CAMP WIZBY PROGRAMMING 2027: In this decisive moment for our planet and ourselves, Camp Wizby is a place for an ever widening community of forward thinking people, inclusive of all who want to attend, where we empower participants with skills they can immediately apply to their own lives. It is a place we can bring and discuss new ideas, a place we can cultivate community born solutions. It is our intention to expand our offerings and in 2027 we plan on creating a community garden and a community gathering space that will include creative and craft workshops (weaving, stone carving, basket making, music making, dance/movement, and more).
For now here are our offerings for 2027 (NOTE: to Register for these please email: Wizbyfreund@gmail.com. Also we will be adding to this programming throughout the year including our Beautiful Dinner Series* - community open discussion gatherings)
FEBRUARY 2027: Facing North – A weekend curriculum of renewal, reconnecting with ourselves, one another and the wisdom from our ancestors. Practice old ways to connect with your spirit, enhance mental and physical wellness with these indoor and outdoor courses. Empower yourself with tools including breathwork and yoga and spend time outside in the bright periwinkle leafless winter wilderness cross country skiing/hiking and learning basic Earth living and survival skills.
Friday - Community Welcome Dinner, Breathwork
Saturday - Meditation & Yoga, Intro Earth Living Skills (fire making/shelter building)LunchCross country skiing (or winter hiking/snowshoeing) Breathwork
Sunday - Yoga, Earth Living Skills – focus on basic first aid, Breathwork, Closing Ceremony
SPRING 2027 (exact dates TBD):
ENGAGE AND RECLAIM YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE, YOURSELF, AND YOUR COMMUNITY - A weekend workshop to reconnect with your spirit, your creativity and the landscape. This will include yoga, breathwork, guided woods walks, basic Earth living skills, foraging and discussions about individual and community robustness and resilience. "If lost, return to Earth..."
Friday -
Welcome Campers, Opening Ceremony
Saturday -
Buffet style Brekkie, Optional - AA, Yoga & soundbath, Open for breakout activities (Reiki, massage, kayaking, biking, hiking, hanging at beach)
Lunch, Earth Living Skills - Brief Survival in Nature Basics Intro including foraging
Breathwork
Dinner
Sunday -
Buffet Breakfast
Optional AA online
Breathwork
Lunch
Breakout Activities/Campers depart
JULY 2027:16th,17th,18th
School of Forest Family Weekend - This program is designed for families to learn earth living skills while also enjoying a weekend camping and reconnecting with nature. Below is a sample itinerary, which will be further refined as the date nears. Space is limited to 6 families of 3 or 4 members:
Friday -
Arrival from noon on. Upon arriving Families will get set up, and then plan on starting instruction around 3:30.
-Introduction and framing of the program- Start with a plant and fire wood walk.
-Forest game
-Intro to fire lighting (twig bundle method)
-Fire use and maintenance for cooking
-Bread on a stick-Dinner
-Briefing/expectations for the next day
Saturday-
Breakfast/review of fire lighting and use-Intro to shelter building
-Fairy houses (Small shelters that younger kids can build and still engage with the lesson while older kids and adults are learning to build larger ones-Hoop house shelter
-Lunch
- Burned spoon carving/intro to safe knife use
- Intro to axe work-Unstructured time for families to work on things we've learned, or just spend time in the woods
-Dinner-Startalk/barehand navigation if theres interest or energy
-People are encouraged but not required to spend the night in their shelters
Sunday-Breakfast-Plant ID/pressings-Small craft (Either a simple predator call, bush bows etc. This is totally dependent on the ages/energy of the group)-Tracking walk-Lunch-Walking quietly/tracking game -Start each family on a large "Burned bowl" they can bring home to work on-Fire by friction-Unstructured time for last minute questions/coaching on skills.
AUGUST 2027:
Camp Wizby’s 3rd Annual Sober Retreat – This 12 step recovery based weekend workshop includes AA meetings (in person and hybrid), breathwork, yoga, massage, group and individual outdoor activities. It aims to enhance emotional, spiritual and physical wellness while strengthening sober community and relationships.
Friday Welcome Campers, Group Dinner, Fireside AA
Saturday -
Brekkie, AA Meeting, Yoga w Soundbath
Breakout activities
Buffet Lunch
Introductory Group Session Cathartic Breathwork
Beautiful Dinner (Catered) and Fireside AA
Sunday -
Brekkie
Hybrid AA Meeting
Cathartic Breathwork
Buffet Lunch
Breakout Activities
Campers depart
NOTE: Breakout Activities available for all weekends: Explore our trails all over the Camp to explore (on 150 acres of wilderness/trails)In winter we have cross country skis and trails available. During Spring/Summer - enjoy a mile of riverfront property with three beaches We have bicycles and kayaks available for campers as well as ping pong, roller skating and more.
CAMP WIZBY IS A 501c3 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND ALL OUR PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE FREE.
PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A TAX FREE DONATION AND SPONSORING A WEEKEND OR FUNDING A PROJECT. ALL DONATIONS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE PROJECT OR WEEKEND INDICATED AND SPONSORS WILL GET A FULL AND TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTING OF WHERE EVERY DOLLAR GOES. COSTS INCLUDE PAYING FACILITATORS, TEACHERS AND THEIR HOUSING, CATERING, EQUIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION FOR CAMPERS WHO NEED AND MORE.
Venmo: @CampWizbyVT
Or send a check to Payable to: Camp Wizby, Box 98, Gaysville, VT 05746 *We will send a Tax Deductible Gift Acknowledgment letter including our EIN
SPONSOR A WEEKEND: 5,000 (*indicate if there is a specific weekend you are interested in sponsoring)
COMPLETE OUR BARN/COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE: 30,000 (This space will be used for community gatherings as well as teaching arts & crafts including weaving, basket making, stone carving, dance, music making and more. The Barn foundation has been built, plans & permits have been drawn, we are looking for additional funds to complete it and are working with a local builder who mills his own wood)
SPONSOR CABIN/EARTH HOUSE: 15,000-20,000
SPONSOR A DEFIBRILATOR: 2,000
SPONSOR AN ELECTRIC ATV FOR WORKING/MAINTAINING THE GROUNDS: 15,000-17,000 (https://landmaster.com/amp)
*The Beautiful Dinner Series began in 2005 and was an open salon discussion dinner series that we hosted in Red Hook Brooklyn and have continued in Vermont.