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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Staff Sgt. Brooke Williams, 92nd Security Forces Squadron member and hosts of this year’s D.A.R.E. summer camp, holds Daren while Will Parks, Adventure Dynamics instructor, tell others to pull the rope, which lifts Williams in the air so she can experience the zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Alexander, a member of the D.A.R.E. summer camp, walks along the final log finishing up the tight rope team challenge Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Alexander said his favorite activity was the zip-line swing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Emily, a member of the D.A.R.E. summer camp, waits at the finish line while Trevor assists Dalton with the last tree pass to complete the tight rope team challenge Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. The three are all members of this year’s D.A.R.E. summer camp. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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Robert Slayton, member of the 92nd Security Forces Squadron, encourages Dalton to finish the tight rope team challenge Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Slayton is hosting this year’s D.A.R.E. summer camp along with Staff Sgt. Brooke Williams, who is also a member of the 92nd SFS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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Master Sgt. Daniel Merrilll, holds on to a tree while Senior Airman Odessa Flores reaches her hand out to Bill Baker to proceed to the next step in the tight rope team challenge Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Merrill, Flores and Baker are all members of the 92nd Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

After the tight rope team challenge, Adventure Dynamics instructor Will Parks talks with members of the D.A.R.E. summer camp about making wise decisions, how to avoid peer pressure and to ‘just say no’ to drugs Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Adventure Dynamics is the Inland Northwest's original, outdoor experience that fosters the development and understanding of three important human skills: commitment, self-confidence and teamwork. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer camp mentors and Adventure Dynamics instructor Will Parks straps children into their harnesses so they can advance to the next activity, which was the zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

After getting strapped in their harness, members of the D.A.R.E. summer camp jump in the air before making their way to the zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Each year, Fairchild's D.A.R.E. officer hosts a summer day camp for elementary-aged students about to enter the sixth grade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Will Parks, Adventure Dynamics instructor, hooks John, a member of the DARE summer camp, up to the zip-line swing while the ladder safety team, Staff Sgt. Brooke Williams and Greg Stewart stand close by Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Williams and Greg are both members of the 92nd Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Members of the D.A.R.E. summer camp pull a rope connected to the zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. When the rope is pulled, the individual on the zip-line swing goes in the air. This is Adventure Dynamic’s way of demonstrating teamwork. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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Shelby, a member of the D.A.R.E. summer camp, screams and spreads her arms out in the air while on the zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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Dalton, a member of the D.A.R.E. summer camp, smiles anxiously as Adventure Dynamics instructor Will Parks hooks his harness up to the zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Dalton, a member of the D.A.R.E. summer camp, glides in the air as he is locked in a harness attached to a zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Staff Sgt. Brooke Williams, 92nd Security Forces Squadron member and hosts of this year’s D.A.R.E. summer camp, holds Daren while Will Parks, Adventure Dynamics instructor, tell others to pull the rope, which lifts Williams in the air so she can experience the zip-line swing Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Alexander, a member of the D.A.R.E. summer camp, walks along the final log finishing up the tight rope team challenge Aug. 22, 2012 at Adventure Dynamics in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Alexander said his favorite activity was the zip-line swing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Earlandez Young)

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D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

Published Aug. 27, 2012
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Fairchild Drug Abuse Resistance Education officer hosted a summer camp for elementary age student Aug 20-24.

Students who attended received a continuation of D.A.R.E messages they have already learned in school. Camp activities focused on team building skills through sports and teamwork events.