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Join us for a summer of thriving and surviving at Forest Camp! Forest Overnight Camp offers 1-7 week long sessions for youth 8-12. Forest Campers can swim, boat, play capture the flag, pick wild raspberries & blackberries, make music, tend the camp garden, build serious wilderness shelters, climb the rock wall, make a wooden spoon, weave on a loom, dance, act, do yoga & meditation, take a pottery class, learn wood working as well as close to 100 other activity options. Forest camp inspires youths natural discovery, cooperation, responsibility, and independence. Become the eyes and ears of the forest as you learn confidence through the skills of the scout. Discover how to blend into the landscape through the arts of camouflage, navigation without compass or map, and stealthy movement. Together with your fellow adventurers you will build fire from friction, make and use natural tools, identify and harvest edible plants, cook over open fires, sleep in a rain-proof shelter you build yourself, join in on a skit night, gaze at the stars, fish, and so much more! Campers spend their week sleeping in our Adirondack shelters and/or the forest surrounding our main campus with up to eight other campers in their own hammocks, shelters, or wall tents. Our feminine and masculine sleeping shelters are located on opposite ends of camp. The week for traditional overnight campers begins with drop-off on Sunday, and lasts through pick-up on the appropriate Saturday.
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