Green River Preserve is a non-competitive, coed summer camp connecting children with nature. Located on a 3,400 acre private wildlife preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, this extraordinary natural setting inspires campers to have a greater understanding of themselves, their environment, and each other.
Designed for bright, curious, and creative children, our program nurtures character development and fosters skills like perseverance, curiosity, communication, optimism, creativity, and GRIT. Green River Preserve is a safe and comfortable place, both physically and emotionally. Purposefully small, our enrollment is limited to 112 campers per session.
Designed for bright, curious, and creative children, our program nurtures character development and fosters skills like perseverance, curiosity, communication, optimism, creativity, and GRIT. Green River Preserve is a safe and comfortable place, both physically and emotionally. Purposefully small, our enrollment is limited to 112 campers per session.
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About Us
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To mentor campers in their quest as future leaders and stewards of the land. To expose children to a wide variety of the natural sciences and foster an awareness of the wonder and complexity of the natural world. To offer experiences for children to learn from a community where ideas, creativity, and discovery are celebrated.
Educational Philosophy
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Designed by a child psychologist, our program will challenge and nurture your child on the path to a healthy, happy, and meaningful life. To achieve this mission, we provide four distinct experiences - discovery, growth, independence, and community. Through these experiences, we believe we enrich the four most important predictors of a healthy and happy life: curiosity, resilience, autonomy, and connection.
Experience Camp! Photo Session Story
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Campers and their parents arrive in the afternoon in the back field where they are immediately greeted by friendly staff. These counselors and mentors help Kiran and his brother, Luca load their belongings in carts to take to their respective cabins. While Kiran's mom makes his bed, his counselor goes over his daily schedule and introduces him to the rest of his cabin mates.
Traditions
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The design of the logo translates "teaching young people to read the mountains, the river, and the forest." Green River Preserve is a place built on tradition and respect. Each camp session opens with the Respect Circle led by Anne and Steve. All campers are given the opportunity to agree to "respect themselves, respect each other, and respect all living things" while they are part of the Green River Preserve community.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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One of Green River Preserve's core pillars of our strategic plan is to make GRP's camper and staff population more diverse and inclusive. During the fall of 2020, with the support of our Board, we created a focus group of alumni, former staff, current seasonal staff, parents, and educators to examine our camp culture and policies through both a micro- and macro- lens.
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