Let Boys Be Boys
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Too many boys are turning to virtual worlds of television, video games, digital media, and the internet to find realms they can conquer and areas where they can excel. The result of this virtual conquest is often apathy, apparent rebellion, or outright resistance to real-world challenge.
Trail Life USA is where boys thrive! Adults are equipped to lead a program in a structured outdoor environment where boys are engaged in real-world challenge and experience camping, hiking, and fishing; they develop skills in riflery, archery, and canoeing; and learn character and leadership in a practical hands-on manner that is naturally engaging.
In the outdoors, the experience of adults is never obsolete; boys find mentors, fathers and sons connect, important relationships are fostered, and boys find opportunity to achieve significant accomplishment.
Why Get Involved?
Trail Life USA partners with churches & parents across America as the premier national charter development organization for young men, which produces generations of godly & responsible husbands, fathers & citizens. Fathers & sons are connecting, relationships are deepening, communities are being impacted & legacies are being established as a new generation of godly leaders rises up.
Engaging Men to Guide & Serve
Boys and men are struggling to find their place in a culture that silences their strength. We ask them to tame their energy, tone down their passion, and temper their drive. Stripped of passion, the masculine soul does not open up, it shuts down. What remains is not a whole man, but a shell.
The masculine spirit is restless—disconnected from purpose, craving risk and adventure, longing for brotherhood, searching for space to make a difference.
In fact, 80% of men say they have no one in their life with whom they can be truly transparent or accountable. Boys are sending a desperate message through sobering statistics, with suicide rates among boys ages 10–14 ranking among the highest in the nation.
Masculinity was designed for more—for adventure, brotherhood, and purpose. Trail Life is more than a boy’s program. It’s a strategic men’s ministry—a catalyst that calls men to step up, link arms, and raise up the next generation of bold, godly leaders.
