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BOUNDARY WATERS EXPERIENCE

AKA BWX

Edina, MN

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Also Known As:: BWX
Physical Address:: Edina, MN 55424
EIN:: 35-2195668
Web URL:: www.bwexperience.com
Blog URL:: www.bwexperience.typ...
Leadership:: Mr. Marcus Andrusko

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Fiscal Year Starting: Oct 01, 2010
Fiscal Year Ending: Sep 30, 2011

Revenue
Total Revenue	$120,765

Expenses
Total Expenses	$121,227

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BOUNDARY WATERS EXPERIENCE

Also Known As:: BWX
Physical Address:: Edina, MN 55424
EIN:: 35-2195668
Web URL:: www.bwexperience.com
Blog URL:: www.bwexperience.typ...
NTEE Category:: O Youth Development; O55 Religious Leadership, Youth Development; B Educational Institutions; B25 Secondary/High School; C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification; C60 Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Year Founded:: 2003
Ruling Year:: 2003

Mission Statement

The Boundary Waters Experience (BWX) develops strong urban, multicultural, and at-risk youth leaders and communities through the use of experiential education experiences in the wilderness. BWX adventure programs provide unique experience-based wilderness experiences to: discover the self, share with one another, engage with nature, and explore faith. The results of our experiences are strong leaders, strong communities, and being empowered to make healthy life choices.

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The results of our experiences are strong leaders, strong communities, and being empowered to make healthy life choices.

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Leadership

Mr. Marcus Andrusko

Profile:

Marcus is the director and founder of the Boundary Waters Experience. Marcus has developed a love for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness throughout his entire life. He started visiting the park at the age of one, and has not missed a summer since. Marcus has been involved in Youth Ministry for many years in, church settings, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and primarily his eleven-year tenure with Young Life. Marcus has a vision and dream to take young people into the Boundary Waters, which originated during his college days at the University of Minnesota. His dream and vision led him to begin taking groups of Young Life students on week-long trips for the purpose of sharing Christ with his friends in Gods beautiful Creation of the Boundary Waters. After college, Marcus has gained relational business experience while working for a communication-consulting firm in Saint Paul. Upon leaving the firm, Marcus gained a Masters degree from Bethel College, during which time he studied interpersonal communication, group process, and specifically, wilderness ministry. Marcus' Masters thesis yielded primary research, which answered qualitative questions as to WHY and HOW wilderness ministry works, and how to improve on conventional wilderness ministry techniques. Currently, Marcus directs the Boundary Waters Experience, continues to volunteer lead at the Eden Prairie Young Life Club, and is a professor at Normandale Community College, teaching Communication courses.

Leadership Statement:

Marcus Andrusko conducted academic research about how and why wilderness ministry works for his master’s thesis during his graduate work at Bethel University. There is a plethora of existing research indicating that the wilderness arena is a wonderful experiential learning environment (what was being taught didn’t seem to matter). Andrusko’s research sought out to discover why and how it works well. The research used a theory of relational development and self-disclosure developed by Sidney Jourard, Ph.D. to explain the unique effectiveness of the wilderness setting. Andrusko’s qualitative research identified several active elements that make the wilderness an effective and unique developmental leadership experience. These active elements include the roles of: trust development, sharing life stories, cohesion of the community, norming effects, physical challenge, nature and introspection. This research led to the development of this program and remains a key component for the training of BWX Trail Guides.

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