Dirt Warriors | Schedule and Sample Itinerary

Grades 3-5* | 5 Day Camp | Monday-Friday | 8:30-3:00PM

*based on participant’s grade in Fall 2025


Location

Monday-Friday Drop-off/Pick-up | Fairhaven Park

Wednesday | Take Wild Whatcom Bus for a day at TBD

Thursday | Take Wild Whatcom Bus for a day at TBD


Sample Itinerary

Activities may vary depending on participant interests and variable safety considerations (i.e. weather, preparedness, support needs)

8:30-8:45: Flexible Drop Off

  • Play game while waiting for participants to arrive

8:45-9:30: Opening Circle

  • Introductions: Share names and pronouns (optional)

  • Cover physical and heart safety

  • Land Acknowledgment 

  • Share plan for the day

9:30-9:45: Game Break: Hide

9:45-10:00: Snack Break

10:00-12:00: Service Project

  • Assist in a hands-on service project caring for local habitats - digging, planting native trees or shrubs, removing invasive species, beach clean-up

12:00-12:30: Lunch Break

12:30-1:00: Wrap-up service

1:00-1:30: Free Explore

Guiding Prompt: Look for evidence of living and non-living parts of this ecosystem working together

Optional Activity: Build a beach ecosystem - find crabs, barnacles and other creatures, and the non-living things they need to survive to build a happy habitat!

1:30-2:30: Get Wet, Get Dirty/Mud Castle

  • Work together to get as wet and grimy as you can! Roll in the sand, wrap seaweed around your limbs, squelch through the mud. Whatever it takes to get gross! Mentors (and less grimy participants) will judge who will take home the wettest and dirtiest title!

  • Adaptation: For those who prefer a less grimy lifestyle, the option to build a sand or mud castle or village!

2:30-2:45: Peaceful Place

  • Journaling Prompt: Just like in a beach ecosystem, every person brings something special to a team - what do you add to a team that you are a part of? (What are you good at?)

2:45-3:00: Closing Circle

  • Preview of next day

  • Attitude of gratitude - What are you thankful for from our time together?