We use a number of innovative items to keep things fun around the camp, while at the same time  going the extra mile to make sure that kids learn their (often uncomfortable) lessons along the way. For example, we don’t use any fences at our camp, but instead we “suggest” the boundaries, and put a thin line of demarcation around it with a single strand of “fun barb” in order to establish these boundaries. It isn’t just “curly wire”, it’s pointy! But in all seriousness, It’s actually a type of wire similar to, but also dissimilar to, barbed wire. (It isn’t barbed wire!)* 

We encourage row boating as a way to learn independence, team work, focus and problem solving skills. You can’t row a boat by yourself, and you can’t get where you’re going without help, unless where you’re trying to go is in a circle! A kayak can be great fun, but you can do that by yourself at your own speed, so we help kids look beyond the “U Boat”, and focus on the “We Boat” instead!

We encourage physical activity in a variety of fun games:

• Move the bricks
• Dig the ditch
• Till the garden
• Move the bricks back
• Paint the barracks
• Carry the sick
• Stand at attention
• Move the bricks again
• Wash the staff cars

All of these tasks are designed to enhance problem solving, team building, concentration and life skills, and not a single one of our graduates has yet stepped forward to speak out against them. That means they’ve thus far been entirely effective, and exactly the sort of thing you should want for your child, especially once they are back home and eager to help out around the house between bouts of sleeping and not getting in your way.

*  The fun barb curly wire is not barb wire. It’s actually razor wire, which is far more expensive, a cost we take upon ourselves, but only because it is so highly effective in keeping kids on campus!