For many, jumping 15 feet into water is a challenging quest. Now imagine doing this blind folded, relying on the trust of your team members not to get you hurt. Events like these make up the team-oriented Day of Challenges, held each year for Michigan youth.
The Day of Challenges was successfully accomplished on Saturday at the Student Development Complex. Army ROTC headed the event with help from Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6165, Air Force ROTC, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and the Alpha Phi Omega service organization.
This competition is open to 35 middle and high school student teams who wish to compete in an array of events that build leadership skills as well as test the physical and mental stamina of each competitor. Most students take part in JROTC programs and take this opportunity to explore Michigan Tech’s ROTC programs.
Officer in Command, Second Lieutenant Roy C. Johnson said the top three goals of the Day of Challenges is for the kids to have fun, to help them with team building skills and then to expose them to MTU and the ROTC program. Several participants have already been accepted to MTU and some even made verbal commitments to attend after Saturday’s events.
Jumping 15 feet, into water, blindfolded. Reminds me of "brotherhood development week" in the 'bad old days'. Good thing the ROTC guys were there so we weren't accused of hazing.
