COMPASSION CAMP is a week-long summer program for students who have completed grades 6-9.  This day camp is sponsored jointly by the First Congregational Church of Woodstock and the East Woodstock Congregational Church.  The camp provides service learning for youth in a variety of local settings. 

Compassion Camp 2012 will be held during the week of July 23-27. 

Here’s what our youth say about Compassion Camp:

“I learned how to be more patient when we worked with the people from Center of Hope. I saw how difficult things were for them and I wanted to help in any way I could.”

“I think the blessing I got from the week was having a chance to give back.”

“ I will volunteer more often as a result of Compassion Camp.”

Begun in the summer of 2006, Compassion Camp activities have included a variety of service and recreational activities for middle school youth.  Over the past several summers, our campers have enjoyed:

• Picking blueberries at Woodstock Orchards
• A visit with a Fidelco Guide Dog
• Serving lunch at the Senior Café
• Assisting with Unified games with clients from the Center of Hope
• Harvesting vegetables at the People’s Harvest Garden,
• Playing Laser Tag
• Delivering donations to the Second Chance Animal Shelter
• Touring Fairview Farms
• Preparing a meal for the Community Kitchen in Putnam
• Stocking the shelves at the Daily Bread Food Pantry
• Relaxing with a cookout and pool party
• Reading with school children in Hartford
• Playing Mini golf
• Stocking the pantry at TEEG
• Conversations with the elderly at Creamery Brook and Pierce Home
• Playing Monster Golf
• Touring the Global Village at Heifer Project Overlook Farm
• Preparing a meal at the Covenant Soup Kitchen
• Delivering gift baskets to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
• Sorting clothes at the Salvation Army in Providence
• Viewing an IMAX movie
• Listening to guest speakers on prison ministry
• Eating Ice cream at the UConn Dairy Bar