Kamaji is a safe, healthy, “unplugged”, supervised environment where campers are encouraged and supported. There is enough structure that the campers are given guidance but also enough flexibility that they are able to make decisions that help them grow their independence and feel empowered. We do not expect perfection here, we recognize campers for their individual accomplishments and achievements whether it be passing a level in windsurfing or writing a poem for our weekly camper-led Evening Program; but campers are not defined by what they do, it is how they do it: with courage, kindness, perseverance and empathy.

Camp allows them a break. They are able to act like kids, they are given permission to be goofy, silly and deliriously happy. These opportunities at Kamaji help them to grow more independence, feel a greater sense of self, learn about what true happiness feels like so that when they return to the world of their “things”, pressures to be “beautiful” and selfies…they can do so stronger and braver, like a Kamaji girl.