The New Hope Wilderness Camp, located in the Ozark mountains of Ava, Missouri, is a Christian camp offered year-round that caters to troubled teenagers. The camp tries to promote an environment that discourages self-defeating and self-destructive behavior in children and to remove teens from the negative influences that arise from peer pressure. It is the goal of New Hope Wilderness Camp to help young men and women build character, develop stamina, acquire self-discipline, increase personal accountability and learn a greater appreciation for others. During the 21-day camp stay, camp participants and qualified staff live in the forest in tents, isolated from modern conveniences. Camp participants will do ground work with the camp horses, take riding lessons and participate in daily physical exercise. New Hope caters to children aged 11 to 20 (who experience conduct behavior problems) and offers one faculty member per every two participants.
The New Hope Wilderness Camp
Rt. 1 Box 416
Ava, MO 65608
417-683-9793
thegriffisfamily.com
Midcourse Correction offers an outdoor challenge camp for at-risk youth in order to help participants develop self-confidence and concern for the effects of their choices on others and to discourage choices that can lead kids on a self-destructive path. The program offers 46 hours of training in activities such as daily calisthenics, high adventure ropes courses, marching, teamwork activities and group work projects. Four seminars teach positive and negative outcomes of life decisions and help to deter youths from making decisions that will negatively affect their future. The program includes two nights of lodging, 24-hour supervision, six meals, a written evaluation sent to a referral source (parents or courts), a graduation certificate and T-shirt (if passed) and two-hour parenting help sessions held on the Sunday before graduation. The program is open to participants aged 11-17, 18 if still in school, and demands full participation of those who attend.
Midcourse Correction
7015 Fieldcrest
Suite 150
Brighton, MI 48116
810-227-0243
midcoursecorrection.org
CanAdventure Education offers a wilderness adventure program for struggling teens that is open year-round. It is the mission of CanAdventure to deliver a leading-edge wilderness adventure program that engages youth in education, cultural awareness, personal growth and skill development. The program advocates that education and healthy outdoor activity are vital to the growth and development of struggling teens, and thereby pair a wilderness program with a unique academic curriculum that focuses on hands-on learning that helps to engage the mind, body and spirit of each camper. CanAdventure Education includes all accommodations, meals, camping equipment, course instruction fees, transportation to and from out-trip destinations and park/land use permits required during the program.
CanAdventure Education
Site 10, Box 2, Compartment 5
RR1 Sayward,
British Columbia, Canada
V0P 1R0
250-412-7723
canadventure.ca
canadventure.ca
