Three Reasons Why Camp Is Two Weeks Long
- Enhanced Personal Development – A longer camp experience offers greater social, emotional, cognitive, and character benefits. Trollfjell aims to be a nurturing environment where young people can flourish.
- Deeper Friendships – During summer camp, the staff and kids alike comment on how much better people get to know one another after two weeks. Two-week sessions offer a slower pace, deeper connections, and richer memories. One former camper explained, “The first week is when you get to know everyone, the second week is when you make your lifelong friends.”
- Access To Other Opportunities –
- In a week, campers develop a mental connection to camp; in two weeks, a heart connection develops. Years later, it will be the heart connection that is meaningful.
- Connection with the staff in both directions — relationships go beyond the forming stage is far more likely. Campers build relationships with instructors, and counselors go beyond being present, to being friends.
- The full life of modern youth can start to become full in other ways . . . slowing down, rich and diverse relationships, and skills and experiences unavailable anywhere else.
- Connection with nature — becomes normal, and more deeply appreciated. In a single week, nature can remain a thing instead of a feeling and experience.