Tamarack Farm Mixed Gender 15-17
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Tamarack Farm Create Community
Hammering sounds fill the hillside as Tamarack Farm teens build a three-sided cabin, milk cows and cook meals. They focus on their community’s needs as they wash organic lettuce, build rabbit hutches or explore a sustainable way of living. At Tamarack Farm, teens find joy in work, learn to live closely with a diverse group of peers and find their own voices.
Tamarack Farm Dates
| Full Session | June 26-August 11 | |
| July Session | June 26-July 19 | |
| August Session | July 21-August 11 |
Tamarack Farm Activities
Dive into creating your summer community. Teens share responsibility, assume leadership roles, and find growth as they explore issues of peace & justice as well as environmental sustainability.
Tamarack Farm's Counselor Apprentice Program
The Counselor Apprenticeship is a leadership development program designed for 15- to 17-year-olds to build skills for working here at F&W or other similar organizations. It is a 6.5-week program that starts with two weeks of training that will prepare participants to work for the next four weeks as Counselor Apprentices at the Barn Day Camp, Timberlake, or Indian Brook. The teens in this program will be held to the high expectations we have of all our staff with an additional level of support and on-going training. Once the Counselor Apprentices have successfully completed the program, they will have the certifications and experience we look for in our summer staff.
Posts from Tamarack Farm
The Key Ingredient for Teen Leadership Development
Leadership development is a common phrase in teen summer program brochures and websites, but what does teen leadership training really look like? At Tamarack Farm, leadership development can come in many forms, like leading a construction project, representing the camper council to the Board of Trustees, facilitating a town meeting, or maybe leading the harvest. […]
New Half Season Option at Tamarack Farm
There are two eternal truths about Farm & Wilderness: we are always changing, and our essence remains the same. Every year brings change: new trips, new buildings, new friends, even new programs like Red Spruce Grove. And yet, from our founding nearly 80 years ago to the most recent summer, F&W campers still focus on […]
Affirmation, Celebration, and Integration
The last week at Tamarack farm is full of affirmation, celebration, and integration (as well as cleaning and packing). As I heard one of our teens report to the board of Trustees this morning, “Tamarack Farm isn’t a summer camp, it’s an educational program.” As an experiential education program rooted deeply in our values, at […]
