ReTribe Day Camp
OVERVIEW
Leave your ordinary life behind and enter the fantastical world of might and magic. Play awareness games, track animals, build forts, make fires and become a hero in an epic role play adventure. Befriend a magical elf, defend a majestic queen, or battle an evil sorcerer!
All three groups will join together for our final adventure as well as visiting each other throughout the camp week to share lunch, games, or other special times together.
Coyote Clan: ages 8-12
The Coyotes will train with our foam swords, learning to battle with honor and playing games throughout the forest. We will practice our carving and fire making skills, making crafts with yarn and other natural materials, and trading them in our adventure trade village.
Fisher Cat Clan: ages 6-8
The Fisher Cats will practice fire making skills, practice carving, build forts, make magic wands, share stories, sing songs, cook over fire, explore the woods and our magical adventure world!
Chipmunk Clan: ages 4-6
The Chipmunks will build fairy houses, make magic wands and other crafts, play games, share stories, sing songs, cook over fire, and explore the woods, creek and magical worlds of our imaginations.
Camp TIMES
August 21 - 25
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
AGES
4 - 12 (in three age groups)
LOCATION
Stoney Meadow Lane
Monkton, VT 05443
camp size
Coyote: 20
Fisher cat: 12
Chipmunk: 12
cost
$300 Please note: the full $300 is due up front for this camp. There is no deposit and full payment reserves your spot.
APPLICATION PROCESS
This camp is now full. Please email info@willowell.org to be added to the waiting list.
*We will place children in their groups either when the camp is full or 2 weeks before camp. They will receive a notice of the group they are in.
Complete the 2023 Willowell Summer Camp Registration Form Online:
PAYMENT
I. Make checks payable to the Willowell Foundation and mail to P.O. Box 314 Bristol, VT 05443.
II. Pay through PayPal. Please enter camper’s full name and the name of camp they plan to attend in the description. Please note: due to costly surcharges we require a $10 processing fee FOR ALL paypal payments. Please add $10 to each paypal transaction. We do not accept camp payment via Venmo at this time.
Please note: as of this year, there is no longer a $50 deposit for camps. Full tuition is due upon registering for the camp. We will email you ASAP to let you know if you did not get in, but otherwise hitting submit on the registration confirms your enrollment.
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.
instructors
ReTribe camps are run by Julia and John hunt and their team of ReTribe staff.
John Hunt:
John is a native of the green mountains of Vermont and a citizen of the Nulhegan band of the Abenaki nation. Growing up on a dairy farm he has been enthralled with the natural world since childhood and has a passion for helping others strengthen their connection. He has studied with expert survivalists and trackers including Tom Brown and Susan Morse and has also done extensive research on his own through books and direct exploration. He co-founded ReTribe with the desire to bring more harmony into the human family. Since 2009, he has been mentoring youth of all ages in a wide variety of settings including Willowell's Walden Project, and many other summer and school year programs around Vermont and the North East. John is a poet and drummer, has a strong meditation practice, and because of his deep love of Gaia, he has a passion for, and understanding of, sustainability issues on both a worldwide and individual scale. He loves working with youth and helping them discover their unique and beautiful power.
Julia Hunt:
Julia co-started, and has been directing programs at ReTribe since 2009. She and John now live on ReTribe's land on the base of Mount Mansfield where they raise their son Awasos in the residential ReTribe community of 16, run the forest school program, teen overnight retreats, day camps and after school programs and more. Since 2003, Julia has led youth in outdoor education, theater, and movement and hopes to continue to share these passions for many years to come.