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About Us
The PAAK Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational
organization registered in the state of Arizona. All our
divisions promote Values, personal growth and raising
consciousness. Included among individual current division
offerings are: outdoor skills especially for teens and also for
all ages, stone masonry, personal-growth sessions, classes in
tai chi and Chinese Medicine, and a magazine on Asian medicine
and Chinese martial arts.
History:
On 24 Sept. 1968 the Arizona Corporation Commission filed the
affidavit of publication (Arizona Weekly Gazette) of the
articles of incorporation of the Pateman-Akin-Kachina PAK
Foundation. On 12 February 1970 the Internal Revenue Service
determined that the PAK Foundation was exempt from Federal
income tax as a non-profit organization described in Sec.
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. On 24 April 2002 the
Arizona Corporation Commission filed Articles of Amendment to
our Articles of Incorporation, changing our name to the
Pateman-Akin-Avery-Kachina (PAAK) Foundation.
The Foundation origins date back to the post-WWII 1940s and a
group of climbers who regularly ascended local mountains in the
Phoenix city limits. These activities expanded to teaching
others to climb informally, then to classes, in turn leading to
the formation of the PAK Foundation by Phoenix lawyer, John
"Azimuth" Goodson and two other incorporators, all community
leaders. "Challenge" became the first PAK Division, teaching
teens outdoor skills (e.g., hiking, climbing, spelunking,
survival skills), "to combat student passivity and encourage
responsibility through experiential education using the
wilderness as its classroom."
Two other early Divisions were Omega and the Reevis Mountain
School.
John named the organization after his fellow climbers: Mr.
Pateman, and Mr. Atkins, and, in 2002, added Ben Avery.
For the current complete list of divisions, click
here.
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