Take a Hike

20 Years and Counting

The “Take a Hike” program partners with the Cowichan Valley School District to engage vulnerable youth in a full-time mental health and emotional well-being program embedded in an alternate education classroom.

Our mission is to empower vulnerable youth with the skills and resilience they need to graduate high school, build healthy relationships, navigate the challenges of young adulthood, and achieve success – however they define it. We do this by engaging youth in intensive and continuous clinical counselling, regular outdoor adventures, and supporting youth in a safe and caring community.

Over the past twenty years, Take a Hike has developed a proven, trauma-informed, evidence-based program model that has transformed the lives of hundreds of youth in B.C. along with their families.