Youth Summer Camp

AT WILD DIVERSITY

WE BUILD COMMUNITY

Our youth programs are created for middle and high schools and designed to provide meaningful impacts that will serve them well throughout life.

Wild Diversity’s Youth Summer Camps invite young people into a summer filled with exploration, learning, and outdoor adventure. These camps go beyond a traditional summer experience by giving youth hands-on opportunities to connect with nature, explore the outdoors, and learn through engaging, culturally relevant activities.

Guided by a passionate team of instructors, campers are supported in a welcoming environment where curiosity, confidence, and community can grow. Each camp experience is rooted in Wild Diversity’s 5 Guiding Principles: Self-Confidence, Leadership, Personal Responsibility, Respect, and Stewardship.

Through time spent outside, shared challenges, and meaningful discovery, Wild Diversity helps youth build more than outdoor skills. Campers develop confidence, leadership, and a deeper sense of responsibility for themselves, their community, and the natural world around them.

Youth Day Camps

Nature Explorers Day Camp

A beginner-friendly day camp where youth explore local trails, forests, creeks, and green spaces while learning basic outdoor skills. Activities could include nature walks, plant and animal identification, journaling, team games, and hands-on lessons about ecosystems.

June 18 through June 22

Outdoor Skills & Survival Day Camp

A confidence-building camp focused on practical outdoor skills. Youth could learn how to read trail signs, pack a day bag, build a simple shelter, safely start a fire, use a compass, identify weather changes, and practice Leave No Trace principles.

July 6 through July 10

Garden, Soil & Stewardship Day Camp

A hands-on camp centered around soil, food, plants, and environmental responsibility. Campers could learn about gardening, composting, pollinators, seed planting, soil health, and how caring for the land connects to community care.

July 13 through July 17

Youth Overnight Camps

Garden, Soil & Stewardship Day Camp

A supportive overnight camping experience designed for youth who may be new to sleeping outdoors. Campers learn how to set up tents, cook simple camp meals, stay safe at camp, explore trails, tell stories around the fire, and build comfort being outside overnight.

July 17 through July 19

Youth Leadership Wilderness Weekend

An overnight camp focused on leadership, teamwork, and personal growth. Youth participate in group challenges, guided hikes, outdoor cooking, reflection circles, navigation activities, and stewardship projects while building confidence as young outdoor leaders.

July 24 through July 26

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