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Project Adventure history
Project Adventure company history timeline
Project Adventure, (PA) a non-profit 501(c)3 organization was founded in 1971 by educators in Hamilton, Massachusetts who wanted to bring the tenets of Outward Bound into an educational setting.
1972 - The first indoor ropes course in a high school was built in Newburyport High School, Massachusetts.
1974 - Adventure Based Counseling was begun as a therapeutic and active approach to help special needs students be able to participate in the Project Adventure program as well.
1979 - The first Adventure Based Counseling Workshop was held.
1980 - An official Adventure Based Counseling curriculum was developed and put into place in schools, allowing children with special needs to participate equally to their peers.
1981 - Project Adventure was revamped to become a nonprofit organisation.
1986 - Comprehensive studies showed that students were injured less frequently in the Project Adventure curriculum than in regular gym classes.
1987 - Exxon hired Project Adventure officials to help their workers foster a better, more cooperative, and more creative work environment.
1989 - Project Adventure Australia was begun.
Late 1990’s Bronwyn becomes a partner/co-owner of PAA
1990 - Project Adventure had built 100 ropes courses in high schools around the United States.
In 1992, during a Project Adventure training program in Australia, Steve Whitmore signs up as a participant in his role as a youth worker.
1993 also saw Steve head to the United States for six months, where he participated in the internship program run by Project Adventure.
1995 - Project Adventure Japan was begun.
In 1996, Bronwyn Whitmore (then Bronwyn McKay) joins the PAA team as a contract trainer following attendance at two PAA residential workshops.
Late 2000’s, Steve decides to sell PAA. After several attempts that fell through, Steve takes a sabbatical for 12 months, concentrating on other projects.
Throughout the late 90’s and early 2000’s, Steve has a number of contract builders join him, then leave.
Late in 2002, Craig Middleton joins Steve as a fresh faced naïve university graduate to learn the dark arts of challenge ropes course building.
September 2003, Bronwyn McKay firmly secures her stake in PAA by becoming Bronwyn Whitmore after she marries Steve in an epic ceremony/reception on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
2007 Craig leaves PAA to become a full time firefighter, participating in the odd build from time to time.
In 2010, Steve conducts a major business restructure of PAA. The training component for PAA is put on hold, concentrating only on CCDI.
Following the crash, in 2012 Steve begins rebuilding, first by purchasing new vehicles and then acquiring a new boom lift.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YDI NM | 1971 | $24.7M | 240 | 4 |
| Harmony Foundation | 1959 | $5.0M | 30 | 4 |
| Argus Community | 1968 | $50.0M | 127 | 7 |
| Open Arms | 1996 | $31.0M | 350 | 5 |
| Addicts Rehabilitation Center Fund Inc | 1964 | $10.0M | 172 | - |
| Phoenix House | 1968 | $31.6M | 65 | 74 |
| Rosecrance | 1916 | $130.0M | 1,000 | 184 |
| Hope House | 1967 | $5.9M | 50 | 22 |
| The Council on Alcohol and Drugs | 1969 | $5.0M | 38 | - |
| Larkin Street Youth Services | 1984 | $50.0M | 269 | 17 |
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