Friends of the Smokies and Great Smoky Mountains National Park are seeking outstanding community leaders to participate in Experience Your Smokies. This fantastic field-based program provides the unique opportunity for participants to get an inside look at and hands-on experience with Park issues while networking with other community leaders.
Read All About A Recent Experience Your Smokies Program
 Experience Your Smokies (for Cocke, Knox and Sevier Counties, Tennessee***) is administered through Friends of the Smokies. Candidates for Experience Your Smokies satisfy the following criteria:
- Are considered “Leaders” within the community
- Come from a variety of occupational backgrounds
- Can become ambassadors for the Park and broaden their understanding of Park issues
- Are willing to “get a little dirty” and immerse themselves in this field-based program
- Can commit to attending all 5 sessions and the graduation reception. Dates for 2008 will be announced at a later date.
 To apply, please complete this form and return it to Friends of the Smokies between June 1st and July 25, 2008. Class space is limited. Applications will be considered on a first come, first served basis. Please note that if you are selected as a class member there is a registration fee of $50 which covers all five classes and the graduation reception. All applicants will be notified of their status following application review.
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the wonderful national treasure at our doorstep, our Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
***Experience Your Smokies Blount County is administered through the Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau at (865) 448-6134.
Click here to see a sample of the current 2007 Experience Your Smokies class activities.
Testimonials from past Experience Your Smokies Class Members:
“This experience ranks in the top ten percent of all the learning opportunities I have had in my 35 years working in education. I cannot believe how much I have learned yet had so much FUN learning it!- Jane Qualls, Superintendent of Schools, Alcoa, TN”
“Experience Your Smokies was wonderful. I have lived around the Smokies most of my life and learned more in the last few months than I ever had before.- Maribel Koella, Realtor, Knoxville, TN”
“This was the most rewarding commitment of time I’ve ever made!- Kathy Doyle, Director of Sales and Marketing, Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort”
“Thank you so much for having the program and letting me be a part of it. It is an experience I will never forget. I can’t say enough about the instructors’ knowledge and passion about what they do.- Rob Fightmaster, Fly-Fishing Director, Blackberry Farms”
Friends of the Smokies would like to thank the Gatlinburg Gateway Foundation for developing Experience Your Smokies in conjunction with Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and for the Foundation’s continued support for this important program.
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