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Our Programs 

The Boys in the Woodz Summer Camp is an overnight camping program for boys, ages 13 to 17. Based at our campground in the redwoods, kids do activities like hiking, swimming, archery, outdoor laser tag, group games, sports, and a sweat lodge. The program also includes camping and backpacking trips in state and national parks around Central California. 

The Outdoor Science and Character Development Program is carried out in partnership with a local alternative high school to provide outdoor science day trips to wild places near their communities. We provide interactive, hands-on activities that reinforce environmental stewardship, ethics, and life skills.

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New in 2021 ​
​weekend outdoor trips

We will take groups of up to 8 boys, ages 13 to 16, for two nights of camping at our base camp in the redwoods. While enjoying friendships and mentoring, on each trip kids we will do one extraordinary outdoor activity like kayaking in the Elkhorn Slough, or a ropes course, or team-oriented laser tag in the forest, or another fun outdoor activity. 

past programs

• Girls Paving Way was carried out for three years (from 2015 to 2018) in partnership with a network of community-based organizations to provide an umbrella of services designed to promote academic success and foster a college-going mindset for a group of middle school girls in Watsonville. The role of Growing Up Wild was to provide outdoor environmental science and community building activities, including camping.