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Spring Open Houses, Summer Camps and Art of Mentoring & Teen Rendezvous currently enrolling! See below for more information on these programs that bring us into deeper relationship with the natural world and each other:

Programs currently registering:

Full Moon Girls Open House
May 17th and May 24th - 9:30am - 3:30pm
Shambala Warrior & Nature Day Camp 2013
June 19-21 & 24-28, 2013 in Guilford, VT
Aikido Martial Arts Training, Nature Scout Skills, Agility and much more!
Otter Day Camp 2013
June 24-28, July 1-5, & July 8-12, 2013 at Ft. Dummer State Park, Brattleboro
Adventures in the woods, games, stream exploration and lots of fun!
NEW! Retreat Meadow Boat Camp
July 29-August 23, 2013 near the Retreat Meadows, Brattleboro
Build a small sail boat with two others and learn how to sail and race it!
Earthfriend Discovery Day Camp with the Manitou Project
August 5-9 and 12-16, 2013 at the Manitou Project in Williamsville, VT.
Become at home in the woods exploring the fens, storytelling in the Labyrinth, making fire by friction, and cooking ancestor style!
September VWS Art of Mentoring and Teen Rendezvous
September 23-28, 2013 at Farm & Wilderness
Our annual experiential workshop exploring our ancestral roots living in community and in vital relationship with the natural world. Our goal is that you come away with inspiration, embodied experience to draw on, and some tools for bringing it home to your family, your neighborhood, your work, your bioregion... Opportunities for all ages to be part of this 6-day temporary Village learning experience.

Support our Work

We are very grateful to everyone who donated to our 2013 Autumn Campaign! It's a wonderful affirmation of our work and a great support to our youth, families, elders, adult participants, staff and broader community. Your donations have enabled a lot of good to happen:

"My son is a mature young boy who has had a tough time relating to his peers. The programs VWS offers are ones he loves. I want him to be a boy who follows his passions. This summer he connected with Bob Etzweiler. Bob was able to see his enthusiasm for all things outdoors and swept him under his wing. Every day my son would come home and practice his bowdrill, build fires or carve..." --Parent of Great Blue Heron Scholarship recipient.

Help keep the fire of inspiration and "desire to know all my relations" burning brightly for this child and many others. Make a donation to Vermont Wilderness School today:

For more Donation Options...

To view our 2011 Annual Report or our 2011 Annual Appeal Letter:

2011 Vermont Wilderness School Annual Report

Fall 2011 Annual Appeal Letter

VWS Vision Statement

To learn more about Vermont Wilderness School, check out our Vision Statement and How We Work to Manifest our Vision:

VWS Vision Statement

Ingwe’s Path Scholarship Fund & the Great Blue Heron Fund

Vermont Wilderness School has offered the Ingwe’s Path Fund since 2006 to support community members in attending programs in line with our vision but not offered by Vermont Wilderness School. Starting in March 2011, we are happy to also offer the Great Blue Heron Fund providing financial aid for folks to attend VWS sponsored programs. . For more information on each of these funds and applications go here: Ingwe's Path Scholarship Fund.

Great Blue Heron Fund.

Looking for Mark Morey?

Mark Morey is now at the Institute for Natural Learning, a sole-proprietorship. The Institute explores ways of paving new paths for regional and national wilderness schools to follow. Some examples include: Boys Rites of Passage, Coyote Camp for Teens, Community and Elder development, Regional Networking among the Northeast wilderness schools, National & International Art of Mentorings, Native Relationships and Adult Apprenticeships.

www.IfNaturalLearning.com