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Summer Day Camp 2008 Registration Form Available

Slide Ranch Summer Day Camp uses goats, sheep, chickens and an organic garden, along with the coastal wild lands and tide-pools to provide an ideal outdoor classroom to teach where food comes from and environmental awareness.

For 2008, Summer Day Camp weekly sessions begin June 9th and end August 15th (see complete schedule below photo).

During the week, campers may:

  • Milk and care for our goats and sheep
  • Feed and collect eggs from our chickens and ducks.
  • Learn to care for an organic garden, from planting to harvest.
  • Participate in a wide variety of farm crafts and activities such as wool spinning, papermaking and bread baking in a wood-fired cob oven.
  • Prepare compost.
  • Explore tide pools, beaches, and beautiful coastal wild lands!

Our experienced educators lead most of the week’s activities in small groups of eight campers. The personal attention they give campers inspires independent discovery and is complemented by a few large circle activities.

At the end of the week, campers harvest from the garden that they tended and “sell” the produce and crafts to their parents at a special Slide Ranch Farmer’s Market

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Following is our 2008 season schedule—some weeks are for five- to eight-year-olds and others are for eight- to 12-year olds.

NEW ALL AGES WEEK. Even 4-YEAR OLDS CAN COME WITH OLDER SIBLINGS OR OLDER FRIENDS! June 9 – 13 Ranch Rangers (ages 5 – 8)
AND Junior Farmers (ages 8 - 12)
June 16 – 20 Ranch Rangers (ages 5 – 8) SOLD OUT - SEE WAIT LIST info  June 23 – 27 Junior Farmers (ages 8 - 12) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
*June 30 – July 3 Ranch Rangers (ages 5 - 8)  SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
July 7 – 11 Ranch Rangers (ages 5 – 8) SOLD OUT - SEE WAIT LIST info    
July 14 – 18 Jr. Camp Counselors (ages 13 – 18) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
July 14 – 18 Ranch Rangers (ages 5 – 8) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
July 21 – 25 Junior Farmers (ages 8 – 12) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
(includes optional overnight July 24th)

July 28 – Aug. 1 Ranch Rangers (ages 5 – 8) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
Aug 4 – 8 Junior Farmers (ages 8 – 12) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
Aug 11 – 15 Ranch Rangers (ages 5 – 8) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST
Aug 11 – 15 Jr. Camp Counselors (ages 13 – 18) SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST

For sold out weeks, please mail in camp application to be put on the wait list. Wait lists are processed according to the order apps are received.

*No Camp on Friday, July 4th

Camp Hours and Fees:
Ranch Rangers - 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$325 per week

Junior Farmers - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
$360 per week

Jr. Camp Counselors - 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
$100 per week

Register now.

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Summer Day Camp registration is now open! Register now as programs fill up fast. Press cancel if you are asked for a password.

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“My life, I think, has been very affected by Slide Ranch. I have learned how to feed chickens (even though a turkey bit me in the butt when I was little… OUCH!) and milk goats.”

—Allie McCoy, 6th grader,
Mt. Tam School