Photo: all photos by Kate Corrigan

Get Wild! Summer Day Camp

All sessions of camp are full, but we are happy to put your child on a waiting list. Please email us at golden@wildsight.ca to get more information. 

Get Wild’s mission is to inspire youth to connect with our community and nature through fun inclusive outdoor activities.

2023 will be the ninth annual GET WILD! summer outdoor environmental education camp for children 6-10 years old.

Participants will learn more about local ecosystems through play and exploration. The camp will run weekly, 9–3 pm.

This program is for those parents who want their children to be outside and come home stoked, dirty and happy.

Activities include: nature discovery and adventure games, local hikes, bird-watching, community gardening, take home art from nature, sports, community volunteering, music and drama, survival skills, swimming and much more outdoor fun! Each week on Thursdays we go on a full day field trip to a local attraction such as Wapta Falls, Organic Sports Ranch, Cedar Lake and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.

Camp schedules for 2023 

Week 1: July 3 – 7 FULL

Week 2: July 10 – 14 FULL

Week 3: July 17 – 21 one space

Week 4: July 24-28 FULL

Week 5: July 31 – August 4 FULL

Week 6: August 8 – 11 (Short week, fees are $172 for the week) FULL

Week 7: August 14 – 18 a few spaces left

Rates per week:
Regular rate $215
Daily Drop-in rate $60 (depends on room in the camp)
(or Daily drop-in rate on Out-trip Thursdays $82)

Normally, Wildsight Golden has subsidies this summer so all children can participate in camp.  If you would like to take advantage of this, write a note to the Camp Coordinator. 

 

 

Get Wild! 2023 Parent Handbook

We gratefully acknowledge the funding and assistance so far in 2023 from:

 

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Join The Team

Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Branch Information

Contact

golden@wildsight.ca
Box #25
#203 - 421 9th Avenue N
Patlar Building, Golden BC V0A 1H0
1-250-439-8491

golden@wildsight.ca