Red Spruce Grove What’s Brewing at Red Spruce Grove?
What a summer! Red Spruce Grove is really finding its identity within the F&W community. The campers, counselors, and the land itself are informing how the program grows and evolves. Already, plans are brewing for next year, based on input from all of our community members. First up: Building projects! Consistently, the biggest highlights of […]
Red Spruce Grove
Three weeks is the blink of an eye to the towering Spruces, and an entire lifetime for the fleeting wildflowers. It is incredible to see how our community has grown and flourished in these past three weeks.
Red Spruce Grove Simplicity and Community at The Grove
I write this by hand, sitting on the front porch of the Red Spruce Grove food shelter. It’s another warm, sunny morning at The Grove. A quiet breeze blows through the trees as the sounds of chopping echo from from The Kitchen and laughter carries over from the wild field. Campers are off playing the […]
Barn Day Camp Play
Play. It seems so simple and yet it is a disappearing feature of childhood, teen, and adult life. According to many sources, play is important for healthy brain development. Through play, children interact with their world and develop their imagination, creativity, and emotional strength. Physical play also gives youngsters an opportunity to develop dexterity and […]
Red Spruce Grove Work, Play, Learn, and Live Together
The second session at Red Spruce Grove is officially underway, as we prepare for our departure from Indian Brook tomorrow! The first three days of camp for Red Spruce Grove takes place at Indian Brook, where we have been working together to get ready to leave for our wilderness site. Campers have done swim tests, […]
Flying Cloud Homeward Bound
Tomorrow marks the end of our first session of summer 2019. Transitioning from camp to home can be challenging. Of course, campers are happy to reunite with their family, but they’ll also be missing their camp friends and activities. Kids tend to ‘re-invent’ themselves at camp and it can be jarring to return home where […]
Barn Day Camp Woodward Reservoir and Lake Ninevah
Anyone who has spent time on any of our properties knows that our beautiful lakes —Woodward Reservoir and Lake Ninevah—are jewels to both look at, listen to, and swim in. Surrounded by verdant woods and mountain peaks, they both are home to numerous reptiles and waterfowl, especially loons (which have returned from near extinction in […]
Red Spruce Grove Solos at Red Spruce Grove
A session at Red Spruce Grove goes through different phases. First, there’s getting to know each other and the space we’re sharing. Then, there’s getting excited and inspired through learning the basic skills of camp like fire-making, cooking, and knife safety; meeting and visiting other camps, and sharing ourselves through our Interdependence Day song. After […]
Red Spruce Grove The Red Spruce Groove
Red Spruce Grove created an original song for our Interdependence Day celebration!
