Camp Southern Ground

Camp Southern Ground's mission is to provide extraordinary experiences for individuals to recognize and magnify the unique gifts within themselves and others to profoundly impact the world. 

During summer, Camp Southern Ground hosts campers for week-long residential camps.  For the remaining weeks of the year we support military and veteran families, and partner with proven organizations that host remarkable programs at our state-of-the-art facility.  

Summer Camp

As an inclusive camp, we serve children ages 7-17, from all socioeconomic backgrounds, races and religions, with programs that challenge, educate and inspire. We bring together typically developing children, children with neurodevelopmental differences, children from underserved areas, and children from military and veteran families. We believe that by including as many children as possible, we create a stronger community that can learn and grow together.  

Veteran Programming

The remaining ten months of the year we are proud to support veterans.  At Camp Southern Ground, we recognize and thank all who have chosen to serve for their bravery and sacrifice.  Our veteran programs are founded on the premise that when men and women enlist to protect our country, we have an obligation to honor their service and sacrifice, and care for these warriors upon their return home. 

We offer two week long programs each month. Warrior Week is a non-therapy based program designed for veterans, reserve and active duty service members to help them find their new mission after military service.  We enable our veterans to discover their strengths, define their purpose after military life and walk them through the development of a custom designed life plan.  Warrior PATHH (Progressive Alternative Training for Healing Heroes) is the nation's first non-clinical program aimed to cultivate and facilitate post-traumatic growth among combat stress.  The program, substantiated by an unprecedented amount of proven success, delivers training for veterans to regain the ability to regulate their thoughts, feelings, and actions, as well as improve their physical, emotional, spiritual, and economic well-being.  

Depending on the project at hand, volunteers support us by:

• Assisting with beautification projects (large and small scale) such as landscaping, mulch. 
• Assisting with project driven initiatives such as building benches, birdhouses, bat boxes, etc.
• Assisting with paint projects such as painting our outdoor directional kiosks.
• Assisting our organic farmer seasonally plant and harvest fruits and veggies on our 12 acre organic farm. 
• Assisting with solar farm beautification.