OUR MISSION
Our mission is to foster enjoyment and appreciation of the natural world among people of all ages through creative activities in a residential camp setting.
OUR VALUES
We are a friendly and creative community of camper focused people.
- Camper focused: friendly, helpful, can-do attitude of service
- Children focused: we work with every generation – but we really like children!
- Creative: blending human artistic creativity with the wonderful patterns in nature
- Adventurous: exciting programs in variety of outdoor settings
- Mentoring: encouraging growth & learning by giving space to experiment and fail with expectation to grow in excellence
- Balanced living: we try to live healthy lives by working hard and playing hard. We encourage a strong work ethic balanced with time outside having fun.
- Cuisine: bucking the camp trend, we serve nutritious high quality food
- Environmentally progressive: caring for people, caring for the earth, we believe in a thoughtful ecological footprint
- Education: always teaching, always learning
OUR VISION
Ocean Pines programs attract a broad range of campers of all ages. Our structures are built of natural materials to insure minimal environmental impact. A large variety of groups with diverse needs can live and learn on our site. Exemplary staff are known for their customer service and creative programming.
OUR ORGANIZATION
Camp Ocean Pines is run by a visionary volunteer board and a hard working paid staff who accomplish the mission by running day-to-day operations. We depend on volunteers and donors who believe in our mission, and we sincerely appreciate those community connections!
OUR PROGRAMS
- Outdoor Education is our key mission to school kids, where we teach the larger natural cycles. Kids get excited about exploring science and learn environmental and social implications on right living in this world.
- Summer Camp has a focus on fun and creativity. Living with counselors in new social groups, there is a built in mentoring opportunity in leadership and cooperative living.
- Adult Workshops provide folks the chance to learn and express their creative side. This also increases our base of supporters who volunteer their time and give donations to benefit other campers as a direct outcome of their positive experiences at camp.
OUR PLACE
We maintain this site overlooking the ocean in the pine and oak forest of Cambria. It is a living lab of our mission and values. Our mission goes forward as we offer our facility as a meeting place to organizations and groups with a similar philosophy. We hold most of our programs on this site, but will also use other sites as our program grows or the need arises.