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Boys Adventure Weekends

Boys Adventure Weekends

This weekend event, held at a BTMT partner facility, May 3rd to the 5th of 2024, is the next important step for the boys to decide what type of men they want to become.

This 3-day training is led by experienced facilitators and trained staff and provides a 2:1 ratio of men to boys.

During the weekend, boys are challenged and supported through a series of carefully facilitated activities designed to help boys cope with the ordeals they will face during adolescence. They learn about integrity. They bond with a tribe. They learn about mission and service.

Our boys and Mentors spend more time together this weekend than a typical mentor program provides in six months.

This weekend is a life-changing experience boys never forget.

At the end of Saturday night, after the initiates have successfully completed these challenges and identified the obstacles in their lives, we honor them in our Talisman Ceremony. The ceremony is run completely by boys that have earned their Talisman at a previous weekend, also known as Journeyman. "Journeyman" is the name bestowed on a boy who has successfully completed an ROPA. At this ceremony, they are gifted the Talisman and given the title Journeyman. We explain to them what the Talisman means and they then join the Boys to Men community in their path to True Manhood.

The talisman incorporates three rings: