Created in collaboration with the Alliance for Camp Health and supported by the H.E. Butt Foundation, the CampWell training program aims to help all be well at camp and seeks to create consistent care across the spectrum of all summer learning spaces.
As an immersive learning program, CampWell is uniquely designed to help leaders shape programs that incorporate the tools, self-awareness, and understanding needed to enhance the experience and safety for all.
CampWell Project Definition for Well-being at Camp
Well-being is defined as a person’s physical, social, emotional, and/or spiritual health. At camp, well-being is characterized by a campers’ and staff members’ ability to participate fully and in the ways they choose while feeling safe, supported, and engaged.
Upcoming CampWell Training Cohorts
- CampWell CAMPference, February 9-10, 2025 San Antonio, TX
- CampWell TriState, March 10-11, 2025 Atlantic City, NJ
- Winnekota Leadership Summit, March 18–19, 2025, River Falls, WI
- Outdoor Ministries Gathering Great Connection, November 9-10 2025, Lake Junaluska, NC
- CampWell Facilitator Training - Spring 2025
CampWell Program
CampWell is a six-hour skills-based, in-person, multi-tiered, training course that guides participants to identify, understand, cultivate, and create a community of well-being. Created in collaboration with the American Camp Association and supported by the H.E. Butt Foundation the CampWell training program aims to help all be well at camp and seeks to create consistent care across the spectrum of all summer learning spaces. As an immersive learning program CampWell is uniquely designed to help leaders shape programs that incorporate the tools, self-awareness, and understanding needed to enhance the experience and safety for all.
Level One: Frontline Summer Staff
When staff feel safe supported, connected, and are experiencing camp, participants have the ability to engage fully in the ways they choose
Level Two: Program Directors and Leaders
When camp leaders have participated in CampWell their staff will be safe, supported, connected, and contributing.
Level Three: Executives, Owners and Administrators
When owners and executives participate in CampWell they have the ability to foster a culture where all can be well at camp.
CampWell Program's Pilot Test Sites
In March of 2023, fifteen pilot camps came together for an immersive learning experience to test content onsite at the Laity Lodge in Leakey, TX. These sites each had two representatives who integrated the content, language, and tools into their respective camp trainings in the summer of 2023.
Additional Resources
- New Normal: Camps Commit to Mental Wellness
- CampWell Training Evaluation Report Summer 2023
- CampWell Level Two Outline
Stay Informed
Join the CampWell mailing list from the American Camp Association (ACA) and the Alliance for Camp Health (ACH).
