{"id":112973,"date":"2022-07-13T19:12:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112973"},"modified":"2022-07-13T19:12:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:12:06","slug":"enroll-youth-in-stem-leadership-camps-at-camp-fowler-in-orefield-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112973","title":{"rendered":"Enroll Youth in STEM, &#038; Leadership Camps at  Camp Fowler in Orefield, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OREFIELD, PA (7\/13\/22)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Valley Youth House&#8217;s Camp Fowler will be hosting educational summer programming for youth, including\u00a0<em>Adventures in STEM Camp<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Adventures in Leadership Camp<\/em>. Both programs offer day camp and overnight camp options and deliver positive youth development programming to help young people establish the life skills needed for success.<\/p>\n<p><em>Adventures in STEM Camp<\/em>\u00a0is an intensive educational experience that infuses STEM education with outdoor adventure-based therapeutic recreation. This program utilizes the agency&#8217;s behavioral health specialists alongside its certified adventure course facilitators, as well as STEM workshops and educational experiences provided by Da Vinci Science Center. This year&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Adventures in STEM Camp\u00a0<\/em>will take place from July 18, 2022 &#8211; July 21, 2022 (Day Camp), and July 25, 2022 &#8211; July 28, 2022 (Overnight Camp).<\/p>\n<p><em>Adventures in Leadership Camp\u00a0<\/em>is an experiential-based program that focuses on the development of leadership skills, problem-solving, and teamwork through nature exploration and adventure-based challenge activities. This program helps youth strengthen self-esteem, enhance peer relationships, and develop independence and an improved sense of wellbeing. This year&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Adventures in Leadership Camp<\/em>\u00a0will take place from August 1, 2022 &#8211; August 4, 2022 (Day Camp), and August 8, 2022 &#8211; August 11, 2022 (Overnight Camp).<\/p>\n<p>For more information and Camp Fowler availability, please contact our Camp Manager, Lori Hooper, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:CampCounselor@ValleyYouthHouse.org\"><strong>CampCounselor@ValleyYouthHouse.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or 610-349-2835.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Valley Youth House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Valley Youth House\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(<strong>valleyyouthhouse.org<\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0does more than just provide homes for Pennsylvania\u2019s vulnerable, abused, and homeless youth. We partner with thousands of individuals each year to build a solid foundation for young people and their families. With dedicated street outreach, housing, counseling, skills training, health, prevention, and intervention services, we empower resilient young people in establishing promising futures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Camp Fowler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Valley Youth House owns and operates\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/campfowler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Camp Fowler<\/strong><\/a>, a 43-acre property located in Orefield, PA. Camp programming provides outdoor therapeutic recreation and promotes healing and growth through adventure-based activities and experiential learning.\u00a0Campers experience breakthroughs and healing, resulting in behavioral changes that lead to their future growth.\u00a0The camp serves youth of all ages with a focus on those who would otherwise not have access to camp experiences. This population includes low-income children and youth, youth in foster care, and homeless youth, many of which have experienced significant trauma in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMary Harvilla<br \/>\nMarketing &amp; Communications Officer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OREFIELD, PA (7\/13\/22)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Valley Youth House&#8217;s Camp Fowler will be hosting educational summer programming for youth, including\u00a0Adventures in STEM Camp\u00a0and\u00a0Adventures in Leadership Camp. Both programs offer day camp and overnight camp &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112973\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Enroll Youth in STEM, &#038; Leadership Camps at  Camp Fowler in Orefield, PA<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/campfowler.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}