| Alum
Cove Wilderness Center, Inc. is a new Tennessee nonprofit organization
founded by Gregg and Roxanne Marble. The Center is located near
Sequatchie, Tennessee high in a cove on 600 acres of mountain land.
Alum Cove is as remote as any place in Middle Tennessee, but is within a two
hour drive of Nashville, Knoxville and less than an hour from Chattanooga.
Our vision is to create a free wilderness
adventure learning experience for youth, a place for outdoor skills
education and learning about our relationship with Nature that is an unknown
experience for many young people today. The natural world as a
learning place is part of our American heritage, and is becoming more
difficult to experience for today's city, television and computer game bound
youth. Alum Cove Wilderness Center is
their place to get connected.
Alum Cove is a place to learn everything
from wilderness
survival skills to camping, hiking, backpacking, plant and animal habitat,
land navigation and compass course skills, sustainable forestry practices,
wild crafting for food and medicine, ecology and environmental awareness.
It is also a place for fun things like crafts, archery, outdoor photography
or whatever interests you. Tell us what
interests you here.
The Center is available to school groups,
youth church groups, clubs, Scout troops, Cub packs and other groups or
organizations who need a wilderness facility to provide experiential
learning to boys and girls and young men and women. If you are a
teacher, instructor or leader of a youth group, Alum Cove Wilderness Center
is available to you and your group.
While our focus is on a free of charge
opportunity for young people, Alum Cove Wilderness Center will also be
available to families, friends, clubs and other adult groups for a modest
user fee for things like weekend wilderness outings, family reunions and
other outdoor fun.
Alum Cove Wilderness Center is a place for
everyone to do what interests them and we are open to creating opportunities
for all kinds outdoor and wilderness learning.
Please contact us
to learn more about how we can work together with young people of all ages.
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Investment tips:
It's the time, not the money you spend with
your kids
that will return you the greatest dividends. Don't wait, because your true
treasure will be your memories.
Gregg Marble
"Our greatest natural resource: Our Youth"
"The two most power-filled words:
I can"
We decided do something with our lives
that will hopefully make a significant difference in the lives of others,
especially children, something where people can come together for the good
of all. It's amazing what we can do when we all work together.
Roxanne Marble
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