by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Spring Creek Lodge, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
I am 34 now, I was 14 when I attended which was 2002 ? I had just turned 15 part way through so I believe that is accurate. I was in EXCEL. My “leader” or whatever it was called – – – there was 2, KEVIN and another younger guy Adam? My...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Spring Creek Lodge, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
I was there in 1985. I was on an adventure course and an excel course run by Steve & Nancey Cawdrey. At that time it was a very intense Outward Bound style program growing into a boarding program. I completed 10 days of survival, 10 days of mountaineering, and 10...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Spring Creek Lodge, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
I feel like I blocked out a lot of what happened leading up to being taken to spring Creek and my time there. This is what I remember: I was fourteen, bullied in school and had reached my limit. I snapped. I told myself I wasn’t going to take any crap from...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Spring Creek Lodge, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
For the past twenty years I have had this underlying feeling that something horrible was about to happen, have had a very difficult time trusting people and their intentions. I’ve had a hard time expressing myself and communicating. I’m constantly feeling...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Spring Creek Lodge, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
Look, I’m apprehensive to get involved on this level. I have dedicated my career to making this better. What limited experience I have with FB groups, is not solution oriented. I have stayed relatively silent and covert as a regulatory entity of these programs in...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Spring Creek Lodge, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
Trying to remember what all I’ve suppressed. I was enrolled from January 2004 until July 2004 when my exit plan changed from a trip to the homeless shelter to a bus ticket home. I was 19 when I came to thompson falls so i was jr.staff. I was put in charge of a...
