Camp Quest just got a big shout out in an insightful article by Jake Via about how how a childhood week at summer camp sparked his journey toward independence and critical thinking.
“If you don’t come and get me, I’m walking home and never talking to you again!” Jake recounts screaming into the payphone at his first camp. Now he champions a different kind of camp experience rooted in curiosity, compassion, and secular values.
“Summer camp offers a rare, wildly glorious dose of managed chaos and self-discovery that every kid should get to experience,” recounts Via.
That’s where Camp Quest comes in. As the oldest network of secular summer camps in the U.S., Camp Quest gives kids a place to explore nature, build friendships, and ask big questions. The article lists Camp Quest alongside Camp 42 and Camp Omni as “magnificent alternatives” to religious camps that are “absolute playgrounds for reason”