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    • Our Mission and Ministry >
      • Virlina District Church of the Brethren >
        • GAG
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    • jobs at camp >
      • Summer Camp Counselors and Program Staff
      • Summer Grounds Crew
      • Summer Kitchen Crew
    • Our Newsletters >
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    • Trading Post
    • Upcoming Events
    • videos
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      • Guest Group Options
      • Sounds of the Mountains At-Home Festival
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    • Camps by Age >
      • Young Elementary Camps >
        • Knee-High Day Camp
        • Mini-Camp
      • Older Elementary Camps >
        • Elementary Resident Camps
        • Elementary Resident + Tubing
        • Elementary Resident + Equestrian
        • Elementary Adventure Explorers
        • Elementary Adventure Explorers + Tubing
        • Elementary 3-Day Sampler Camp
        • Elementary Day Camps
      • Middle School Camps >
        • Middle School Adventure Camps >
          • MS Adv Canoe + Climb
          • MS Adv Canoe + Tube
          • MS Adv + Tube
          • MS Adv Biking + Canoeing
          • MS Adv Biking + Tubing
          • MS Adv Climb + Tube
          • MS Moonrise Adventure
          • MS Adv Explorers
          • POTP Middle School Adventure
        • Middle School Resident Camps >
          • Middle School Resident Camps
          • Middle School Resident + Tubing
          • Middle School Resident + Equestrian
        • River Adventures for Middle Schoolers >
          • Paddlesports Adv for Middle School
          • James River Canoe Adventure
          • Stand Up Paddleboarding Adventure for Middle School
          • Kayaking Adventure for Middle School
        • Skills Camps for Middle Schoolers >
          • Digital Arts Camp
        • Trips for Middle Schoolers >
          • Backpacking MS
          • James River Canoe
          • New River Canoe Trip
      • Trips and Skills Camps >
        • James River Canoe Adventure
        • New River Canoe Trip
        • Paddlesports Adventure
        • Digital Arts Camp
        • Backpacking Trip
        • Kayaking Adventure
        • Stand Up Paddleboarding Adventure
      • High School Camps >
        • High School Resident Camp
        • High School Adventures >
          • HS Moonrise Adventure
          • HS Adv Canoe + Climb
          • HS Adv Canoe + Climb + Tube
          • POTP High School Adv 2
          • New River Trip 7 High School
          • RAP
        • River Adventures for High Schoolers >
          • Paddlesports Adventure for High School
          • New River Canoe Trip for High School
          • Stand Up Paddleboarding Adventure for High School
          • Kayaking Adventure for High School
        • Skills Camps for High Schoolers >
          • Digital Arts Camp HS
        • Trips for High Schoolers >
          • Backpacking Trip HS
          • Brethren United Mountain Adventure Trip HS
          • Mountains to Beach to Bay HS
          • New River Canoe HS
    • Camps by Date
    • Summer Staff >
      • Summer Staff Information
      • Counselors >
        • Senior Counselors
        • Junior Counselors
      • Coordinators >
        • Assistant Program Coordinator
        • Health Coordinator
        • Pool Coordinator
        • Unit Coordinators
      • Kitchen & Grounds >
        • Kitchen Staff
        • Grounds Crew
      • Why Work At Camp
      • Staff Adoption
    • ParentInfo >
      • About Summer Camps
      • Parent Information
      • Financial Assistance
      • request brochure
    • Camp Songs
    • Pay for Camp
    • Virlina Churches Good-As-Gold
    • Winter Camp Box
    • Self Guided Adventure Fun
    • CampAtHome >
      • Winter Camp At Home Box
      • Camp At Home Videos
      • Family Guided Adventures
      • Onward We Go Bible Study
  • Events
    • March 6 Camp Supporter ZOOM
    • April 3 Spring Workday
    • Sounds of the Mountains At-Home Storytelling Festival
    • Mothers Day Desserts Sale
    • Spring ACA Courses
    • Memorial Day Family Weekend
    • June-July Summer Camps
  • Groups
    • Facility Rental
    • Food Services
    • Band Camps
    • Camp Bethel Events
    • inquiry
  • Outdoor Ed
    • ACA Courses >
      • ACA Canoe Instructor Course May 8-12
      • ACA Kayak Instructor Course May 22-24
      • ACA Paddlesports Safety Facilitator May 29-30
      • ACA Trip Leader Course June 5-6
    • Compass/GPS Trail Adventures
    • KinderCritters
    • Your Outdoor Classroom
    • River Otters Paddle Sports
  • Connect
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      • Seasonal Grounds and Kitchen Jobs
    • Camp Reps
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      • ReinDog
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Schedule an excellent day of Outdoor Education and hands-on learning designed using Virginia SOLs for YOUR students in YOUR class, team, grade level, or special group.
​Each day’s programming is tailored to meet YOUR needs for YOUR unit to maximize learning throughout the year! Half-day, full-day, multi-day and overnight experiences are available.
Fees: $10.00 per student, $4.00 per parent chaperone, and teachers and school staff are free.

Reservation Fee: Reservation requires a $10.00 registration fee to secure your date. This non-refundable fee is separate from and in  addition to your total fee.

​Lunch: Bring your own lunch & drinks and enjoy a picnic together. Use our picnic shelter with restroom facilities and trashcans.

Rain: Don’t let a rainy day prevent you from coming. Check the week’s forecast (for Troutville, VA). If rain is possible or imminent on the day of your Field Trip, send notes home the day(s) before to have your students bring full rain gear (rain jacket with hood, water shoes or rain boots), and a full change of dry clothes and dry shoes. For rainy days, we alter the schedule to include activities in our Gym AND out in the rain.

Cancellation or date-switch: Once scheduled, Camp Bethel is obliged to provide your program, so we will not cancel except for an extreme emergency. If you choose to cancel or change your dates, the $10.00 reservation fee is non-refundable. If you choose to reschedule your date a new $10 reservation fee must be paid to secure your new date.
REQUEST A DATE AND GRADE LEVEL ACTIVITIES
LESSON AND ACTIVITY CHOICES INCLUDE:
WATERSHED STUDIES, pollution, CONSERVATION, map skills, ECOLOGY, team building, ROCK CYCLE, CLASSIFICATION,  aquatic/terrestrial studies, lifetime sports, PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL CHANGES, life cycles, FOOD/ENERGY CHAINS, habitats, CHARACTER EDUCATION, human impact on resources, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, plus other topics and SOL-based plans are available per your request!
FACILITY
Camp Bethel is located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, 8 minutes from exit 156 off I-81 (or 13 miles north of Hollins University off Rt. 11). Our 470 acres of forests, trails, ponds, streams, and meadows are perfect settings to reinforce your class lessons. Eat your packed lunches in our screened-in Shelter with bathrooms and refrigerators.

LEADERSHIP
Camp Bethel’s Outdoor Educator, Beth Wiegandt, coordinates our Outdoor Education programs. Beth has a Masters degree in Environmental Education from UVa and has taught many years in Virginia Public Schools. We work with community volunteers and Camp Bethel staff to provide excellent lesson and activity leadership. In addition to our staff we ask that you have one (or more) chaperone/teacher for every ten students attending.

TO RESERVE YOUR DATE
Programs are available weekdays during the Spring, Fall, and Winter. Complete our "Reservation Inquiry Form" with your top THREE date choices, your desired lesson/activity focuses, your estimated headcount of children and adults, and estimated time of arrival & departure. YOC Coordinator, Beth Wiegandt will contact you as soon as possible, so add her email to your contacts: YourOutdoorClassroom@gmail.com.
YOC Coordinator, Beth Wiegandt, 540-556-2594, YourOutdoorClassroom@gmail.com 
REQUEST A DATE AND GRADE LEVEL ACTIVITIES
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WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING:
"Our son and daughter have been coming to Camp Bethel since they were 5 years old--they are now 13 and 14 years old. We have found that your camp is one of the few that our kids continue to enjoy even as they are older. Other camps (sometimes a lot more expensive) are nice but for some reason the magic of Camp Bethel remains. We also really respect the way that your camp incorporates God and Bible study but in such a way that it is still cool--a rarity these days to find a place were kids can be kids and learn to love God and care for one another in God's creation. Thanks so much for the awesome experience for our kids and the ongoing magic that is Camp Bethel. Thanks, Gina and Chris Engel" 

CONTACT US  540.992.2940
CampBethelOffice@gmail.com
328 Bethel Road, Fincastle, VA 24090

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