Camps

Galen, Becca, and Travis, Fieldguides’ Outdoor Education Leaders Eighteen years ago, three young kids took off for an 11-day backpacking trip in the Trinity Alps Wilderness with our three [...]

Chris Soriano – Teacher at Heart, Nature Explorers Camp Leader Chris Soriano has over 10 years experience in outdoor education and he is passionate about sharing his love of nature with the [...]

Rusty Kingon, Lifelong Sailor and Leader UCSC Summer Sailing Camp My first taste of sailing was aboard a Sunfish dinghy on a small lake in Northern Michigan as a kid with my family. Fast forward [...]

Kasey Lindemann, Leader Four Points Youth Camp I have loved summer camp since I was 7 years old. I am from Illinois originally and attended an overnight 4-h camp called Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See. I [...]

by Leann Mischel, PhD and Stephen Gray Wallace, MS Ed Even casual observation reveals the powerful role the summer camp experience plays in accelerating character development in children and [...]