourse Correction Challenge Camps, a non-profit organization committed to giving at-risk youth new direction and headquartered in Brighton, Michigan, is proud to announce the launch of a new and much anticipated website redesign at http://www.midcoursecorrection.org.

The custom new website design is a part of the organization’s mission to consistently meet client needs by providing a website with improved navigation, enhanced content organization that integrates search engine optimization, improved interactive communication functionality, and the innovative web technologies.

The custom website includes the following new features:

A comprehensive horizontal drop-down menu structure that allows users to find what they need quickly.
An interactive blog that provides up-to-date information and news.
A mobile device version of the website.
The incorporation of social media including Facebook and Google+.

The website redesign is the result of Midcourse Correction’s primary objective to help incorrigible youth develop self confidence and a higher concern for the effect their choices have on others and their futures. “I am extremely excited about our new website,” Richard Wood, director of Midcourse Correction said. “Our goal is to be a preventative wake up call for youth and the new website will help us effectively reach the families of troubled teens.”

The website was designed by R & R Web Design LLC, a Michigan web design company. The company has been serving valued clients for over 11 years with affordable and professional Internet solutions.

About Midcourse Correction Challenge Camps
Midcourse Correction Challenge Camps is a nonprofit organization based in Brighton, Michigan with the goal of being a preventative wake up call for youth who are on a self-destructive path providing intense, highly supervised and structured 46-hour Challenge Camp training weekends for at-risk youth, ages 11 through 17.

For more information about Midcourse Correction, please visit www.midcoursecorrection.com or call 810-227-0243.