“I have lasting memories of the many experiences I have had at Camp Susan Curtis. Camp helped me develop into a productive member of society.”
"Your program is terrific! Thank you for having my son there.”
“When I come to camp, all the stress, all the tension…everything from the outside world leaves my body. Its just about the woods and being at Camp Susan Curtis.”
"Thank you so much for offering this to kids who might not otherwise be able to have this experience.”
“Camp Susan Curtis gave me a resource deep within myself that I will draw on for the rest of my life.”
"I am grateful for the last five years. Because of your camp, my daughter’s outlook on life has broadened. Thank you so much for giving her the things I couldn’t have given her on my own.”
“ When I was a camper, there were counselors that helped me out, and I looked up to them. Today, I try to be that person for another kid.”
"At camp I found out that my life mattered and that I was important.”
“ I am grateful for the last five years. Because of your camp, my daughter’s outlook on life has broadened. Thank you so much for giving her the things I couldn’t have given her on my own.”
"I love camp at lot! I love playing soccer, hiking, swimming and fishing!”
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The Camp Susan Curtis Environmental and Experiential Education Center is designed to provide low-income students with high-quality environmental education and leadership development programs at a reduced cost. All educational programming is tailored to the educational needs of each school.
Leadership Development and Environmental Curriculum
Communication Skills – Students strengthen communication skills, discuss bullying in schools, practice conflict resolutions, asset building and assertive behavior.
Relationships – The class focus is on improving the skills needed to build positive and healthy relationships in all parts of the student’s life.
Teambuilding – Encourages students to practice problem solving skills that help each student become a positive contributing member of a classroom or other group.
Solo – Students have the freedom to spend time identifying personal strengths and talents, envision future dreams and establish a long-term goals through solo's and journals.
Decisions – The class goals are to explore adolescent risky behavior and strategies to make healthy decisions and to encourage students to set long-term goals.
Leadership Adventure – Using the low and high ropes course, students are encouraged to take positive risks, discover peer trust and practice supporting others.
Environmental Education - Utilizing our 2,500 acre watershed and Environmental Education Center, students can participate and develop a greater understanding of systemic environmental practices and education in areas such as: Forest Ecology, Water Ecology, Scientific Reasoning, Classifying Life Forms, Plant Taxonomy, Wildlife Study and the Earth. Activities include: Pond and Lake Ecology, Environmental Awareness Project, Map & Compass, Orienteering, Forest Canopy, Environmental Concerns, Nature Study, Leaf and Tree Identification, Natural Habitat, Recycling& Renewable Energy Practices.