WE ARE EXCITED TO BEGIN OUR EIGHTH SUMMER OF OPERATIONS IN JUNE THIS YEAR. There are still spaces available in all three of our sessions, so please contact us if you are interested in participating this summer.

2010 dates are:

Girls Session 1 (JUN 14 - JUN 28) 12-15 year old girls—$1200

Boys Session 2 (JUL 5 - JUL 26) 12-15 year old boys—$1500 longer session

Boys Session 3 (AUG 2 – AUG 16) 12-15 year old boys—$1,200

There are some need-based scholarships available. Please contact us with questions about scholarships.

MISSION

The mission of Birch Creek Service Ranch is to provide a rural, character building experience through community service, ranch work, outdoors activities, and artistic endeavors. Each of the activities clients participate in while at BCSR is designed to help them grow by challenging them to do something new, serve another person, or dedicate themselves totally to an area in which they would like to improve. Through these challenges clients experience growth in character as they experience success in the activity.

PUT COMMUNITY BEFORE SELF

BE SERVICE MINDED

GROW THROUGH CHALLENGES

CAMPERS

The participants are 12-15 year old boys and girls. This is not a reform camp or treatment program. It is a camp for good kids who have not had serious behavioral problems in the past who wish to have a positive experience in Rural Utah learning to appreciate the outdoors, being engaged in the community, and learning the value of hard work.

SCHEDULE

Sessions run for about 3 1/2 weeks each starting in early June through mid- August.

MORNINGS: The campers engage in farm work and community service. They work to maintain the ranch facilities and help our neighbors.
AFTERNOONS: Campers participate in a variety of outdoors activities and arts and crafts. These activities include: soccer, basketball, rock climbing, hiking, wood-work, ceramics, and many other activities.
EVENINGS: Guests come to hold concerts and discussions and group activities with the campers.
WEEKENDS: Campers go on backpacking trips in Utah mountains and desert. These include one and two night excursions.
SUNDAYS: Campers have lots of time for interacting with one another, writing letters, or reading. Each Sunday afternoon we have a discussion where the campers are encouraged to discuss themes of general spirituality such as ways they can participate in community, what things matter most in life, and whom they admire and why.

OUTCOMES

Character building
Principled living
Appreciation of hard work
Increased sense of civic-engagement
Community minded
Increased resiliency to life´s challenges
Appreciation of nature
Better attention span and study habits

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