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Scaling walls helps kids feel super terrific in Oklahoma City

 
CARRIE COPPERNOLL    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: July 23, 2009

All I could see of the boy’s face through a mass of shaggy black hair was his smile.

"This is awesome,” he shouted down from 40 feet up. "I feel like Spider-Man.”

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Touchstone Youth Project
Touchstone Youth Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged kids grow through mentoring and adventure-based education. Students rock climb and work with mentors for free at Rocktown Climbing Gym. If students continue to improve and do well in the program and in school, they are allowed to continue in Touchstone through high school. Volunteers are needed to serve as mentors and help students climb. Training is provided. For more information, call 606-1818 or go to www.touch stoneyouth.org.

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