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Wolf Camp was voted 1 of 2 Best Camps in the Northwest Family News Reader's Poll of 2001, the only year they ran a poll, and we were also chosen as one of the five "best camps ever" by YM Magazine in its March 2003 issue.


Win an autographed copy of the new amazingly-metaphoric-to-wolf-camp children's book Wolf Camp by Katie McKy through our scholarship fundraising raffle.

Wolf Camp Theme Choices Enroll now in your choice of themes taking place this week: Future Survivors Fun Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert. In the pictures below, campers work as a team to start fire with all natural materials; then in tandem to light fire by friction; and older campers learn safe hatchet use while scoring a log. Future Survivors Fun celebrates its 12th year this summer. Re-create a traditional way of life, honoring the gifts of wood, stone, fire and water. We'll follow the Critical Order of Survival, practicing emergency response scenarios, building warm shelter, purifying drinking water, making safe fire, and using the most important plants for survival. Campers will also witness bow drill fire by friction and then work with a team to practice it themselves. They will learn aidless navigation for lostproofing, and craft tools of stone, including a course knife. They will make "rabbit sticks" and other honorable hunting implements, learning that all life - plant, animal and mineral - is sacred to be respected. After this camp, the children will feel like they achieved many successes in an atmosphere of challenge, wonder, and captivating fun. For more details on the skills introduced during this introduction to wilderness survival, read the description of our Survivors Side of the Mountain and Stone Age Artisan overnight camps. Wildlife Tracking & Birding Games Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert. In the pictures below, check out the coon and skunk saw in the park; then Chris shows campers how a beaver chewed the stick they found; and campers demo camouflage movement during a game. Wildlife Tracking & Birding Games celebrates its 16th year this summer. Tracking means knowing absolutely everything about the maker of tracks, discovering what it’s really like to be a bird or other animal, using Sensory Awareness to know everything that's going on around you, and being able to find a person who was lost. During the week, campers will learn the Language of the Birds, work together to plaster casts of favorite animals, craft tracking sticks, safely move through the woods, and investigate trails, lays, larders, and other signs of life all around. This camp is full of exciting, interactive, challenging and cooperative games, as campers learn to work as a team to develop skills of leadership, cooperation, patience, orienteering, dexterity, fun. Their ultimate goal will be to complete coyote’s challenge: decoding mysteries, following maps to hidden treasures, and navigating obstacle courses. For more details on skills introduced during this introduction to nature awareness, tracking and birding, read about our Secrets of the Ancient Scout and Wolves & Ravens - Predators & Prey overnight camps. Wild Chefs & Herbology Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert. In the pictures below, campers eat seaweed they gathered from shallow water; two boys collect cattails to weave sitting mats; then a group shows off cedar bark basketry older campers made. Wild Chefs & Herbology celebrates 10th year this summer. Explore the fields, forests, prairies, streams, ponds, bogs, seashores, and backyards of our beautiful region to discover wild foods and medicines growing everywhere. Campers will work with more than even the Top 10 Most Important Plants of their area, and be able to identify their look-alikes. We wish parents could watch the unfolding of this camp week, because the journey for these young chefs and healers is amazing. From discovering wild foods and medicine, to investigating their properties, to fully utilizing their gifts, and finally being able to tell their true stories, campers develop more real skill than you might imagine. The kids will also learn to start and use a fire safely, cook with ancient and modern methods, spin natural rope, purify drinking water, and come home with oils and creams they blended with herbs to heal common ailments, among other accomplishments. For more details on the skills introduced during this introduction to wild edible and medicinal plants, read the description of our Wild Gardening & Herbology and Mystery of the Mima Mounds overnight camps.

Camp Health & Safety

Our highly seasoned, dynamic instructors place the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health of our students as top priority, and we enjoy a stellar stafety record since founder and lead instructor Chris Chisholm (BA, EMT, Youth Specialist CDC II) started day camps in 1997. We have always maintained an intimate 6-1 or smaller ratio of campers-instructors, with lead instructors driving vans who average age 35, accompanied by assistant instructors averaging age 21. Enrollment runs between 15-50 campers with 4-12 instructors and assistants. All staff receives training in risk management, wilderness first aid, and the pedagogy of earth skills education. We supervise swimming every day whenever possible and safe, and strictly supervise lunch breaks (do send along a sack lunch along with other items on the packing list). Finally, be sure to read our Agreements for Participation in Summer Day Camps to your camper in a way s/he can understand. Thanks!

Tuition & Registration

The cost per day camp week (Mon-Fri) in 2012 is $290 if you register by June 5, and $300 thereafter if space remains available, plus optional vanpooling fee of $10-$35 depending on your location - see below. $75 per participant deposit (plus $10 deposit for optional vanpool) is required to hold your spot. Cumulative discounts of $20 are given per additional family member, and $20 off for referring any new family who registers someone for camp.

Our refund policy is written just above where you sign your registration form. It reads that if we cannot accept your registration due to closed enrollment or other reason during the application process, you will receive a full refund on deposits. Otherwise, deposits are not refundable. If you need to cancel after making further payment, you may receive a credit for a future program, minus a 25% administration fee of your total payments, in case of emergency. Of course, you will receive a full refund if the program you sign up for is canceled and not rescheduled at a time you can attend. Participants may be asked to leave at any time for inappropriate behavior or unresolvable match to camp, and no refund (nor credit necessarily) will be given for the portion of the program which is missed.

ENROLLMENT OPTIONS for AUGUST 6-10, 2012 day camp with Wolf Haven at MILLERSYLVANIA STATE PARK: Either: 1) Download & Send Our Registration Form via email or usps with a check or credit card deposit. Or: 2) Call Us and we'll take your application over the phone with a credit card deposit. Or: 3) Email Us with your address and we'll send you an application form with directions. Or: 4) Use the PayPal link to make deposits for our Wolf Haven day camp at Millersylvania State Park, and we'll get you all set up!

Click here to Choose Your Camp Theme Deposit for Future Survivors Fun $75.00 Deposit for Wild Chefs & Herbology $75.00 Deposit for Tracking & Birding Games $75.00 Deposit to Reserve Space in Vanpool $10.00 Scholarship Fund Donation for Organic Bamboo Wolf Camp T-Shirt $30.00 Scholarship Fund Donation for White Wolf Camp T-Shirt $15.00 Scholarship Fund Donation for Wolf Camp Bandana $15.00

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Pickup/Dropoff & Van Transportation for the Week of August 6-10, 2012 at Millersylvania State Park near Olympia in conjuction with Wolf Haven, Int'l: • North Route: Puyallup - Tacoma - JBLM - Olympia • South Route: Kelso - Winlock - Chehalis/Centralia

Instruction runs Mon-Fri 9:30-3:30, with punctual drop-off / pick-up at Millersylvania State Park, 12245 Tilley Road South, Olympia, WA 98512, on Monday & Tuesday, Thursday & Friday (except see above for Friday presentations from 3:30-5:00) and Wolf Haven, Int'l 3111 Offut Lake Road S., Tenino WA 98589on Wednesday (plug their address into MapQuest or Yahoo but don't use Google as they send you astray!) or choose the option of riding in our vanpools:

($30/wk) Puyallup departing at 8:30 (sharp) off Hwy 512 and 94th/9th at the MacDonald's, 804 South Hill Park Dr. 98373, and returning at 5:00 (depending on traffic) at the Wolf Campus, 1026 14th St. SW 98371. - Register
($25/wk) Tacoma/Lakewood departing at 8:40 (sharp) and returning at 4:30 (depending on traffic) off I-5 Hwy 512 Exit 127 at the MacDonald's, 10417 South Tacoma Way) - Register
($20/wk) Joint Base Lewis-McChord departing at 8:50 and returning at 4:10 (Interstate 5 - Dupont Exit 119 at the Station Loop Starbucks, 1100 Station Dr.) - Register
($15/wk) Olympia departing at 9:10 and returning at 3:45 (Interstate 5 - Exit 104 at Tumwater Falls Park, 110 Deschutes Way SW.) - Register

Residents of Pierce, Thurston, Mason & Lewis Counties can click here and check out our free OLYMPIA-CHEHALIS-TACOMA-PUYALLUP MEETUP WEBSITE to keep up on their local Wolf Camp events including monthly school year classes in the Olympia-Puyallup area!

($30/wk) Kelso/Longview departing at 8:30 and returning at 4:30 (Interstate 5 - Exit 42 at the Quick Shop Minit Mart, 110 Sparks Drive. Kelso, WA 98626.) - Register
($15/wk) Winlock departing at 8:50 and returning at 4:10 (Interstate 5 - Exit 63 at the Winlock Shell, 642 State Highway 505, Winlock, WA 98596.) - Register
($15/wk) Chelalis/Centralia departing at 9:10 and returning at 3:50 (Interstate 5 - Exit 82 at the AM/PM Gas Station, 916 Harrison Ave., Centralia, WA 98531.) - Register

Residents of SW Washgington and NE Oregon can click here and check out our free PORTLAND-VANCOUVER MEETUP WEBSITE to keep up on their local Wolf Camp events including monthly school year classes in the Portland-Vancouver area!

Click Here for the Packing List for Summer Day Camps

If you would like to help your camper learn more about the subjects we teach, please ask your lead instructor for our top recommended resource focusing on what interests you. See Books and AV for general suggestions.

Click Here for Agreements for Participation in Summer Day Camps

Lost & Found Policy: If you leave it at camp, it will be picked up by charity unless you pick it up at the Wolf College campus within 60 days or the very next Wolf Journey class (sept) in your area since we won’t have staff to package and send home forgotten items. To help avoid loosing things, please put your name on every item you bring, bring only what you need, and as explained above, leave all electronic devises and other distractions at home.

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