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2008 Summer Camp
PEEPs has had a very successful summer season! Below are pictures from each session of camp, look through them to see what exciting things we've done this summer.
What's on your Plate
Sense of Place
Sense of Place Camping Trip
Go With The Flow!
Walk on the Wild Side
Walk on the Wild Side Camping Trip
It's Easy Being Green!
Information on 2008 Summer Camp
Stay tuned for information on next summer's adventures in the Spring of 2009
Before and After-camp care available starting at 8 am, ending at 5:30pm. PEEPs will start each day's learning adventures from Northwest Service Academy's Lower Columbia Center, which is located in SE Portland on the corner of Water Avenue and Main Street.
Session 1: What’s on Your Plate?
June 23 – 27th
Why do some people eat three meals a day while others go hungry? Where does the food that we eat come from? What is the difference between organic and non-organic foods? We will ask these questions, find out what we can do to help those that are hungry, and get our hands dirty helping to harvest and grow some of our own food. This week we will be helping in local food banks, serving in community gardens, and learning about the cycle of our food.
Session 2: Sense of Place
A Two Week Session
July 7-18th. This includes an overnight July 16 – 18th**
What is "home"? Where do we fit into our natural communities? How do the connections that we make with our surroundings shape who we will become? What makes these natural communities special? In this two week session, we will explore these questions by engaging in local community development projects, practicing nature awareness activities, exploring Portland history, and going on a two night camping trip.
Session 3: Go With the Flow
July 21-25th
We will be following the cycle of water in this session. Where does the rain go once it’s fallen on our sidewalks? Where does the water from our faucet come from? Where does our water go “after the flush”? We will be tackling these questions, learning about whom else depends on our water systems, and what we can do to help. We will be working with local organizations to promote clean water awareness in our communities.
A Two Week Session
July 28 – August 8th. This includes an overnight session August 5 – 8th**
What do the words "wild" and "wilderness" mean to you? How do we affect our regional wildlife? This session we will track wildlife, practice nature awareness, learn about native species, and develop new wilderness survival skills. Take advantage of a three-night overnight trip and learn about wilderness protection with the Lower Columbia Center’s EnviroCorps field crew.
Session 5: It’s Easy Being Green!
August 11 – 15th
Kermit the Frog had it all wrong! In this session we will learn just how easy it is to care for our environment in an urban setting. We will learn about the little things we do, that make a BIG impact. In this session we will learn to creatively re-use materials with SCRAP, tour the Green Honda Hybrid plant, and look at our own behaviors to reduce waste.
Updated September 3 at 3:43 PM