The Compass

As the giving season arrives and we reflect on what Camptown has accomplished because of your support, our hearts are full. Over the past few years, our reach has grown and we’ve served several thousand more kids than ever before. Our programs’ availability has...

  For Julie Noel, Camptown offers exactly what students need: a safe place to gain new experiences and learn how different the world can be. As she says, “you don’t know what you don’t know." A Bloomington native, Julie got her start in youth programming as a...

After 12 years of vertical adventures, first climbs, and memorable moments, Camptown’s indoor climbing gym, The CRUX, is coming down. We're serving more youth than ever before with more staff and volunteers than ever before, and have simply outgrown our space. While...

Since our humble beginnings over 30 years ago, Camptown has served over 60,000 children from Central Indiana — challenging, mentoring, and teaching them about life through outdoor adventure and nature programs. At this year’s annual dinner, “Glamp-Out: The View from...

A unique way to add challenge to a teambuilding activity, is removing the ability to speak. Not only does it help kids develop problem solving skills, but it’s a great way to unearth empathy for their peers with disabilities or limited English language capabilities....

The first time Dania stepped into the woods with Camptown's Natural Wonders Day Camp, she carried with her the quiet uncertainty that many children know too well. As an only child in a household where her parents, Thiago and Lucia, worked long hours to make ends meet,...

On a recent trip to Brown County with one of our Hopetrails cohorts, Camptown Program Manager Dillon Lockwood observed change in the making with one of the Camptown kids there with him. We like to emphasize how more time spent with a student typically creates more...