Camp Offerings

Camp Registration for 2025 opens Sunday, February 16th at 10 a.m! 

Below is our TENTATIVE 2025 Camp Schedule

Teen Adventure and Leadership: June 2-6

Ages 13-17

$350

Teen Adventure and Leadership takes our older campers and provides them with a week long leadership experience that encompasses fun, adventure, stewardship, and community. The week also includes a trip to Ohio University's BRAND NEW High Ropes Course for challenge by choice elements and on the ground team building ! We will end our week together with a camp out on Thursday night. 

This camp is no longer for CITs only; all teens are welcomed to join in for this fun-filled week!

*If your camper is interested in becoming a CIT, we do request they attend this camp, and ask parents to contact: Rina@risingappalachia.org to learn how campers can apply :)

Horseback Adventure: June 9-13

Ages 8-12

$275

Horseback Adventure week will include an off-site trip to go for a ride at Smokerise Ranch! Over the course of the week, one group per day will go on this trip, while the rest of us stay back for archery, team building, obstacles, swimming, and more!  

Young Explorer: June 16-20

Ages 6-10

$250

This camp is a great introduction to the Land: each day we will go out to explore the World around us! What will we discover? Join us to find out! Games, art, swimming, obstacles, and more will also be included, as well as our GIANT slip 'n slide, team building, and forest play!

Young Survivor: June 23-27

Ages 6-10

$250

Young Survivors is tailored to empower our youngest campers with real-life survival skills! We'll learn about edible plants, make wild harvested medicines, build fires and shelters, twist cordage, and enjoy an epic game of Tug of War with a handcrafted Basswood rope!

Earth Skills and Art: July 7-11

Ages 6-10

$250

During this week, campers will continue learning how to survive in the wild through shelter building, wild harvesting, and fire building. We will make art each day incorporating natural materials found in the wild! This will surely to be a great camp for any creative kiddo or budding artist!

Boffer Survivor: July 14-18

Ages 8-12

$250

Boffer Survivor is our most primal camp, mixing two of the most notable aspects of RAW - boffers and survival skills! This week is designed for your sword fighting enthusiast! Campers will get to make their own boffing sword, learn the honorable way to play, and enjoy new games and challenges throughout the week! To round things out, we will also focus on survival skills, team building, and cooperative play. 

Splashdown: July 21-25

Ages 8-12

$250

RAW Splashdown takes campers into the drink for a special water-themed week! We'll conduct water-related science experiments, learn how to collect water for survival, sample water quality, and explore the bodies of water on the farm! Who lives there? Why are they important? We'll also enjoy the giant slip 'n slide, swim in the pond and take a special trip to the Nelsonville Pool! 

*We wish we could go back to Lake Snowden for this week, but they do not plan to reopen their inflatable elements in 2025 :(

Bouldering Adventure: July 28-August 1

Ages 6-10

$250

Some of the highlights of Bouldering Adventure include challenging obstacle courses, field games, and a trip to Blockhouse Bouldering Gym for a one hour private session!  As with all RAW Camps, the giant slip 'n slide, daily team building games, foraging, swimming, and forest play will get campers outside and having fun while discovering new things about themselves and the World around us!

Girls + : August 4-8

Ages 7-12

$250

Girls + is a week of fun for female and female-identifying youth only. We aim to blend a variety of interests and skills in this camp, leaning into all aspects of ourselves! We'll work on collaborative art projects, build with tools, learn survival skills, team building, challenge by choice, archery, and self-defense with co-owner of One Academy Jiu Jitsu, Rebekah Mendez. 

If weather permits, we will take a field trip to Lake Hope to swim in the lake, visit the nature center, and try our hands at feeding Wild Hummingbirds! We'll end the week with our Second Annual "Walk of Fame", where campers will be encouraged to dress up and express themselves fully and authentically, while being cheered on by the crowd!