We invite you to take part in Turtle Island Preserve’s Girls Camp. This camp weaves together the self discovery and self confidence found when we live comfortably with nature and experience our connection with the earth and our connection with each other living closely in a supportive community. Come alive with the sights and sounds of laughing, singing, learning and growing in a sacred circle of sisterhood.
2020 Summer Girls Camp Schedule:
Young Girls Camp (ages 8 -12) July 19 - 25, 2020
Older Girls Camp: (ages 12-18) July 26 - August 1, 2020
(12 year old girls have the option to attend both weeks)
For pricing and application click HERE
All girls-camp activities are designed around the philosophy that in order to create a balanced and healthy earth, we must also find that balance within and integrate our body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Come develop a closer relationship with nature, yourself and others. Celebrate the essentials in life, like fire craft and the sacredness of water! Here at Turtle Island, we reach a place that goes beyond a geographic location. Many girls carry this unique life changing experience at Turtle Island in their hearts for years and years!
Girls camp delights the senses and awakens our deeper callings. Girls work together to gather and collect items found in nature to create beautiful works of art and useful tools that will last a lifetime. From making natural dyes and ink from walnuts, to hafting our own tools, Girl-Power is a corner stone of our program. Girls walk away empowered and refreshed, centered and motivated. Girls Camp is a week-long adventure broken into two age groups. Younger girls age 8-11 are introduced to the outdoors in a safe, loving and supportive environment. Older girls age 12-18, many of whom are return campers, get to experience advanced classes and challenges with additional ceremonies and overnight camp-outs.
The content and class topics at girls camp leave girls feeling confident and empowered. The camp is entirely non-electric, which provides the rare opportunity in this day and age to explore a life unencumbered by ringing alarms and the fast-paced hustle and bustle of modern life. The absence of electronics creates a new-found peace for our girls who often spend the rest of their year close to screens and smart phones.
Our staff is a unique, one-of-a-kind blend of extraordinary and talented women. We care deeply for our girls and that shows in the turn-around of campers that become staff. We are a staff that knows first-hand what it means to be a camper – having been campers
ourselves for several years. From white water guides, to botanists, to classroom teachers, the women that make up our counselors and teachers are deeply rooted in the tradition and ceremonies that make this camp so impactful and different from other camps.
All visitors are required to completely fill out, date and sign this medical/liability waiver in pen, in hard copy, prior to arrival by postal mail.
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Click Here for Important Camp Info
Click Here for What To Bring To Camp
Click Here for Driving Dirctions
Click Here for A Typical Day At Camp
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Annual Overview:
Summers are devoted to youth camps, fall and spring are when we host weekend workshops, school, scout and church groups. During winter we batton down the hatches for a closed campus and filming of Mountain Men.
WARNING: Under North Carolina Law, There Is No Liability For An Injury To Or Death Of A Participant In An Agritourism Activity Conducted At This Agritourism Location If Such Injury Or Death Results From The Inherent Risks Of The Agritourism Activity. Inherent Risks Of Agritourism Activities Include, Among Others, Risks Of Injury Inherent To Land, Equipment, And Animals, As Well As The Potential For You To Act In A Negligent Manner That May Contribute To Your Injury Or Death. You Are Assuming The Risk Of Participating In This Agritourism Activity.
WARNING: Under North Carolina Law, A Farm Animal Activity Sponsor Or Farm Animal Professional Is Not Liable For An Injury To Or The Death Of A Participant In Farm Animal Activities Resulting Exclusively From The Inherent Risks Of Farm Animal Activities. Chapter 99E Of The North Carolina General Statutes.
Important Liability Waiver - Read before entering property: Please be aware that Turtle Island Preserve is NOT LIABLE for your safety, health or any impairment of it. Enter at your own risk. Your presence represents your acknowledgement that you accept full liability for any damage to your person or property. This applies to everyone on the property or associated with Turtle Island Preserve programs.