Operation Snowball is starting preparations for the spring retreat in April. Snowball holds two retreats per school year, one in the fall and one in the spring. Each retreat has a theme, activities, and covers topics that are all relevant to the average high schooler. Snowball manager and adult director Kate Keir talks about the upcoming retreat.
“Upcoming, we have our spring event, which is April 10 through 12,” Keir said. “So Friday after school is a field trip day, and then we spend the weekend up at camp and come home on Sunday.”
She explains what Operation Snowball is about and what it stands for.
“[Snowball] is very much built on believing in the ability of teens, and that if you give teens some information and the empowerment to feel like they can make their own choices, they’re going to make healthy choices,” Keir said.
The organization as a whole began in the 1980s. Snowball leadership attends a yearly summer leadership conference currently run by the Cebrin Goodman Teen Institute. At this conference, students experienced an environment much like the current structure of Snowball. Kier talks about the students who originally brought the Snowball idea back to the Chicago suburbs area.
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