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2025 SUMMER CAMPS
Inclusive community programs within the fields and forests of Whidbey Island
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~ Sliding Scale Fees for all Programs ~
We are committed to keeping our programs accessible to all.
Your payment is a form of reciprocation for mentor and administrative energy, care and expertise, and for the land with whom we collaborative. If you are able, a portion of your fees will support our overall organizational sustainability. We are trusting in our community to reciprocate in ways they can - you choose your rate. We list our pricing as transparently as possible so you know what our need is to continue running these programs. THANK YOU to our donors who make our sliding scale possible and for your honest contribution!
2025 CAMP FEE SLIDING SCALE
​​​SUSTAINING: $500 (supports HeartField’s future)
SPROUTING: $350 (covers camp costs)
SAPLING: $250 (for whom the Sprouting Rate is out of reach)
ROOTING: $50-$200 (supported by our Rooting Fund)

WEEK #1: JUNE 22-26

RISING EARTH WARRIOR CAMP
JUNE 23-26 (Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-3pm)
for children ages 7-11 (CAMP FULL - But join our WAITLIST!)
at South Whidbey State Park, Freeland WA
with HeartField Mentors Bryn McAfee and Lauren Atkinson
Sliding Scale Fees (avg. $350) / Financial Assistance Available
​Calling Rising Earth Warriors!
Join us as we tune our bodies, minds, and hearts to the earth and to the warrior spirit within. What does it mean to walk the path of an Earth Warrior? How do kindness, compassion, justice and honor guide you? What does the earth have to teach us about community, diversity and interdependence? How do we reciprocate? We will explore these questions in our bodies and imaginations as we balance, jump, crawl, sneak and play, encouraging one another on our individual paths. Through games, nature immersion, mindful movement, collaborative ephemeral art projects, song, storytelling, and ancestral skill building, we celebrate the fact that we are ALL connected, we ALL matter, and we ALL belong.
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WEEK #2: JULY 8-10

EARTH CAMP (with Readiness to Learn in Langley)
JULY 8-10 (Tues, Wed, Thurs: 10am-2pm)
for children ages 7-11
in collaboration with Readiness to Learn, Langley
with HeartField Mentors Lauren Atkinson and Rachel Joseph
Join us in summer fun playing, exploring and creating with Nature in the fields, forest and streams of the South Whidbey Community Center in Langley. We will explore our environment, listen to the song of the land and the sea to inspire our creativity, in making, drawing and painting our observations, discoveries and reflections. Campers will create community through circle, song and games to make new friends and deeper connections with our more than human community. Come join us and soak up the summer fun!
WEEK #3: AUGUST 4-7

ReMake, ReWild, ReVive
AUGUST 4-7 (Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-3pm)
for children ages 8-13+
at South Whidbey State Park, Freeland WA
with HeartField Mentors Bryn McAfee and Lauren Atkinson
Sliding Scale Fees (avg. $350) / Financial Assistance Available
Be inventive and bold - be YOU in this makerspace, mending, imaginative upcycle camp. Together, and with forest, water, sky, and fire as our inspiration and collaborators, we will learn, play, and invent creative ways to express ourselves through wearable and utilitarian art. We’ll rewild with the land, revive our curious, creative and inventive selves, and make new connections, new art, and new memories. We will utilize sewing and applique techniques as well as binding and wrapping. Embellish your favorite jeans or make something entirely new-to-you. Bring your scraps, buttons, clothes and ideas and we’ll bring ours, and let’s see what happens!
WEEK #4: AUGUST 18-21

POLYPORE EARTH WARRIOR CAMP
AUGUST 18-21 (Mon-Thurs: 10am-3:30pm)
for children ages 10-13
at South Whidbey State Park, Freeland WA
with HeartField Mentors Bryn McAfee and Lauren Atkinson
Sliding Scale Fees (avg. $350) / Financial Assistance Available
Explore the woods with us from ridge to waters edge as we weave a heart tribe together! What does it mean to be an Earth Warrior? How do we share leadership in community and dream in a world that is healthy and a place for all of us to shine in creativity and love? This camp creates an opportunity for tweens to embody their voice, tell new stories and practice creative action. Together, we will play, explore, laugh, sing, create, and hone our skills of deep listening… to ourselves, each other, and the earth. Through games, nature immersion, mindful movement, collaborative ephemeral art projects, song, storytelling, council, and ancestral skill building, we celebrate the fact that we are ALL connected, we ALL matter, and we ALL belong.


2024-25 Winter PROGRAMS

$25 Registration Fee due at time of registration
Polypore Earth Warrior Cohort
Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Ages 10-13 (FULL)
Mentors: Bryn McAfee, Lauren Atkinson
Time: Monthly Gatherings 10am-4pm on 2nd Sundays, October 13 - June 8
Parent Teas: TBA - parent/mentor gatherings
Sliding Scale Pricing: One-Time Payments, Monthly Payments, + Financial Assistance from our Rooting Fund
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$50 Registration Fee due at time of registration
HeartField's Moon Snails
FALL 2024 - SPRING 2025
Ages 4-7 (FULL)
Times: Tues/Thurs (2 days) or Tues/Wed/Thurs (3 days), 9:30-2:30
Dates: September 24 - June 5 (family intro day on 9/19/24)
Breaks: Oct 31, Nov 26-28, Dec 24-Jan 2, Feb 11-20, April 1-10
Parent Teas: TBA - parent/mentor gatherings
Sliding Scale Pricing: One-Time Payments, Monthly Payments, + Financial Assistance from our Rooting Fund (see chart below)​


EARTH SONG COHORT - MidWinter 2026

We intend to follow our MidWinter Earth Song program with a Spring offering. Thank you for your interest - and stay tuned!
Ages 6-8
MidWinter Session, 2026
South Whidbey State Park, WA
Ages 6-8
5 weeks
Sliding Scale Pricing: (avg.$290) / Payment Plans & Financial Assistance Available
Program Dates: Wednesdays March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1 -- 1:30-4:30
Parent Tea Times: We will likely call in our parent community once or twice (via Zoom) throughout the year to discuss current affairs and keep the community light burning.
Our Earth Song Cohort will meet weekly to root down, create story and song, explore nature and feel the world with our bodies and hearts through play, discovery and creative self-expression with peers and in reciprocity with the land and seasons. Here, we appreciate our individual unique selves and practice being together in community. We deepen our relationships within, with our peers, and with our natural surroundings. We create art and story inspired by what we are observing in the natural world around us. We sing our little hearts out. Come connect with a playful peer group held in HeartField’s signature strong and loving mentor space. Programming is completely outdoors at South Whidbey State Park.
POLYPORE EARTH WARRIOR COHORT - fall/winter/spring

PLEASE NOTE:
Full attendance is expected. We have found it more profound an experience for all if participants are able to attend all session dates. Please help us honor this course by prioritizing the monthly rhythm. Of course sicknesses and emergencies happen and are excusable, but please be in contact with us before you register if your participant has more than one schedule conflict. Thank you!!
2025-26 Cohort for Tweens & Teens
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
South Whidbey State Park, WA
Ages 10-13
Mentors: Bryn McAfee, Lauren Atkinson
Sliding Scale Pricing (avg. $700) / Payment Plans & Financial Assistance Available
Time: 9 Monthly Gatherings 10am-4pm on 2nd Sundays, Oct 12 - May 24*
Program Dates: 10/12, 11/9, 12/14, 1/11, 2/8, 3/8, 4/12, 5/3*, 5/24-25* (overnight campout)
*note special dates in May
Family Welcome Night Picnic: Saturday Oct 11, 4:30-6:30pm
Parent Tea Times: We will likely call in our parent community once or twice (via Zoom) throughout the year to discuss current affairs and keep the community light burning.
​Calling Tween Earth Warriors!
A place for tweens to be tweens! - to be supported and respected, seen, heard, and celebrated by Earth, by loving mentors, and by your peers. Through play, dialogue, creative arts, forest exploration, and discovery, Polypore Earth Warriors co-create definitions of warriorship that are pertinent to today's times and in relationship with and support of our diverse human and eco-communities. Together, we learn ancestral skills, tend fire, create relevant story, share in council, play and build relationships. This is a place of becoming - a place where we celebrate the fact that we are ALL connected, we ALL matter, and we ALL belong. Loving mentors, Bryn and Lauren, honor the liminal spaces of tweendom, facilitating experiences that nourish the playful spirit with games, grounding, and creative expression.
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RISING EARTH WARRIOR COHORT - fall/winter/spring

PLEASE NOTE:
Full attendance is expected. We have found it more profound an experience for all if participants are able to attend all session dates. Please help us honor this course by prioritizing the monthly rhythm. Of course sicknesses and emergencies happen and are excusable, but please be in contact with us before you register if your participant has more than one schedule conflict. Thank you!!
2025-26 Cohort for ages 8-10
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
South Whidbey State Park, WA
Ages 8-10
Mentors: Bryn McAfee, Lauren Atkinson
Sliding Scale Pricing: (avg. $700) / Payment Plans & Financial Assistance Available
Time: 9 Monthly Gatherings 10am-3pm on 1st Saturdays, Oct 4 - May 30*
Program Dates: 10/4, 11/1, 12/6, 1/3, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4, 5/2, 5/30*
*note final date in May
Family Welcome Night Picnic: Oct 3, 5-6:30pm - POSTPONED
Parent Tea Times: We will likely call in our parent community once or twice (via Zoom) throughout the year to discuss current affairs and keep the community light burning.
NEW OFFERING for ages 8-10!
Here's an opportunity for youth to gather in safe community, to be supported and respected, seen, heard, and celebrated by Earth, by loving mentors, and by your peers. Through play, dialogue, creative arts, forest exploration, and discovery, Rising Earth Warriors co-create definitions of warriorship that are pertinent to today's times and in relationship with and support of our diverse human and eco-communities. Together, we learn ancestral skills, tend fire, create relevant story, share in council and build relationships. This is a place of becoming - a place where we celebrate the fact that we are ALL connected, we ALL matter, and we ALL belong. Our cohort will meet once/month through the school-year, creating a rhythm that feels grounding and provides an opportunity to create community.
artLAB - Fall 2025

We intend to follow our Fall artLAB with Winter and Spring offerings. Thank you for your interest - and stay tuned!
Ages 9-13
Fall Session, 2025
Freeland or Langley, WA (TBA)​
​Ages 9-13
Mentors: Lauren Atkinson
Sliding Scale Pricing: (avg. $250) / Payment Plans & Financial Assistance Available
Time: Wednesdays, 1-3pm
Program Dates: Wednesdays, October 1 - November 19 2025
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artLAB encourages curiosity, experimentation and skill building using a variety of methods and materials that create a fun, physical and imaginative learning experience. Students will learn the foundation of drawing, while developing confidence in expressing what they see through practice and gain skill in the making of their mark. Students will come away with a creative tool kit inspired by learning about artists and cultures throughout human history.


Over the past 2 years, we've been piloting HeartField programs and have found a landing place on the beautiful HeartField Knoll. With the generous donation of a 30-foot yurt that's now been raised by the loving hands of our wonderful community, we finally have a home for our work and we are now seeking your support to raise $12,500 to complete the yurt and fully anchor in.
7/7/24 UPDATE: GOAL REACHED - and beyond! Our beautiful community has grown and together we raised $16,800 to help complete our yurt and support our sliding scale fee system. With two kick start donation offers we had a solid foundation of $5000 to build from. Many gracious donations followed from new and familiar friends and we are just in awe of our $16,800 total raised. THANK YOU ALL for your support during this time!
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Ongoing contributions to our Rooting Fund can be made below. Sponsorship Opportunities coming soon!
We're raising a yurt and rooting down!
Following a full year of outdoor learning in the Pacific Northwest(!), we are so grateful to have an indoor shelter. We have these beautiful bones to work with, and now we need to dress them up! Your support will be used to complete the floor, install a heating system, build stairs and a deck, construct a composting toilet, furnish the space, install regenerative landscaping, and dream in off-grid systems to sustain our work over time. This space is also not just for us, it's a community space and we look forward to opening it up to cross-pollinating events with our talented and gifted community members. Our hope is that having a multi-use space will provide additional income, allowing us to keep our programming accessible and support land-stewardship.