Introduction to SOARING is a video produced by Wright Photo & Video. This video outlines SOARING and what it provides to children throughout the community backed by the community!
Nicole
By SOARING - November 2nd, 2011
A ROAD LESS TRAVELED
A young lady fighting the emotions of a horrific family accident and its aftermath;turns
on herself and gives in to high school peer pressure. Having no way out and nowhere to turn she looks for help by seeking out counseling for that one-‐on-‐one connection.
After many failed attempts she is directed to see a counselor who has helped others like her;
seeing her state of mind and her attitude he asked her to join a program called S.O.A.R.I.N.G
The young lady agrees and is welcomed with open arms, through a series of meetings the team
And We Are Still SOARING
By SOARING - April 25th, 2011
By NICK ROTUNNO/Staff writer The Coeur d' Alene Press
HAYDEN - Grant Nearing clambered into the narrow cockpit of the airplane, and the engine sputtered to life.
Piloted by Pete Kuckenberg, an experienced flyer from St. Maries, the small plane taxied to an open runway at Coeur d'Alene Airport-Pappy Boyington Field, took off and disappeared into clear blue skies.
It would not return for another 45 minutes or so.
"This is his first smaller plane (ride)," said Deanna Nearing of Kingston, mother of 11-year-old Grant.
Lessons take flight
By SOARING - August 13th, 2009
If you’ve flown in a small airplane, you know it can be exhilarating. The freedom to fly, to let your problems float away for a while, is healing. But how often does the average kid get the opportunity to fly?
With SOARING, or Special Opportunities Affirm Recognition in Noteworthy Goals, kids and adults get that chance to fly.
SOARING is the creation of marriage and family counselor Joe McCarron, of Coeur d’Alene. A pilot, he uses analogies from flying to help clients get through life’s struggles.
Still SOARING
By SOARING - August 13th, 2009
Program helps ground youth through aviation
COEUR d'ALENE -- Thirteen years ago, a defiant youth looking at Air Force paraphernalia scattered throughout Joe McCarron's office, asked his counselor, "How hard is it to become a pilot?"
"That was when the first inkling of SOARING came into my mind," McCarron says.
The boy, who had been on probation, was able to receive credits for his required community service by washing airplanes, and McCarron was able to break through and help the trouble-prone adolescent.
And SOARING is still flying high.
