I’ve collected quotes from applications from former IB campers. They’ve been inspiring for me as I plan for my first summer at Indian Brook.
“Farm and Wilderness has been my true home ever since I first stepped onto the white gravel, which I would soon realize held great magic, the glowing white gravel that illuminates your path in the darkest of nights. No flashlight is necessary. I first came to F&W with a buzz cut and boxers expecting to have once again, a rough and judgmental transition into a new community. I was ready once again to be asked if I was a girl and be forbidden to wear what I wanted. What hit me hard in my first few days was the extreme openness and acceptance not only from the people, but the open energy that lingered everywhere in F&W. I was able to swim in whatever I wanted and I felt for the first time loved and encouraged to be whoever I was at that time. I was reassured that normal doesn’t exist and there isn’t one way to live. Most importantly I learned that I wasn’t alone, I wasn’t the only one in the world like me, and if I had to wait until summer every year to feel at home, I was on board. F&W instantly gave me a place to call home.”