‘Every Kid Outdoors’ program reaches out to refugee teens

  • Refugee teens participated in a three-day camp exploring Utah’s outdoors.
  • The camp, part of ‘Every Kid Outdoors,’ had activities aimed to build confidence and community integration.

MORGAN — About 40 refugee teens spent three days at a special camp designed to help them try Utah’s great outdoors. Their days included activities that many of them have never done before.

Some of those were as simple as camping, hiking and making s’mores. The group spent Friday on East Canyon Reservoir, kayaking, sailing and enjoying games along the beach.

Anas Mohammed, a Syrian who came to Utah with his family from Iraq two years ago, said he was enjoying all of it…

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