Tipi Camp

02/20/2019

Dear friends

With regret, the Guiding Hands Recreation Society will not be offering it’s WISE youth programs for 2019.

As many of you know 2018 was the final year we were able offer the Tipi Camp programs at Cortiana Bay. Although we have explored several new locations to offer this years programs, we have determined that taking one year off is our best course of action.

During this time the Guiding Hands Recreation Society will continue to engage in organizational and program development. We will be diving deep into a new generation of youth programs based on the WISE philosophy.

We will also continue to work with private land owners, conservation groups as well as park and ministry staff to identify one or more locations for a base camp. We will also continue to work with our local partners to support youth activities this year in the community.

More than ever there is a need to create opportunities for all humans to connect with nature and themselves and each other. Thanks to our solid organizational structure, good standing with granting bodies and community partnerships, The Guiding Hands Recreation Society is well positioned to develop a new summer camp experience to ensure youth and adults alike have opportunities to develop confidence, physical stamina and awareness of our place in the wilderness, the universe and on the planet.

The Guiding Hands Recreation Society will be working hard though this year and will announce it’s 2020 plans on our website, facebook and instagram this fall.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the supporters of Tipi Camp over the years.

Please check the ‘Experience’ page on our website and listen to the Tipi Camp Tribute album with narration from Peter Duryea, campfire sing alongs and more. What an amazing journey it’s been. We have so many awesome memories of the Tipi Camp over the last 30 years.

We would love to hear stories of your Tipi Camp experience. Were you a participant in the WISE program over the years? Maybe a yoga group? Tell us about it.

Until then...

Farley Cursons
GHRS Chairman

10/03/2018

Help out another great Youth Program! Last day to vote.

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10/01/2018

Great Young Adult Program at the Yasodhara Ashram in the Aviva Community Fund contest! Help them win by voting today!

The Young Adult Program is such a valuable asset to so many youth's lives and we need your help to get us in the top ten of the Aviva Community Fund contest. Currently, we are about 15th and we need that push of people voting and challenging others in their network to vote. Three days left and we are calling on the Yoga community, the Kootenay communities and beyond to help us continue this program free of charge! Vote today! https://www.avivacommunityfund.org/voting/project/view/18-550

08/24/2018

Our wonderful season has ended and we want to thank all the great kids, teens, school groups, yoga participants and others who have made our last year on the Peninsula location incredibly special. It was a very heartfelt time.

We are sad to leave after 30 years of more than beautiful memories and seeing lives transformed; however, we are comitted to continuing the camp in another form and location. Our board and staff are enthusiastic about the future and Peter Duryea's vision was to see outdoor activities for kids expanded around the kootenays.

So now we have to begin the moving of the camp by Sept. 30th and we need your help! We are beginning general takedown Sept 1st and 2nd and then dates throughout Sept. If you are able to help us with this transition, please email [email protected] or phone 250-505-3173. We thank all our amazing volunteers and hope to see you out there!

07/19/2018

We have had one spot open up in WISE Kids 1 on Saturday, July 21st! Email [email protected] if you want it!

07/17/2018

We are honored to partner with Yasodhara Ashram to offer you this wonderful 4-day yoga retreat taught by Yasodhara teacher Amy Allcock. This is another opportunity to visit Tipi Camp for its last year on the Pilot Bay peninsula. To register visit http://tipicamp.bc.ca/yoga-and-nature/

07/05/2018

We have had a cancellation for our Family Nature Retreat this weekend starting tomorrow or come on Sunday. If you and your family would like to come for two or four nights, let us know. Call 250-505-3173

07/03/2018

This is our beloved cook's dog, Diggity (camp mascot). Please call Cate if you see him!

06/16/2018

We have canceled our WISE Music Teen Camp due to lack of enrollment. Stay tuned for our 30th Anniversary Camp Offering in its place!

06/15/2018

Had our first camp of the season with the Crawford Bay School grade 4-6 class and it has been a blast! Nature scavenger hunts, swimming, battle of the bay, tie dying, games and just that wonderful Tipi Camp vibe that allows kids to be kids in all their grandness and complete awesomeness.

06/10/2018

The tipis are officially up for the season and we are grateful to the volunteers who came out in the rain to help set up the camp this weekend! Here is to a great season!

06/03/2018

We are looking for volunteers for June 9-10th to help set up Tipi Camp! You can stay for the day or overnight and enjoy a great dinner. This is our last year at this precious site so it is your chance to get involved. Boats will be leaving the Lakeview store at 9:15am on Saturday and Sunday (weather depending). Pm us here or call 250-505-3173.