{"id":939,"date":"2024-04-12T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T01:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/?page_id=939"},"modified":"2024-04-12T18:49:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T01:49:39","slug":"camp-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/camp-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PSX_20230914_122005-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-940 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PSX_20230914_122005-small-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PSX_20230914_122005-small-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PSX_20230914_122005-small.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Summer camp is a special experience for youth. It gives them the\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to simply play and be a kid without social pressure, television, or many of the stressor they face at school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Intended Benefits of a Trollfjell Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Build Friendships \u2013 Have Fun \u2013 Deepen Connection to Nordic Culture \u2013 Try New Things &#8211; Build Appreciation for Community \u2013 Gain New Skills \u2013 Enjoy Time in Nature \u2013 Be Creative<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Camp Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New\u00a0activities\u00a0to try and learn.<\/li>\n<li>Evening programs \u2013 from scavenger hunts, to dress up dance parties \u2013 every night is filled with a different fun activity.<\/li>\n<li>Daily free time activities \u2013 including pool time, ping pong, unwinding with a book, or playing Dungeons and Dragons \u2013 youth get to pick whatever activity calls to them every afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>Campfires \u2013 campfire skits, s\u2019mores, and storytelling.<\/li>\n<li>Out-of-camp trips \u2013 including hiking trips, Dutch Flat 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July Parade and a fireworks excursion (Folkehogskule only), and thrift store trips to pick out costumes for dance parties.<\/li>\n<li>Special events \u2013 vary from year to year: could include the ice cream tractor, Viking astronomy, and more!<\/li>\n<li>Icebreaker games \u2013 to help youth get to know each other and build deeper connections.<\/li>\n<li>Table games and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cultural Skills &amp; Experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily Norwegian language lessons.<\/li>\n<li>Nordic folk arts \u2013 vary from year to year, but could include rosemaling, chip carving, tablet card weaving, Viking wire weaving, folk dancing, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Raising &amp; lowering the Norwegian and U.S. flags every day and learning to sign the Norwegian National Anthem.<\/li>\n<li>Trying and learning to cook Scandinavian foods such as lefse, rommegrot, and more.<\/li>\n<li>First-hand accounts from staff who have lived in or traveled to Norway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Appreciation For Community <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trollfjell Pride Projects \u2013 optional community service project for Camp Norge<\/li>\n<li>Nightly Kumbya Circle \u2013 youth share their highlights from each day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Creativity &amp; Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experimenting with all the\u00a0activities<\/li>\n<li>Learning the Norwegian language<\/li>\n<li>Daily art and craft projects<\/li>\n<li>Whether its arts and crafts, Norwegian foods, or sports, youth are encouraged to try new things.\u00a0 Camp is a safe place to fail and succeed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Build Friendships &amp; Social Skills <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safe place to experience failure without grades. Failures here don\u2019t follow them through life \u2013 doesn\u2019t hold them back; they can learn more to move forward. Developed resiliency.<\/li>\n<li>From sun up until sun down, camp is a social place to have fun and learn about oneself and others.<\/li>\n<li>Whether chatting in the cabin, walking to activity areas, hanging out at meals, chilling during free time, or participating in activities together, camp is a social place to build friendships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Activity Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Competent and passionate instructors who help make Norwegian culture come alive. Many instructors have either lived in or visited Norway.<\/li>\n<li>Some of our activity areas allow youth to earn Sons of Norway Culture Pins and level up year after year.<\/li>\n<li>Balanced skill-based activity exposure \u2013arts, adventure, field games, outdoors\/nature, performance arts, and Trollfjell uniqueness like Nordic folk arts, Nordic cooking, and daily Norwegian language lessons<\/li>\n<li>Exposure to such a diverse array of activities enlivens the passion to be a student in life, outside of camp and school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Independence And Self-Confidence<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being away from home<\/li>\n<li>Increased competence in\u00a0activity\u00a0areas<\/li>\n<li>Mental freedom<\/li>\n<li>Camping in and exploring the outdoors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Environmental Awareness and Appreciation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a beautiful, natural surrounding<\/li>\n<li>Spend time outside everyday<\/li>\n<li>Hiking &amp; swimming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Healthy Lifestyle <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nutritious meals<\/li>\n<li>Lack of television, video games, and other digital entertainment<\/li>\n<li>Frequent exercise through\u00a0play<\/li>\n<li>Cleanliness:\u00a0 showers, clothes, teeth, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/viking-training-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-947 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/viking-training-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/viking-training-small.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/viking-training-small-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/viking-training-small-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer camp is a special experience for youth. It gives them the\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to simply play and be a kid without social pressure, television, or many of the stressor they face at school. Intended Benefits of a Trollfjell Experience Build Friendships \u2013 Have Fun \u2013 Deepen Connection to Nordic Culture \u2013 Try New Things &#8211; Build Appreciation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-939","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":948,"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/939\/revisions\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofn6.org\/arv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}