Internship at Wild Earth
From June - July of 2026, I served as a Communications Intern with the organization Wild Earth.
Wild Earth is a non-profit organization that aims to lead experiences that cultivate character, confidence, and perseverence in their community. They do this through experiences based in nature with kids ages 4-17, and all ages of adults. They offer summer programs and year long programs where participants can learn earth living skills like fire tending, and shelter building. Participitants also are taught nature based crafts like needle felting, wood carving, pottery, and creating paint from natural materials. In addition, Wild Earth offers training and consulting with schools to create more benificial enviornment to build teamwork and self regulation skills.
I was brought onto the team for the summer to consult them about their website, social media strategies, and other forms of communication with the people they serve. My main goal for my time there was to help them re-write their website copy to be more accurate and consice. To do this, I participitated in team training, and observed their youth summer camps. My final area of input was the creation of two brochures; one describing their youth summer camps, and the other a overview of what they offer.
Below is the website copy I wrote, as well as the two brochures.
Website Copy:
Screech Owl (Ages 4–7)
Screech Owl is for young campers who are just getting comfortable in the outdoors. To ensure your child has an easy day, this program provides a steady daily rhythm, caring adults close at every turn, and a "home base" camp your child helps create. Your campers day will be full of hands-on fun playing outside, gathering around the campfire, making crafts from leaves and natural materials, sharing songs and stories, and pitching in with simple camp chores. The Screech Owl experience goes beyond activities, it's about the people. Many of our counselors started out as Screech Owl campers themselves, so your child is learning from people who grew up loving this program, and who remember exactly what it's like to be a tiny person in the woods for the first time. By the end of your child's session, your child won't just be more comfortable outside, they'll have made real friends and found a sense of belonging.
Raven (Ages 10–13)
Raven takes place on our Clove Valley land where campers are ready for bigger challenges to test their growing abilities. Kids here work with real tools (carving, sewing, and fire-starting), taking on all-day adventures, and play large-scale games that ask them to problem solve and lean on each other. A camper favorite is a village game where kids run their own small community. In this they learn to tend to camp responsibilities, and figure things out as a team. Together through challenges, campers build a unique camaraderie. As a Raven camper, your child can help steer their own experience, and have the opportunity to take on leadership roles.
Summer Youth Program Brochure
General Information Brochure
Kestrel (Ages 7–10)
Kestrel campers are ready for a bit more adventure, and this program gives them room to grow. Each session blends exciting outdoor challenges with the chance to help shape the community they're part of. You can expect your child to learn real skills like building a campfire, constructing a shelter, play games that build teamwork and communication, and take part in group decisions about how their camp community runs. Through these activities, your camper will be guided to notice the world around them. Kestrel gives campers the opportunity to bloom as they build real friendships with peers and counselors. It's a program built on paying attention; to nature, to each other, and to who your child is becoming.
Red Tailed Hawk Leadership Camp (Ages 13–17)
Our oldest campers are trusted with our most independent program. Over four weeks, teens have the opportunity to choose which skills and projects to pursue, whether that's pottery, carving, tool-making, or another large-scale project of their choosing. This program gives campers real input into decisions, responsibility and opportunities to practice leadership with younger campers. At Red Tail Hawk, counselors and CITs treat campers as equals, speaking to them like an adult peer. By entrusting campers with more responsibilities, they are given room to grow into that role. Along the way, teens can build practical outdoor skills like camp cooking, tarps and knots, and self-care in the elements. Through these skill building activities, teens can work on personal leadership goals, and spend real time simply relaxing into the natural world. All the campers skills and time culminate in an overnight campout in the final week. At Red Tailed Hawk, your teen can create a community where they feel safe being their genuine self, and get to try new things. Campers in this program have the opportunity to pursue personal passions, and can surprise themselves with what they're capable of.
