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PEACE CAMP
Application now accepted for 2007
Panther Camp (ages 15 to 20): June 24-June 30
Manatee Camp (ages 10 to 14): July 15-21
Print out an: application, registration, and agreement form.
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At Peace Camp we
are a multi-cultural gathering of youth and adults who come together to
find ways in which our lives can make a difference. We learn the joy
and benefit of serving each other in order to enrich our week-long
Peace Camp community and our lifelong global community. We learn to use
creative nonviolent methods to achieve justice and equity as an outcome
of the way we live our lives.
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Peace Camp activities
include, drama & entertainment, arts & crafts, swimming &
canoeing, sports & cooperative games, and interactive workshops on an
assortment of exciting and important topics. At previous camps we have
built birdhouses, learned bicycle repair, explored bat ecology and
wildlife care. We learn conflict resolution skills, peer mediation and
consensus decision-making.
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GOALS OF PEACE CAMP
- To create a cooperative
community based on mutual respect
- To develop skills for
conflict resolution
- To experience the
inter-connectedness of all living things
- To appreciate
Earth’s natural cycles
- To inspire each other
to make positive changes in our world
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THE
FACILITIES
Both camps are held
at our Teaching Farm in Hampton, 18 miles Northeast
of Gainesville. We will be tent camping under the stars in a pecan grove,
surrounded by pine forest and joined by a wealth of wildlife. Our Peace Education Center
offers an escape from the heat, a large kitchen, hot showers, and a
meeting hall for our dance and talent-less show.
We will swim and
canoe in nearby lakes, do gardening, and make landscape pavers, go tubing
down the Ichetucknee River,
build a picnic table, explore the pine forest, and much, much more.
THE CAMPS
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Panther
Camp
This camp is geared
toward youth ages 15 to 20. Youth who attend this camp may have the
opportunity to volunteer as counselors for the younger camp.
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Manatee
Camp
This camp is
designed for campers age 10-14.
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REGISTRATION
FEES
We believe Peace Camp
is an important event and want to assure that youth at all income levels
are given the opportunity to attend. We have made every effort to keep
the cost as low as possible and have set the rates on a sliding scale.
PLEASE pay what you can best afford. Cost includes camp use, food, group
health insurance, supplies and participation in all activities. Some
need-based scholarships are available.
Price: $175-$300 per
camper.
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