Children’s Summer Camps – Creating Harmonious Community Life
The Christian Community has been hosting Children’s Camps in North America for over 50 years. There are and have been camps in Ontario, Canada, on the East Coast, Midwest and in Colorado and California. Each camp has its own character connected with its setting, staff and duration of the camp. Children’s Summer Camps are for kids ages 6-15; check each individual camp to see the appropriate age range for that camp.
The intention is to bring children out of an urban environment into nature to experience the world in new and healthy ways. The strong daily and weekly rhythms, the caring interest of counselors, the singing, the stories, the crafts, the wide-ranging activities carry the children through the two-three weeks of camp. Children are divided according to age and gender and will spend the whole camp together with their group. Each group has a counselor (or two) who will be with their group continuously, eating, sleeping and doing activities.
See links here and below for the West Coast Camp Tamarack, and Mid-West Camp Greenwood Lake! East Coast Summer Camp has found a new home at at Camp Archbald, Kingsley, PA! Stay tuned for more!
Youth Adventure Camps
This summer, the Youth Adventure Camp of The Christian Community is going to the trail, to the beach, to the rivers. We will run outdoor adventure camps this summer with room for twenty participants on each trip. Depending on the camp, Youth Adventures are appropriate for rising 5th grade through high school.
Each trip will create an independent and full camp experience, with singing, stories and projects as well as the outdoors camping aspect of building our own camp, cooking our own food, and on some trips, traveling to our next camp location.
CLICK HERE FOR 2022 INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION!
FINANCIAL AID: No one should stay away for financial reasons! Financial Aid is available on a need and availability basis. Email Youth Adventure Camp director Ann Burfeind or Kasper Marona at ccyouthadventurecamp@gmail.com
Camp Harmony Lake, East Coast Summer Camp
Harmony Lake Camp, Ages 8-13
July 28-August 13, 2022
Hillsdale, NY
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For more details and to register: carolkelly.cc@gmail.com
Laughter, song, adventure, and everlasting connections are just a few joys of our beautiful summer camp experience! Started over forty years ago by Rev. Gisela Wielki, Harmony Lake Children’s Camp offers a wonderful learning experience for any child ages 8 to 13. At camp, children learn from counselors and peers to appreciate real connections, the beauty of song, the love of adventure, and much more–all while in the embrace of Mother Nature.
CAMP TAMARACK – HIGH SIERRA SUMMER CAMP
July 2 – 16, 2022
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Contact: camptamccsummercamp@gmail.com
Camp Tamarack has been offering the Waldorf Community a quality wilderness experience for children 9-15 years old since 1971. Camp Tamarack is surrounded by granite peaks and tall pine trees. Children form life-long friendships while experiencing the outdoors by hiking to stunning sites and swimming in nearby water holes and lakes.
With a healthy rhythm of the day, we cultivate a wholesome and joyful community. Morning and evening gatherings greet and conclude each day with story and song. During the day, children are involved in group projects and activities under the guidance of their counselors. Activities include: arts and crafts, drama, horseback riding, archery, games, dancing, hiking, fishing, swimming, canoeing, overnight camp-outs and campfires.
Camp Greenwood Lake – Midwest Children’s Camp
Ages 8-13
Camp director: Rev. Ann Burfeind, annburfeind18@gmail.com
August 5-12, 2022 Governor Dodge State Park, WI
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Camp Greenwood Lake is a summer camp for children ages 8 – 13 based on the European model that has been in existence since the 1950s. While the flavor is distinctly American, we are proud to continue the original camps’ mission to provide children an escape from the buzz of everyday life, a retreat into nature and the natural rhythms of the day and night. Together we sing, tell stories, and create beautiful projects – swim, canoe, and build bonfires – joke, play, and celebrate with the Children’s Service on Sundays. Campers live with their counselors in groups of 5 to 10 children: they eat wholesome and delicious meals with their groups, go on hiking and canoeing adventures together, and create a family away from home that results in friendships that last for years to come.
Camp Greenwood Lake is named after the song by Brendan Taaffe that our youth campers love to sing. The name reminds us that camp is a community, not a place.
The camp is a non-profit, and we are committed to keeping the fee at an absolute minimum. Acceptance is the same for everyone in camper and staff without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender, or handicap.
Camp Salish Sea (Formerly the Children’s Camp of British Columbia)
Ages 8-13, at Sunfield Farm and Waldorf School, Port Hadlock, WA
Camp Salish Sea will not be held in 2022, but is looking forward to next year!
Camp director: Rev. Ann Burfeind, annburfeind18@gmail.com
We leave our screens behind as we venture into the forest to sing, tell stories, create beautiful projects, swim, explore, and play games. Together we build a family and a community away from home – we eat wholesome meals together, joke, play, and celebrate with the Children’s Service on Sundays. All beliefs and income levels welcome. This camp is facilitated by Rev. Ann Burfeind serves the Vancouver congregation and its affiliates in Seattle, WA, and Duncan, BC. She is a former Waldorf teacher and the current director of Camp Salish Sea as well as director of Youth Adventure Camps for teens.
