What are the benefits of camp?
There are several benefits of camp!
Overview of the benefits
- Camp nurture social skills
- Camp models healthy living
- Camp eases the summer slide
- Camp helps build friendships
- Camp reintroduces people to Nature
- Camp fosters teamwork
- Camp encourages personal growth
- Camp nurture social skills
Participants are often invited to come together, which allowed them to learn how to work in team, build relationships and manage conflicts.
- Camp models healthy living
Not only does camp helps participants to get physically active but it offers healthier food choices than certain households; many ingerdients can also be grown on the site.
- Camp eases the summer slide
The change from a strick school routine to nothing can be hard for some students who loose track of goal. Camp can be an opportunity for many to have access to interactive educational help.
- Camp helps build friendships
Without regular distractions, campers can create real long lasting friendships.
- Camp reintroduces people to Nature
Today, only 10% of children spend time outdoor everyday. Being uncomfortable in Nature has become a real problem that camp try to solve by providing as many activities as possible outside, so they can reconnect with Nature.
- Camp fosters teamwork
Camp facilitates an environment where campers learn to succeeed most of their work with their peers and leaders. Wheter they're working to build a campfire together, playing games, or preparing a meal, they learn to problem-solve to accomplish their goals. Teamwork is an integral part of the camp community where they can feel a sense of acceptance and belonging.
- Camp encourages personal growth
While people think that camp is only about skill learning, it is deeply about self-learning and personnal development that can be than transfered to a personnal life.
"To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from."
_ quote by Terry Tempest Williams
