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For specific program information, dates, and applications, click on the links below to download each program's brochure.
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| AT OUR SUMMER CAMP, KIDS CHANGE INTO FARMERS - AND CHANGE THEIR VIEW OF THE WORLD |
Sprout Creek Farm's summer programs – day, overnight, and network – offer children a fun, educational experience at a real working farm. Each week provides campers with a delightful group adventure as well as hands-on experience in animal care, gardening, homesteading crafts, and environmentally responsible decision-making. Enrollment is limited in order to give each child maximum contact with the animals and individual attention from the staff.
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| DAY PROGRAMS |
Open to boys and girls, ages 6-11, campers join us for a week of learning and fun. They start their day by visiting some of our animals (sheep, ducks, chickens, pigs, goats) and understanding each species' needs. They learn about cows, tend the garden, bake bread, and churn butter. They have fun singing, painting their faces with clay found along the creek, and learning authentic farm crafts such candle dipping and felting wool. Gathering eggs, getting dirty, and making friends are all in a day's work at Sprout Creek. We'll do our best to turn them into real farmers, and along the way, help them understand how to take care of our fragile planet. Day Program hours are from 9:00AM to 4:00PM daily. Early drop off and late pick up arrangement can be arranged.
Who: Boys and Girls, Ages 6-11
Sessions: June 25-29, July 2-6, July 9-13, July 16-20, July 23-27,
July 30 - August 3, August 6-10, August 13-17
Tuition: $350/week (Full non-refundable tuition) T-Shirt Included!
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| GIRLS' SLEEPOVER PROGRAMS |
Open to girls 10-12, our overnight program lets young people experience life as farmers, because they actually live at the farm. They wake to the music of roosters crowing at the rising sun, feed the animals, tend the garden, gather eggs, and learn about cows and goats. They make butter and cheese from our animals' milk, and learn traditional homesteading crafts such as soap-making and basketry from our staff. They work hard, prepare their own harvest for dinner, sing around the campfire, swim in the creek, and produce a skit with their cabin-mates. They make friends and learn to care for the people, animals, and plants here on our planet. Weeklong sessions begin on Sunday afternoon at 3:30PM and end Friday afternoon at 2:00PM.
Who: Girls, Ages 10-12
Sessions: June 24-29, July 1-6, July 8-13, July 15-20
Tuition: $620 (Full non-refundable tuition) T-Shirt Included!
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| PROJECT HARVEST |
Project Harvest is a weeklong service program giving girls from the Sacred Heart network and the community the opportunity to live together at Sprout Creek Farm while working in an organic garden, at a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), and at a local soup kitchen. 'Harvesters' learn about those in need, the world around them, and in turn, themselves. Network students can apply at www.sofie.org. Weeklong sessions begin on Sunday afternoon at 3:30PM and end Friday afternoon at 2:00PM.
Who: Girls, Ages 13-14
Sessions: July 29 - August 3, August 5-10
Tuition: $620 (Full non-refundable tuition) T-Shirt Included!
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| PLANET EARTH: DIG IT! |
This is your chance to learn how the planet works, a sort of Earth Intro. This is
your chance to find out why it IS possible to feed the world, and dig into issues
that keep people hungry.
Experience our friends, the animals and the plants, busy making food. Watch how they do it. Bring yourselves and
your imaginations, and work the farm, feed the pigs, milk cows and goats, harvest
veggies, bring food to the hungry and make friends with the biggest mother of all:
Planet Earth. Dig It! Weeklong sessions begin on Sunday afternoon at 3:30PM and end Friday afternoon at 2:00PM.
Who: Girls and Boys, Ages 15-16
Sessions: July 22-27
Tuition: $620 (Full non-refundable tuition) T-Shirt Included!
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| FARM AND WILDERNESS PROGRAM FOR BOYS |
Spend your time between wilderness activities and farm activities -- chores in the morning and afternoon, and in the hours between chores, learn nature-based life lessons and wilderness skills such as building fires, shelters, and orienteering. The goal is to learn how to better live in cooperation with nature. The other goal is to finish a project that will make the farm even better than it was when you arrived. Life is a challenge. Meet it all the way! Weeklong sessions begin on Sunday afternoon at 3:30PM and end Friday afternoon at 2:00PM.
Who: Boys, Ages 12-14
Sessions: August 12-17
Tuition: $620 (Full non-refundable tuition) T-Shirt Included!
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| INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS (ISEA) |
ISEA is a program for students entering grades 10, 11, and 12. Along with the GreenTeens, a local group of high school students, participants undertake farm tasks together: animal chores, harvest food, and learn to prepare whole foods straight from our extensive organic gardens, ready to eat at the next meal. Seminars focus on global food issues, environmental impacts, and the future of our planet. Network students can apply at www.sofie.org. Sessions begin on Sunday afternoon, June 10 at 3:30PM and end Wednesday afternoon, June 20 at 2:00PM.
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