Proposal for ECOPEACE KIDS CAMP Family Health SUMMER CAMPing Adventures in Nature, cooperative fun & games

1 to 7 days Parents are Welcome

Intro to need: there are 100s of summer camps in NW USA, mostly by churches, YM/WCA, scouts & many sports camps are often rather expensive. Few organized cooperative alternative camps exist now open to the newage community, offering varied ecopeace programs for low fee or trade focusing mostly on kids needs, energy & health. We helped organize & conduct those camps in '70s & '80s. So now we feel the need & potential to offer Ecopeace healthy camp for simple campers of all ages, to join in creative group activities. We are experienced in camping with kids & open to ? & suggestions for fun

PLANNING by the CAMP coordinating team may meet weekly or",

& DAILY DURING CAMP SESSIONS

Mtn Grove community Barton Rd. Glendale Or

River Song retreat & healing center, Hood River

Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter OR

Genius Tribe(Eugene) summer camp

for home-schoolering family kids

POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES to choose from, daily or so

FAmily, peer & solo camp sites Wilderness hiking & camping

Playing Cooperative games Water-play, swim, fish, rafting

Talent show off by campers Campfire cookouts & singalong

Sharing Nature with children, acclimatizing & Sunship earth Trampoline & gymnastics Native arts & crafts

Cooperative cooking meals Ecoshelters: domes, tipi, yurts?

Bird & animal studies Circle dances & singing

Star/astro studies the planets First aid help & prep.

Ecology videos Networking with eco groups Daily democratic decision making ANY SUGGESTIONS?............

in groups, to choose best options

Possible - SPECIAL FOCUS WORKSHOPS - GUIDED OPTIONS

Enviromental Education is Simply-Natural

HOMEDucation/deschooling Natural health & self-healing

Body energy balancing exercises - yoga, Tai Chi, Polarity work, etcTheater arts/psychdrama Music creation group

Ecoshelter building(COB, tipi, etc) Cooperative parenting

Cyberspace in computers Pagan spirit connections

Vision quests: group or solo Permaculture design into

Organic gardening hands-on ECO-Forestry land survey

Natural science of bioregion cycles Natural health, massage, etc.

Wildcrafting: gathering local plantlife HERBS gather, craft, use

WORK TRADES ARE POSSIBLE before, during & after camp

in design, outreach/PR, teaching, food, camping, clean-up, etc

FOOD - Volunteer kitchen prepares meals cooperatively

Campers bring bulk natural/vegie foods to fix above

PUBLICITY=PR Announcement by flyer, calls, radio,news release

to many newage programs, groups, publications, networks

by mostly volunteer staff via phone, slideshow, mail & trades

Primary areas of origination: So,Ore, Eugene, Salem, Portland,

Bend & Ore. coast; Mt. Shasta & NW Cali coast, SF bay area?

Alternative, vegetarian, natural cooperative family kids

FINANCE$

COST - all co-op low fee $10/day, your food & tent, kids under 6 free

middy = $15-20/day your tent; Fullfee $25/day, our tent & food

(extra fee for some special focus group activities...........?

A few tuition wavers/scholarships are availible, express needs!)

INCOME - grants, work trade, in kind & $ donations, camper fees

EXPENSES - PR, SET-UP, staff, food, shelters, transpo, equipment. etc.

to be budgeted by camp team in planning & set up phases

CAMPERS -responsibililty for self, safety & special needs(we must know before) in health, sleeping, diet, allergies, skills, talents, fears, animals, learning focus, to serve individual differences fairly

CLEANING = , food/dishes, showers, baths & clothes cleaning by hand,

SETTING UP LAND = LOGISTICS - design maping, functional areas & trails & car parking areas, bicycles routes, playspaces, etc.

WELCOME GATEWORK - parking lot &TO INTRODUCE CAMPERS TO CAMP areas with map, program choices, fees & trades

STAFF - selection, volunteer, assistents, guides, cooks, teachers, aids, counselers, recyclers, etc

ENROLLMENT - call us, get our questionair?-send it in, reserve your space & help out to spread the message about

Ecopeace family camp '98

Continuing natural service micheal sunanda

Mtn. Grove, Glendale, OR, 97442, 541-832-2968