Welcome

Cariboo Action Training Society operates Camp Trapping, a wilderness camp for young male offenders. Referrals are made through Youth and Probation Services and are required to attend as a condition of their Probation Order. The students are selected on a variety of criteria, but generally are individuals with multiple delinquencies, and are perceived to need a highly structured programme building self-esteem and individual responsibility. The programme facilitates probationers between the ages of twelve and eighteen years of age. Preference is given to referrals from the northern region, but students are accepted from various areas throughout the province of British Columbia.

Since the programme’s inception it has grown to the point where we now accommodate fourteen students at any one time. Camp Trapping operates year round utilizing a staged intake format. Individual students stay for 16 weeks but a turnover in the student population occurs every eight weeks due to overlapping programme schedules. Thus, beds become available to new programme participants at eight week intervals.

 

Mission Statement

Camp Trapping provides a safe, caring, structured environment promoting personal growth and positive social interaction.

 

News & Information

Notice of 40th Anniversary Celebration / Reunion

..."and so it goes, as it has gone for 40 years!" Cariboo Action Training Society was incorporated in June 1971. Camp Trapping is celebrating 40 years of continuous service to male young offenders from across the province of British Columbia.

Started by the visionary, Mr. Bruce Hawkenson as an alternative to custody, Camp Trapping has serviced thousands of young men over the years and very proud of the effort to effect positive change in the lives of young people.

All who have experienced Camp Trapping; former students, staff and Directors are invited to attend the celebration and open house.

Please call the office at 250 563-9159 for further information, or to register your attendance.

"The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible"

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