--- title: Avid4 Adventure Journal | Rebecca Gormley (2) description: Rebecca doesn't have the classic 'grew up spending time outdoors with her family' love story. Sure, she enjoyed running around the yard as a kid, but it wasn't until she took a job as a Deckhand/Educator aboard a 100ft historic sailing vessel that she fell in love with outdoor education. After 10 months on board, having taught a wide range of students and sailed from Boston to the Virgin Islands, she went on to work for Outward Bound where she implemented and developed outdoor middle school science lessons and led sailing expeditions. She then spent a summer tweaking Avid4 Adventure's outdoor cooking curriculum as part of her Masters of Science in Environmental Studies program. During 2019 she designed and built a nature playscape at an environmental center in OH, helped open an outdoor- and culinary-education-focused preschool in OR, and led multi-day sea kayaking excursions in WA. She is currently working in VT, cooking locally-sourced and scratch-made food for the local school's meal system, and drawing on her Avid4 experience to offer an outdoor cooking after school program. 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(Seriously.)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/camping-with-kids) ##### [March 22, 2020 COVID-19 Resources for Parents](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/covid-19-resources-for-parents) ##### [March 18, 2019 Overnight Camp Video Series - Founder, Dave Secunda Shares Valuable Message from Parent](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/overnight-camp-video-series-founder-dave-secuda-shares-valuable-message) ##### [January 23, 2019 Forbes Features Avid4 Adventure: Key to Success is High-Quality Staff](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/forbes-featured-article-starring-avid4-adventure) ## Rebecca Gormley ![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/IMG_0528.jpg) Rebecca doesn't have the classic 'grew up spending time outdoors with her family' love story. Sure, she enjoyed running around the yard as a kid, but it wasn't until she took a job as a Deckhand/Educator aboard a 100ft historic sailing vessel that she fell in love with outdoor education. After 10 months on board, having taught a wide range of students and sailed from Boston to the Virgin Islands, she went on to work for Outward Bound where she implemented and developed outdoor middle school science lessons and led sailing expeditions. She then spent a summer tweaking Avid4 Adventure's outdoor cooking curriculum as part of her Masters of Science in Environmental Studies program. During 2019 she designed and built a nature playscape at an environmental center in OH, helped open an outdoor- and culinary-education-focused preschool in OR, and led multi-day sea kayaking excursions in WA. She is currently working in VT, cooking locally-sourced and scratch-made food for the local school's meal system, and drawing on her Avid4 experience to offer an outdoor cooking after school program. ### Recent Posts [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/2-1.png)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should) March 2, 2020 ###### [5 Easy Ways to Cut Back on Single-Use Plastics and Why You Should](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should) Share This [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&text=Avid4%20Adventure%20Journal%20|%20Rebecca%20Gormley%20(2)&tw_p=tweetbutton&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=like&kid_directed_site=0) [Google Plus](https://plus.google.com/share?app=110&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should) [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should&media=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/524285/2-1.png) [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/2-1.png)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should) The numbers quantifying plastic consumption are almost too massive to comprehend: [Read More](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-single-use-plastics-and-why-you-should) Topics: [Sustainability](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/topic/sustainability) [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/Avid_Lowry_Adventure_Hike8-1.jpg)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive) February 24, 2020 ###### [8 Summer Camp Games to Play to Keep the Camp Spirit Alive](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive) Share This [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&text=Avid4%20Adventure%20Journal%20|%20Rebecca%20Gormley%20(2)&tw_p=tweetbutton&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=like&kid_directed_site=0) [Google Plus](https://plus.google.com/share?app=110&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive) [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive&media=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/524285/Avid_Lowry_Adventure_Hike8-1.jpg) [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/Avid_Lowry_Adventure_Hike8-1.jpg)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive) Have any of you Avid4 Adventure parents or guardians ever wished you could be a fly on the wall (or tree) during some camp antics? Or maybe during the year your kids are begging you to play that one really awesome game they learned at camp, but they can’t quite remember how it works? To help you spark some of that [summer camp](https://avid4.com/) excitement amidst these winter doldrums here are 8 quick and (fairly) easy games you can play. Many of them present some great leadership, communication, and team building opportunities as well! Have fun, stay safe, and always remember to protect your pebble (keep reading…that will make sense in a minute). [Read More](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/8-camp-games-to-keep-the-summer-camp-spirit-alive) Topics: [Games We Play At Camp](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/topic/games-we-play-at-camp) [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/20190805-_NWP8158-Avid4Adventure_NWasko-1.jpg)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place) January 14, 2020 ###### [Doing Our Part to Make the World a Better Place: Avid4 Adventure Going Green](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place) Share This [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&text=Avid4%20Adventure%20Journal%20|%20Rebecca%20Gormley%20(2)&tw_p=tweetbutton&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=like&kid_directed_site=0) [Google Plus](https://plus.google.com/share?app=110&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place) [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place&media=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/524285/20190805-_NWP8158-Avid4Adventure_NWasko-1.jpg) [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/20190805-_NWP8158-Avid4Adventure_NWasko-1.jpg)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place) Let’s be honest: headlines these days are often less than uplifting. Finding hopeful news articles can feel like an insurmountable chore. But wait! Avid4 brings you this refreshing news update: After off-setting 100% of their carbon emissions from camp vans in 2019, Avid4 Adventure is committed to taking even greater steps toward total carbon neutrality in the future! Avid4 will be offsetting 100% of their carbon emissions in 2020. [Read More](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/doing-our-part-to-make-the-world-a-better-place) Topics: [Working for Avid4 Adventure](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/topic/working-for-avid4-adventure) [Public Lands](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/topic/public-lands) [Sustainability](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/topic/sustainability) [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/DSC_1312-1.jpg)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth) December 4, 2019 ###### [Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas: Give a Gift, Help the Earth](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth) Share This [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&text=Avid4%20Adventure%20Journal%20|%20Rebecca%20Gormley%20(2)&tw_p=tweetbutton&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=like&kid_directed_site=0) [Google Plus](https://plus.google.com/share?app=110&url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth) [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth&media=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/524285/DSC_1312-1.jpg) [![](https://blog.avid4.com/hubfs/DSC_1312-1.jpg)](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/eco-friendly-gift-ideas-give-a-gift-help-the-earth) Perhaps it’s the incessant traveler and outdoor nomad in me, but in the last 5 years or so, my desire for more things and extra stuff has all but disappeared. I have always been one to make a gift rather than buy one, but I have also recently become acutely aware of the impact that consumerism has on our increasingly fragile planet. These days I value new experiences, yummy food, the odd meaningful trinket and a reliable sleeping pad. In the spirit of [living environmentally connected](https://blog.avid4.com/blog/6-ways-avid4-adventure-is-committed-to-being-environmentally-sustainable) and being kind to the earth this holiday season, I am sharing a few eco-friendly ways to create personalized, unique, thoughtful gifts that have a very low carbon footprint. 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