July was day camp month at A Rocha!  Week-long camps have been held at both the Brooksdale Environmental Centre in Surrey and in inner-city Winnipeg as part of A Rocha’s Just Growing project.

At both locations, kids connect directly with creation through hands-on activities like nature walks, gardening, and birdwatching.  Add skits, crafts and singing to the mix and you have a recipe for fun—interactive learning that engages kids directly with the wonders of creation.

The enthusiasm has been palpable as children spend hours outside with new friends learning about amphibian life cycles, food webs and more.  One mother reported that at the end of every day her kids told her “That was the funnest day yet!”  It is our hope that this sort of enthusiasm will be transformed into conviction as these young people learn to care for creation in their everyday lives.