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Summer Outdoors Day Camps 

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🌲 Adventure Summer Camps 

For campers ready for real skills, real challenges, and real adventure.

Our Grades 6–8 Adventure Camps are designed for older campers ready to take on bigger challenges, deepen their skills, and step into immersive outdoor experiences. Each week blends real-world outdoor skills, creative problem-solving, and story-driven adventures that invite campers to test themselves, work as a team, and shape their own experience in the forest. From bushcraft and archery to fort-building, strategy games, and role-playing quests, these camps offer space for independence, leadership, and growth through adventure.

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Camp Schedule

Full Day: 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM

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All camps are led by experienced, background-checked educators who create a safe, supportive environment where campers are trusted with real responsibility, encouraged to take healthy risks, and challenged to grow their confidence through hands-on exploration.

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Adventure. Play. Nature.

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🛡️ Forest Keepers:

Secret Guild Adventures

June 15th - 19th, 2026​

A Role-Playing Adventure Camp
The forest is hiding secrets—and only the Forest Keepers Guild knows the truth. Campers create a character, join a secret guild, and take on missions that unfold throughout the week. Stealth games, tracking challenges, coded messages, forest navigation, foam weapon battle, and team strategy all shape the story. Campers sneak, plan, problem-solve, and work together to complete quests in a real-life adventure game played in the woods.

Location: 16528 NW Johnson Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

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🌪 Earth. Water. Air. Fire.

June 22rd - June 26th, 2026​​

Harness the elements. Test limits. See what happens
Each day focuses on a powerful element as campers test ideas, build bold creations, and experiment in the forest. Redirect water, sculpt earth, harness wind, and work with fire through hands-on challenges that reward curiosity, problem-solving, and collaboration. This camp is active, experimental, and full of “what if?” moments—perfect for campers who love trying big ideas, learning through experience, and seeing their ideas come to life.

Location: 16528 NW Johnson Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

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🏹 Wild Rangers:

Archery, Tracking &

Survival Games

July 6th - July 10th, 2026​

Train like a real ranger.

Sharpen your aim, read the land, and move through the forest with purpose. You’ll practice archery, track animals, navigate trails, and take on survival-style games that test your focus and teamwork. This camp is fast-paced, skill-heavy, and perfect for campers who want to feel capable, confident, and tough in the wild.

Location: 16528 NW Johnson Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

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Siege & Shelter: Forts, Flight & Forest Quests

July 20th - July 24th, 2026​

Build it. Defend it. Launch the mission.

 

Work with your team to build forts, create flying objects like catapults and rabbit sticks, practice archery, and take part in epic forest quests. Each day brings new challenges — defending territory, launching daring plans, and reshaping the landscape as the story unfolds. Expect strategy games, foam weapon battles, teamwork, and big forest adventures.

Location: 16528 NW Johnson Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

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🔥 Wilderness Warriors:

Fire, Blades & Bushcraft

August 3rd - August 7th, 2026​

Real tools. Real skills. Real responsibility.

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Learn to build and tend fires, work with knives and hatchets, and master classic bushcraft skills. You’ll carve, craft, and problem-solve your way through forest challenges while learning how to use tools safely and with confidence. This camp is for campers who want hands-on skills, trust, and the thrill of learning something real.

Location: 16528 NW Johnson Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

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🥕Wild Chefs

August 10th - August 14th, 2026​

Join us for a week of farm fresh culinary creations! This week we'll be bringing together the garden and forest to create unique dishes with farm to table produce and wild ingredients. Campers will explore the garden and forest, cook in the outdoor kitchen, and gather for celebrations and enjoying farm fresh food together in the Willow Village. We'll bake in the cob-oven, make and use our own solar ovens, and enjoy the bounty of the garden together. On the menu this week is cob oven baked pizza, fresh bean tacos, sun-baked treats, wildflower sun tea and more! 

Location: 1155 B-street, Forest Grove, OR 97116

​Equitable Access and Our Sliding Scale 

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At WildRoots, we are committed to making our summer camps accessible to families from all financial backgrounds. To support this commitment, we offer a Sliding Scale Model that allows families to select a rate that aligns with their financial circumstances. This model fosters equity, inclusion, and community support, ensuring every child has the opportunity to experience the joy and learning of nature-based camps.

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Standard Rate

  • Pre-K Full Day: $575/week

  • Pre-K Half Day: $450/week 

  • K–1 Camps: $550/week

 

How the Sliding Scale Works

Our sliding scale offers five tuition levels:

  • Pay It Forward: Help support another camper by choosing this rate, which exceeds the true cost of camp.

  • Standard Rate: Reflects the full cost of running our programs and the option most families select.

  • Discounted Rate (-$75): Provides a moderate discount for families needing some financial support.

  • Supported Rate (-$150): Offers significant financial assistance for families facing challenges.

  • Community Rate (-$250): A deeply discounted rate for families with substantial financial hardships.

 

🌱 Sliding Scale Income Guide

(Household income before taxes)

This chart is meant to be a reference point, not a requirement. We trust families to choose the rate that best reflects their current financial reality. Household income does not always reflect access to wealth, stability, or outside financial support.

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  • Level D → Standard Rate (100%) or Pay it Forward

  • Level C → Discounted Rate ($75 off)

  • Level B → Supported Rate ($150 off)

  • Levels A → Community Rate ($250 off)

 

When selecting your tuition level, we trust that families will reflect honestly on their financial ability and choose the rate that best fits their situation.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion


We strive to create a safe and equitable space for all children and staff to be able to be their best selves. We define equity as the opportunity for every individual to have the ability to reach their full potential. Our definition of equity encompasses race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, nation of origin, ability and alterability/disability, neuro-divergence, language, experiences, education, socioeconomic status, social/emotional or developmental experience, and physical appearance. We welcome and strive to provide a warm, nurturing environment for all. If your child needs extra support to feel welcome, safe, and supported, please contact us so that we can work together to create the most supportive, nurturing, and fun experience for your child. Because of the wide variety of terrain at each site, students with physical limitations should contact us prior to registration so that we can make sure we will be able to serve your child’s needs.​
 

Cancellation/Refund Policy


These policies are here to allow us adequate time to contact families with campers on the waiting list and make informed decisions regarding weekly supplies and camp staff schedules. 

  • If you cancel 31 days or more prior to the first day of camp, 75% of the camp fee will be refunded.

  • If you cancel 14-30 days prior to the first day of camp, 50% of the camp fee will be refunded.

  • Cancellations made less than 14 days from the first day of camp cannot be refunded.

  • If you are on a payment plan and need to cancel, the above statements still apply and you will be responsible for the appropriate percentage of the camp fee per your predetermined payment schedule.

  • Registrations and fees are non-transferable. 

  • Camp Change Requests must be received in writing at least 14 days prior to the camp's start date. All changes are subject to availability.


We reserve the right to cancel for a period of time if the administration believes that it is necessary for the safety of the children or adherence to law. Examples of reasons for closures include, but are not limited to: extreme and inclement weather, and national and local disasters and/or emergencies. These are considered circumstances beyond our control and no reimbursement will be given for fees paid for that time. As an entirely outdoor summer camp, WildRoots summer camp may be more affected by extreme weather than other camps with access to indoor spaces.

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