Kids Grow Better Outside
Are you new to the Wildwood camping experience? Have burning questions? Want to meet our staff?
Come to a camper family info night!
Your camper doesn’t need to be enrolled, pizza will be available, and the whole family is welcome!
Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to order 🙂
913-738-9067
jane@wildwoodctr.org
Are you new to the Wildwood camping experience? Have burning questions? Want to meet our staff?
Come to a camper family info night!
Your camper doesn’t need to be enrolled, pizza will be available, and the whole family is welcome!
Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to order 🙂
913-738-9067
jane@wildwoodctr.org
Join Wildwood at School Day at the K!
Kansas City’s biggest field trip is back for another exciting year! Join the Royals for the 25th annual School Day at The K hosted by the official meteorologists of the Royals, KSHB 41. This unique event gives students and teachers the opportunity to learn about Kansas City weather and its patterns while also enjoying a Royals baseball game. School Day at The K has become a Royals tradition and attracts more than 20,000 students each year — so don’t miss the fun.
Wildwood will have hands-on STEM activities for students before the game!
913-738-9067
jane@wildwoodctr.org
A camp session at Wildwood lasts just 5 days, but we often talk about Camp Wildwood being a 10-year program.
Why? We focus on having campers come back each year because the research shows increased benefits for campers each year they return, culminating in long-term benefits that will impact campers into adulthood.
What are these benefits? We’re glad you asked!
On a hot July day at camp this summer, I got to witness trauma-informed care in action. An eight-year-old camper sat on a bench outside the dining hall. He stared at his knees, head in his hands.
Seeing the sad camper, Robyn, Wildwood’s Executive Director, sat next to him.
“Hey, Mason. You look upset. Are you doing okay?”
Another camper ran up to the bench.
“No,” explained the camper, “Mason’s upset because there weren’t any apples left in the snack bowl today.”
“I didn’t get one yesterday either,” Mason chimed in.
“I can fix that!”
Mason didn’t think it would happen–there were only oranges in the snack bowl in the dining hall. But the walk-in refrigerator had plenty of apples.
When Robyn brought back an apple for Mason, his face lit up. He smiled wide and hugged her.
“Thank you!” Mason exclaimed.
“You’re welcome, buddy.”