WOLF CAMP THEME CHOICES
Taking place in all along the I-5 corridor June 27 - August 26:
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Future Survivors Fun
Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert. In the pictures below, campers work as a team to start fire with all natural materials; then in tandem to light fire by friction; and older campers learn safe hatchet use while scoring a log.
Future Survivors Fun celebrates its 12th year this summer. Re-create a traditional way of life, honoring the gifts of wood, stone, fire and water. We'll follow the Critical Order of Survival, practicing emergency response scenarios, building warm shelter, purifying drinking water, making safe fire, and using the most important plants for survival.
Campers will also witness bow drill fire by friction and then work with a team to practice it themselves. They will learn aidless navigation for lostproofing, and craft tools of stone, including a course knife. They will make "rabbit sticks" and other honorable hunting implements, learning that all life - plant, animal and mineral - is sacred to be respected.
After this camp, the children will feel like they achieved many successes in an atmosphere of challenge, wonder, and captivating fun.
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Wildlife Tracking
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Birding Games
Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert. In the pictures below, check out the coon and skunk saw in the park; then Chris shows campers how a beaver chewed the stick they found; and campers demo camouflage movement during a game.
Wildlife Tracking & Birding Games celebrates its 16th year this summer. Tracking means knowing absolutely everything about the maker of tracks, discovering what it’s really like to be a bird or other animal, using Sensory Awareness to know everything that's going on around you, and being able to find a person who was lost.
During the week, campers will learn the Language of the Birds, work together to plaster casts of favorite animals, craft tracking sticks, safely move through the woods, and investigate trails, lays, larders, and other signs of life all around.
This camp is full of exciting, interactive, challenging and cooperative games, as campers learn to work as a team to develop skills of leadership, cooperation, patience, orienteering, dexterity, fun. Their ultimate goal will be to complete coyote’s challenge: decoding mysteries, following maps to hidden treasures, and navigating obstacle courses.
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Wild Chefs & Herbology
Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert. In the pictures below, campers eat seaweed they gathered from shallow water; two boys collect cattails to weave sitting mats; then a group shows off cedar bark basketry older campers made.
Wild Chefs & Herbology celebrates 10th year this summer. Explore the fields, forests, prairies, streams, ponds, bogs, seashores, and backyards of our beautiful region to discover wild foods and medicines growing everywhere. Campers will work with more than even the Top 10 Most Important Plants of their area, and be able to identify their look-alikes.
We wish parents could watch the unfolding of this camp week, because the journey for these young chefs and healers is amazing. From discovering wild foods and medicine, to investigating their properties, to fully utilizing their gifts, and finally being able to tell their true stories, campers develop more real skill than you might imagine.
The kids will also learn to start and use a fire safely, cook with ancient and modern methods, spin natural rope, purify drinking water, and come home with oils and creams they blended with herbs to heal common ailments, among other accomplishments.
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"Wolf Camp is the only camp our child is interested in attending next year. The outdoor classroom provided holistic, stimulating (learning) that left a lasting and favorable impression in our child’s life. - Maggie Murphy, 1998
Camp Hours, Ages, Health & Safety:
Our day camps are designed for ages 6-11, with 5 year olds accepted if good in classroom situations, and 12-13 year olds accepted if good with younger children. Instruction runs Monday-Friday from 9:30-3:30 (with drop-off at the park between 9:15-9:30, pick-up at the park between 3:30-3:45, plus the option of riding in our vanpools for an additional $15-$35 for the week (depending on your location, and except Friday afternoon) plus a very important family session on Friday from 3:30-5:00. Our highly seasoned, dynamic instructors place the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health of our students as top priority, and we enjoy a stellar stafety record since founder and lead instructor Chris Chisholm (BA, EMT, Youth Specialist CDC II) started day camps in 1997. We have always maintained an intimate 6-1 or smaller ratio of campers-instructors, with lead instructors driving vans who average age 35, accompanied by assistant instructors averaging age 21. Enrollment runs between 15-50 campers per week with 4-12 instructors and assistants. All staff receives training in risk management, wilderness first aid, and the pedagogy of earth skills education. We supervise swimming every day whenever possible and safe, and strictly supervise lunch breaks (do send along a sack lunch).
Tuition & Registration
The cost per day camp week (Mon-Fri) in 2012 is $270 if you register by March 10, or $280 if you register by April 30, or $290 if you register by June 5, and $300 thereafter if space remains available, plus optional vanpooling fee of $10-$35 depending on your location - see below. $75 per participant deposit (plus $10 deposit for optional vanpool) is required to hold your spot. Cumulative discounts of $20 are given per additional family member, and $20 off for referring any new family who registers someone for camp.
Our refund policy is written just above where you sign your registration form. It reads that if we cannot accept your registration due to closed enrollment or other reason during the application process, you will receive a full refund on deposits. Otherwise, deposits are not refundable. If you need to cancel after making further payment, you may receive a credit for a future program, minus a 25% administration fee of your total payments, in case of emergency. Of course, you will receive a full refund if the program you sign up for is canceled and not rescheduled at a time you can attend. Participants may be asked to leave at any time for inappropriate behavior or unresolvable match to camp, and no refund (nor credit necessarily) will be given for the portion of the program which is missed.
Camp Dates & Locations for 2012: Van Transportation driven by lead instructors averaging 35 years old, accompanied by assistant instructors averaging 21 years old:
June 25-29, 2012 at McCollum Park in Mill Creek with transportation from:
• Renton/Southcenter, Seattle Beacon Hill/West Seattle Bridge at Jefferson Park, Seattle UW at Montlake, Seattle Green Lake at Roosevelt, Shoreline at Ballinger
• Issaquah/Sammamish, Bellevue/Mercer, Kirkland/Redmond, Woodinville/Bothell
• Monroe, Snohomish, Everett
July 16-20, 2012 at Clark's Creek Park in Puyallup with transportation from:
• Port Orchard, Gig Harbor, University Place, Tacoma
• Olympia, JBLM, Lakewood
• Issaquah/Cedar Grove, Maple Valley/Covington, Auburn, Sumner
• Renton, Kent - Des Moines, Federal Way, Fife
August 6-10, 2012 at Millersylvania State Park in association with Wolf Haven, Int'l with van transportation from:
• North Route: Puyallup - Tacoma - JBLM - Olympia
• South Route: Kelso - Castle Rock - Pike's Hill - Napavine - Chehalis/Centralia
August 6-10, 2012 at Lacamas Lake Regional Park with van transportation from:
• Beaverton - Portland - Vancouver
• Oregon City - Clackamas - I-84 Interchange
• Longview - Woodland/La Center - Salmon Creek
• I-205 Interchange at Hwy. 14 Cascade Park & Ride - Camus
August 27-31, 2012 at Lake Padden & Edgewater Parks in Mt. Vernon & Bellingham with transportation from:
• Marysville, Arlington, Stanwood
• Mt. Vernon - Burlington - Fidalgo Corner serving Anacortes & Oak Harbor
• Sumas also serving Abbotsford & Mission B.C. and surrounding areas - Lynden/Everson - Deming - Bellingham/Sunset
• Blaine also serving Surrey & Langley B.C. and surrounding areas - Ferndale - Bellingham/Fairhaven
If you would like to help your camper learn more about the subjects we teach, please ask your lead instructor for our top recommended resource focusing on what interests you. See Books and AV for general suggestions.
Lost & Found Policy: If you leave it at camp, it will be picked up by charity unless you pick it up at the Wolf College campus within 60 days or the very next Wolf Journey class (sept) in your area since we won’t have staff to package and send home forgotten items. To help avoid loosing things, please put your name on every item you bring, bring only what you need, and as explained above, leave all electronic devises and other distractions at home.
Come Meet Us
Click for a link to the School Year Wolf Journey Class Series descriptions taking place monthly in Bellingham, Snohomish-Marysville, Seattle, Bellevue, Kitsap-Silverdale, Ellensburg, Puyallup, Olympia and Portland/Vancouver.
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