When Oak Hill School approached us about running a program at their property last summer we were super excited. If you have ever been to Oak Hill you will know what I mean. The school sits on 70-plus acres surrounded by forest land right on the edge of Eugene. They have a huge variety of habitats from forest to field to stream for us to explore and we could never use up all the great opportunities in a week long summer camp. (In fact, we are scheming to create a regular after school camp on the site that would be open to kids from all over Eugene-Springfield, but that is a different blog)

With such a great property at our disposal we wanted to create something special that we had never done before. We often get younger kids asking us for an overnight program and in the past we have felt that a week-long overnight camp, such as Big Bear Village, is a lot for some of these younger kids to handle. With all that in mind we created a camp that gives us the best of both worlds. Camp Little Bear is a week-long day camp that includes an overnight camp-out on Thursday Night. With this model it allows for the kids to get comfortable at camp and for us to get to know them before they embark on their campout adventure.

On Thursday night of Camp Little Bear all of the families will be invited to a community pot-luck to celebrate a great week of camp. We will have good food and share stories of our week with parents. Then, as the sun goes down, we will retire to our camp to have campfire stories, play night games, and gaze at the stars.

At the risk of being redundant, I am really excited about this camp. For more info about Camp Little Bear please visit the Summer Nature Camps Page