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Recent Programs News Our Mission is to provide students with the best possible opportunity to define and accomplish individual goals build character and learn transferable life skills through Creative Arts Athletic Fitness Nature Awareness and Community Leadership in an environment of nonjudgement and mutual respect. Testimonials and Feedback Im very grateful that I was able to participate in the Riekes Nature Awareness program. Connecting with nature has been a lifechanging experience for me. I wrote The Budding Naturalists Guide to the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum with the goal of encouraging young people to connect with nature.