Message Board - Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains

Message Board
« Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains »

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.
Jan 6, 2010, 12:54am

Message Board :: Staff :: Events Coordinator :: Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains

Author

Topic: Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains (Read 174 times)

bsb0130
Moderator

member is offline

[avatar]

Joined: Jul 2007
Gender: Male

Posts: 43
Karma: 0

Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains
« Thread Started on Nov 1, 2007, 6:57pm »

There is a national organization called Camp Quest that sponsors summer camps around the country that emphasize secular humanist principles. In a break away from many traditional summer camp programs, there is no religious or faith-based ideology.

The nearest camp quest is in the Smokey Mountains sponsored by the Tennessee Rationalists. Camp Quest also has locations in Ohio, Minnesota, Ontario, Michigan, and California.

They have not yet updated their website with information about the upcoming 2008 camp, but as soon as they do I will post that information here. Last year they held the camp during June

[ KIDS ]
Children age 8 - 13 are eligible to register as campers. Youths of 14 - 15 may register as Counselors in Training, and youths aged 16 - 17 may register as Jr. Assistant Counselors.

[ ADULTS ]
Anyone aged 18 or over can apply to be a volunteer which will include either being a counselor or leading a workshop. I plan to volunteer this coming summer.

[ACTIVITIES]
They engage in many of the usual out door activities you would expect from a summer camp with additional activities that address secular humanism and rational thought. Here are a few of the activities they have listed on their website.

* Salamander Hunting
* Invisible Pink Unicorn Hunt
* Philosophy Cafe
* Campfire making
* Tree species identification
* Bird watching
* Learning survival techniques
* Team-building activities
* Nature hikes
* Dodge ball
* Swimming
* Learning to play recorder
* Campfires
* Sing-alongs
* Photography
* Communication Skills
* Freethinker Jeopardy
* Magic Show
* Chess
* Crafts
* Designing blind and double-blind experiments

Registration details and volunteer information can all be found on their website listed below.

Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains
http://www.rationalists.org/cq/index.php

Camp Quest umbrella website
http://camp-quest.org/

Rationalists of East Tennessee
http://www.rationalists.org/

Here is a link to an NPR interview with the director of Camp Quest, Amanda Metskas.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12770420

Link to Post - Back to Top IP:

Logged

"Mythology is where all gods go to die."
- Sam Harris

"Good people will do good things, and bad people will do bad things. But for good people to do bad things -- that takes religion."
-Stephen Weinberg

Click Here To Make This Board Ad-Free

This Board Hosted For FREE By ProBoards
Get Your Own Free Message Boards & Free Forums!