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Date Posted: 21:57:28 01/15/04 Thu
Author: doc finch
Subject: Re: Spring Creek Lodge
In reply to: Carl Bowie 's message, "Re: Spring Creek Lodge" on 17:31:58 08/25/03 Mon

looking for info on spring creek lodge from those who have been there

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[> [> [> [> Re: Spring Creek Lodge -- TJ, 13:38:25 02/26/04 Thu

This was a letter I wrote when something was printed negative. TJ

February 24, 2004



To Whom It May Concern:

I want to let the readers know how great Spring Creek Lodge is and how grateful we are for the facility. I dropped my son off at Spring Creek Lodge in Feb. 2003 and can only tell you what I have experienced and seen. I met with 6 students from different levels when I dropped of and enrolled my son into the program. I picked the kids I met with and not one was hateful about the school. They did not want to be away at a school, but they said the school treated them with respect. The level 5 child said it had become a place that went from him hating being dropped off, to a place he enjoyed because he was smiling again.

I went to PC 1 and my experience was interesting to say the least. Spring Creek had started to help turn my son’s life around. I had heard some negative press from a child that dropped out of the school before I arrived. So I pushed my son about the school, my son has only positive things to say about the staff and the way he was treated. He now has been at Spring Creek for 12 months and will be graduating soon. When my son got to come home on a pass or we went to visit, he was like another child. The family could not believe how much he had changed nor could his siblings. His sister cried, saying I have my brother back. I have referred 3 other families to this facility that were in great desperation to save their child. They also say the same about their kids, how much of a change they see in them and thank me continually for saving them and their child.

My other 2 children have been to the youth camp that has the same seminars that Resource Realizations uses. They have and still are raving about the camp. They have offered to go back and staff the camp in the future. When their brother gets home, they all want to go and staff together. They are triplets and it would be something special for them to do. They talk all the time about the tools they learned about and how they use them in everyday life.

Please understand this is not a joy camp, nor is it a vacation. These kids are in trouble or else they would not be there. My son and many of the other kids where headed down a very bad path. Yes, there has to be some discipline at the school, but my son has never seen anything that was terrible or abusive at all. Look at it this way, as I see what my son has learned, I would love to have lived in the mountains and learn about life when I was 16. We all had to learn by trial and error.

I said something at a seminar and I say it again. What about the people who work there, give them credit for turning lives around. They have been nothing but kind to my family, others and myself. You have to love children to work under those conditions, some of these kids just came off the streets and are full of hate and anger. Go work there and save a few lives, then you can talk about what you know and don’t know.

I saw and heard the joy and thanks from other children when we were at PC II, yes the kids. I heard the parents cry and say thank you to the school for saving a child. You show me someone who complains and I’ll show you 50 that cheer and thank Spring Creek all the time. This program works incredibly with the children and the parents.

I have made this a little long, but that is how much I believe in what they are doing at Spring Creek. They saved my son’s life, period. I have sat many nights thanking God that I have my son back from the dark side. Thank You Spring Creek For All That You Have Done!

I can be reached at texastj46@hotmail.com if there are any questions. Feel free to publish my thoughts and email me a phone number if you would like to talk about my experience. TJ


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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Spring Creek Lodge -- from Eternity, 07:29:50 11/16/04 Tue

I dont know why all you little B*tches get together and do nothing but complain about of how bad the program was. ESPECIALLY Montana!! Any of you people on here who actually were in the program ever go to the out of country facilities? Stop B*tchin! Truth is you probably never stop talking about it, wearing it like a badge on your sleeve like you were sent to prison by your own parents. Grown up! I was there for 2 years, I missed out on my entire high-school experience, so what, it sucked, I lived, I moved on. I even went back to work there to finish the last part of my school, and yeah while it sucked and some things I didnt agree with, alot of those people were sincerely dedicated to their job and making a difference (not all of them) but most of them. Be thankful you experienced something like that, and be thankful your not there now, but stop blaming everyone on oh how fragile your pathetic mind is, and how they traumatized you, and oh brainwashing...grow up and move on!!!!
Former Student who isnt a whiney little b*tch about it


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