Journey Camp

Join us for a time of fun, laughter, and new friends.

“Thank you for creating such an amazing camp. There is no other place quite like it.”

• Journey Camp has mature, experienced, caring teachers.
• Journey Camp is responsive to parents.
• Journey Camp sensitively helps children with individual concerns and needs.
• Journey Camp is so fun that campers return year after year.
• Journey Camp is so welcoming that with our help new campers make friends right away.
• Journey Camp is a place of kindness.

This is our 17th summer!

What we’re about:

Journey Camp's nurturing program promotes fun, friendship, and self discovery. We foster creativity, develop earth awareness, and build a very supportive community where everyone can feel valued and included.

Journey Camp is a peacebuilding camp that has impacted the lives of many young people for the last sixteen years by providing a vision of social change and giving an experience of a supportive and empowering community. The feedback we get from former campers is that Journey Camp tells young people they have a place among the generations of people who make contributions to the world.

How to reach us for information:

Contact Melissa Urey, Administrator

Email: journeycamp@sarahpirtle.com

Phone: (413) 775-3952

Our camps comply with regulations of the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health and
are licensed by the local board of health.

Journey Camp

A treasured place for young people who
like to be part of a community
want to develop leadership skills
enjoy playing in the woods
like making new friends
have fun singing, exploring, laughing
want time to make their own choices
like to try new things with support.

2010 Sessions

• Day Camp for Boys and Girls: July 5–16
  2 weeks, Monday to Friday
• Hilltown Journey Camp
  Day Camp for Boys and Girls:
  one week July 26-30
  Location: Cummington
• Girls Week: August 9–13
  Ages 7-12
• The "Grapes" Program at Girls Week:
  August 9–13
  For returning teens
• New! Teen Leadership Session for Girls: August 16–19. Moonseed for ages 11–18, Mon through Thurs with two overnights Tues. and Wed.

Click on any session above to learn about it.

More Information

• Daily Schedule
• Registration
• Notes to Parents
• Why Outside Play is Important

Do you want to speak to a parent to ask questions? Parents on the Advisory Council are available to talk to you.

What does Woolman Hill look like?

"If you haven't seen the Journey Camp location, let me describe it through my eyes as a parent of a camper who's come for five happy years. The idyllic natural setting of the camp is absolutely spectacular.

"Campers love to sit under the enormous maple tree for stories after lunch. It's a breathtaking natural setting tucked into the hills which stretch out from the lawn of the Conference House across from Juanita Nelson's organic garden. The old trees and the paths into the woods make it feel like an unspoiled fairy glen. There are not enough superlatives to convey what a treat it is to be there."

--Marian Wolfsun, Amherst