YOUTH PROGRAMS
At Coldharbour, it is part of our mission to educate on all things sustainability
and regeneration; and that begins with our youth.
Our various programming works to engage our youngest citizens with their environment, in problem solving, collaboration, and all things sustainability.
Registration is now available for Summer 2021 Youth Camps
Our camps are designed for children ages 5-12. Drop off for both Coldharbour Fridays the Week-Long Sustainability Camp will be at 9am and pick up will be at 4pm at the Gunnison Library.
Coldharbour Fridays: $25 each, $130 for all 6
Sustainability Camp: $125
This year we will be joining forces with the Gunnison Conservation District to host our camps! Below you will find brief descriptions of our camps followed by registration and payment
Coldharbour Fridays: The focus of these six Fridays will be around “resilience”. This term is relevant in many capacities from resiliency within self, resilience within community, and resiliency within the environment. This camp will offer a holistic approach of exploration, through thoughtful conversation, and challenging opportunities. Students will be immersed in an environment that will allow for growth, understanding, and empathy for themselves, their community, and the environment around them. Each day will focus on a different topic of resilience, but with a focus on how resilience within self and community can ultimately lead to a healthier and cleaner world to live in.
Friday, June 11: Resiliency and Grounding: Students will engage in conversation and activities focused on the concept of resilience: what does it mean? Why is it important?
Friday, June 18: Self Resiliency: Students will navigate the conversation of self - resilience; specifically how they can handle day to day challenges and opportunities through conservation and activities with the camp counselor, others, and themselves.
Friday, June 25: Team Resiliency: Students will be immersed in team-building experiences in an outdoor setting that is both engaging and experiential with their colleagues and camp counselors.
Friday, July 9: Community and Ecological Resiliency: Students will dive deeper into the conversation around resilience on a larger scale, plunging into the conversation that a community involves not only people, but plants and animals as well. Two days will be spent navigating this conversation.
Friday, July 16: Community and Ecological Resiliency: Day 2 on Community and Ecological Resiliency. This day will dive deeper into the conversation on ecological resilience.
Friday, July 23: Global Resiliency: Now that they’ve navigated what it means to be resilient at the self, community, and ecological scale the students will now think about what it means to be resilient at a global scale. We’ll challenge them to think about why their actions matter and how they themselves can help make a difference for a clean, healthy, world not only for themselves but also for future generations.
Week-Long Sustainability Camp: This camp is designed to help students build not only their own personal resilience, but how to help build resilience in their communities. The topics that will be explored include: local valley history, personal history, the local flora and fauna, human impacts, and adaptations and sustainability. On the final day students will participate in a project that will challenge them to think about what a sustainable and resilient community looks like from their perspective. It will take place August 16-20.
A big thanks to the Gunnison Rotary who played a key role in helping fund our summer camps this year! We received their grant for our youth programs and we are so grateful to them for their generosity.
Our camps are designed for children ages 5-12. Drop off for both Coldharbour Fridays the Week-Long Sustainability Camp will be at 9am and pick up will be at 4pm at the Gunnison Library.
Coldharbour Fridays: $25 each, $130 for all 6
Sustainability Camp: $125
This year we will be joining forces with the Gunnison Conservation District to host our camps! Below you will find brief descriptions of our camps followed by registration and payment
Coldharbour Fridays: The focus of these six Fridays will be around “resilience”. This term is relevant in many capacities from resiliency within self, resilience within community, and resiliency within the environment. This camp will offer a holistic approach of exploration, through thoughtful conversation, and challenging opportunities. Students will be immersed in an environment that will allow for growth, understanding, and empathy for themselves, their community, and the environment around them. Each day will focus on a different topic of resilience, but with a focus on how resilience within self and community can ultimately lead to a healthier and cleaner world to live in.
Friday, June 11: Resiliency and Grounding: Students will engage in conversation and activities focused on the concept of resilience: what does it mean? Why is it important?
Friday, June 18: Self Resiliency: Students will navigate the conversation of self - resilience; specifically how they can handle day to day challenges and opportunities through conservation and activities with the camp counselor, others, and themselves.
Friday, June 25: Team Resiliency: Students will be immersed in team-building experiences in an outdoor setting that is both engaging and experiential with their colleagues and camp counselors.
Friday, July 9: Community and Ecological Resiliency: Students will dive deeper into the conversation around resilience on a larger scale, plunging into the conversation that a community involves not only people, but plants and animals as well. Two days will be spent navigating this conversation.
Friday, July 16: Community and Ecological Resiliency: Day 2 on Community and Ecological Resiliency. This day will dive deeper into the conversation on ecological resilience.
Friday, July 23: Global Resiliency: Now that they’ve navigated what it means to be resilient at the self, community, and ecological scale the students will now think about what it means to be resilient at a global scale. We’ll challenge them to think about why their actions matter and how they themselves can help make a difference for a clean, healthy, world not only for themselves but also for future generations.
Week-Long Sustainability Camp: This camp is designed to help students build not only their own personal resilience, but how to help build resilience in their communities. The topics that will be explored include: local valley history, personal history, the local flora and fauna, human impacts, and adaptations and sustainability. On the final day students will participate in a project that will challenge them to think about what a sustainable and resilient community looks like from their perspective. It will take place August 16-20.
A big thanks to the Gunnison Rotary who played a key role in helping fund our summer camps this year! We received their grant for our youth programs and we are so grateful to them for their generosity.
