Welcome to Summer Camps 2024

OVERVIEW

Willowell camps aim to foster a sense of pride and respect for nature in youth of all ages. We are excited to present a diverse listing of Vermont summer day camps lead by kind, skilled, and experienced teachers.

Camps bring children outdoors for safe programming that combines free play, with exploring, getting dirty, and learning from the meadows, wetlands and forests on the magical Willowell property.

We aim to create a environment of respect and community where each voice is heard, and children and adults come together as a community. Our camps are open to families of all socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and disability.

If your child requires assistance to participate fully in our camps please reach out to schedule a call with us so we can help them succeed.

Your children will surely come home each day tired, full of new songs, smelling of campfire, talking like a pirate, and ready to take on the world with a renewed respect for themselves, their peers, and the great outdoors!

Please Note IMPORTANT: Willowell Camps are held fully outdoors through varying elements. We have small shelters for extreme inclement weather, but children should come prepared to be fully outdoors every day of camp. At the start and end of the day, campers walk up and down a quarter of a mile hill to access our campus in the woods. We will send a welcome email with information about what to pack two weeks prior the start of each camp. Please let us know if finding gear to attend camp is a hardship.

ALL camps are taking place on the Willowell Land in Monkton this year. This includes the Wren’s Nest Camps that previously took place in Bristol.

We have a 3 camp per child limit on the Wren’s Nest Camps until March 1st. After March 1st, if there is still space, you may register for any other Wren’s Nest Camps you’d like. We want to give fair and equal opportunity to these usually-waitlisted camps.

june 24 - 28  |  ages 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12

Into the Forest: Seedlings and Saplings

july 1 - 5  |  ages 7 - 9

Jedi Training (waitlisted)

Dates ranging from July 1 - August 16  |  ages 4 - 6

Wren’s Nest Explorers: All Sessions

JULY 8 - 12  |  AGES 8-12

Art, Pageantry and Play (waitlisted)

july 8 - 12  |  ages 7-11

Avatar Camp (waitlisted)

July 15-19  |  ages 7-10

Sports and Games Camp

JULY 15 - 19  |  AGES 10-15

Rebels of the Moon Camp

JULY 22 - 26  |  AGES 7-10

Wild Art Creatures Camp (waitlisted)

July 29 - August 2  |  ages 7-10

Ninja Training (waitlisted)

August 5 - 9  |  AGES 8 - 12

The Great Willowell Cooking Camp (waitlisted)

August 5 - 9  |  AGES 7-9

Jumping Mouse Camp

August 12 - 16  |  ages 6 - 9

Pirates of Cedar Island (waitlisted)

August 12 - 16  |  ages 10 - 12

Patterns in Nature: Math Camp (waitlisted)

APPLICATION and payment PROCESS

All summer camp registrations are online. Please visit the specific summer camp page above for more information and a link to the online registration form where you can pay upon registering.

Full payment is due upon registering to save your spot in camp. See cancelation policy below.

If you have not paid for camp yet and need to, please use the link below or send checks made out to Willowell to PO box 314 Bristol, VT 05443.

Attention BEFORE PAYING ONLINE: Please add a $5 processing fee for all online payments. Please also make a note of the camps you are paying for and the child’s name in the description.

Scholarships 

Willowell aims to make our programs accessible to all families. We offer need based scholarships on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please fill out this form to apply: Scholarship Application

waiting list

Please us this form to be added to our waiting list for any camp that is full: Waiting List

 Camp Illness Policy:

Please consider the health of other children when deciding whether or not to bring a possibly ill child to camp. Generally, if your child does not feel well, please do not send your child to camp. In an effort to keep the spread of contagious illnesses to a minimum, it is Willowell's policy that a child who has the following symptoms remain at home until symptoms subside: temperature of 99.9 or higher (must be fever free for 24 hours without medication to return to camp); vomiting, or diarrhea (must wait 24 hours after symptoms subside to return to camp); persistent loose cough; unusual skin rashes; flu type symptoms (muscle aches, headache, sore throat); red eyes with drainage. Camp staff will call parents or guardians and ask them to pick up their child if we observe that:

● The ill child is unable to take part comfortably in regular activities ● The ill child needs care that significantly interferes with the teachers’ ability to provide appropriate care for other children. ● The child has signs or symptoms of a possible serious condition. ● The child has signs or symptoms that indicate a contagious illness or condition or has a diagnosed contagious illness or condition.● If a child is determined to have a fever of 99.9 by oral thermometer. A parent or contact person will be called to pick the child up from Wren’s Nest. A child must be fever free without medication for 24 hours before returning to Willowell programming. ● If a child vomits at camp a parent or contact person will be called to pick up the child. ● It is our policy that a child must wait 24 hours after vomiting or diarrhea symptoms subside to return to the program.

CAMP CANCELLATION POLICY

If a cancellation is made 21 days before the start of camp, tuition minus a $50 processing fee will be reimbursed. Cancellation anytime three weeks (21 days) prior to the first day of camp will be non-refundable. Please note: your place in camp is not secured until we receive full payment.

To become a camp sponsor and enable a family with financial need to send a child to camp, please contact us.