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“Our goal is to get them to turn
off their TV for a week and come to
camp,” Mattson says. “A lot of them
have never seen the things they see
here. If we teach them what is out
here they’ll learn to appreciate and
respect nature.”
Wilderness Nature Camp, spon
sored by Pioneers Park Nature
Center, switched it’s emphasis from a
traditional day camp to a science and
nature based camp in 1994. Since
then they have had an average of 35
children a week go through the five
week summer program every year.
Most of the counselors at the
camp also work for or volunteer at
the Pioneers Park Nature Center.
They are required to go through a
week long training camp taught by
the American Camps Association.
For Nick Svoboda, camp coordina
tor, this is her seventh year at the
camp. Svoboda says the camp tries to
teach children learning is fun.
“If we can light a fire of interest
in one kid in one group per week we
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are doing are job,” Svoboda says.
Based on the children’s animated
reaction to water day’s muddy activi
ties the camp seems to be lighting a
fire of interest for more than just one
child.
“I love getting to see the deer
tracks in the mud” says camper Anna
Henrichsen, 8. “We even saw a rac
coon print.”
“Water day is really fun,” says
Leah Bridges, 8.
“They let us get in the mud to
look for bugs and tadpoles. We even
got to look at stuff under a micro
scope so you could see their heart
beating.”
Camp counselor Leslie Picraux
says she hopes the children who go
through this camp will remember the
park when they get older.
. “We want them to learn that
nature is fun,” Picraux said. “Then,
hopefully, in years down the road
they’ll decide to come back aftd vol
unteer at the park.
“This camp is here not only to
teach about the present but also to
ensure the future.”
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Our goal is to get
them to turn off their
TV for a week and
come to camp. A lot
of them have never
seen the things they
see here. If we teach
them what is out
here they ’ll learn to
appreciate and
respect nature
Erin Mattson
Wilderness Nature
Camp Counselor
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