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Wilderness Camp

Campers Entering Grades 5-6
Monday - Friday programs with an emphasis on outdoor living skills and adventure, with a visit to our 36 foot climbing tower.
Each camper must have a completed enrollment/health form

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WEEKLY DESCRIPTION
01WC

Week 1 (June 6-10) - Save Our Earth
Help save the earth: learn to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

02WC Week 2* (June 13-17) - Team Building
Learn team building techniques, cooperative strategies, and create your own new game!
03WC Week 3 (June 20-24) - Hiking / GPS Navigation
Learn techniques and safety for hiking and backpacking in the wilderness.
04WC Week 4* (June 27-July 1) - Outdoor Cooking
Learn to build fires and cook in the outdoors.
05WC Week 5 (July 5-8) - Pioneering
Live like pioneers lived. Do you have what it takes?
06WC Week 6* (July 11-15) - Wilderness Survival
How to survive on your own in the great outdoors.
07WC Week 7 (July 18-22) - Creek Study
Explore the creek in depth.
08WC Week 8* (July 25-29) - Native American
Learn about the people who lived in the Rockford area before us.
09WC Week 9 (August 1-5) - Archery
Learn, practice, and compete.
10WC Week 10* (August 8-12) - Tent Camping
Pitch your own tent for the Thursday overnight.
  * denotes Thursday overnight date

 

 
   
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