In2Nature Wilderness Camp

We are excited to bring back our “In2Nature Wilderness Camp” for students entering grades 5th and 6th this upcoming fall! This camp is a step up from our traditional Pollinator Camps and will welcome facilitators from the L.L.Bean Outdoor Discovery Program.

Campers will meet July 22-24 from 9:00am-12:30pm each day to participate in the following activities:

Day 1

  • Explore the Hope Grows’ trails and property with your “journey stick” and collect nature items that resonate with you.
  • Have fun with a “Backpacking Essentials” relay race!
  • Practice shelter building by making a tent, lean-to, or using a tarp.
  • Learn how different animals communicate in nature playing “Echolocation Tag!”

Day 2

  • Enjoy nature journaling and sketching of the natural world around you.
  • Make S’mores Kits to enjoy during fire-building skills.
  • Get up close and personal with bees in our observation hive and make beeswax candles.
  • Observe pollinator habitats, plant-pollinator relationships, and interdependencies within the web of life.

Day 3

  • Scavenger Hunt Memory Game – take a “picture” with your eyes of a table of nature items and try to find them around the property!
  • Learn how to use a compass and compete in a Compass Skills Relay.
  • Build a fire (and eat S’mores!).
  • Create a gnome or fairy house using only the materials around you.
REGISTER ONLINE

Questions? Contact Jessica Giannotta at jessica@hopegrows.org or 412-369-HOPE (4673) extension 108.